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Paid Media Strategist
Location
United States
Posted
10 days ago
Salary
$70K - $80K / year
Seniority
Mid Level
No structured requirement data.
Job Description
Paid Media Strategist
QRY
Role Description We’re hiring a Paid Media Strategist to own channel performance across a portfolio of clients. You’ll plan, launch, and optimize social campaigns, keep budgets and pacing tight, and translate data into crisp decisions. You love the details, move with urgency, and can explain complex ideas simply, internally and with clients. Your day-to-day involves successfully managing client campaigns in the digital advertising space across 4 main sectors: - Media Strategy: - Plan, book, and optimize paid media campaigns (i.e. Meta, TikTok, Pinterest, and Reddit) for 6-8 clients, utilizing available media planning tools to develop media plans. - Strategize and implement A/B experiments to test audiences, creative, landing pages, offers, etc. - Facilitate campaign implementation, including asset collecting and trafficking. - Manage the channel's monthly reporting and strategy sessions with the client, owning overall communication for all channel initiatives. - Performance: - Scope, develop, and manage channel initiatives to consistently hit the goals for channels across all clients. - Act as a strategic advisor and recommend strategic pivots to increase the channel's performance. - Reporting + Forecasting: - Enthusiastically present reports to clients, highlighting the performance of your channels, how it assisted other channels in the funnel, how it affects the client's business, and recommended next steps. - Complete a monthly forecast for respective channels based on budget and/or revenue goals. - Cross Channel Strategy + Collaboration: - Collaborate with the other media and creative agency team members to ensure the creative specifications of negotiated plans are met. - Identify cross-channel strategies/collaborations with clients to improve performance. - Effectively communicate with clients on teams' capabilities and opportunities, and proactively offer solutions for ad hoc issues. How you win: - Hit agreed KPI targets for your channels (e.g., MER/ROAS, CAC/LTV, revenue, efficiency) within budget and platform guardrails. - Run a disciplined test program with documented hypotheses, win rate, rollout decisions, and measurable lift. - Run accurate forecasts on a monthly basis and tie expectations to realistic assumptions. - Deliver decks, reports, and campaign launches with low error rates related to QA or data and ensure QRY quality is represented in every outcome. What’s it like here: - High‑performance culture with high support. - Clear goals, direct feedback, documenting progress, and celebrating wins. - Real ownership, supportive teammates, and the tools to do excellent work. Your first month: - Build trust with client and internal partners, learn each brand’s goals and constraints, and align on how success will be measured. - Review current channel setups and performance at a high level and agree on priorities and near‑term wins. - By the end of the month, have a good understanding of clients, their channel setups, and how our pods work. After month one: - Own steady, predictable performance against plans and keep budgets and timelines on track. - Communicate often, surface risks early with options, and highlight opportunities for smart growth. - Result in consistent delivery, fewer surprises, and clear momentum. Qualifications - 2-5 years of successful hands-on paid media management experience, ideally in an agency environment. - Experience in channel platforms such as Meta, TikTok, Pinterest, and Reddit. - Bachelor's degree in marketing, science, or in a related field (ideally). - Analytical thinker with experience turning complex data into digestible reports. - Top-notch communication skills, able to communicate with senior stakeholders effectively and efficiently. - Master of time management, able to juggle multiple tasks effectively. - Genuine interest in e-commerce, advertising, and agency space. - Creative problem solver, ready to troubleshoot with innovative solutions. - Passion for learning and staying updated with the latest trends in digital advertising and marketing. - Understanding of the importance of a clean and quiet work environment suitable for video conferencing. Benefits - Competitive salary ranging from $70,000.00 - $80,000.00 per year, based on experience. - Quarterly bonuses tied to company revenue. - USA remote flexibility, choose your ideal workspace. - Unlimited PTO policy. - Exceptional health, dental, and vision insurance, fully covered for employees by QRY. - $100 monthly budget for wellbeing (e.g., gym memberships, coworking day pass). - 401k program with a company match. - Investment in learning and development, growth opportunities, and tools. - Latest Macbook Pro and a one-time $500 stipend to set up at-home workspace. - Annual team retreats, weekly Coffee Chats, and monthly Happy Hours.
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