Account Strategist

Overview of the Role

Our client, a leading retail media and advertising platform, is seeking an Account Strategist to develop, execute, and optimize omnichannel advertising campaigns for a portfolio of enterprise advertisers. This individual will serve as a strategic consultant and trusted client partner, translating business objectives into data-driven media strategies that drive measurable performance outcomes.

This role combines strategic planning, campaign execution, performance optimization, and client relationship management. The ideal candidate brings hands-on experience across multiple digital media channels, strong analytical skills, and the ability to confidently present recommendations to advertisers, agencies, and internal stakeholders.

The Basics

• 3 months, could extend
• Onsite in Hoboken, NJ (5 days per week)
• Standard 40-hour work week

Top 3 Required Qualifications

• 3 years of experience managing, planning, or consulting on digital advertising campaigns across search, display, social, video, and programmatic channels.
• Strong expertise in advertising strategy, media planning, campaign optimization, and performance analysis.
• Proven ability to manage client relationships, present strategic recommendations, and communicate campaign performance insights to executive stakeholders.

Other Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Business, Communications, or a related field.
• Experience building media plans aligned to brand and performance marketing objectives.
• Deep understanding of media metrics including CPM, CPC, CTR, ROAS, conversion rate, and audience performance.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities with a data-driven approach to decision making.
• Experience navigating client-facing environments and managing multiple concurrent projects.
• Exceptional verbal, written, and presentation skills.
• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
• Familiarity with Salesforce, Tableau, JIRA, SQL, Power BI, or comparable platforms.
• Experience working within retail media, ad tech, martech, e-commerce advertising, or agency environments is preferred.
• Knowledge of DSPs, DMPs, ad exchanges, and programmatic platforms preferred.
• Master's degree preferred.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and execute omnichannel advertising campaigns aligned with client marketing objectives.
• Create strategic media recommendations and campaign plans leveraging customer insights, forecasting, and performance data.
• Partner with Sales and Account teams to develop data-driven advertising solutions.
• Serve as a consultative expert for advertisers and agencies across audience strategy, activation, and campaign performance.
• Manage campaign setup, pacing, optimization, troubleshooting, and ongoing execution.
• Monitor performance against KPIs and implement optimization strategies to improve results.
• Present campaign performance, strategic insights, and recommendations to clients and leadership teams.
• Identify opportunities for campaign expansion and increased media investment.
• Collaborate with Product, Engineering, Analytics, Sales, and Operations teams to ensure campaign success.
• Maintain high standards of campaign quality assurance and execution.
• Support knowledge sharing, mentoring, and best-practice development within the broader team.
• Act as a subject matter expert across digital media channels including paid search, programmatic display, social media, connected TV (CTV), digital out-of-home (DOOH), sponsorships, and experiential advertising.

In this position, you may have access to client or customer systems, confidential and/or proprietary information or data. This position is onsite and requires you to work closely with other individuals in a collaborative team environment.

Benefits

Creative Circle's Freelance Employee benefits package includes eligibility for Minimum Essential Coverage (MEC) medical plan, dental/vision/term life package, discount prescription program, critical illness, accident, tele-behavioral health, and 401(k) plan. Sick leave is provided to Candidates whose assignment work location is in a state or city subject to sick leave laws. A Minimum Value (MV) PPO medical plan, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, and paid holiday eligibility are based on length and dates of service.

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For Creative Circle to represent you for this opportunity, you must be currently authorized to work in the United States without the need of employer sponsorship for a non-immigrant visa such as a H-1B, TN, or O visa. We do not support or provide training for STEM/OPT programs. Additionally, you must be physically located in and perform the work for our client in the United States.This is a new role.

This job was first posted by Creative Circle on 10/27/2026 and applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled or closed.

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