Paid Media Specialist Required skills:Desired skills:Campaign Strategy: Project and Time management:Day-to-day communications: Technical Innovation & Knowledge:Catalyst Innovation & Knowledge:

Catalyst is a company focused on wealth management solutions, and they are seeking a data-driven Paid Media Specialist to manage and optimize advertising campaigns. The role involves strategizing and analyzing paid media efforts across various platforms to drive measurable results for clients in the real estate industry.

Responsibilities

• Plan, launch, and manage paid media campaigns across Google Ads (Search, Display, YouTube) and Meta (Facebook, Instagram)
• Monitor and optimize campaigns in real-time to improve key performance metrics like CTR, CPC, and ROAS
• Conduct keyword research, audience segmentation, and competitive analysis to refine targeting strategies
• Test, analyze, and report on campaign performance, providing insights and actionable recommendations
• Stay up to date with the latest trends, platform updates, and best practices in paid media
• Collaborate with internal teams, including creative and client strategy, to align paid campaigns with broader marketing objectives
• Manage budgets efficiently and allocate spend across channels to maximize ROI
• Stick to timelines while ensuring a high quality of work
• Demonstrate proactive solution-based thinking and delivery
• Start projects quickly, change tasks at a moment’s notice, and complete work on deadline
• Collaborate with client-facing strategists, creative team members, and production team members to ensure paid media campaigns align with client goals and creative assets are optimized for performance
• Answer all emails and messages promptly, ensuring seamless communication between internal teams and clients when necessary
• Proactively seek out answers to questions on campaign objectives, audience targeting, budget allocations, or creative assets needed to execute and optimize campaigns effectively
• Clearly communicate findings, insights, and recommendations to strategists and, when required, directly to clients, translating performance data into actionable strategies
• Stays up to date on industry trends, platform updates, and consumer behavior, incorporating evolving technology into campaign strategies
• Analyzes paid media performance data (including CTR, CPC, ROAS, and conversion rates) to refine ad messaging, targeting strategies, and overall campaign effectiveness
• In depth understanding of Catalyst, our brand, our history, our beliefs and our direction
• Advocates for new platforms and other ideas to promote Catalyst’s brand presence

Skills

• 1+ years of experience managing paid media campaigns, with a strong focus on Google Ads and Meta Ads
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in a relevant field of study
• Proficient in Google Ads Manager, Meta Business Manager, Google Analytics, and other relevant tools
• Strong analytical skills with experience in data-driven decision-making and performance reporting
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment, managing multiple campaigns and priorities simultaneously
• A proactive problem-solver who can adapt to changing algorithms, industry trends, and campaign needs
• Plan, launch, and manage paid media campaigns across Google Ads (Search, Display, YouTube) and Meta (Facebook, Instagram)
• Monitor and optimize campaigns in real-time to improve key performance metrics like CTR, CPC, and ROAS
• Conduct keyword research, audience segmentation, and competitive analysis to refine targeting strategies
• Test, analyze, and report on campaign performance, providing insights and actionable recommendations
• Stay up to date with the latest trends, platform updates, and best practices in paid media
• Collaborate with internal teams, including creative and client strategy, to align paid campaigns with broader marketing objectives
• Manage budgets efficiently and allocate spend across channels to maximize ROI
• Stick to timelines while ensuring a high quality of work
• Demonstrate proactive solution-based thinking and delivery
• Start projects quickly, change tasks at a moment's notice, and complete work on deadline
• Collaborate with client-facing strategists, creative team members, and production team members to ensure paid media campaigns align with client goals and creative assets are optimized for performance
• Answer all emails and messages promptly, ensuring seamless communication between internal teams and clients when necessary
• Proactively seek out answers to questions on campaign objectives, audience targeting, budget allocations, or creative assets needed to execute and optimize campaigns effectively
• Clearly communicate findings, insights, and recommendations to strategists and, when required, directly to clients, translating performance data into actionable strategies
• Stays up to date on industry trends, platform updates, and consumer behavior, incorporating evolving technology into campaign strategies
• Analyzes paid media performance data (including CTR, CPC, ROAS, and conversion rates) to refine ad messaging, targeting strategies, and overall campaign effectiveness
• In depth understanding of Catalyst, our brand, our history, our beliefs and our direction
• Advocates for new platforms and other ideas to promote Catalyst's brand presence
• Experience with real estate ad campaigns
• Client-facing communication skills

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