Specialist, Social

WE HAVE CREATED A WORLD WHERE ART AND SCIENCE ARE BEST FRIENDS

Known is a modern marketing company engineered for the unprecedented opportunities and challenges facing marketers today. We are about 200+ people strong, pairing PhD data scientists with award-winning creatives, strategists, engineers and expert research teams to produce some of the most innovative and cutting-edge creative work in culture. We believe that when creative truly collaborates with science, strategy, and technology, amazing things can happen.

Ad Age touted that "Known may be the ultimate example of a full-service agency," and honored us with two prestigious recognitions this year : #3 on The A-List as one of the top agencies in the world, and Ad Age's Data & Insights Agency of the year for the second year in a row. Without our incredible partnerships with our clients, spanning across the leading brands in finance, technology, entertainment, media, CPG, real estate, and many other categories, honors like this could not be possible, and also have helped us earn additional awards and recognitions over the years like : Emmys, Clios Entertainment and Sports Awards, Effies, Cannes Lions Awards, ProMax Agency of the Year, and Digiday's Most Innovative Media Agency to name a few.

We couldn't create this award-winning work without seeking out and hiring the best talent. What does it mean to be a Knowner? We are curious innovators, knowledge-hunters who are constantly challenging ourselves to do better and be better for our clients, for our team and for our world at large. Our offices around the U.S. are open and while most of our people work in a hybrid setting, we are a distributed workforce with a number of Knowners working remotely.

BUT ENOUGH ABOUT US, LET'S TALK ABOUT YOU

About the role :

The Media Science team continues to grow and so does our need for a Senior Specialist on the Paid Social team. This position is responsible for the creation, maintenance, and optimization of our social ad campaigns, using analytics, automation, and piloting internal tools. While they will be working in a team with at least one more senior member, this position is assuming experience executing and reporting on paid social campaigns, and therefore some ability to do so independently. Senior Specialists are expected to have excellent critical thinking skills, with an innate sense of curiosity and the desire to explore new ways to evolve and improve campaign setup to deliver ROI for our clients. In addition, time and project management skills are key to being successful in this role.

Being a Social Specialist at Known is a unique opportunity for those pursuing a career in this field. In addition to the analytics and operations which form the basis of our campaigns, our social analysts many times work directly with clients, attending client meetings and presenting recommendations and results with support from more senior members. They are responsible for contributing significantly to deliverables, including regular campaign optimizations.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Independently build and sometimes present campaign-related analyses and results. These analyses can include everything from creative image analysis to audience deep dives, bid approaches, and measurement results.
• Assisting in all elements of a paid social campaign builds across platforms such as Meta, YouTube, TikTok, Reddit, or Pinterest - includes account configuration, media planning, campaign setup and ad trafficking, and QA.
• Own the day-to-day monitoring, management, optimization, and development of assigned campaigns
• Derive and implement optimizations and new campaign strategies, such as new bid approach, A / B tests, and audience testing to improve performance
• Ideate on new analytical methodologies for optimizing campaigns
• Validate data analyses by reviewing and performing audits of our data in reporting or creating new analyses that better serve our clients or improve our efficiency
• Operate existing software infrastructure to traffic, evaluate performance, and analyze media
• Campaign billing and actualization within media finance systems

WHO YOU ARE AND WHAT YOU HAVE

Skills, Abilities, and Knowledge

Competencies

SOME OF OUR PERKS

ONE LAST THING TO ASK YOURSELF

All this might sound great, but you're probably still wondering, "Would I be a good fit for Known?" or "Would Known be a good fit for me?" Our culture is propped up by four values that we aspire to every day : We are one team. We see the good. We never stop learning. There's always a better way. At Known we are setting out to build something more than just a company. We are building a legacy filled with exceptionally talented people with a kaleidoscope of backgrounds, experiences, and origin stories who feel encouraged and empowered to bring their whole selves to work, and to partner with us in molding and shaping our culture through our values.

Known is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against employees or qualified job applicants on the basis of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity and / or expression, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or locally protected class.

The base salary for this position is $65K-$80K

This range is posted in compliance with state and municipal Pay Transparency laws. In addition to base compensation, this role is eligible to receive additional Known benefits.

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