Senior eCommerce Advertising Manager

Portsmouth, VA (Remote)

Salary Not AvailableSenior Level5+ years expFull time

Posted 4 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive senior, cross-channel paid media strategy and execution for ecommerce brands, owning planning, testing, and performance storytelling with a focus on Google, Amazon, and social ads.

  • Must-have: 5–8+ years in performance media with direct spend ownership.
  • Standout: Hands-on PMAX/GA4 testing and cross-channel optimization leadership.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with the Growth Team to develop full-funnel, audience-aware and messaging-aware advertising plans across Google (Search/Shopping/YouTube/PMAX), Amazon/retail media, and social media channels like Meta, TikTok, and others as needed.
  • Translate client goals into tactical budget allocations, flighting, and testing roadmaps with clear go/no-go criteria.
  • Design “Scenario A/B/C” annual plans based on client goals tied to merchandise mix, seasonality, and expected constraints.
  • Keep a pulse of active advertising activities, performance trends, and changes in order to:
  • Help adapt to challenges (like ad spend changes, unexpected product sales performance)
  • Bring a bigger-picture lens to make sure advertising tactics stay aligned with client goals
  • Identify opportunities for growth, performance gains, or new testing
  • Maintain a high standard of quality for campaign builds, optimization, and expansions.
  • Support our experienced advertising team as a collaborator, reviewer, or just a second set of eyes but ready jump in hands-on when needed.
  • Act as a more hands-on collaborator in Google Advertising (campaign architecture, PMAX segmentation strategy, product feed hygiene, oversee GMC monitoring & issue triage, and policy/compliance guardrails)

Requirements

  • 5–8+ years in performance media for eCommerce/DTC with direct ownership of spend and targets.
  • Proven media planning chops with hands-on experience building and managing campaigns in Meta, Google, and Amazon.
  • Strategic thinker with the ability to flow between strategy and tactical execution with ease.
  • Strong communicator who can turn numbers into narratives and set expectations with clarity.
  • Able to effectively manage clients, proactively solve problems, and both identify and delegate what needs to be done today to achieve tomorrow’s goals.
  • Experience managing people or leading small teams.
  • Strong data analytics skills and advanced professional experience using Excel/Google Sheets.
  • Obsessive about details, QA, and follow-through.
  • Comfortable designing tests, reading results (GA4/ads platforms), and making decisive calls.
  • Fluent in eCommerce efficiency metrics (contribution margin, TACOS, MER/blended ROAS, LTV:CAC), with the ability to set channel goals that ladder up to total media targets.

Preferred

  • Feed management (Feedonomics/DataFeedWatch), GMC troubleshooting, and catalog hygiene.
  • Looker Studio/Tableau reporting, Shopify/GA4 event fluency
  • Familiarity with retail calendars, launches, and seasonal playbooks.
  • Current macOS user (personal or professional use)
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Founded in 2012
Portsmouth, Virginia, USA
9 employees (7 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
275
Traffic Source Mix
Search
32.9%
Direct
41.7%
Referral
12.8%
Social
9.9%
Paid
1.6%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~9

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
6 (67% of company)