Senior Paid Media Strategist

Chicago, IL (Remote)

$100K/yr – $115K/yrSenior Level4+ years expFull time

Posted 3 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive senior paid media strategy and operations across multiple platforms, aligning client objectives with actionable media plans and cross-functional collaboration.

  • Own day-to-day campaign setup, trafficking, and management across Meta, Google Ads, TikTok, LinkedIn, and programmatic platforms
  • Must-have: 4-6 years of hands-on paid media experience, agency side preferred
  • Standout: Build and maintain audience strategies and optimization frameworks with data-driven reporting

Job Description

Drive senior paid media strategy and operations across multiple platforms, aligning client objectives with actionable media plans and cross-functional collaboration.

  • Serve as a key point of contact for clients and internal teams, translating business objectives into media strategies.
  • Support the development and presentation of media plans, strategic frameworks, and performance reports.
  • Support the development of integrated paid media strategies across social, search, programmatic, and emerging platforms
  • Contribute to media plan builds and strategic frameworks, bringing channel-level expertise to the planning process
  • Use audience research and platform data to inform targeting and channel recommendations - you have experience using data syndication tools.
  • Own day-to-day campaign setup, trafficking, and management across Meta, Google Ads, TikTok, LinkedIn, and programmatic platforms
  • Monitor and optimize campaigns against KPIs including CPA, ROAS, lead volume, and engagement
  • Build and maintain audience strategies, creative testing structures, and optimization frameworks
  • Stay current on platform updates, betas, and emerging tactics and bring relevant opportunities to the team
  • Partner closely with the media director on planning, forecasting, and account strategy

Requirements

  • 4-6 years of hands-on paid media experience, agency side preferred
  • Strong analytical instincts, comfortable working in Excel, Google Sheets, and platform dashboards
  • Clear, confident communicator who can represent work on client calls without needing to lead them
  • Highly organized, detail-oriented, and able to manage multiple accounts and deadlines simultaneously

Preferred

  • Deep platform fluency across Meta Ads Manager, Google Ads, and TikTok; programmatic experience is a plus
  • Familiarity with audience research tools such as GWI or similar is a bonus
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New York, New York, USA
127K employees (5,316 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
65
Traffic Source Mix
Search
32.4%
Direct
41.9%
Referral
12.7%
Social
10%
Paid
1.9%

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Current headcount: ~128.5K

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