Paid Media & PPC Advertising Strategist

Columbus, OH (On-site)

$55K/yr – $75K/yrMid Level3+ years expFull time

Posted 4 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive paid media strategy and end-to-end management across search, social, and programmatic, focusing on ROAS, CAC, and client KPIs.

  • Own campaign strategy and outcomes across Google, Meta, LinkedIn, and programmatic channels.
  • Must-have: 3+ years managing paid search, social, and programmatic campaigns.
  • Standout: Experience with GA4, GTM, and building data dashboards.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • CAMPAIGN STRATEGY & OWNERSHIP - Develop paid media strategies aligned to each client's defined business objectives and KPIs across paid search, paid social, and programmatic channels
  • - Take full ownership of campaign outcomes - holding ROAS, CAC, and client-defined success metrics as the standard of performance
  • - Act as SME in sales conversations, prospect meetings, and client strategy sessions
  • CAMPAIGN MANAGEMENT & OPTIMIZATION - Build, manage, and continuously optimize campaigns across Google Ads, Microsoft Ads, Meta, LinkedIn, YouTube, and programmatic platforms
  • - Conduct routine campaign analysis to identify optimization opportunities across targeting, creative, bidding, and budget allocation
  • - Track and reconcile client budgets monthly, ensuring spend is aligned with strategy and delivering measurable return
  • - Implement and maintain event and conversion tracking on client websites and landing pages using Google Tag Manager, GA4, and platform pixels
  • DATA ANALYSIS & REPORTING - Build & maintain dashboards & scorecards that communicate outcomes, not just activity
  • - Generate data-driven insights and proactive recommendations throughout the full campaign lifecycle
  • - Leverage first-party data segments to improve targeting precision and campaign performance
  • CLIENT & SALES COLLABORATION - Lead client meetings to review performance, present insights and align on strategy
  • - Work closely with the sales team to evaluate, scope, and present new paid media opportunities
  • - Collaborate with strategists and the StratMar Team Leader to ensure campaign efforts support broader client marketing goals
  • PROCESS & INNOVATION - Own and maintain the paid media playbook, identifying opportunities to improve efficiency and results
  • - Stay current on platform updates, emerging ad formats, and industry trends माझ? (AI-enhanced) - Leverage AI-powered tools to enhance campaign analysis, targeting, and performance
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Social Firm

-Where Story Meets Strategy & Design-Industry leaders in digital marketing for small businesses and enterprise corporations. We deliver long-term, highly efficient results. Our main services are website design, paid advertising, local search, SEO, social media marketing, content writing, design & digital reporting.Our goal is to build your company's online presence in a way that produces positive results.

Founded in 2010
Columbus, Ohio, USA
14 employees (9 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
12.1K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$5.2K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
40.2%
Direct
40%
Referral
8.9%
Social
9%
Paid
1.4%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~14

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
7 (50% of company)