Paid Media Manager

Realtime.; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Realtime is seeking a Paid Media Manager to lead performance and brand advertising campaigns for large brands, driving impact, revenue, and growth. This hands-on role thrives in fast-paced, data-driven environments and values creative testing and scale.

You will own channel strategy across social, search, and programmatic, manage budgets, deliver insights, and push innovations including Realtime’s AI tools. Collaboration with cross-functional teams and clear client communication are essential.

Qualifications

• Two years of advertising experience across at least two paid media channels.
• Proven track record of success in paid media campaigns.
• Experience with website and lead analytics (UTM tagging, GTM, GA, Salesforce, Tableau).
• Excellent written and verbal communication; able to manage multiple accounts.
• Well-organized, independent worker with teamwork skills.

Responsibilities

• Work daily with large brands on performance and brand campaigns to drive impact and growth.
• Manage advertising operations teams across social, search, and/or programmatic channels.
• Own strategic approach for paid media across key accounts, hands-on in platforms.
• Lead day-to-day client conversations, translating insights into recommendations and actions.
• Oversee budgets, pacing, forecasting, and performance delivery aligned with objectives.
• Maintain high standards across setup, QA, trafficking, tracking, optimization, and reporting.
• Learn and implement advanced measurement tactics to bridge investment and measurability.
• Bring innovation and new ideas to direct clients and the agency.
• Build and execute tests; report findings and guide interpretation and iteration.
• Drive adoption of Realtime’s AI tools into workflows to improve efficiency.

Skills

Advertising experience

Paid media channels

Analytics proficiency

Client communication

Team coordination

Tools

Google Analytics

Google Tag Manager

Salesforce

Tableau

Job description

Realtime is searching for a Paid Media Manager that is an emerging expert across paid media channels and disciplines. In this role, you will work on a daily basis with large brands on performance and brand advertising campaigns that drive impact, revenue, and growth — helping to shape the strategies and executions that make our clients succeed.

This is a hands-on role for someone who loves being in the platforms, testing new ideas, and bringing creative thinking to performance challenges. If you thrive in fast-paced, data-driven environments and are energized by scale and innovation, this role is for you.

Key Responsibilities

• Work on a daily basis with large brands on performance and brand advertising campaigns that drive impact, revenue, and growth.
• Work with and have the opportunity to manage advertising operations teams across social, search, and/or programmatic channels.
• Own the strategic approach for paid media channels across key accounts, working hands-on-keyboard within media platforms to build and execute channel strategies that deliver against clients’ business objectives.
• Lead day-to-day client conversations, translating performance insights into clear recommendations, strategic actions, and future planning.
• Oversee media budgets, pacing, forecasting, and performance delivery to ensure activity remains aligned with client objectives and commercial targets.
• Maintain high standards across campaign setup, QA, trafficking, tracking, optimization, and reporting accuracy.
• Learn and implement advanced measurement tactics and tools to bridge the gap between investment and measurability.
• Bring innovation and new ideas to the table for both your direct clients and accounts, as well as the agency more broadly.
• Build and execute tests — then report on those findings and make recommendations on how those tests should be interpreted, iterated, and improved.
• Drive the strategic adoption of Realtime’s proprietary AI tools, embedding them into key processes and workflows to improve campaign efficiency, optimization quality, and scalability.

WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR

• At least two years of advertising experience, with exposure to at least two of the following paid media channels: paid social, paid search/shopping, programmatic advertising, app-based advertising.
• Proven track record of success within paid media campaigns.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple accounts and projects simultaneously to meet objectives and key deadlines.
• Experience with website and lead analytics (UTM tagging, Google Tag Manager, Salesforce, Google Analytics, Tableau).
• Outstanding data handling and analytical skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Familiarity with deck creation and presentation.
• Well-organized and flexible; able to move from project to project without delay.
• Ability to work independently and as a member of a team.
• A passion for doing the “cool s*** that wows.”

WHY REALTIME

Realtime is a global challenger agency that uses tech, innovation, and agility to out-punch the incumbents and bring real, effective change to the brands with which we work. Our motto is simple; “build cool s*** that wows”. To accomplish that, we lead the way with full-funnel strategic thinking, AI-backed advertising technology, and award-winning measurement strategies that take our brand partners to the next level.

Realtime is built for the AI era, and is backed by Pixis – the industry leader in AI advertising and creative tech that is trusted by thousands of brands and agencies globally. As part of the Pixis team, Realtime is the first-mover on the latest and greatest in AI adtech products and testing – and we take those advancements directly to our clients.

As part of the Realtime and Pixis team, candidates exploring opportunities with Realtime should expect to find a dynamic, uniquely positioned, and future-oriented organization that loves our people just as much as our clients.