Remote Associate Media Director, Paid Media & Strategy

Gainor Staffing; United States; Remote; USD 130,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Gainor Staffing is seeking a senior paid media leader to own end-to-end campaigns across social, search, and programmatic DSPs. You will manage budgets, pacing, and attribution while mentoring junior staff and presenting strategies to clients.

We require 7–10 years of agency-side experience with a strong grasp of analytics and reporting. This role is remote with ET hours and a salary range of $130,000–$150,000 depending on experience.

Qualifications

• 7–10 years of agency-side paid media experience.
• Hands-on mastery of paid social, paid search, and at least one programmatic DSP.
• Experience owning paid media strategy, planning, activation, optimization, forecasting, analytics, reporting.
• Strong client-facing experience presenting technical media strategy and proactively defending recommendations.
• Experience mentoring junior paid media staff.
• Self-directed, analytical and precise, with a disciplined approach to platform execution.
• Experience with CPG, beauty or premium DTC brands preferred.

Responsibilities

• Own paid media accounts end to end, from strategy and planning through activation, optimization, analysis and reporting.
• Manage budgets, pacing, channel mix, forecasts, tracking, attribution and quality assurance.
• Balance approximately 40% hands-on execution and analysis with 60% client leadership and work review.
• Lead campaigns across paid social, paid search and at least 1 programmatic DSP.
• Translate performance data into clear recommendations and present and defend media strategy to sophisticated clients.
• Partner with strategy, creative and project management teams on integrated work, points of view, RFPs and pitch forecasts.
• Review deliverables, develop junior team members and manage 2–3 people while coordinating with additional junior contributors and external vendors.

Skills

Paid media strategy

Agency-side experience

Paid social

Paid search

Programmatic DSP

Client-facing

Mentoring juniors

Analytical thinking

CPG/beauty/DTC experience

Job description

Gainor Staffing is seeking a senior paid media leader to own end-to-end campaigns across social, search, and programmatic DSPs. You will manage budgets, pacing, and attribution while mentoring junior staff and presenting strategies to clients.

We require 7–10 years of agency-side experience with a strong grasp of analytics and reporting. This role is remote with ET hours and a salary range of $130,000–$150,000 depending on experience.