Paid Media Manager

Material; Austin (TX); Remote; USD 75,000 - 88,000; Full time

Job summary

Material, a global brand partner, seeks a Paid Media Manager to lead and grow our media practice. This role blends strategy, planning, and execution across search, social, and programmatic channels with limited travel.

The ideal candidate has 3–5 years in media planning, agency experience, and the ability to tell a compelling client story with data. You will partner with insights, measurement, and cross-functional teams to drive measurable results for brands.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of media planning experience in an agency setting.
• Strong presentation and storytelling abilities.
• Experience with syndicated research tools (ComScore, Nielsen, MRI, Kantar, eMarketer).

Responsibilities

• Sell-in media plans to clients and lead strategy.
• Oversee plan implementation and campaign execution.
• Collaborate with Measurement and Insights teams to drive optimizations.
• Partner with other teams for new business and thought leadership.

Skills

Media planning

Agency experience

B2B/B2C

Data-driven

Presentation skills

Tools

ComScore

Nielsen

MRI

Kantar

eMarketer

Job description

This role is to be based near one of our offices in Austin, New York City, or Los Angeles. (Hybrid)

About Us

We drive intelligent growth for ambitious businesses and leading brands.

Customer understanding is more potent and drives greater value when insights go to work directly within marketing and experience priorities. To give our clients that advantage, we put an insights-driven operating system at the core of our design, go-to-market, and digital experience solutions.

Material clients make smarter growth choices because they can see clearly how and when to take the shots that count. Together, we connect consumer intelligence with customer demand generation to build lasting, profitable relationships.

About The Manager, Paid Media

We have an immediate position available for a Paid Media Manager to help lead and further Material's media practice. The media team at Material is fully supported with experienced media strategists & buyers. This role is a fully remote position with limited travel needs.

This role will operate as the glue of the media team – helping to drive media plan strategies and implementation of approved plans forward. The Paid Media Manager will bring a level of dependence and stability to the team while also helping to manage and collaborate with execution teams. This is a fluid position that will require the ability to flex up or down depending on the need at any given time.

The ideal candidate should have a background in the strategy, planning, and evaluation of search, social and programmatic digital media while also possessing the ability to tell a compelling and client-focused story that demonstrates how media drives measurable and impactful results for a brand at the macro level.

As the Manager, Paid Media you will

• Be a strong storyteller with an ability to “sell-in” media plans to clients
• Have an exceptional understanding of media strategy and tactics with an informed and well-defined POV on the elements of a successful, modern media program.
• Previous experience planning search, social, video, and display is a requirement; experience with audio, OOH, and TV is a bonus
• Lead, prepare and deliver digital campaign strategies and oversee plan implementation and execution—managing execution teams for campaign design, performance and pacing
• Find opportunities for media partnerships and steward these relationships to build and futureproof the practice
• Work collaboratively with our Measurement and Insights team to find, develop and apply data in order to inform performance, optimizations and recommendations
• Work collaboratively across the rest of the media practice; works cross-functionally with other teams like account management and creative; and supports our broader network on things like new business, thought leadership, etc.

About You

• 3-5 years of media planning with current or history of agency experience; has worked with both B2B and B2C clients
• Exceptional, operational understanding of current and future state digital media landscape and fundamentals
• Extensive ability to craft and deliver presentations
• Hands-on experience with syndicated research tools (comScore, Nielsen, MRI, Kantar, eMarketer, etc.)
• Comfortable collaborating on buying execution with partners
• Ability to identify, organize, prioritize and manage the workloads for self
• Drive to win new business and a desire to collaborate and grow the practice with other senior team members and executive leadership

Why Work for Material

• Material is a global company and we work with leading brands worldwide. We create and launch new brands and products, putting innovation and value creation at the center of our practice. Our clients are leaders in their class, across sectors from technology to retail, transportation, finance, and healthcare.
• Material employees join a peer group of exceptionally talented colleagues across the company, the country, and the world. We develop capabilities and leading-edge market offerings across seven global practices including strategy and insights, design, data & analytics, technology, and tracking.
• A community focused on learning and making an impact. Material is an outcomes-focused company. We create experiences that matter, create new value, and make a difference in our clients’ lives and their customers’ lives.

Pay Range: $75,000.00-88,000.00

The range shown represents a grouping of relevant ranges currently in use at Material. Actual range for this position may differ, depending on location and specific skillset required for the work itself.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other factors prohibited by law.

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