Ads Campaign Manager

Penta Group; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare Coverage

401(k) match

Short-term & Long-term disability

Paid parental leave

Flexible PTO

Monthly cell phone stipend

Pet insurance option

Team events & wellness resources

Job summary

Penta Group is a global data-driven solutions firm with offices worldwide, including the US. We seek an Ads Campaign Manager to lead integrated media campaigns, guide junior staff, and ensure campaigns meet high standards. You’ll build, launch, optimize, and report results, translating data into actionable client insights.

The ideal candidate blends platform expertise with strong judgment, attention to detail, and clear communication to explain implications and next steps to clients.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 4–6 years of experience in paid/performance/integrated media or ad operations.
• Hands-on Campaign Manager 360 setup, trafficking, tracking, Floodlights, QA, and discrepancy troubleshooting.
• Experience building and optimizing Google Ads campaigns, including paid search and YouTube.
• Experience managing paid social campaigns across LinkedIn and Meta.
• Strong analytical skills and ability to translate data into actionable recommendations.
• Excellent writing/editing for client-facing reports and presentations.
• High attention to detail and ability to identify errors and campaign risks.
• Experience reviewing junior team members' work and guiding them.
• Ability to manage multiple campaigns, deadlines, and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Build, launch, and optimize campaigns across Google Ads, YouTube, LinkedIn, Meta, X, programmatic media, and direct publishers.
• Provide day-to-day guidance to junior team members on campaign execution, monitoring, optimization, and reporting.
• Review campaign builds and client deliverables for accuracy, completeness, and strategic value.
• Monitor pacing and performance; recommend optimizations in bids, budgets, audiences, and placements.
• Identify delivery or tracking issues early and align campaigns with media plans.
• Coordinate with external programmatic teams to launch, evaluate, and optimize campaigns.
• Translate data into clear client insights: what happened, why, and next steps.
• Present performance results to clients and stakeholders.
• Coach juniors to diagnose performance and develop recommendations.
• Manage trafficking, tracking, QA, Floodlights, and reporting in Campaign Manager 360.
• Troubleshoot discrepancies across ad servers and platforms.
• Develop standardized campaign-management, QA, optimization, and reporting processes.
• Support integrated media planning and manage select campaigns end-to-end.

Skills

Campaign Manager 360

Google Ads

YouTube Ads

LinkedIn Ads

Meta Ads

Programmatic

Analytics

Communication

Attention to detail

Mentoring juniors

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Campaign Manager 360

GA4

Looker Studio

Tableau

Power BI

Job description

Penta Group is a global company providing data-driven solutions to help clients achieve their objectives in an increasingly complex stakeholder environment. We provide cutting‑edge intelligence products to help clients understand what their stakeholders think, see, and hear, and then leverage that intelligence to develop and execute effective, measurable strategies.

Our global team brings decades of experience in business, government, communications, research, data science, and media. Our clients include companies across a variety of industries, including technology, financial services, energy, healthcare, and more. Penta has offices in New York, London, Washington, DC, San Francisco, Dublin, London, Brussels, Singapore, and Hong Kong.

Penta Brand Strategyis the firm's in-house advertising and creative agency. Penta Brand Strategy blends the firm's hallmark analytical and communications expertise with storytelling, design, and technology to help clients increase the accessibility, reach, and emotional resonance of their ideas. We work across the firm's client portfolio, developing creative solutions and campaign concepts that have the power to shape perspectives and inspire action on the issues that matter most.

Role Summary:

Penta’s Brand Strategy team is seeking a hands‑on Ads Campaign Manager to manage integrated media campaigns and oversee the work of junior team members. This person will directly build, launch, optimize, and report on campaigns while ensuring work across the team meets high standards for accuracy, performance, and strategic value. They will also strengthen campaign oversight, improve client‑facing insights, and help junior employees develop stronger optimization and analytical skills.

The ideal candidate combines technical platform experience with strong judgment, attention to detail, and communication skills. They can review a campaign or report, identify what is missing, recommend what should happen next, and clearly explain the implications.

