Paid Media Strategist

Hey there! We're QRY, a media-buying agency that specializes in scaling e-commerce brands. We know the ins and outs of paid media, use sophisticated data analytics, and employ a full-funnel marketing strategy to help e-commerce brands reach their most valuable consumers. We're not just any company - we're driven, innovative, and all about creating a happy environment where people love what they do.

We're looking for a Paid Media Strategist to join our rapidly growing team. The Paid Media Strategist will be responsible for developing, implementing, tracking, optimizing, and reporting on paid media campaigns across multiple clients.

If you have experience leading and managing large media budgets for retail and e-commerce brands, with a focus on social media and programmatic display advertising, this could be a perfect position. You should have a strong understanding of how the platforms work and can be optimized and how to confidently communicate complex strategies and analytic results in an easy-to-understand manner. Last but not least, you should be independent, ambitious, driven, intellectually curious, and have a good sense of humor.

Sound good so far? Great! Let's learn more about what the role involves…

This role involves successfully managing client campaigns in the digital advertising space across 4 main sectors:

• Media Strategy:
  • You'll plan, book, and optimize paid media campaigns (i.e. Meta, Tik Tok, Pinterest, Direct Partnerships, DV360, etc) for 5-8 clients, utilizing available media planning tools.
  • You’ll strategize and implement A/B experiments to test audiences, creative, landing pages, offers, etc.
  • You’ll facilitate campaign implementation, including asset collection and ad trafficking.
  • With support from Associate Directors, you’ll manage the channel's monthly reporting and strategy sessions with the client, owning overall communication for all channel initiatives.
• Performance:
  • You’ll scope, develop, and manage channel initiatives to consistently hit the goals for channels across all clients.
  • You’ll act as a strategic advisor and recommend strategic pivots to increase the channel's performance.
• Reporting + Forecasting:
  • You'll enthusiastically present reports to clients highlighting the performance of your channels, how it assisted other channels in the funnel, how it affects the client's business, and recommended next steps.
  • You’ll complete a monthly forecast for respective channels based on budget and/or revenue goals.
• Cross Channel Strategy +
  
  Collaboration:
  • You’ll collaborate with the other media and creative agency team members to ensure the creative specifications of plans are met.
  • You’ll consistently identify cross-channel strategies/collaborations with clients to improve performance.
  • You’ll effectively communicate with clients on teams' capabilities and opportunities and proactively offer solutions for ad hoc issues.

Experience: You have successful hands-on paid media management experience, ideally in an agency environment. You know the ins and outs of making things run smoothly and have applied successful tactics in a previous role.

Education: Ideally, you have a bachelor's degree in marketing, science, or a related field.

Analytical Mindset: You're an analytical thinker. You have experience turning complex data into digestible reports, seeing the big picture, and breaking it down into an actionable plan that gets results.

Communication: Your communication skills are top-notch, and you can communicate with senior stakeholders effectively and efficiently.

Time Management: You're a master of time management. You know how to juggle multiple tasks effectively.

Industry Passion: The e-commerce, advertising, and agency space excite you. You're genuinely interested in these fields and eager to make an impact within them.

Creative Problem Solver: When challenges arise, you're ready to jump in and troubleshoot with creative solutions. You enjoy tackling problems head-on and finding innovative ways to overcome them.

Continuous Learner: You have a genuine passion for learning. You stay updated with the latest trends in digital advertising and marketing, always…