Senior Associate, Commerce & Retail Media

Dentsu International Americas, LLC; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, vision, and dental insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance (short and long)

401k

Flexible paid time off

15+ paid holidays per year

Paid sick leave

Paid parental leave

Job summary

Dentsu International Americas, LLC is seeking a Senior Associate to drive performance across Retail Media campaigns for major ecommerce brands. The role involves hands-on optimization, reporting, and collaboration with cross-functional client teams to meet KPIs and budgets.

You will manage budgets, build campaigns, and interpret data to deliver insights, while maintaining best practices and high-quality client service in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 2+ years digital performance marketing experience in ecommerce/retail search, paid search, PPC, paid social, programmatic, or related field or 3+ years managing large-scale, complex ecommerce campaigns.
• Experience managing budgets, meeting KPIs and informing KPI goals SaaS platform (i.e. PacVue, Skai, etc.) and bid management platform experience strongly preferred.
• Strong Excel skills and analytical mindset, with the ability to identify trends and insights through data analysis.
• Strong personal organizational, communication and prioritization skills with a strong attention to detail.
• Enthusiasm for performance marketing, new platforms and the exciting world of eCommerce and emerging platforms.

Responsibilities

• Manage ongoing optimization efforts to meet campaign goals, including daily management of campaign budgets, bid management, reporting, keyword and targeting strategies, and campaign revisions based on performance history and our client's goals.
• Plan and execute retail media campaigns, including account setup, campaign builds, daily optimization, bid strategy development and managed and budget pacing.
• Interpret performance reports to provide actionable insights and analysis.
• Ensure campaigns are run to agreed upon best practice guidelines.
• Assist and attend weekly calls and meetings.
• Collaborate across our client team and channels.

Skills

Digital marketing

Budget management

Campaign optimization

Excel

Data analysis

Communication

Tools

PacVue

Skai

Job description

Job Description

The Commerce & Retail Media team at dentsu leads strategy, activation and optimizations for large buy-side Retail Media brands (CPG, Apparel, Electronics, etc.) and Commerce clients. The Senior Associate will demonstrate the ability to report and optimize client marketing campaigns within Amazon, Criteo, Instacart, Walmart and other retail media networks. You will play an essential role on client teams to build and execute large-scale campaigns and tests that deliver on our strategy for the client. You will deliver reporting, insights and projects in a timely manner and within budget plans supporting the team with flawless execution.

Responsibilities

• Manage ongoing optimization efforts to meet campaign goals, including daily management of campaign budgets, bid management, reporting, keyword and targeting strategies, and campaign revisions based on performance history and our client's goals.
• Plan and execute retail media campaigns, including account setup, campaign builds, daily optimization, bid strategy development and managed and budget pacing.
• Interpret performance reports to provide actionable insights and analysis.
• Ensure campaigns are run to agreed upon best practice guidelines.
• Assist and attend weekly calls and meetings.
• Collaborate across our client team and channels.

Qualifications

• At least 2 years digital performance marketing experience in ecommerce / retail search, paid search, PPC, paid social, programmatic, or related field or 3+ years managing large-scale, complex ecommerce campaigns.
• Experience managing budgets, meeting KPIs and informing KPI goals SaaS platform (i.e. PacVue, Skai, etc.) and bid management platform experience strongly preferred.
• Strong Excel skills and analytical mindset, with the ability to identify trends and insights through data analysis.
• Strong personal organizational, communication and prioritization skills with a strong attention to detail.
• Enthusiasm for performance marketing, new platforms and the exciting world of eCommerce and emerging platforms.
• Well-honed communication skills and working with agility in the rapidly evolving world of Commerce & Retail Media.
• High levels of integrity, autonomy and self-motivation.

Salary & Benefits

The annual salary range for this position is $70,000 -$80,000. Placement within the salary range is based on a variety of factors, including relevant experience, knowledge, skills, and other factors permitted by law.

• Medical, vision, and dental insurance
• Life insurance
• Short-term and long-term disability insurance
• 401k
• Flexible paid time off
• At least 15 paid holidays per year
• Paid sick and safe leave
• Paid parental leave

Dentsu also complies with applicable state and local laws regarding employee leave benefits, including, but not limited to providing time off pursuant to the Colorado Healthy Families and Workplaces Act, in accordance with its plans and policies. For further details regarding Dentsu benefits, please visit www.dentsubenefitsplus.com.

Location & Work Arrangement

Location: Chicago - N. State Brand: Iprospect Time Type: Full time Contract Type: Permanent

At dentsu, we believe great work happens when we're connected. Our way of working combines flexibility with in-person collaboration to spark ideas and strengthen our teams. Employees who live within a commutable distance of one of our hub offices, currently located in Chicago, metro Detroit, Los Angeles, and New York City, are required and expected to work from the office three days per week (two days per week for employees based in Los Angeles). Dentsu may designate other Hub offices at any time. Those who live outside a commutable range may be designated as remote, depending on the role and business needs. Regardless of your work location, we expect our employees to be flexible to meet the needs of our Company and clients, which may include attendance in an office.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Dentsu is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees. We do this without regard to race, color, national origin, sex , sexual orientation, gender identity, age, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, ancestry, physical or mental disability, marital status, political affiliation, religious practices and observances, citizenship status, genetic information, veteran status, or any other basis protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.

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About dentsu

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