Media Manager, Paid Social

Company Description

About Team One: 

 

Team One is Publicis Groupe’s fully integrated media, digital, and communications agency built to help premium brands thrive in a rapidly evolving world. We’re known as the ‘architects of aspiration’ helping luxury brands reach modern affluents and next-gen consumers through culturally fluent strategies and experiences, unmatched access, and the agility to move at the speed of culture.  

 

We’re a team of 400+ creators, doers, and difference-makers across six North American offices—Los Angeles (our HQ), Dallas, New York, Chicago, Atlanta, and Boise. Together, we’re proud partners to iconic brands, including Lexus and the Lexus Dealer Association, Marriott International, The Ritz-Carlton, Barclays, The RealReal, HKS Architects, Metabo HPT, KB Home, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Moėt Hennessy, Citi., and Cathay Pacific Airlines.

 

We take pride in our industry-shaping creativity, connection, and exceptional culture that have been recognized with honors like Fast Company’s Best Workplaces for Innovators and Ad Age’s Best Places to Work.

Job Description

About this Position:

 

The Media Manager, Paid Social is responsible for the execution of ongoing paid social media campaign activations for Lexus and the management of the team working on them. The ideal candidate for this position has a passion for paid media, specifically social media, and a proven track record of implementing successful paid social media tactics on multiple platforms. This person must also possess a passion for continuous improvement and learning as the landscape continues to evolve. Prior supervisory experience is preferred. 

 

What You’ll Do:

• Oversee the day-to-day activities of Social Media Strategist/Assistants on the Lexus national business. 
• Communicate with AMD on issues and timelines. 
• Delegate and follow up on projects with team as well as other agency departments to ensure timely completion 
• Act as the first touch contact to the media planning, operations, and analytics teams 
• Contribute to development ongoing paid social media activation plans based on Lexus RFPs 
• Place social media advertising campaigns across various platforms based on agreed upon campaign strategy 
• Utilize advanced targeting strategies to execute complex campaigns, including custom audiences, third-party data, suppression lists, lookalike audiences and more 
• Optimize campaign buys to ensure budgets are spent as effectively as possible each month 
• Work closely with all platform partners to ensure plans constantly push the envelope and include the latest and greatest ad tech and formats available for automotive.  
• Develop technically accurate media points of view for activation recommendations and campaign outcomes  
• Manage all financials for Lexus including campaign spend, fees, and ensure all billing is properly actualized each month. 
• Manage and optimize campaign activation workflow and communication protocol between planning, operations, creative, analytics and managed service teams 
• Communicate key learnings to appropriate agency stakeholders to ensure alignment and efficiency of campaign deployment  

What You Bring:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Advertising, Marketing, Communication, Computer Science or related field 
• 4-6 years of paid media experience, with a minimum of 3 years of experience with paid social advertising and client management
• Proficiency in Meta, Twitter, Pinterest, TikTok, Snapchat, YouTube, Reddit, LinkedIn and Twitch including each platform’s core features and each network’s advertising capabilities 
• Proficiency with both Business Manager and Ad Manager dashboards for all core platforms, including ad placement, budget management, pixel creation, offline event sets, and advanced reporting  
• Able to multi-task to effectively manage multiple projects and campaigns at once  
• Experience handling large media budgets and developing insights based on campaign results 
• Proficiency in tools including Sprinklr, Google Campaign Manager; experience in Box, Google Docs, Prisma, etc. 
• Have strong project management and organizational skills being able to manage multiple projects and campaigns at once
• Facebook Blueprint Media Buying Certification required 
• Have a passion for social media, be an avid user, and have a passion to stay in the loop on the latest social media trends, capabilities, and platforms 
• Self-motivated, well-organized, and assertive, with strong analytical and deductive skills 
• Strong interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills 
• Automotive experience is strongly preferred 

Why It’s Great to Work Here:

• We live by our C.O.R.E. values:
• Collaborative - We work together to get better stuff done than we could alone.
• Optimistic - Honest and confident in our quest forward; believing the impossible is possible.
• Results-driven - Creativity is always in service of results and never for its own sake.
• Entrepreneurial - Build something new. Shoot for the moon. 

• We offer comprehensive benefits and ‘work perks’ like great options for medical / dental / vision insurance, 401(k) with company matching, unlimited PTO, generous paid parental leave, tuition reimbursement, family forming assistance reimbursement, pet adoption assistance + “pawternity” leave, etc. 

• We have a hybrid work schedule (4 days a week in office / 1 day from wherever your heart desires).

• We’re part of Publicis Groupe which is a huge global network, so there are many resources that come with that like Business Resource Groups for a variety of communities like Publicis Parents, VivaWomen, Egalité, etc.

• We give back to our communities with our annual Day of Good and volunteer opportunities throughout the year. 
• We love to grow our talent and promote from within whenever possible, and we offer professional development trainings and regular structured performance reviews.
• We have a lot fun! We have a whole committee called “Team Fun” that plans parties and events for us to celebrate birthdays, holidays, cultural moments, etc. Some recent fun events include a flower bouquet bar, origami lessons, and hearing from creative entrepreneurs at our Moonshot speaker series.

Additional Information

Our Publicis Groupe motto “Viva La Différence” means we’re better together, and we believe that our differences make us stronger. It means we honor and celebrate all identities, across all facets of intersectionality, and it underpins all that we do as an organization. We are focused on fostering belonging and creating equitable & inclusive experiences for all talent.

 

Publicis Groupe provides robust and inclusive benefit programs and policies to support the evolving and diverse needs of our talent and enable every person to grow and thrive. Our benefits package includes medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401K, as well as parental and family care leave, family forming assistance, tuition reimbursement, and flexible time off.

 

If you require accommodation or assistance with the application or onboarding process specifically, please contact [email protected].

 

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

 

Compensation Range: USD $60,800.00 - USD $80,000.00/Annually. This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on the skills, qualifications, and experience of the applicant along with the requirements of the position, and the Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. Temporary roles may be eligible to participate in our freelancer/temporary employee medical plan through a third-party benefits administration system once certain criteria have been met. Temporary roles may also qualify for participation in our 401(k) plan after eligibility criteria have been met. For regular roles, the Company will offer medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401k, and paid time off. The Company anticipates the application deadline for this job posting will be 7/27/2026.