Manager, Paid Social

We are OMD, Cannes Lions 2024 Media Network of the Year, RECMA's Best-Performing Media Network Globally, and COMvergence's #1 Global Agency Network. As the world’s largest media network, with more than 12,000 people working in over 100 countries, we excel at making better decisions, faster. By combining innovation, creativity, empathy, and evidence, we help clients move faster, reach further, and take smarter risks in a world full of opportunities

We pride ourselves on being a people-obsessed, outcomes-focused business that applies evidence and data-based solutions, married with the practice of empathy, to drive performance and growth. When working with our clients, we put ourselves in the shoes of the consumer in order to see the world through their eyes. We focus on finding greater empathy with the consumer so as to uncover insights and opportunities that deliver more valued and valuable connections.

Responsibilities

Leadership

• Drive overall digital strategy and associated tactics to meet client’s goals, working closely with account lead(s)
• Established as leader with the client and across all departmental teams within OMD and our agency partners (PHD, etc), effectively prioritizing/negotiating needs between all parties
• Effectively manage and develop junior team members (mentoring, training, etc.)
• Prioritize and manage quarterly priorities and ad-hoc requests to ensure they are executed on time and to client expectations by entire client team
• Ability to problem solve, such as finding solutions for issues not yet attempted
• Proactively share learnings and best practices across the organization
• Establish oneself as an expert within their functional department and client team
• Identify ways to improve team efficiency and effectiveness, such as new processes
• Bring new proactive ideas to help meet client goals and grow business
  
  

Communication

• Ability to consult/educate/negotiate with clients and agency partners
• Effectively communicate paid media insights, reporting, trends, and new initiatives to client/agency partners and vendors (as Social has ownership of the vendor relationships)
• Ability to present recommendations/ideas to client and internal team
• Ability to effectively merchandise successes to the client
• Help educate client team on latest trends, best practices, technologies, etc.
• Demonstrates appropriate judgment through proper escalation
  

Functional Expertise

• In-depth knowledge of:
• Paid social optimizations (proactive and reactive)
• Forecasting and opportunity/gap analysis
• Campaign management tools, including bid rules/management
• Advanced social knowledge
• Monitoring new social trends and products and evaluating application to client
• Research tools/competitive analysis
• Budget/pacing and billing
• Understanding integrated media
• Client scope
• Industry trends
  

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in marketing, advertising or communications
• 3 years of work experience managing online marketing/advertising accounts
• Be a proactive self-starter
• Possess general knowledge of direct marketing principles and strategies
• Have polished presentation, communication and listening skills
• Have strong organizational skills as applied through an ability to manage multiple projects at once
• Be confident in analyzing and acting on marketing data
• Software experience in Meta, Pinterest, TikTok, etc.
  
  

This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on relevant experience, other job-related qualifications/skills, and geographic location (to account for comparative cost of living). The Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. For this role, benefits include: health insurance, vision insurance, dental insurance, 401(k), Healthcare Flexible Spending Account, Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account, vacation days, sick days, personal days, paid parental leave, paid medical leave, and STD/LTD insurance benefits.

Compensation Range

$50,000—$95,000 USD

This role is hybrid, requiring three (3) days per week in the office. The remaining two (2) days may be worked remotely. Specific in-office days will be discussed during the interview process, with flexibility to align with team needs. Please note that the number or required in-office days may be adjusted over time, potentially increasing the number of required in-office days based on business needs.

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