Marketing Manager III (Senior Paid Media Manager) # 26-17328

Senior Paid Media Manager

The Cross Channel, Cross Category Marketing (XCM) organization is looking for a highly motivated Senior Paid Media Manager to support the media approach and investment strategies for brand marketing campaigns across a variety of initiatives. This role will own, develop, and manage consumer-facing paid media campaigns that drive brand love with core audiences and growth opportunities. This marketer is able to think big while remaining deeply analytical, naturally curious, and capable of juggling multiple projects to drive innovative and effective plans. The ideal candidate will possess a passion for bar-raising media planning, strong bias for action, and the ability to dive deep into the details. They are a self-starter, resourceful, and find creative solutions to complex challenges. Working with media agencies and internal teams, you will apply a data-driven approach to determine optimal channel mix for priority audiences based on business objectives. You will ensure high standards across media planning and implementation while coordinating with multiple stakeholders, including campaign managers, marketing teams, measurement partners, and creative and content teams. As an integrated media professional, you will demonstrate strong results orientation, help develop roadmaps and goal tracking, and have experience working with industry partners and social platforms. You will combine skills as a strategist, project manager, and analyst to implement media best practices and support campaign optimization. Strong relationship building skills are essential as you'll work closely with various stakeholders across lines of business.

Key Responsibilities:

• Own end-to-end cross-channel media planning and execution for specific campaigns, managing external media agency and internal activation teams to translate business objectives into media campaign strategies.
• Partner closely with internal stakeholders on the broader marketing campaign strategy as the paid media expert.
• Drive real-time campaign optimizations based on key KPIs and compile regular reporting from multiple sources.
• Advise leadership and stakeholders on the reasoning behind decisions and recommendations.
• Navigate a highly matrixed organization and represent the team with integrity and self-sufficiency.
• Partner with other media managers to leverage overall investment decisions and insights across the team in the most audience-driven expression possible.
• Contribute insights to advertising portfolio strategy and investment models.
• Drive marketing programs to build payments brand awareness and adoption, including providing the direct sales team with collateral and tools.
• Plan and deliver online campaigns, including email campaigns and placements on company websites as well as seller and solution provider websites.
• Create collateral and sales tools for the direct sales team and events.
• Create marketing content for personal and business payment website sections, collaborating with designers on layout and graphics.
• Compile, analyze, and present performance metrics, identifying opportunities to enhance campaigns and improve performance.
• Work effectively across organizational boundaries to define, manage, and prioritize work.

Required Skills:

• 7+ years of relevant professional experience in marketing, communications, audience strategy, and media working at a media agency or in-house media team.
• In-depth knowledge of cross-channel media strategy and experience leading complex business at an agency or in-house with a large advertiser.
• Clear understanding of media principles, planning, and buying functions in the US.
• Experience building and optimizing multiple, simultaneous marketing campaigns.
• Experience using industry media planning tools such as Nielsen, Kantar, Comscore, etc.
• Strong speaking and written professional communication skills.
• Experience using data and metrics to drive improvements.
• Experience managing or working within cross-functional marketing and creative teams.
• Self-motivated and comfortable working independently with minimal supervision.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced and deadline-driven environment.

Schedule: 40 Hours/Week (4 Days/Week, 10 Hours/Day) Shift Rotation: Every 6 Weeks: SundayWednesday: 8:00 AM 6:00 PM SundayWednesday: 10:00 PM 8:00 AM WednesdaySaturday: 8:00 AM 6:00 PM

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