The Ads Campaign Manager is expected to:

• Build, launch, manage, and optimize campaigns across Google Ads, YouTube, LinkedIn, Meta, X, programmatic media, and direct publisher partnerships
• Provide day‑to‑day oversight and guidance to junior team members responsible for campaign execution, monitoring, optimization, and reporting
• Review campaign builds, performance analyses, and client deliverables for accuracy, completeness, and strategic value
• Monitor pacing and performance and recommend optimizations involving bids, budgets, audiences, inventory, placements, creative, and frequency
• Identify delivery, tracking, or performance issues early and ensure campaigns remain aligned with the approved media plan
• Partner with external programmatic teams to coordinate launches, evaluate performance, and implement optimizations
• Translate campaign data into clear, actionable client insights that explain what happened, why it matters, and what should happen next
• Present performance results of campaigns in client facing settings
• Coach junior team members to independently diagnose performance and develop informed recommendations
• Manage trafficking, tracking, QA, Floodlights, and reporting within Campaign Manager 360
• Troubleshoot discrepancies across ad servers, platforms, and publisher reporting
• Develop consistent campaign‑management, QA, optimization, and reporting processes
• Support integrated media planning and independently manage select small to midsized campaigns from planning through reporting

The ideal candidate will have:

• A Bachelor's degree and 4–6 years of experience in paid media, performance media, integrated media, or ad operations
• Hands‑on experience using Campaign Manager 360, including campaign setup, placement and creative trafficking, tracking ads, click trackers, Floodlights, QA, and discrepancy troubleshooting
• Experience building and optimizing Google Ads campaigns, including paid search and YouTube
• Experience managing paid social campaigns, ideally across LinkedIn and Meta.
• Working knowledge of programmatic advertising, audience targeting, inventory quality, frequency, and brand safety
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to turn performance data into actionable recommendations
• Strong writing and editing skills, particularly for client‑facing reports and presentations
• High attention to detail and the ability to identify errors, missing information, and campaign risks
• Experience reviewing the work of junior team members and providing clear, constructive guidance
• Strong organizational and communication skills with the ability to manage multiple campaigns and deadlines
• Experience in B2B Media

Preferred, but not required:

• Experience with direct publisher partnerships and integrated media planning
• Familiarity with GA4, Looker Studio, Tableau, Power BI, Supermetrics, or similar reporting tools
• Experience in account‑based marketing, or campaigns targeting senior business decision‑makers

Salary Range:

The base salary range for this position will be $80,000 - $100,000 depending on a candidate’s experience and qualifications as they relate to the position.

Benefits:

Penta Group is committed to providing a comprehensive and competitive benefits package to support the well‑being and financial security of our employees. Our benefits include:

• Healthcare Coverage: Excellent medical, vision, and dental insurance through Cigna and UNUM, with the company covering the majority of individual employee premiums and 50% of dependent premiums
• Retirement Benefits: A 401(k) plan with a generous employer match, contributing 100% on the first 3% of salary deferred and 50% on the next 2%, helping employees maximize their retirement savings
• Income Protection: Employer-paid short‑term disability (STD), long‑term disability (LTD), and life insurance
• Paid Parental Leave: 12 weeks of paid parental leave for birthing and non‑birthing parents
• Flexible Paid Time Off: Flexible Paid Time Off (PTO) policy and a generous holiday schedule

Additional Perks & Support:

• A monthly cell phone stipend
• Optional employee‑paid pet insurance coverage through Nationwide
• Frequent firm‑wide social events and team‑building activities
• Access to Employee Assistance Programs (EAP), including confidential counseling and resources for personal and work‑related issues
• Wellness benefits including a gym membership discount program, mental health resources, and access to virtual health consultations

Location and Remote Schedule:

This position is for US‑based personnel and is fully remote. Core hours for the role will be 11 am - 5 pm ET. Regardless of geolocation, everyone on the team is expected to work an eight hour day and be online during this window, excluding standard lunch and break times.

Penta Group, LLC values diversity and inclusion, is committed to equal employment opportunity, and to compliance with federal anti‑discrimination laws. We also comply with District of Columbia law, which prohibits discrimination and harassment against employees, applicants for employment and interns based on race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, reproductive health decisions and breastfeeding), national origin, disability, age (18 and over), personal appearance, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, family responsibilities, matriculation (e.g., being enrolled in a college or university or in a business, nursing, professional, secretarial, technical or vocational school), political affiliation, genetic information (including family medical history), lawful use of tobacco products, unemployment status and status as a victim or the family member of a victim of domestic violence, a sexual offense or stalking.