Paid Media Strategy Lead
Chicago, IL - USA
Job Summary
Epsilon is the leader in outcome-based marketing. We enable marketing thats built on proof not promises. Through Epsilon PeopleCloud
At Epsilon we do more than collect and store data. We help some of the worlds biggest brands discover real opportunities inside the data types delimiters and decimals. We are looking for a Paid Media Strategy Manager to join our Digital Consumer Experience Strategy team.
As part of one of Epsilons market-leading team you will play a role in developing innovative data-driven multi-dimensional strategies and tactics to improve customer and business outcomes for Fortune 500 client engagements. You will need a deep understanding of the clients business and capabilities. This ensures the strategies you develop provide higher ROAS incremental performance and can be easily implemented within their eco-system.
What Youll Achieve
- Be seen as a trusted strategic advisor to internal teams and clients alike. Offer marketing insights and build arguments. Draw on Epsilon marketing services consulting expertise data and technology to solve key client challenges.
- Digital contact strategies and program planning: Develop integrated customer-led contact strategies for personalizing at scale across Paid & Owned channels
- Media advisor: Work with clients to determine the right mix of paid social paid search programmatic display video and other paid digital channels to support promotional acquisition retention and customer engagement strategies. Advise on paid media budget allocation investment mix platform selection and channel roles to drive efficient measurable business outcomes.
- Platform experience: Navigate and advise across major paid media platforms including paid social platforms search platforms DSPs retail media networks video platforms and supporting measurement tools.
- Prescriptive and thoughtful: Can audit paid and owned channels or campaigns to identity areas of growth and maturity.
- Customer and market insights: Use internal and external data industry insights 1st and 3rd party research and a variety of quantitative tools at your disposal to become intimate with and advocate for our clients end-customer.
- Help clients and internal teams understand emerging paid social search programmatic video retail media measurement and digital marketing trends. Apply guidelines and pursue innovations that improve performance across the paid media ecosystem.
- Performance analysis: Define campaign performance metrics and measurement plans across paid social search programmatic video display and other paid digital programs. Manipulate analyze and visualize data to reveal trends in channel performance customer behavior and business outcomes and identify key opportunities based on analysis.
- Business development: Support account growth and new business development.
- Client interface: Part of this role will involve presenting and selling ideas to our client in partnership with the account management team. High-quality presentation and idea articulation skills are required.
- Will be required to travel up to 30% out of the year.
About You
- You are customer-obsessed with a passion for crafting high-performing measurable paid media experiences across paid social search programmatic video display and emerging digital channels that align with audience needs user intent and business outcomes.
- You have a deep love for the paid media ecosystem with a strong grasp of paid social search engine marketing (SEM) programmatic advertising video display and how these channels work together to amplify results across the customer journey.
- You stay ahead of the curve on paid social SEM programmatic video display retail media platform updates bidding strategies creative formats audience targeting and measurement approaches and you know how to apply these insights to solve real-world marketing challenges.
- Youre an expert at demonstrating return on ad spend (ROAS) incrementality and brand lift and you know how to translate performance data into compelling client narratives.
- You basically speak fluent paid media acronymsfrom CPC and CTR to DSA RSA PMAX CPM CPA ROAS VCR CPV CTV and LTVyouve got them all covered.
- Youre a visionary problem solver who constantly finds new ways to optimize campaigns. You test creative refine messaging improve media efficiency and unlock growth across paid social search programmatic video display and emerging paid digital channels.
- You challenge the status quonot to disrupt but to innovate and elevate your clients paid media programs.
- You naturally think like a marketer always putting yourself in the customers shoes to ensure ad experiences are relevant and valuable.
- Youre digitally savvy and entrepreneurial at heart with a strong grasp of the entire digital marketing funnel. While paid media is your specialty you bring hands-on fluency across paid social search programmatic video display and emerging channels along with working knowledge of CRM organic social CRO and audience research and insightsallowing you to connect the dots across channels.
- You understand that successful paid media starts with smart planning and you know how to tap into tools like platform audience insights keyword planners Google Trends competitive intelligence platforms social listening media planning tools and audience research to build customer-centric strategies that convert.
- You thrive in a fast-paced environment love juggling multiple campaigns and genuinely enjoy solving complex paid media challenges across paid social search programmatic video display and emerging digital channels.
