Manager, Paid Social

Brainlabs; Arlington (TX); On-site; USD 70,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Office-centric culture

Job summary

Brainlabs is seeking an experienced Manager, Paid Social to lead high-performing campaigns for global brands and to shape our delivery approach. You will define objectives, drive optimization, and collaborate with clients to set ambitious targets, all while contributing to playbooks and automation efforts.

You will mentor colleagues, share performance insights, and help raise the bar for the Paid Social team, in a company that values experimentation and data-driven decision-making.

Qualifications

• Strong Paid Social delivery track record across multiple campaigns.
• Ability to optimize campaigns and drive performance improvements.
• Proficient data analysis and reporting skills.
• Excellent presentation and stakeholder communication.
• Mentor teammates and share knowledge.
• Interest in automation and process improvement.
• Collaborative, growth-minded and adaptable.

Responsibilities

• Be responsible for delivering highly successful campaigns that meet KPIs, budgets, and timelines.
• Begin to define campaign delivery plans and measurement targets.
• Effectively track and optimize campaigns.
• Serve as day-to-day client contact for tasks and deliverables.
• Develop and implement guidelines and processes, including automation opportunities.
• Contribute to a best-practice roadmap for the Paid Social practice.
• Mentor others across the team to grow capability and knowledge.

Skills

Paid Social delivery

Campaign optimization

Data analysis

Presentation skills

Communication

Mentoring

Automation awareness

Job description

Brainlabs is the independent, founder-led agency building the future of media. Over 1,000 Brainlabbers work across the globe, united by our Culture Code's 12 principles. We're full-service, pairing people with AI agents to grow our clients' revenue through a genuinely scientific approach to media. If you want to do that for some of the world's biggest brands, in a place that pushes you as much as it supports you, keep reading.

Here’s what the Manager, Paid Social role actually involves:

Classification: Full-time

Reporting to: Director, Paid Social

Compensation: We hire across US locations and experience levels. Posted ranges reflect that; final pay is set once we confirm your background and location.

Work Authorization: You must be legally authorized to work in the US. We cannot sponsor or continue visas for this role.

As Manager, Paid Social, you'll deliver best-in-class work for clients and raise the bar for the team around you. You'll help shape the campaign delivery plan, from setting objectives to optimizing performance. You'll pitch new ideas to clients using our test-and-learn approach, then share what works by improving our guidelines, playbooks, and processes, including where we can automate.

In this role you will:

• Be responsible for delivering highly successful, brilliant campaigns that outperform KPIs, to budget and on-time.
• Start to define campaign delivery plans and measurement targets.
• Effectively track and optimize campaigns.
• Be a point of contact for our clients on day to day tasks and deliverables
• Develop and implement, as well as follow guidelines and processes contributing to ideas around automation or process improvement.
• You’ll actively contribute to developing best-practice roadmap so that our Paid Social offering is continually developing.
• Mentor others across the practice helping to grow capability and knowledge.

We’re looking for someone who:

• Has a strong Paid Social delivery track record with 2+ years of experience.
• Is passionate about their craft.
• Has demonstrable success in optimizing Paid Social campaigns and work through automation, processes and technology adoption/development.
• Has a good understanding about how other channels work and optimise together.
• Is a confident, dynamic, engaging and authentic communicator who cares about the quality of work and continuous learning.
• Is passionate about growing the knowledge of those around you
• Has excellent presentation skills and strong data analysis and reporting skills.
• Has a strong attention to detail, methodical and process orientated.

And this is what success looks like in the role:

• You will live our culture code every day!
• Effective campaign creation and delivery metrics.
• Internal targets/metrics on technology adoption and process optimisation met.
• You will hit our quality assurance metrics on all campaigns you lead.
• Client satisfaction targets being met (internal & external)
• Learning certifications created and met across the practice.
• Active involvement in mentoring less experienced Paid Social colleagues

$70,000-$105,000 USD

A note on our offices: We pride ourselves in being a company with an office-centric culture and, for the majority of roles we expect people to be in commuting distance of the office and come in for around 3 days per week.

Brainlabs actively seeks and encourages applications from candidates with diverse backgrounds and identities. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace: we are committed to equal opportunity for all applicants and employees regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion, or belief, and marriage and civil partnerships. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation during the application process, please let us know!