Manager, Paid Social

Business Overview 

KINESSO is the technology-driven performance marketing agency that sits at the very heart of IPG Mediabrands, providing actionable growth for both our agency partners and clients. We turn 'action' into 'outcome' for our clients, leveraging our unique capabilities in optimization, analytics, AI, and experimentation. KINESSO has brought together the collective power of what was formerly Matterkind, Reprise, and Kinesso under one collective entity that will serve as the most powerful delivery engine in the industry. We have extensive offerings spanning across performance marketing and data and technology. Fueled by a deep understanding of consumer behavior, we offer an end-to-end engine of planning and optimization while also delivering on data-driven strategy for social platforms, actionable growth in e-commerce, and creating curated marketplaces specific to each client's function and needs. The company has more than 6,000 employees operating in more than 60 countries. Learn more at www.KINESSO.com

Position Summary

Who you are: A passionate and driven paid social professional, you excel at translating the digital strategy set at the senior level into daily tactical execution. You’re ready to challenge the norm to produce world-class paid social campaigns for high profile brands and take pride in your ability to clearly articulate the outcomes of the tactics and the strategy to the client as the day-to-day client lead. You thrive in a multi-functional role and enjoy training and coaching team members to ensure flawless tactical execution.

Responsibilities

• Responsibilities will be across social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, SnapChat, Twitter, LinkedIn, TikTok and Reddit 
• Responsible for overseeing Paid Social Senior Specialists, Specialists and Associates on the team and owning their career development 
• Cross-Brand oversight of all Paid Social campaigns, including coordination of campaign planning, activation, and reporting 
• Creation and delivery of effective media plan details for paid social campaign efforts 
• Developing and overseeing optimizing, and maintaining paid social campaigns for clients, including coordination of assets between creative agencies and budget management
• Developing, executing, and testing across campaign variables that create client-specific insight and feed future successions of testing 
• Maintaining and optimizing client campaigns to improve overall performance against pre-determined benchmarks on an ongoing basis 
• Management of team day to day responsibilities and overall client engagement 
• Supporting the team lead with ongoing client and team management 
• Working with your team lead on continuous strategy for your campaigns including audience and creative best practices
• Understanding client goals and how to maximize those measures of success through tactical strategies and technologies
• Brainstorming and researching new first to market ideas including new betas and opportunities with our partners.
• Strong familiarity with 3rd-party tracking vendors and integrating with social platforms
• QA reports for accuracy and ensuring client readiness
• Keeping abreast of industry news
• Leveraging Asana for task management and team collaboration
• Becoming an expert in the client’s business and builds trusted partnerships with all levels of clients
• Key participant in strategic media planning and execution

Required Skills & Experience

• Substantial experience in account management, planning, and/or performance media experience. Agency experience strongly preferred

Desired Skills & Experience

• Strong working understanding of the Paid Social platforms, including major players and supporting technology Facebook Ad Manager, Twitter Ads, etc.
• Demonstrable experience working with multiple partners, on enterprise level paid social media accounts with diverse budget levels and objectives
• Proven ability to understand high-level client goals and how they translate into paid media strategy when applied via online technologies
• Detail and process oriented, with the ability to multitask and prioritize tasks base on client objectives
• Ability to effectively communicate processes and tactics to clients, peers, and junior members of the team
• Time management skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skill