- You bring a well-rounded understanding of paid media. You know how audience-led social strategies intent-led search strategies programmatic buying video storytelling display and emerging media channels complement each other to improve reach relevance engagement traffic and conversion.
- You know how to demonstrate audience behavior search intent contextual signals creative performance and media engagement data holistically using insights from paid social search programmatic video display and owned-channel performance to inform smarter campaign strategies and content planning.
- 5-7 years of experience in a paid media digital media or performance marketing role preferably with a marketing agency
- Certifications or demonstrated platform expertise across Meta Blueprint Google Ads Google Analytics and relevant paid media social programmatic or measurement platforms is a requirement
- Strong knowledge of and experience with best-in-class digital strategies standard methodologies industry trends.
- Experience developing digital marketing programs (brand activations product launches lifecycle & contact strategies creating test plans journey mapping acquisition programs digital audits competitive & SWOT analyses etc.)
- Experience developing and evaluating strategies across paid social search programmatic display video mobile and other digital channels.
- Understanding of customer relationship marketing concepts strategic frameworks essential indicators and tactical approaches to driving customer acquisition and retention.
- Ability to extract actionable insights from multiple large data sets create impactful visualizations and tell compelling stories through data.
- Ability to translate paid media platforms technologies and metrics into succinct compelling conversational language for a variety of audiences
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills including the ability to produce high-quality decks and present with confidence to senior marketing leaders.
- Ability to manage multiple high-priority projects in a fast-paced setting.
Why you might stand out from other talent:
- Advanced certifications with any of the afore mentioned subject matter if preferred.
Click here to view how Epsilon transforms marketing with 1 View 1 Vision 1 Voice.
When you join Epsilon well create something EPIC together.Were a global leader in data and identity with deep expertise in digital media clean rooms customer data platforms loyalty and marketing services. Positioned at the center of Publicis Groupe Epsilon helps brands deliver personalized experiences at scale and build lasting customer relationships by unlocking the full potential of data and identity. Epsilon operates in 30 countries across EMEA the Americas and APAC with more than 8000 employees.
Check out a few of these resources to learn more about what makes Epsilon so EPIC:
Our Culture: at Epsilon: has five values that define our culture and guide us as we create value for our clients our people and consumers. We seek candidates who align with our company values demonstrate them and make them meaningful in their day-to-day work:
- Act with integrity. We are transparent and have the courage to do the right thing.
- Work together to win together. We believe collaboration is the catalyst that unlocks our full potential.
- Innovate with purpose. We shape the market with big ideas that drive big outcomes.
- Respect all voices. We embrace differences and foster a culture of connection and belonging.
- Empower with accountability. We trust each other to own and deliver on common goals.
Because You Matter
As an Epsilon employee you deserve perks and benefits that put you your family and your finances first. Our benefits encompass a wide range of offerings including but not limited to:
- Time to recharge: Flexible time off (FTO) 14 paid holidays paid sick time
- Family well-being: Parental/new child leave childcare & elder care assistance adoption assistance
- Extra perks: Comprehensive health coverage 401(k) tuition assistance commuter benefits professional development employee recognition charitable donation matching health coaching and counseling
Epsilon benefits are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms.
Epsilon is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Epsilons policy is not to discriminate against any applicant or employee based on actual or perceived race age sex or gender (including pregnancy) marital status national origin ancestry citizenship status mental or physical disability religion creed color sexual orientation gender identity or expression (including transgender status) veteran status genetic information or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal state or local law. Epsilon also prohibits harassment of applicants and employees based on any of these protected categories. Epsilon will provide accommodations to applicants who need accommodations to complete the application process. Please reach out to to request an accommodation.
For San Francisco Bay and Los Angeles Areas: Epsilon will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories for employment in a manner consistent with the City of Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance and San Francisco Police Code Sections 4901-4919 commonly referred to as the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. Applicants with criminal histories are welcome to apply.
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Publicis Media is one of the four solutions hubs of Publicis Groupe ([Euronext Paris FR0000130577, CAC 40], alongside Publicis Communications, Publicis.Sapient and Publicis Healthcare. Led by Steve King, CEO, Publicis Media is powered by its five global brands, Starcom, Zenith, Spark ... View more