Job Description
Senior Paid Media Specialist
Remote, USA
Full time
R 2023 1070
Position Summary
With limited supervision, manage the strategy and execution of digital media at National University System (NUS) and other affiliates. Update the optimizations in the platforms and budget changes to impact performance and increase lead volume ultimately generating revenue for NUS. Develop and implement optimizations across a variety of digital platforms with up to a 25 MM yearly budget.
Essential Functions
- Manages paid search and paid social campaigns, making monetary decisions impacting performance and directly influencing the lead-generation (revenue).
- Creates strategy and builds-out campaigns; launches and manages campaigns, reviewing performance and making changes in the platforms on day-to-day basis.
- Executes multivariate test, including ad copy and landing pages to reach performance targets.
- Conducts competitive research on a regular basis to keep a pulse on the space in order to plan, identify and report new opportunities.
- Owns reporting, analysis and communication of channel performance on a regular basis, including forecasting.
- Makes continuous recommendations to meet conversion goals and lower cost per conversion metric based on analysis and insights learned from historical campaign results.
- Other duties as assigned.
Supervisory Responsibilities: N/A
Requirements
Education & Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in Advertising, Communications, Marketing, required;
- and, five (5) to seven (7) years’ relevant experience in managing paid search marketing campaigns with large-scale budgets;
- inclusive of three (3) to four (4) yeas’ experience in business analysis and data mining within a project management environment;
- or, equivalent combination of education and/or experience.
Competencies/Technical/Functional Skills:
- Ability to participate as an active team member of the team and organization and work toward a common goal.
- Actively seeks opportunities to influence, build effective relationships and gain alignment with peers, functional partners and/or external partners to accomplish business objectives.
- Accepts personal accountability, proactively seeks resolution for personal limitations head-on; and supports honesty and respect towards others, the company and oneself.
- Develops new insights into situations; questions conventional approaches; encourages new ideas and innovations; designs and implements new or cutting-edge programs/processes. Ability to generate and/or recognize imaginative or creative solutions that generate successful outcomes.
- Advanced use of computers and Microsoft Office Suite Applications such as Word, Excel, Power Point, Outlook.
- Advanced knowledge of paid search and paid media landscape, including strategizing, planning, executing online marketing campaigns to drive customer acquisition through a variety of paid media channels, e.g. paid search/PPC, paid social media, display advertising (video/mobile) and other digital marketing tools.
- Keeps abreast of digital media trends and current challenges, including optimization techniques and best practices.
- Deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations; apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written and oral form; strong attention to details.
- Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to effectively communicate with a wide range of individual of constituencies in a diverse community. Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing.
- Work independently and foster a cooperative spirit within a large and/or small team of diverse cultures, while working in a fast-paced environment with multiple deadlines and frequently changing priorities.
Travel: No Travel Required
Candidate receiving offers will be offered a salary/pay rate commensurate with experience that vary based on a candidate’s qualifications, skills, and competencies. Absent exceptional circumstances, candidates will be offered a salary within this range for this position.
Base pay is one component of National University’s total rewards package, as we are dedicated to supporting the needs of the “whole you” with our holistic approach to employee benefits by offering comprehensive well-being benefits for you and your family.
Compensation Range: Annual Salary: $56,890.00 – $76,800.00