Senior Analyst, Paid Social Media

Chicago, IL (On-site)

$61K/yr – $84K/yrSenior Level1+ years expFull time

Posted 2 hrs ago

Job Summary

Own end-to-end paid social campaigns across major platforms, driving setup, optimization, reporting, and cross‑functional collaboration while ensuring accuracy and adherence to budgets.

  • Manage trafficking, QA, and maintenance with precision
  • Analyze data to identify optimizations and surface actionable insights
  • Collaborate with Managers and cross-functional teams to support integrated campaigns

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Execute and manage paid social campaigns across key platforms, ensuring accurate setup, pacing, and delivery aligned to client objectives
  • Own campaign documentation, trafficking, QA processes, and ongoing maintenance with a high level of precision and attention to detail
  • Monitor performance and identify optimization opportunities across targeting, creative, bidding, and budgets; implement updates as approved by the Manager and client
  • Support the development of clear, insightful performance reporting and help surface key takeaways and recommendations
  • Manage billing reconciliation and spend tracking to ensure accuracy and alignment with planned budgets
  • Partner closely with Managers and cross-functional teams to support integrated media efforts and seamless campaign execution
  • Utilize platform tools and emerging AI-assisted capabilities (e.g., automated bidding, audience expansion, creative testing insights) where appropriate to enhance efficiency and performance
  • Contribute to knowledge-sharing and best-practice development within the paid social team

Requirements

  • 1+ year of hands-on experience executing paid social advertising campaigns with a high level of accuracy
  • Direct experience managing campaigns across Facebook and Instagram, with experience in TikTok required; Snapchat and Pinterest experience preferred
  • Strong understanding of paid social campaign setup, QA, pacing, and performance measurement
  • Proven ability to analyze data, identify trends, and translate insights into actionable optimizations
  • Highly organized with strong attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple campaigns simultaneously
  • Collaborative mindset with strong communication skills and a desire to continue learning and growing within paid social
  • Help train/support new entry level social analysts on the brilliant basics of platform management.
  • Bachelor’s degree preferred

Benefits

  • The Power of One starts with our people! To do powerful things, we offer powerful resources. Our best-in-class wellness and benefits offerings include:
  • - Paid Family Care for parents and caregivers for 12 weeks or more
  • - Monetary assistance and support for Adoption, Surrogacy and Fertility
  • - Monetary assistance and support for pet adoption
  • - Employee Assistance Programs and Health/Wellness/Comfort reimbursements to help you invest in your future and work/life balance
  • - Tuition Assistance
  • - Paid time off that includes Flexible Time off Vacation, Annual Sick Days, Volunteer Days, Holiday and Identity days, and more
  • - Matching Gifts programs
  • - Flexible working arrangements
  • - 'Work Your World’ Program encouraging employees to work from anywhere Publicis Groupe has an office for up to 6 weeks a year (based upon eligibility)
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Starcom

3.7 Glassdoor

With a history that dates back over 80 years, Starcom is a global communications planning and media leader. We are an agency still grounded in our founding principle that people are at the center of all we do. Each day, we apply this belief to harness the transformative power of data and technology to inspire and move people and business forward. With almost 7,000 employees in over 100 offices around the world, Starcom partners with the world's leading marketers and brands, including Bank of America, Best Buy, Kellanova, McDonald's, Novartis, Samsung, Visa, WK Kellogg Company and more.

Founded in 1936
Chicago, Illinois, USA
6.1K employees (2,084 in marketing)
66% recommend to a friend
59% CEO approval

Salaries

Posted range

$61K/yr – $84K/yr

Taken straight from the job posting.

Paid Social median pay in the United States

$90K/yr

Most pay falls between $73K and $111K. Based on 1,120 salaries.

See all Starcom salaries

Funding

Total Funding
$57.1M
Last Raise
$43.2M
Series A, 1 months ago

Funding History

  • Feb 2026
    Series A • $43.2M
  • Aug 2025
    Series A
  • May 2025
    Series A • $13.9M

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
20.1K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
43.1%
Direct
41.6%
Referral
9.1%
Social
4.6%
Paid
1.1%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~6.1K
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Senior Analyst, Paid Social Media

Starcom · Chicago, IL · On-site