About Gray Media:
Gray Media or Gray is a multimedia company headquartered in Atlanta Georgia formally known as Gray Television Inc. The company is the nations largest owner of top-rated local television stations and digital assets serving 113 television markets that collectively reach approximately 36 percent of US television households. The portfolio includes 77 markets with the top-rated television station and 100 markets with the first and/or second-highest-rated television station as well as the largest Telemundo Affiliate group with 43 markets totaling nearly 1.5 million Hispanic TV Households. The company also owns Gray Digital Media a full-service digital agency offering national and local clients digital marketing strategies with the most advanced digital products and services. Grays additional media properties include video production companies Raycom Sports Tupelo Media Group and PowerNation Studios and studio production facilities Assembly Atlanta and Third Rail Studios.
About GDM (Gray Digital Media):
Gray Digital Media is a leading digital media company that values excellence innovation and the development of our employees. We provide digital advertising solutions across a full suite of digital products that are strategically deployed into a marketing solution that drives results. Our team of industry experts will help support our clients advertising campaigns from idea and strategy campaign execution and optimization to campaign insights and results tracking.
Job Summary/Description:
We are seeking a Manager of Paid Media to lead and develop our growing paid media team within a fast-paced client-focused agency. This role is first and foremost about building mentoring and managing a high-performing teamwhile also ensuring excellence in paid media execution and client satisfaction.
Youll oversee a group of specialists and analysts guide their professional growth and foster a culture of accountability collaboration and innovation. At the same time youll serve as a strategic paid media leader bringing hands-on expertise in Google Ads Meta LinkedIn TikTok and other paid platforms to shape and scale our capabilities across diverse clients and verticals. This position is fully remote and can be applied for from any state where Gray Media operates.
Duties/Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
Team Leadership & Development
Lead mentor and inspire a team of paid media specialists
Provide structured onboarding continuous training and regular performance reviews
Foster a culture of growth collaboration and operational excellence
Act as the teams primary advocate and resource ensuring they have the tools and support to succeed
Campaign Oversight
Supervise paid search paid social and cross-platform campaign execution from strategy and setup through optimization and reporting
Ensure campaigns are flawlessly delivered across Google Ads Meta LinkedIn TikTok and other platforms leveraging advanced targeting audience segmentation and bidding strategies
Partner with client teams to align campaign tactics with broader marketing objectives
Client Collaboration
Represent the paid media team on client and market calls as the senior expert
Translate campaign performance into clear actionable insights and recommendations
Build trust with clients through transparency responsiveness and effective communication
Process Strategy & Innovation
Standardize best practices for campaign setup pacing QA and optimization
Continuously refine workflows to improve efficiency and scalability
Stay ahead of paid media trends platform updates and evolving best practices
Champion new tools and capabilities across paid search social and emerging platforms to drive client growth
Qualifications/Requirements:
- 3-5 years of hands-on experience working in both paid social and paid search platforms including but not limited to Google Ads YouTube Meta TikTok LinkedIn Bing Snapchat.
- 1-2 years managing a team of paid media specialists
- Possesses a strong and proven ability to prioritize and handle multiple tasks with flexibility and communicate priorities clearly and effectively
- Has a strong attention to detail is methodical and is process-oriented.
- Is passionate about the quality of work the team produces and growing the knowledge of those around them.
- Five years managing a team of 8 or more people
- Has the ability to translate very operational details into sales-focused messaging
- Prior experience building campaigns across different verticals including legal services healthcare automotive and home services
If you feel youre qualified and want to work with a great group of people go to you may type in the job title station call letters or click on apply now upload your resume cover letter and references
(Current employees who are interested in this position can apply through theGray-TV UltiPro self-service portal)
GDM-TV/Gray Media is a drug-free company
Additional Info:
Gray Media provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race color religion sex national origin age disability or addition to federal law requirements Gray Media complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment including recruiting hiring placement promotion termination layoff recall transfer leaves of absence compensation and training.
Gray Media expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment based on race color religion gender sexual orientation gender identity or expression national origin age genetic information disability or veteran status. Improper interference with the ability of Grays employees to perform their job duties may result in discipline up to and including discharge.
Required Experience:
Manager
Gray Television, Inc. (NYSE: GTN and GTN.A) owns and/or operates over 100 television stations across 56 television markets that collectively broadcast more than 200 program streams including 103 channels affiliated with the CBS Network, the NBC Network, the ABC Network and the FOX Net ... View more