Manager, Paid Social Media

New York City, NY (Hybrid)

$75K/yr – $100K/yrSenior Level4+ years expFull time

Posted 7 hrs ago

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Job Summary

Own and drive the end-to-end paid social program for multiple clients, shaping strategy, activation, optimization, and insights across platforms, while collaborating with planning, analytics, and creative teams.

  • Own and execute paid social strategies
  • Translate objectives into activation plans

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Develop and execute paid social strategies that align with client business, brand, and performance objectives.
  • Translate client business and brand objectives into strategic, actionable paid social strategies and activation plans.
  • Lead day-to-day paid social operations across assigned clients, ensuring campaigns are strategically sound, effectively executed, and continuously optimized.
  • Work directly with clients and internal partners to understand objectives, communicate recommendations, and provide clear, actionable insights.
  • Manage campaign activation and optimization across social platforms, including Meta, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Snapchat, X, and other emerging platforms as appropriate.
  • Maintain hands-on platform expertise and stay current with evolving social capabilities, formats, targeting, measurement, and best practices.
  • Analyze campaign performance and use data and insights to identify opportunities, solve challenges, and improve outcomes.
  • Develop POVs, recommendations, and thought leadership that bring new ideas and perspectives to clients and the broader team.
  • Partner closely with planning, investment, analytics, creative, and other agency teams to ensure paid social is integrated into the broader media strategy.
  • Help establish and maintain best practices for paid social strategy, activation, measurement, and optimization.

Requirements

  • 4+ years of experience in paid social media, with a strong foundation in strategy, activation, optimization, and measurement; agency experience preferred.
  • Hands-on experience across major paid social platforms, including Meta, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Snapchat, X, and/or emerging platforms.
  • Ability to translate client business and brand objectives into strategic, actionable paid social strategies and activation plans.
  • Strong understanding of audience targeting, campaign structure, budgeting, optimization, creative formats, and measurement.
  • Ability to analyze campaign performance and turn data and insights into clear recommendations and strategic actions.
  • Experience managing client relationships and confidently presenting strategies, recommendations, and results.
  • Ability to manage multiple clients, campaigns, and priorities while maintaining accuracy, attention to detail, and strong follow-through.
  • Demonstrated experience mentoring and developing team members and providing guidance on both strategy and execution.
  • Strong communication, collaboration, and relationship-building skills.
  • Curious and proactive, with a strong interest in the evolving social media landscape, emerging platforms, and new technologies.
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