Paid Media Manager, Brand in San Francisco, CA - Remote / Hybrid Role

We are seeking a Paid Media Manager for a contract position to support the planning, execution, and optimization of paid media brand campaigns across digital and offline channels. This role is ideal for a hands-on media professional who can collaborate with agency partners, monitor performance, project manage custom programs and ensure campaigns deliver against brand objectives. The contractor will collaborate closely with marketing, internal and external media teams, creative, and analytics teams to drive impact during the engagement period.

Key Responsibilities

Support the development and execution of brand awareness media plans across all paid channels

Collaborate with agency partners to ensure campaigns are launched on time, on budget, and aligned to campaign goals

Lead the development of custom content partnerships that drive awareness and domain expertise; develop integrated plans leveraging partnerships across various comms channels; anticipate project scope requirements and timelines and manage deliverables.

Monitor live campaigns, pacing and budget operations

Partner with agencies and internal teams to ensure all media plan documentation reflects business needs and create recommendations for process optimizations

Ensure creative rotation, weighting, flighting and landing experiences align to campaign strategy and media placements

Monitor performance reports against the media plan and ensure we have comprehensive and accurate details reflected in the reports

Create executive summaries of media plans and performance reports with relevant insights and clear next steps

Work cross-functionally with internal and external media teams, creative, content, and analytics teams to ensure campaign activation

Serve as a point of contact for media agencies and internal stakeholders.

Qualifications

4 6 years of experience in paid media planning and execution (agency or client side). Experience in tech B2B and brand building a plus.

Proven ability to manage successfully custom content partnerships, project timelines and budgets

Experience collaborating with agencies and media partners and influencing internal, functional teams to deliver best in class work

Strong analytical skills and familiarity with reporting dashboards (Google Analytics, platform tools, etc.)

Ability to work independently, manage deadlines, and deliver results within a contract engagement

AI curious, staying informed of the latest developments, news and industry trends

Managers Note

Based on the job description, what are the must have non-negotiable items that a candidate must have to be successful in this role?

Paid media experience both online and offline. Agency experience, either agency side, or managing agencies. Analytical capabilities to understand channel efficacy and media performance. Budget and campaign project management. Global experience. Brand / awareness / upper-funnel experience.

What backgrounds / skills can we be more flexible with that can be learned on the job?

Not looking to train up someone for this job, but possibly OK if no B2B background and has large CPG, of B2C media experience instead. AI curious is needed, but AI skills can be learned on the job as this is still fairly nascent.

Does this position require to sit onsite or travel? If yes, which days of the week?

On-site in Santa Clara on Tuesdays.

Does this person have to work in a specific time zone? (e.g. - If a person on the East Coast can work PST, is that ok?)

This is fine, although the preference is someone local, though we might make an exception for the right talent. The expectation is that they will be available for PST hours.

Does this position have the opportunity to extend beyond the initial contract or convert to FTE?

This is absolutely the hope - we want to find someone to convert so would appreciate the agencies you partner with to be extremely judicious on the resumes they submit. I don't want to spend hours sifting through resumes that are clearly not a good fit. Would suggest they send their top candidates for the role and not dozens of sort of's.

Is there a specific laptop that needs to be used for this role (i.e. - Mac or Windows)? No.

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Background Check : No

Drug Screen : Yes