About the Role
This manager role on the agency team requires a growth-minded individual with excellent communication skills and prior expertise executing across the digital landscape. You will be responsible for executing, managing, and communicating successful outcomes for a client's digital marketing portfolio, with managed channels including paid search, paid social, programmatic display, and video. The role emphasizes multi-channel management, execution, strategy, analysis, and client communication.
Responsibilities
- Lead tactical execution across channels with responsibility for analysis and optimizations based on client goals.
- Manage the process and outcome of analysis and reporting with team support.
- Manage ad delivery and implement optimizations fluidly across channels to meet client goals.
- Lead external day-to-day communications and develop relationships with key clients and vendors.
- Support the development of integrated marketing plans across channels, including paid search, paid social, programmatic display, and video.
- Support opportunities to advance client relationships through participation in quarterly business reviews and strategic POVs.
- Build client trust by managing project deliverables, delivering flawless multi-channel tactical activation of marketing campaigns, and setting clear internal expectations.
- Manage junior team members by providing thoughtful management, training, and fostering growth opportunities.
- Lead placement and management of marketing pixels to verify data accuracy and ensure client goals are met.
- Support agency development through contributions to new business needs and collaboration on internal projects.
- Analyze complex data sets across systems to provide meaningful insights and actionable next steps.
Requirements
- 3+ years of experience managing paid media in one or more digital channels (search, social, programmatic, display, video).
- Proven ability to produce informed media plans and go-to-market strategies for complex clients.
- Experience with performance media principles, including driving positive ROAS and maximizing lead generation.
- Analytically minded with a proactive approach to troubleshooting and client retention.
- Strong project management skills with the ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks simultaneously.
- Excellent team player with strong collaboration skills.
- Positive attitude and a can-do mentality.
- Excited by digital marketing trends and inspired to enact best-in-class programs.
- Consistently demonstrates behavior in line with January Digital’s core traits.
- Experience working with creative and development teams to produce and iterate digital assets is preferred.
- U.S. citizenship or permanent residency is required.
Skills
- Paid search
- Paid social
- Programmatic display
- Programmatic video
- Multi-channel management
- Execution
- Strategy
- Analysis
- Client communication
- Data analysis
- AI skills
- AI input development
- AI tool utilization
- AI application to business challenges
- Critical thinking
- Responsible AI use
Location
- NYC
- Dallas
Work Type
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- Manager
Salary/Compensations
- $70,000 - $90,000
Benefits
- Competitive and equitable pay
- 401k matching
- Bi-annual bonus eligibility
- Flexible PTO
- Half-Day Fridays
- Philanthropic Efforts and Paid Time Off to Volunteer
- Fully covered medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Annual Wellness Stipend
- Suite of parental benefits, including generous paid leave, 529 scholarship fund, Milk Stork, and fully stocked mother’s room
About the Company
- January Digital is the Marketing Leadership Company, solving business challenges through media excellence, strategic guidance, and actionable analytics.
- The agency team handles full funnel media planning, execution, and optimization.
- The consulting team offers strategic leadership for building successful marketing agencies.
- All work is supported by data and actionable insights.
- Company motto: build a company that improves the lives of our clients, our people, and the world.
- Supports mission through WORKS program (philanthropy) and Well Works program (employee health and wellness).
- Recognized over 125 times, including INC Best Place to Work, Ad Age Best Places to Work, NRF Partner of the Year, and INC 5000 fastest growing company.
- Combines deep expertise, creativity, and AI innovation.
- Team advances through continuous training.
- Seeks candidates with proven AI skills, critical thinking, and commitment to responsible AI use.
