Performance Media Buyer (Paid Social & YouTube)

Los Angeles, CA (Remote)

Salary Not AvailableSenior Level3+ years expFull time

Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Own and optimise paid media across Meta, TikTok, YouTube, and DV360, leading cross-functional collaboration and continuous experimentation to improve reach, efficiency, and KPI performance.

  • Campaign Ownership: Drive end-to-end setup, QA, and performance analysis across upper- and lower-funnel programs with sales, BI, and creative teams.
  • Optimization Engine: Continuously test creatives, audiences, placements, and bidding to hit CPV, VTR, and CPM targets while scaling impact.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Set up, manage, and optimise paid media campaigns across platforms like Meta, TikTok, YouTube, and DV360
  • You manage both upper-funnel and lower-funnel campaign structures and constantly test creatives, audiences, placements, and bidding strategies
  • Monitor pacing, troubleshoot delivery, and hit KPIs like CPV, VTR, Completion Rates and CPM
  • Use internal and external tools to ensure flawless setup, tracking, QA, and invoicing
  • Collaborate with sales, BI, and creative teams, and top-tier entertainment clients
  • Analyse results and provide actionable insights to improve campaign efficiency and reach

Requirements

  • 3+ years of hands-on media buying experience
  • Platforms: Meta, TikTok, Google Ads, and ideally DV360
  • Strong command of auction mechanics, CPV targets, pacing, bidding, and platform optimisation
  • Analytical mindset with confidence in Excel, Google Sheets, and performance data tools
  • Proven ability to manage budgets across paid social and YouTube channels, including proposal development, campaign activation & maintenance, and post-buy recaps
  • Provide direction as needed for improving campaign performance through optimisation and/or implementing new features and strategies
  • Comfortable working independently in a remote, fast-paced, cross-functional team
  • Proficiency in monitoring pacing, troubleshooting delivery, and hitting KPIs like CPV, VTR, Completion Rates and CPM

Preferred

  • Familiarity with Reddit and Snapchat is a strong plus
  • Familiarity with the entertainment industry (film, streaming, TV, or sports) is a strong plus
  • Proactive, curious, and focused on outcomes over perfection

Benefits

  • An open-minded and international team that loves to collaborate to reach our goals.
  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance, 401(k), short-term and long-term disability, and life insurance
  • We believe in a permission-less environment that lets us focus on delivering value without overcomplicating things
  • We prioritise meaningful work over perks and believe that true fulfilment comes from intrinsic motivation, personal growth, and making a lasting impact
  • We trust our skilled professionals to maintain a no-nonsense attitude and create an environment that promotes innovation
  • We are committed to helping you achieve your personal and professional goals, and we offer a collaborative and supportive environment to do so
  • This opportunity is remote-first with travel to client meetings, with the primary office location in the Los Angeles area (Note: there may be weekly to monthly meetings in person, but aiming always to be remote first)
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We are JustWatch. The only media company built for modern-day entertainment. JustWatch Media helps entertainment brands around the world get to grips with new challenges and opportunities. From blockbuster movies, award winning shows, major sporting events and console games, we buy media for our clients across the major digital platforms. Our media buying capabilities are powered by JustWatch The Streaming Guide. Live and localized in over 130 markets, it is the biggest streaming guide in the world, billions of data points from over 200,000 movies & shows and tens of millions of users, which means we understand audiences and content better.We have offices in Berlin, Munich, Paris, Rome, London and New York and we’d love to hear from you.Our mission is to connect entertainment fans with their favorite content worldwide.

Founded in 2014
Berlin, Berlin, DEU
207 employees (91 in marketing)
69% recommend to a friend
73% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
59.5M
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$11.2K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
73.4%
Direct
25.4%
Referral
1%
Social
0.2%
Paid
0%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~233

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
83 (40% of company)

Funding

Last Raise
Series Unknown, 8 years ago

Funding History

  • Nov 2017
    Series Unknown
  • Oct 2014
    Seed

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