Meta / Paid Social Specialist

Expatiate Communication, Inc.; Pasadena (CA); On-site; USD 39,000 - 96,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Sick Leave

Job summary

Expatiate Communication, Inc. on-site contract role to own end-to-end paid acquisition, turning ad spend into paying clients with optimized CAC.

You will run Meta campaigns across California, build audiences, test creatives, and provide weekly reports on cost per booked consultation and retention.

This 30-40 hour/wk contract spans 3, 6, or 12 months with potential for permanent employment, paying $28–$70 per hour plus performance bonuses.

Qualifications

• Meta Ads Manager expert level with campaign, ad set, and ad structure mastery.
• Hands-on experience with Conversions API (CAPI) and server-side events.
• Experience in audience strategy including Custom and Lookalike Audiences.
• Proven ability to optimize campaigns for cost per customer acquisition.
• Experience with Meta Instant Form campaigns.
• Pixel and dataset setup, tracking, diagnostics, and troubleshooting.

Responsibilities

• Build, launch, and manage Meta campaigns across California and other states as assigned.
• Manage the account structure: state-level ad sets, lookalike and custom audiences, manual placements, budget pacing on ~$1,500+/mo spend.
• Optimize toward the purchase (paying-client) event via Conversions API / Stripe integration.
• Build and maintain lookalike audiences seeded from paying customers as our buyer data grows.
• Run disciplined creative testing with provided creative.
• Set up and manage re-targeting (site visitors, video viewers, checkout abandoners).
• Report weekly on metrics: cost per booked consultation, cost per paying subscriber, and retention.
• Flag and protect against wasted spend (bot traffic, low-intent placements, audience fatigue).
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Meta Ads Manager Expert

CAPI Experience

Audience Strategy

Campaign Optimization

Lead Generation

Data-Driven Reporting

Tools

Meta Ads Manager

Conversions API (CAPI)

Pixel & Dataset Management

Audience Building

Job description

Own paid acquisition end-to-end, turning advertising spend into paying clients at an efficient and continuously improving customer acquisition cost. You’ll be accountable for driving revenue outcomes—not vanity metrics. We need a specialist to execute and optimize it — not to reinvent it.

Work Setting: On-Site

Location: Pasadena, CA

Employment Type: On-Contract/ 30-40 hours per week

Contract Duration: 3, 6, or 12 months, with the potential for permanent employment

Pay Range: $28.00–$70.00 per hour, depending on experience + performance based bonus.

Benefits: Paid Sick Leave

What You’ll Do:

• Build, launch, and manage Meta campaigns across California and other states as assigned.
• Manage the account structure: state-level ad sets, lookalike and custom audiences, manual placements, budget pacing on ~$1,500+/mo spend (growing as performance proves out).
• Optimize toward the purchase (paying-client) event via our Meta Conversions API (CAPI) / Stripe integration — we've built the purchase tracking; you use it to shift optimization from lead-volume to actual paying clients. Booked consultations are measured, not optimized toward.
• Build and maintain lookalike audiences seeded from paying customers as our buyer data grows.
• Run disciplined creative testing (we supply the creative; you test, read results, and tell us what's winning).
• Set up and manage re-targeting (site visitors, video viewers, checkout abandoners).
• Report weekly on the metrics that matter: cost per booked consultation, cost per paying subscriber, and retention — not vanity CPL.
• Flag and protect against wasted spend (bot traffic, low-intent placements, audience fatigue).
• Perform other duties as assigned.

What You Must Know

• Meta Ads Manager — Expert Level: Strong command of campaign, ad set, and ad structure; Advantage+ campaigns; manual placements; audience development; and campaign optimization.
• Conversions API (CAPI): Hands-on experience with server-side events, purchase optimization, Event Match Quality, and event deduplication. This is an essential requirement, not a nice-to-have.
• Audience Strategy: Proven experience developing Custom and Lookalike Audiences, including building audiences from customer and purchase data.
• Performance Optimization: Ability to analyze campaign performance and optimize toward a cost-per-customer acquisition goal, rather than focusing solely on cost-per-lead or other vanity metrics.
• Lead Generation: Experience managing Meta Instant Form campaigns and implementing strategies to improve lead quality and conversion.
• Pixel & Dataset Management: Hands-on experience with Meta Pixel/Dataset setup, tracking, diagnostics, and troubleshooting.

Nice to Have

• Experience marketing in education, healthcare, or other trust-sensitive or regulated industries.
• Google Ads experience is a strong plus.
• Experience marketing directly to parents, or within special education, disability services, or related family-focused services.
• Meta Ads and CAPI experience remain the core requirements; Google Ads experience is an additional advantage, not a substitute.

Eligibility for benefits may vary based on employment status, classification, and other factors. Not all benefits are available to all employees. Benefits are administered in compliance with applicable federal and state laws and regulations.

This job description is intended to provide a general overview of the essential functions and responsibilities of this position. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, skills, or requirements. The duties, responsibilities, and other requirements of this position may be subject to change or modification at any time by the organization, with or without prior notice. Expatiate Communication, Inc. reserves the right to modify the job description at any time, with or without notice.

Individual compensation packages are based on various factors unique to each candidate, including skill set, experience, qualifications, geography, and other job-related reasons. Expatiate Communications is an equal-opportunity employer. Expatiate Communications considers all qualified applicants and employees for hiring, placement, and advancement without regard to a person's race, color, religion, national origin, age, genetic information, military status, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, or protected veteran status.