Digital Media Activation Manager

JeffreyM Consulting, LLC.

United States

On-site

USD 70,000 - 80,000

Full time

13 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Laptop
401k
PTO
Life Insurance
Disability Insurance
AD&D
Short-term Disability
Cancer/Critical Illness Insurance
Pet Insurance
Vision Insurance
Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance

Job summary

JeffreyM Consulting, LLC. is seeking an experienced Digital/Paid Media Activation Manager to join our Paid Media team, supporting a major gaming brand.

The role focuses on paid social, search, and digital strategy, with day-to-day activation, optimization, and reporting across platforms. You'll collaborate with strategy, analytics, creative, and client stakeholders, drive measurable results, and stay ahead of trends in paid media.

Qualifications

  • 2–4 years of hands-on paid media activation experience.
  • Experience with programmatic and/or retail media platforms (Amazon Ads, Walmart Connect, DV360).
  • Strong Paid Social management across platforms including Meta, TikTok, Reddit, LinkedIn, YouTube, Snapchat, Pinterest, X.
  • Understanding of how paid social integrates into overall digital campaigns.
  • Experience with Google Ads and Bing Ads.
  • Strong analytical mindset and ability to interpret campaign performance data.
  • Excellent communication and collaboration across teams.
  • Ability to manage multiple campaigns in a fast-paced environment.
  • Advanced Excel skills (Pivot Tables, VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP).
  • Experience with Sprinklr or similar paid media tools.
  • Passion for gaming, entertainment, social media, and digital culture.
  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience.

Responsibilities

  • Identify optimal platforms and audience strategies to meet KPIs.
  • Execute, monitor, and optimize campaigns across social platforms.
  • Support integrated media across paid social, SEM, and programmatic ecosystems.
  • Think beyond the brief to identify innovative tactics and testing opportunities.
  • Monitor pacing and delivery to optimize bids, audiences, and placements.
  • Analyze data and provide actionable recommendations.
  • Collaborate with strategy, analytics, creative, and client stakeholders.
  • Maintain standardized processes, workflows, and QA practices.
  • Participate in pilots and knowledge-sharing initiatives.
  • Stay informed on evolving paid media trends and platform updates.

Skills

Paid media activation
Campaign management
Analytics
Communication
Collaboration
Excel (Pivot Tables, VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP)
Testing & optimization
Strategic thinking

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Tools

DV360
Amazon Ads
Walmart Connect
Sprinklr
Google Ads
Bing Ads

Job description

**This is a contract opportunity through June 30, 2027 with possibilty of extension.** JeffreyM Consulting is looking for an experienced Digital/Paid Media professional to join our Paid Media team supporting a major gaming brand. We’re looking for a marketer who is passionate about paid social, search and digital strategy, campaign activation, audience targeting, and delivering measurable business results across digital channels.

The ideal candidate is highly experienced in paid media activation and understands how paid media fits into broader social and digital marketing strategies.

This role will primarily focus on social media channels but will also support integrated digital and social campaigns, including exposure to programmatic and retail media platforms such as Amazon Ads, DV360, Walmart Connect, and other emerging digital ecosystems.

We are seeking a Digital/Paid Media Activation Manager who will be responsible for the day-to-day execution, optimization, reporting, and performance analysis of paid social media.

Responsibilities
  • Leverage deep knowledge of paid media best practices to identify optimal platforms, audience strategies, and ad placements that support campaign goals and KPIs
  • Execute, monitor, and optimize campaigns across social platforms including Meta, TikTok, Reddit, YouTube, LinkedIn, Snapchat, Pinterest, X/Twitter, and emerging channels
  • Support integrated media efforts across paid social, SEM, digital, and programmatic ecosystems like DV360 as well as retail media networks such as Amazon Ads and Walmart Connect
  • Think “beyond the brief” to identify innovative tactics, testing opportunities, audience expansion strategies, and emerging platform capabilities
  • Actively monitor campaign pacing, performance, and delivery to identify optimization opportunities across bidding strategies, audiences, creative variants, and placements
  • Analyze campaign data and reporting to uncover insights, trends, and actionable recommendations across channels and audience segments
  • Collaborate closely with strategy, analytics, creative, and client stakeholders to ensure campaigns align with broader marketing objectives
  • Adopt and maintain standardized processes, workflows, and QA procedures for consistency across the Paid Media team
  • Contribute to cross-team learning through knowledge sharing, peer campaign reviews, testing initiatives, and participation in pilots or beta opportunities
  • Stay informed on evolving paid media trends, platform updates, privacy changes, and emerging digital advertising technologies
Requirements
  • 2–4 years of hands-on paid media activation experience, preferably within an agency or fast-paced consulting environment
  • Exposure to programmatic and/or retail media platforms such as Amazon Ads, Walmart Connect, DV360, Trade Desk, or similar platforms is a strong plus
  • Strong hands-on experience managing Paid Social campaigns across platforms including Meta, TikTok, Reddit, LinkedIn, YouTube, Snapchat, Pinterest, and X/Twitter
  • Understanding of broader social media marketing strategies, audience engagement, and how paid social integrates into overall digital campaigns
  • Experience with paid search platforms including Google Ads and Bing Ads is preferred
  • Strong analytical mindset with experience interpreting campaign performance data and making optimization recommendations
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills with the ability to work effectively across internal teams and external stakeholders
  • Ability to manage multiple campaigns and priorities in a fast-paced, evolving environment
  • Advanced Excel skills (Pivot Tables, VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP, data manipulation, reporting) are a plus
  • Experience with platforms such as Sprinklr, or other paid media management tools is a plus
  • Passion for gaming, entertainment, social media, and digital culture is highly preferred
  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience
Benefits
  • Compensation Range: $70k-80k/annual
  • Employer contributions toward the cost of employee-only medical and dental premiums - Vision - opt-in available - 401k - PTO - Laptop
  • Life Insurance, Disability Insurance, AD&D Coverage
  • Short-term Disability, Accident, Cancer/Critical Illness, Pet Insurance - opt-in available

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