Freelance Ads Strategist

Leander, TX (Remote)

Salary Not AvailableMid Level3+ years expFreelance

Posted 6 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own real-time pivots on high-stakes paid media across Meta, Google, and programmatic buys, aligning multi-channel acquisition with mission impact.

  • Own multi-channel acquisition across platforms, balancing clicks with donor impact.
  • Pivot strategy quickly during fast-moving news cycles to protect fundraising momentum.
  • Focus on post-click experience and optimization to maximize conversion and impact while controlling CPM.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Designing and deploying sophisticated acquisition strategies across Meta, Google, Programmatic, and emerging platforms.
  • Assisting account leads in communicating campaign results and performance insights to clients.
  • Supporting the launch and optimization of advertising campaigns to help achieve client acquisition goals.
  • Monitoring and reporting on performance data to assist in identifying trends and ensuring alignment with client missions.
  • Navigating the high-stakes, rapid-response world of news-cycle marketing, where your ability to pivot a strategy in real-time can result in millions of dollars raised for a cause in a single day.
  • Architect of multi-channel acquisition strategies that drive clicks but, more importantly, fund humanitarian aid and protect democratic institutions.

Requirements

  • At least 3 years of experience managing complex paid media portfolios in a high-growth startup, a major agency, or a political organization.
  • A Product Manager approach to ads – you care as much about the post-click experience and conversion rate optimization as you do about the CPM.
  • Excellent quantitative reasoning skills, proficiency using Excel, and ability to apply data to strategic decisions;
  • Extensive experience with the backend of ad managers.
  • Obsession with optimization: At MissionWired, finding the extra 5% of efficiency could mean an extra $100k for a client’s mission.
  • You are deeply committed to progressive causes and want to spend your time and effort contributing to the causes and missions of our clients.

Nice to have

  • Experience with nonprofit and/or political fundraising.
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MissionWired

At MissionWired, we harness the power of storytelling and connectivity. We’ve deployed millions of emails, motivated countless Facebook likes and shares and generated untold tweets and retweets. We’ve crafted strategic communications for dozens of members of both houses of Congress, large national nonprofit organizations and even The White House. We were at the vanguard of digital advocacy, inventing the tactics in wide use today. We are a full-service agency that can tackle any challenge thrown our way. From online fundraising, acquisition advertising and analytics to coding, graphic design and writing, we have top-flight talent who’ve been recognized as the best in their fields. Our clients include the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Sandy Hook Promise, Democratic political committees and members of the U.S. Senate.

Founded in 2007
Washington, District of Columbia, USA
222 employees (80 in marketing)