Paid Media Manager

Silverback Strategies is a performance marketing agency built to help marketers grow and capitalize on change. Ad Age, Inc. Magazine, The Washington Post, Washingtonian, and The Washington Business Journal have recognized Silverback as one of the best places to work.
We hire the best and help them get better. Silverbackers are supported, challenged, and inspired by their peers. Regardless of title or tenure, every Silverbacker plays a role in helping our agency get better. This is a place where you can make a difference.
Today, we're looking for a Paid Media Manager to join our growing team. Our new Paid Media Manager will serve as a subject matter expert in all things related to Paid Media. You will play both a lead and a supporting role across a portfolio of Paid Media clients. You will build and maintain great client relationships, manage timelines and deliverables, and help clients hit their business goals.
The Paid Media Manager will independently lead account strategy for a select few of their own clients, while also working closely with Senior Paid Media Managers and Associate Directors to support account strategy and tactical execution for larger clients as needed.
This role is ideal for a Paid Media pro with 3-5 years of experience who is driven and hungry to bring their media strategy and client ownership chops to the next level. You'll work on a team of top-notch digital marketing experts, and will collaborate with counterparts on the SEO, Measurement, and Creative teams to successfully execute client delivery.
Here's what we expect from our Paid Media Manager.
—What You'll Do—
Client Ownership: Responsible for the strategy development, innovation, tactical execution, and performance of a small-but-impactful portfolio of Paid Media client accounts (3-5 clients).
Hitting Client Goals: Plan, implement, and audit Paid Media campaigns and strategies that align with client KPIs, marketing, and business goals.
Hands-on-keys Execution: Successfully plan and execute campaigns in both Search and Social Paid Media platforms (Google, Meta, LinkedIn, TikTok).
Client-Facing / Account Management: Serve as the lead point of contact for all things Paid Media for your "owned" clients; lead biweekly and ad hoc client calls to build and maintain strong client relationships.
Testing & Innovation: Support channel innovation efforts, ensuring clients' Paid Media strategies are following evolving best practices and using performance data to identify opportunities for new campaigns, optimizations, and testing.
Reporting: Regularly create, analyze, and present insightful and actionable Paid Media performance reports directly to clients.
Project Management: Accurately communicate project timelines to clients; manage client expectations and proactively update clients as things change.
Creative Strategy: Collaborate with Silverback's Creative Director and Design team on ad creation and testing plans; assist with creative strategy and briefs as needed.
Know Your Clients' Business: Understand your clients' industries, audiences, and goals while staying on top of industry changes, trends, and best practices.
Teamwork & Collaboration: Join in creative brainstorming sessions with other members of the Paid Media team to promote a culture of collaboration and innovation.
Professional Growth: Accept feedback and coaching from the Associate Director of Media to ensure our clients are receiving a best-in-class experience and top-notch performance.
—What We're Looking For—
Years of Experience: 3+ years of Paid Media agency experience — the ideal candidate has 3-5 years of experience. Previous performance agency experience is a MUST-HAVE!
Paid Search and Social Expertise: Must-have experience managing both Paid Search and Paid Social campaigns. (Main platforms are Google and Meta; secondary platforms are LinkedIn and TikTok.)
Client-Facing Confidence: This role is not a good fit for someone who doesn't want to talk directly to clients. You must be comfortable building rapport, establishing expertise and credibility, and serving as the face of the Paid Media engagement with your assigned clients.
Business Acumen: Being able to build and execute winning Paid Media strategies across multiple industries is crucial — but your ability to tie Paid Media wins to a measurable impact on the clients' business, revenue, etc. is what will make you a superstar.
Ownership of Work: In this role, you'll fully own the success of your 3-5 clients from strategy development to tactical execution to reporting and client-facing communication. You MUST have prior experience taking "full ownership" of clients in a similar role in order to succeed at Silverback.
Curiosity & "Get Shit Done" Mentality: You'd rather take a big swing and miss than sit around twiddling your thumbs. You're energized by and thrive in an environment where no two days are the same, and results are king. You're relentlessly curious, eager to learn, and willing to make mistakes in the name of progress and growth.
Data Analysis: You're a whiz in Excel and/or Google Sheets. Complex sets of data don't throw you, and you're comfortable analyzing and breaking down data using GA4 and other tools to produce clear, insightful, and meaningful reports for clients.
Adaptability & Growth: Feedback fuels you. You lean into change, sharpen your skills, and push yourself and your team to get better every day.
Project & Time Management: You run a clean calendar and keep priorities straight, even when demands compete.
—Why Silverback?—
Silverback isn't for everybody. If you're an A player, you will get paid more, learn more, and grow faster with support from a smart and fun team. If you're a B player, you will be miserable.
Make an impact: We're a small agency. Everybody has the opportunity to drive change and impact.
Get paid: We hire the best and pay them generously.
Do cool sh*t: From media to SEO to measurement, learn the cutting edge of what works.
—Benefits & Perks—
Unlimited PTO
Comprehensive health, dental, and vision plans
Virtual team events and a fun, casual, inclusive company culture
Company-paid ClassPass membership
12 weeks of paid parental leave
Summer Fridays
401(k) with employer match
—Work Environment—
We're a fully remote agency with employees working across the continental United States. At Silverback, you'll be part of a remote work culture that emphasizes smooth, productive online communication.
We at Silverback pride ourselves on being an extremely tight-knit team. We boast an unparalleled culture of collaboration, empathy, and a truly "work hard, play hard" mentality.
We are recognized as a Top Workplace in the country.
Silverback Strategies is an equal opportunity employer. If you believe you meet the qualifications for the position, then we invite you to apply. We celebrate the free flow of conversation, ideas, and opinions at Silverback, but actions such as bullying, discrimination, harassment, or retaliation of any kind are strictly prohibited in our workplace. We are committed to providing a safe, open, and accommodating environment that allows all of our team members to thrive. Employment decisions are made without regard to age, color, disability, genetic information, marital or family status, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or veteran status. For more information, we invite you to visit eeoc.gov.
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