Senior Associate, Paid Social

New York City, NY (Hybrid)

$62K/yr – $75K/yrMid Level2+ years expFull time

Posted 3 days ago

Job Summary

Own and optimize paid social campaigns end to end, including planning, execution, and reporting, while partnering with cross-functional teams to meet client KPIs.

  • Manage campaigns across major platforms and drive ongoing optimization
  • Translate performance data into actionable recommendations for clients and internal teams
  • Support development of media plans and client-facing performance reviews

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Support the planning, execution, and optimization of paid social campaigns against client goals and KPIs.
  • Build, QA, monitor, and optimize campaigns across paid social platforms.
  • Read creative at asset level, can spot creative and audience saturation, and trigger refreshes to optimize performance.
  • Fix any process issues, give feedback clearly across markets and delivery models, and put forward recommendations with implications and next steps.
  • Create concise recurring reports, including what moved, why, and what should happen next.
  • Forecast where spend and performance can land and act early to change outcomes.
  • Analyze campaign performance data and provide actionable insights and recommendations.
  • Assist in the development of media plans, performance reports, and campaign wrap-ups.
  • Monitor campaign pacing and support budget management to ensure efficient spend.
  • Communicate campaign performance, results, and recommendations to internal teams and clients in a clear and timely manner.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree and 2 years of paid social media experience, preferably within an advertising agency environment.
  • Experience running a B2B account, including structuring campaigns, sending updates on status, timing, and opportunities.
  • Working knowledge of performance marketing principles and digital media measurement.
  • Hands-on experience managing campaigns across major paid social platforms, including Meta, Reddit, LinkedIn.
  • Experience with campaign setup, QA processes, client and team presentations, pacing, optimization, and performance reporting.
  • Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret data and identify performance trends.
  • Advanced proficiency in Excel and experience working with large datasets.
  • Experience managing budgets and billing, with Prisma experience a must.
  • Strong organizational and project management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
  • Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills.

Benefits

  • Medical, vision, and dental insurance,
  • Life insurance,
  • Short-term and long-term disability insurance,
  • 401k,
  • Flexible paid time off,
  • At least 15 paid holidays per year,
  • Paid sick and safe leave, and
  • Paid parental leave.
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Senior Associate, Paid Social

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