Senior Strategist, Paid Media

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Senior Strategist managing high-value paid media accounts at a leading HubSpot agency. Developing strategies, overseeing performance, and optimizing campaigns for client success.

Responsibilities:

  • Develop, implement, and optimize advanced paid media strategies across platforms like Google Ads, Meta, LinkedIn, and Microsoft Ads.
  • Customize strategies for clients with long sales cycles, niche targeting, multi-location structures, or multiple funnel stages.
  • Translate business objectives into campaign strategy, creative briefs, budget plans, and KPIs.
  • Analyze and interpret performance data to identify trends, generate insights, and drive continuous improvement.
  • Build and manage reporting dashboards (NinjaCat, Databox, HubSpot) to communicate ROI clearly.
  • Serve as the primary point of contact for all client communication on assigned accounts.
  • Lead strategic client calls, providing both technical and high-level business recommendations.
  • Maintain proactive client communication, anticipating needs and positioning the agency as a strategic growth partner.
  • Deliver performance updates, QBRs, and optimization plans to ensure retention and growth.
  • Present upsell opportunities and work with Group Leads or Directors on contract expansions.
  • Partner with Account Specialists or junior team members to delegate tactical tasks and mentor execution quality.
  • Collaborate with creative, dev, and strategy teams to ensure campaign assets meet performance goals.
  • Train less experienced team members on advanced strategies, campaign troubleshooting, or reporting approaches.
  • Contribute to internal education by sharing case studies, best practices, or new platform updates.

Requirements:

  • 5–6+ years of experience managing paid media campaigns with measurable ROI.
  • Proven success managing large or complex accounts independently.
  • Extensive hands-on experience with Google Ads, Meta Ads, and at least one additional platform (LinkedIn Ads, Microsoft Ads, TikTok, etc.).
  • Advanced proficiency with HubSpot, especially in aligning paid media with lifecycle stages, lead scoring, workflows, and revenue attribution.
  • Familiarity with reporting and analytics tools such as Google Analytics 4, Databox, and HubSpot dashboards.
  • Bachelor’s degree in marketing, business, or a related field preferred.

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