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Paid Media Manager

Creative Circle
Washington, DC Contractor
POSTED ON 1/1/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 1/29/2026

Our client, a leading international science-based non-profit, is looking for a Paid Media Manager to oversee the paid media strategy and manage custom content projects. This is a 40-hour/week, 6 month engagement, that is hybrid in Washington, DC.

Paid Media Manager Responsibilities:
-  Manage client relationships and lead marketing strategy 
- Develop proposals, budgets, and KPIs for custom content projects
- Coordinate creative asset development and ensure timely, on-budget delivery
- Collaborate with internal teams and freelancers to execute campaigns
- Lead paid media strategy across search, social, display, and programmatic channels
- Optimize campaigns through analytics, testing, and performance insights
- Manage and grow paid media budgets, ensuring maximum ROI
- Identify new paid media opportunities and stay current on industry trends

Paid Media Manager Requirements:
- Minimum 3 years of experience in marketing, project management, or digital advertising
- Bachelors degree in marketing, communications, or related field
- Proficiency with platforms like Google Ads, Meta Ads, LinkedIn
- Strong analytical skills and experience with data-driven decision-making
- Excellent communication and project management abilities
- Ability to manage multiple large-scale projects and client relationships
- Creative mindset with a passion for testing and optimization

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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Sarah Turner - Senior Recruiter

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 job was first posted by Creative Circle on 12/17/2025 and applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled or closed.

Creative Circle is an Equal Opportunity Employer

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, registered domestic partner status, marital status, disability, status as a crime victim, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Creative Circle will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local law, including but not limited to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, and the California Fair Chance Act. If you need a reasonable accommodation in the application process, please contact your Recruiter (the person you'll be interviewing with) or a member of our Human Resources team to make arrangements. United Healthcare creates and publishes the Transparency in Coverage Machine-Readable Files on behalf of Creative Circle.

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