Freelance Media Buyer, Social at Deutsch | Los Angeles, CA | $2K/wk – $3K/wk

Deutsch

Freelance Media Buyer, Social

Los Angeles, CA (Remote)

$2K/wk – $3K/wkMid Level3+ years expContract

Posted 4 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive paid social campaigns across Meta, TikTok, and LinkedIn with strong budgeting and QA—primarily focused on precise pacing and cross-team collaboration.

Must-have: 3+ years in paid social plus Prisma billing and deep Meta/TikTok/LinkedIn expertise
Standout: Proven ownership of pacing, budgeting, and cross-functional optimization
Open to fully remote work

Job Description

Responsibilities

Build campaigns in-platform across Meta, TikTok, and LinkedIn with QA
Implement site tagging with Ad Ops/Analytics and ensure UTMs and landing pages
Traffic, upload, and thoroughly QA ads, targeting, tracking, budgets
Campaign stewardship: manage day-to-day performance across teams and prevent mis-spend
Prisma billing experience required for budgeting and reconciliations
Track budgets, reconcile, and flag discrepancies; monitor invoices
Run scheduled and ad hoc reports and share actionable insights with multiple teams
Stay current on platform updates; develop testing plans and translate audience strategy into execution
Forecast budgets to meet KPIs; ensure pacing and performance management
Strong ownership of pacing and performance management

Requirements

3+ years of hands-on paid social experience
Deep expertise in Meta, TikTok, LinkedIn (required)
Experience with YouTube, Reddit (nice to have)
Prisma billing experience (required)
Smartly experience (preferred)
Agency experience preferred
Proven ability to build, QA, and pace campaigns with precision
Strong financial management skills and attention to detail
Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills
Experience with tagging, troubleshooting, and analytics tools is a plus

Preferred

YouTube experience (nice to have)
Reddit experience (nice to have)
Smartly experience (preferred)
Agency experience preferred

Deutsch

Deutsch is a data-inspired, culturally shaped, creative studio based in Los Angeles, California. With Hollywood's creative legacy as a backdrop and the ingenuity of Silicon Beach serving as daily inspiration, we take an integrated approach that leverages our expertise in advertising, brand strategy, business intelligence, design, media, production, music, and technology. Steelhead, our in-house production company, is the largest agency-owned production facility in the country. Deutsch is proud to work with some of the world's most renowned global brands, including Taco Bell, Walmart, Dr Pepper, Nintendo, Adobe, Verizon, Snapple, PetSmart, Behr, Opendoor, NerdWallet, and more. Deutsch was named ADWEEK's 2024 U.S. Agency of the Year and one of Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies of 2024.

Founded in 1969

Los Angeles, California, USA

409 employees (216 in marketing)

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