Digital Media Manager

Kansas City, MO (On-site)

$60K/yr – $80K/yrMid Level3+ years expFull time

Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Build end-to-end digital media management that drives measurable revenue for retail clients through data-driven optimization, cross-functional collaboration, and leadership of a campaign-activation team.

  • Growth/Media Strategy: Develop customized media plans and activate campaigns across Meta, YouTube, TikTok, programmatic, and streaming to meet client goals.
  • Performance Leadership: Track results, generate client-ready insights, and optimize budgets to maximize campaign ROI.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Oversee and deliver digital media campaigns for clients, ensuring alignment with client objectives, timelines, budgets, and performance expectations.
  • Develop customized media strategies and media plans based on each client's goals, audience, market needs, and available budget.
  • Activate campaigns across digital media channels, including programmatic, Meta, Pinterest, streaming, YouTube, TikTok, and other paid media platforms.
  • Lead paid media planning, campaign setup, execution, optimization, pacing, and performance analysis.
  • Manage campaign budgets, approve media invoices against platform spend, monitor pacing, and ensure efficient use of media dollars.
  • Track, analyze, and report on campaign performance, providing clear insights and actionable recommendations to clients and internal stakeholders.
  • Proactively recommend additional media options, budget shifts, or channel opportunities to maximize campaign performance.
  • Collaborate with the digital team, account executives, sales, creative, and account teams to develop recommendations that align with client needs and business goals.
  • Create and support sales proposals that expand digital media opportunities, increase revenue, and clearly communicate campaign strategy.
  • Evaluate emerging digital platforms, tools, and tactics to identify new opportunities for driving retail sales.

Requirements

  • Minimum of 3 years of paid advertising experience, with a strong understanding of digital media buying, paid platforms, media planning, and campaign strategy.
  • Experience managing digital advertising budgets, campaign pacing, media invoices, performance reporting, and campaign optimization.
  • Proven ability to develop and execute customized digital marketing strategies and media plans that support client goals and measurable revenue growth.
  • Hands-on experience with digital media tools and platforms including Meta, Pinterest, streaming, YouTube, TikTok, and related paid media channels.
  • Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret performance data, identify trends, and communicate recommendations clearly.
  • Strong leadership, communication, and collaboration skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities, support sales proposals, work with account executives, and connect campaign performance to client outcomes.

Benefits

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    Alliance Retail Group

    Alliance Retail Group (ARG) is the largest self-negotiating grocery ad group in the United States. ARG is a retailer owned LLC that passes 100% of the vendors trade funds to its members with a transparent fee based business model. Our nonprofit business model is pay as we go with nothing retained at year end.With over 1000 independent supermarkets in 25+ states, ARG provides the lowest cost of goods possible to our members. As a cooperative, ARG negotiates with our trade partners to give our retailers the power of a big box banner with the freedom of an independent grocer. Collectively, our annual retail sales now exceed $8 billion.

    Founded in 1991
    Goodlettsville, Tennessee, USA
    68 employees (26 in marketing)

    Traffic Signals

    Monthly Visitors
    2.3K
    Traffic Source Mix
    Search
    27.2%
    Direct
    51.2%
    Referral
    5.4%
    Social
    14.8%
    Paid
    1.3%

    Headcount Trend

    Current headcount: ~68

    Marketing Team

    Marketing Team Size
    14 (21% of company)