Digital Media Buyer

Kearney, MO (On-site)

$65K/yr – $85K/yrMid Level1+ years expFull time

Posted 7 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own ongoing paid media execution and rapid optimization to drive direct-response outcomes across multiple brands.

  • Campaign Launch & Creative Testing: launch daily campaigns, test hooks/angles/formats/audience, and document what wins
  • Measurement & Reporting: keep dashboards up to date and surface weekly insights on what scaled and why
  • Budget & Collaboration: brief the director and creative team, flag fatigue early, and maintain strict naming/tracking hygiene to protect reporting quality

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Launch new campaigns, ad sets, and ad variants across our brands on a daily cadence
  • Run structured creative tests (hook, angle, format, audience) and document what wins
  • Monitor pacing, CPA, ROAS, frequency, and funnel-stage performance throughout the day and reallocate budget without waiting to be asked
  • Partner with the Marketing Director and creative team to brief new ads, flag creative fatigue, and request iterations before performance slips
  • Maintain naming conventions, tracking parameters, and account hygiene so reporting stays trustworthy
  • Maintain dashboards (Looker Studio, Sheets, internal reporting tools) that show what is working and why
  • Surface insights weekly: what scaled, what got cut, what we are testing next, and what the numbers are telling us about audience and messaging

Requirements

  • 1+ years buying paid media at scale, ideally for direct-response, subscription, or lead-gen businesses, Preferred 3+ years
  • Experience accounts spending at least $10-20k consistently per month
  • Deep hands-on experience in Meta Ads Manager and Google Ads (Search, Performance Max, YouTube)
  • Awareness of at least one native platform (Taboola, Outbrain, Revcontent, MGID)
  • Strong analytical foundation: you can pivot a dataset in Sheets, read a cohort report, and explain what changed without hand-waving
  • Design literacy: you can tell good creative from bad, write a clear creative brief, and give specific feedback to designers and copywriters
  • Working knowledge of pixel implementation, UTM hygiene, conversion APIs, and attribution gotchas
  • Self-directed work style. You do not need a Slack ping to know that CPA spiked at 2pm
  • Must be able to pass a background check

Preferred

  • Experience in financial publishing, trading education, newsletters, info products, or other regulated direct-response categories
  • Familiarity with HubSpot, Klaviyo, or comparable marketing automation
  • Exposure to landing page testing (Unbounce, Instapage) and basic CRO instincts
  • Comfort with AI tools (ChatGPT, Claude) for creative ideation and rapid iteration
  • Prior experience with compliance-sensitive copy in finance, supplements, or similar verticals

Benefits

  • Medical Coverage with two plans: 1) Co-Pay 2) HSA – employer-contributed premiums
  • Dental Coverage
  • Vision Coverage
  • Basic Life – employer paid premiums
  • Supplemental Life - with a non-medical maximum of $100,000 for new hires
  • Short-Term Disability - employer paid premiums
  • Long-Term Disability - employer paid premiums
  • Employee Assistance Program - employer paid premiums
  • AFLAC
  • Paid Time Off – This position qualifies for unlimited PTO
  • Parental Leave
  • Holidays - 10 paid Holidays per year, with potential for additional days added depending on timing and operational demands
  • Other Leave - Paradigm also offers other leave such as medical, both FMLA and Non-FMLA, Military, bereavement, jury duty, court appearance, and voting leave
  • 401k Retirement Plan - Employees must be 21 years of age to participate and must complete 12 months of Full-Time employment. Once eligible, the company matches 100% of what you contribute for the first 3% of your salary and then $0.50 for every dollar for the next 2%
  • Tuition Reimbursement - All full-time, regular Paradigm employees in good standing with the organization that have been with the organization for at least 90 days are eligible to participate in the program upon Executive approval. Courses that began prior to the employee’s date of hire are not eligible for reimbursement. Policy Details available upon request. See HR for further eligibility requirements and benefit details
  • Fitness - Up to $40 per month reimbursement for fitness with proof of payment
  • Sam’s Club/COSTCO - Annually in October, employees can sign up for membership through the company at a discount of 50%
  • Employee Referral Program - Employee referring a hired candidate receives a monetary award when the new employee reaches 30 days of employment and again at 90 days of employment
  • Employee of the Quarter - Peer nominated, Winner receives monetary aware as does the employee that nominated the winner
  • Length of Service Awards - Starting at 5 years of employment - Awards are tax free
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Paradigm Direct

Paradigm Direct has a 20 year history helping Entrepreneurs achieve growth and stability in their businesses. Founded in 1996 and formerly known as National Marketing Resources, Paradigm has trained hundreds of thousands of small business owners on a broad range of topics. We also provide the most current financial products and services to help our customers reach their goals. Our expertise in investment and trading techniques, tax and estate planning, retirement, insurance, and credit card/merchant processing are at the core of what we bring to the table for our clients. Over the past three years the management team at Paradigm Direct has narrowed the focus to one simple mission, helping small business owners and entrepreneurial minded families: CHANGE THE WAY THEY THINK ABOUT:- Investing- Taxes- Estate Plans- Insurance- Processing We are doing this by changing the way people think about their futures and bringing these services and products directly to consumers........no middle man or expensive branding campaigns......just Paradigm Direct.

Founded in 1996
Kearney, Missouri, USA
33 employees (2 in marketing)