Paid Media Manager

Berwyn, IL (On-site)

$108K/yr – $142K/yrSenior LevelFull time

Posted 5 days ago

Job Summary

Own end-to-end paid media strategy and activation for Pop-Tarts, Eggo, and Rice Krispies Treats, leading audience-driven activation, measurement, and cross-functional collaboration to optimize investments and drive growth.

  • Own media strategy, planning, and activation across brands
  • Lead analytics-informed optimization and agency/partner leadership

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Media Strategy & Ownership – Lead end-to-end integrated paid media strategy, planning, and activation for Pop-Tarts®, Eggo®, and Rice Krispies Treats®, ensuring investments drive both brand growth and business performance.
  • Audience Strategy & Activation – Leverage first, second, and third-party data, consumer insights, and retail intelligence to identify high-value audiences and develop audience-first activation plans across strategic audience objectives.
  • Measurement & Optimization – Partner with Analytics to establish KPIs, measurement plans, and learning agendas. Translate campaign performance, sales lift, and Marketing Mix Modeling results into actionable insights that continuously optimize media investments and improve business outcomes.
  • Agency & Partner Leadership – Lead media agency and platform partner relationships, setting strategic direction, driving accountability, and ensuring best-in-class planning, execution, innovation, and performance.
  • Investment & Budget Stewardship – Manage media budgets, annual planning, flowcharts, approvals, and investment optimization to maximize effectiveness and efficiency across all investments.
  • Learning, Innovation & Cross-Functional Leadership – Champion a culture of testing and learning while partnering closely with Brand, Analytics, and the Integrated Agency Team teams to identify growth opportunities and advance marketing effectiveness.

Requirements

  • Deep expertise in integrated paid media, with a proven track record of developing and executing integrated media strategies that drive measurable brand and business growth.
  • Strong audience, data, and analytics capabilities, leveraging consumer insights and in-market performance data to uncover growth opportunities, inform investment decisions, and optimize performance.
  • Expert knowledge of today's media ecosystem, including Linear TV, Connected TV, Paid Social, Online Video, Search, Retail Media, and emerging channels, with a passion for innovation and continuous learning.
  • Ability to translate complex data and performance results into clear, actionable recommendations, influencing stakeholders and driving smarter business decisions.
  • Exceptional leadership, communication, and collaboration skills, with experience managing agency partners, working cross-functionally, and thriving in a fast-paced environment.

Benefits

  • Benefits include medical, dental, vision, life, accidental death & dismemberment insurance, employee assistance program, short-term disability coverage, and long-term disability insurance.
  • Also, voluntary income protection benefits such as supplemental life, accident as well as a 401(k) plan with company contributions is available.
  • Part-time employees may have access to benefits on a pro-rated basis.
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At Kellanova, our vision is to be the world’s best-performing snacks-led powerhouse, unleashing the full potential of our differentiated brands and our passionate people.Powered by our strategy to Differentiate, Drive & Deliver, we are a leading company in global snacking, international cereal and noodles, and North America frozen foods, with iconic, world-class brands and strong underlying growth momentum and profitability.Our purpose is to create better days and a place at the table for everyone through our trusted foods brands. As part of this purpose, we are committed to advancing sustainable & equitable access to food by creating Better Days for 4 billion people by the end of 2030.

Founded in 2023
Chicago, Illinois, USA
7.8K employees (828 in marketing)

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$108K/yr – $142K/yr

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Paid Media Manager

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