Senior Paid Media Strategist
Location: Remote (U.S.)
Reports to: President
Employment: Full-time, salaried exempt
Compensation: $80,000–$100,000 base + bonus
About the role
Inflow is hiring a Senior Paid Media Strategist to lead client relationships and develop paid search, shopping, paid social and programatic strategies that drive meaningful business results.
This is a hands-on role for an experienced marketer who combines strong technical execution with clear client communication. You’ll own strategy and performance across a portfolio of 5-8 accounts, collaborate with specialists across the agency, and contribute to the continued development of our paid media practice.
What you’ll do
Lead client relationships and strategy
- Serve as the primary paid media contact for a portfolio of approximately 5–8 clients, with account assignments based on scope and complexity.
- Develop strategies aligned with each client’s revenue, profitability and customer acquisition goals.
- Lead client meetings, performance reviews and strategic planning conversations, translating data into clear recommendations.
- Proactively address performance challenges, manage expectations and identify opportunities for growth.
- Own budget allocation, forecasting and pacing across channels.
Manage paid search, Shopping and social
- Build, manage and optimize campaigns across Google Ads, Microsoft Ads and Meta.
- Develop account structures, bidding strategies, audience approaches and testing plans suited to each client’s business.
- Manage Shopping feeds and Merchant Center health, including product data quality, segmentation and troubleshooting.
- Guide paid social creative testing through actionable briefs, performance analysis and recommendations.
- Evaluate and test additional channels, including TikTok, Pinterest and programmatic, where they support client objectives.
Turn measurement into better decisions
- Monitor conversion tracking and data quality, collaborating with technical specialists to diagnose and resolve issues.
- Evaluate performance across platforms and attribution models in the context of clients’ business results.
- Build and maintain reporting using tools such as GA4, Looker Studio, Supermetrics and Sheets.
- Use automation thoughtfully to improve analysis, efficiency and quality.
Contribute to team development
- Mentor teammates, share expertise and provide constructive feedback on strategy and execution.
- Help improve processes and documentation
- Partner with SEO, CRO and analytics specialists on integrated client strategies.
- Contribute to new-business audits
What you’ll bring
- Agency experience managing multiple client accounts.
- 5+ years of hands-on paid media experience, including at least 2 years managing eCommerce accounts.
- Strong expertise in Google Ads, including Search, Shopping and Performance Max, along with Merchant Center and Microsoft Ads.
- Demonstrated success managing Meta campaigns, including catalog advertising and structured creative testing.
- Experience with TikTok, Pinterest, Reddit, Amazon Ads or programmatic advertising.
- Experience owning client relationships, presenting strategic recommendations and navigating difficult conversations.
- Experience managing individual account budgets of $50,000 or more per month, with accountability for pacing and performance.
- A practical understanding of GA4, GTM, conversion tracking, Meta Pixel and Conversions API.
- Strong analytical and reporting skills, including proficiency in Sheets or Excel.
- Clear, concise written and verbal communication.
- Experience mentoring or developing other marketers and an interest in people management.
- Thoughtful use of tools to support your work.
Additional experience we value
- People management experience.
- Familiarity with feed management tools such as Feedonomics, DataFeedWatch or GoDataFeed.
- Experience with incrementality testing, marketing mix modeling or post-purchase attribution.
- Familiarity with media optimization and budget pacing tools.
- CRO and landing page testing experience.
- Relevant Google, Microsoft or Meta certifications.
What we offer
- Fully remote work with flexible hours around core collaboration time.
- Bonus opportunities based on performance
- Thoughtfully managed workloads and an emphasis on strong client fit.
- Paid vacation, sick days
- Health, dental, vision, life, and short- and long-term disability insurance.
- Retirement plan with company contributions.
- Monthly health and wellness budget.
- Annual conference and training budget.
About Inflow
Inflow is an eCommerce-focused digital marketing agency specializing in SEO, paid media, CRO and analytics. Since 2007, we’ve helped online retailers attract customers, improve conversion and grow revenue. We’re a Google Premier Partner, Meta Business Partner and Microsoft Advertising Partner, with multiple Inc. 5000 recognitions.