Senior Associate, Paid Social

Chicago, IL (Hybrid)

$62K/yr – $70K/yrSenior Level2+ years expFull time

Posted 1 day ago

Job Summary

Own planning, execution, and optimization of paid social campaigns, delivering actionable insights, recurring performance reports, and strategic recommendations.

  • Lead campaign setup, optimization, and reporting across Meta, TikTok, Reddit, and Snapchat
  • Translate data into concise client-ready insights and recommendations
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams and platform partners to drive performance

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Support the planning, execution, and optimization of paid social campaigns aligned with client objectives and key performance indicators (KPIs).
  • Build, quality assure (QA), monitor, and optimize campaigns across paid social platforms.
  • Analyze campaign performance, identify trends and drivers, and translate data into actionable insights and recommendations.
  • Create clear and concise recurring reports that communicate performance results, key learnings, optimization opportunities, and recommended next steps.
  • Assist in the development of media plans, campaign analyses, performance reports, and post-campaign wrap-up presentations.
  • Monitor campaign pacing and support budget management to help ensure efficient and effective allocation of media spend.
  • Proactively identify performance challenges, investigate root causes, and recommend solutions to improve campaign outcomes.
  • Communicate campaign performance, insights, and recommendations to internal teams and clients in a clear, timely, and professional manner.
  • Participate in client meetings and contribute to presentations, performance reviews, and strategic discussions.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to support integrated media strategies and ensure alignment across channels.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education, training, and relevant experience.
  • Approximately 2+ years of paid social media experience, preferably within an advertising agency, media agency, or similar fast-paced environment.
  • Experience structuring campaigns and communicating status updates, timelines, risks, and opportunities to stakeholders.
  • Working knowledge of performance marketing principles, campaign measurement, attribution, and digital media analytics.
  • Hands-on experience managing campaigns across major paid social platforms, including Meta, TikTok, Reddit, and Snapchat.
  • Experience with campaign setup, QA processes, pacing, optimization, performance reporting, and client-facing communications.
  • Strong analytical and critical thinking skills with the ability to interpret data, identify trends, evaluate multiple solutions, and make data-informed recommendations.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and experience working with and analyzing large datasets.
  • Experience supporting budget management, billing processes, and client presentations.
  • Strong organizational and project management skills with the ability to prioritize competing deadlines and manage multiple projects simultaneously.

Preferred

  • Experience supporting retail, e-commerce, or performance-focused campaigns is preferred.

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,
  • Paid parental leave.
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Senior Associate, Paid Social

dentsu · Chicago, IL · Hybrid