Media Buyer

Overview

Term:
March 2026 start (target) through November 20, 2026 (fixed-term role aligned to the 2026 election cycle)

Location:

Fully remote (U.S.) - Must reside in the United States.

Hours:

Full-time (or part-time transition to full-time)

Core availability 9:00am–5:00pm ET (other U.S. time zones OK with overlap)

Compensation

$65,000 to $85,000 base salary (depending on experience) plus health insurance and unlimited PTO (coordinated around peak election periods)

About Adapt Digital

Adapt Digital partners with agencies and mission-driven organizations to execute paid media, acquisition, and mobilization services. Our team has supported national nonprofits, state and national political campaigns, C4s, associations, and advocacy organizations. Adapt Digital is also the founding team behind Advocacy

AI, a fast-growing advocacy software platform trusted by associations, nonprofits, and public affairs teams to activate supporters and drive measurable action.

What Matters to Us

We''re a small team that likes people who take ownership, ask questions, and care about getting the details right. We''re allergic to fluff, so we default to clear communication, quick alignment, and decisions rooted in data. We work with organizations we believe in that strengthen democracy and civic participation, and we take that responsibility seriously. We enjoy the work, and want the people we work with to enjoy it too.

We''re hiring a hands-on Media Buyer to own day-to-day paid media execution across key platforms, with a strong focus on Meta, Google, plus programmatic. You will be the primary media buyer on the team, working closely with Adapt Digital''s founders/fellow ad experts as well as external partners. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in fast-moving environments, can operate independently, and enjoys translating client goals into clean, measurable campaign builds.

Workload is generally manageable in the spring and ramps significantly through summer and peak election season.

Important context:
Great creative and messaging drive strong campaigns, but this role is focused on the analytical and technical side of paid media. You will own budget buildouts, in-platform campaign structure, and performance optimization. You will collaborate with creative and strategy partners by translating their goals into campaigns on ad platforms and reporting dashboards with live metrics.

• Campaign execution and optimization
• Build, traffic, QA, launch, and optimize campaigns across Meta Ads Manager, Google Ads, and programmatic DSPs (Basis preferred, DV360, The Trade Desk, or similar).
• Own in-platform setup details including objectives, conversions, audiences, placements, pacing, bid strategies, creative testing structure, attribution settings, and measurement alignment.
• Manage budget pacing and performance to client goals across acquisition, mobilization, and persuasion work.
• Maintain strong operational hygiene, and independently manage priorities, timelines, and handoffs with minimal supervision.
• Manage voter file and modeled audiences synced to ad platforms via Target Smart, L2, and other data providers

• Monitor performance daily, identify trends, and recommend optimizations grounded in data.
• Work inside our live reporting dashboards in Google Looker Studio to provide client-facing reports
• Partner communication and translation (5 to 10 hours per week)
• Communicate directly with client-side stakeholders, strategists, and creative partners to gather context and translate goals into implementable media plans.
• Translate technical platform realities into client-friendly recommendations and next steps.
• Use our budget template to translate client goals into budgets, pacing, and campaign builds.
• Set clear working norms with partners so campaigns launch smoothly (what you need, when you need it, and how you prefer to communicate).
• Compliance and political platform requirements
• Ensure campaigns meet applicable platform requirements (Google election verification, Meta authorization, disclaimers where relevant) and follow agreed client compliance guardrails, with internal guidance.

Must-haves

• 1 to 5 plus years of hands-on experience running paid campaigns (agency, in-house, political, advocacy, or mission-driven environments).
• Strong working knowledge of:
• Meta Ads Manager (optimization and setup depth is essential)
• Google Ads (search and or You Tube preferred; political experience a plus)
• A programmatic DSP (Basis preferred, but DV360, TTD, or other acceptable) with the ability to learn new platforms quickly
• Proven ability to translate client goals into a digital budget and pacing approach, and clean campaign architecture in-platform.
• Analytical and detail-oriented. You catch issues early and optimize methodically.
• Highly independent. You can prioritize, execute, and communicate progress without heavy day-to-day oversight.
• Comfortable collaborating with external partners (strategists and creative) and…