Manager, Paid Social

OMD; New York (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

OMD, a NYC-based agency, seeks a Paid Social Manager to lead campaign management and drive strategy with the client and internal teams. You will mentor junior team members and ensure clear execution with minimal errors.

The role requires a Bachelor's in marketing/advertising/communications, 3+ years of online ads experience, and strong presentation and analytical skills. Proactive leadership and cross-team collaboration are valued.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in marketing, advertising or communications.
• 3+ years of work experience managing online marketing/advertising accounts.
• Proactive self-starter with strong presentation and communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.

Responsibilities

• Drive overall digital strategy and related tactics to meet client goals with account leads.
• Lead with the client and across all departmental teams, prioritizing needs between parties.
• Develop and mentor junior team members through training and guidance.
• Prioritize quarterly priorities and ad-hoc requests to meet deadlines and client expectations.
• Problem-solve and propose new solutions to issues not yet addressed.
• Share learnings and best practices across the organization.
• Establish oneself as an expert within the department and client team.
• Identify ways to improve team efficiency and processes.
• Bring proactive ideas to help meet client goals and grow the business.
• Communicate paid media insights, trends, and initiatives to clients and partners.

Skills

Self-starter

Presentation skills

Organizational skills

Data analysis

Communication

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in marketing/advertising/communications

Tools

Campaign management tools

Bid management tools

Forecasting tools

Job description

Agency

Omd

Job Function

Media

Job Subfunction

Performance Media

Job Description

Position: Paid Social Manager

Paid Social Managers have excelled at campaign management and execution, are vocal and engaged leaders on their client and functional teams, and have shown the ability to carry out strategy through structuring and planning as well as training and developing junior team members. Supervisors are direct managers of the junior Social team members on their account, and take responsibility for guiding their growth and ensuring that the team functions most effectively and with minimal errors.

Job 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 (Omnet, CREO, 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 search or Paid social optimizations (proactive and reactive)
• Forecasting and opportunity/gap analysis
• Campaign management tools, including bid rules/management
• Advanced search engine or social knowledge
• Monitoring new search or 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
• $90,000 - $95,000

Omnicom's policy requires employees to work in the office for a minimum of three days a week, unless additional in-office days are directed by their agency or manager. Our objective is to increase this requirement over time, and many of our agencies as well as Omnicom's corporate group already require five days of in-office attendance.

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$90,000 - $95,000