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Microsoft · 22 hours ago

Sr. Paid Media Activation Manager

positionRedmond, WA
timeFull-time
remoteOnsite
seniorityMid, Senior Level
money$106K/yr - $204K/yr
date5+ years exp

Microsoft is a leading technology company, and they are seeking a Sr. Paid Media Activation Manager to support and manage their in-house paid media campaign activation. The role involves leading paid media strategy, planning, and hands-on execution, with a strong focus on paid social and collaboration across various teams to drive business results.

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Responsibilities

Helping build Microsoft Global Media’s in-house paid media planning, activation and operations
Collaborating with the Paid Media Director, Channel Specialists, Analytics, Digital Brand Safety, Finance Operations, and our platform and ad tech partners to ensure strategic & compliant activations
Developing paid media plans that deliver on required business outcomes and overseeing the hands-on execution, optimization, and reporting of these campaigns across media channels, ad creative, and audience segments
Leading continual paid media operations and process improvements to ensure Microsoft’s in-house media activation remains agile and consistently delivers on the required business outcomes and campaign KPIs
Actively monitoring campaigns for optimization opportunities across platforms, creative sets, audience segments, and bidding strategies
Diving deep into analytics to identify trends and learnings across audiences, placements, channels, ad sets/variants, and any additional variables that could impact campaign performance
Providing agile, responsive, collaborative, and transparent communications with internal and external business partners to ensure campaigns remain agile while delivering on the required business outcomes

Qualification

Paid social activationDigital media strategyAudience planning toolsAdvanced Excel skillsSprinklr experienceAdaptability to changeCommunication skillsManage projects

Required

5-7 years of hands-on-keys paid social activation experience, preferably within an agency environment
Thorough understanding of how to use native platform audience planning tools & suite of ad products including: Meta, X, Reddit, YouTube, LinkedIn, Snapchat, Pinterest, and TikTok
Consistent track record of strong external partner and internal team relationships and communications
Ability to manage and prioritize multiple projects under tight deadlines
Advanced Excel skills, including but not limited to Pivot Tables, VLOOKUP, Macros, etc. are a plus
Appetite for working in a dynamic, changing environment across many different teams and audience segments
Sprinklr experience a plus

Preferred

College BA/BS or equivalent professional experience
Experience working in B2B Marketing and/or Media
Proven competency working across diverse teams with varied business goals
Able to work across a highly matrixed organization that includes internal and external stakeholders and partners
Able to deal with ambiguity and continued change
Strong communication skills
Believes that success is a shared accountability across the whole team
Experience using Microsoft technology and devices
Ability to be agile and work in a dynamic environment

Company

Microsoft

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Microsoft is a software corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses, supports, and sells a range of software products and services.
dateFounded in 1975
location
Redmond, Washington, USA
people-size10001+ employees
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https://www.microsoft.com

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Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
$1M
Key Investors
Technology Venture Investors
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1986-03-13IPO
1981-09-01Series Unknown· $1M

Leadership Team

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Satya Nadella
Chairman and CEO
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Vukani Mngxati
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