
Paid Advertising Lead
FourFront
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Pennsylvania • United States
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About the role
- Lead paid advertising strategy across platforms including Google Ads, Microsoft/Bing Ads, Meta, YouTube, and Spotify
- Build campaigns from scratch, take over and optimize existing accounts, and audit/fix inherited issues
- Analyze performance data to identify insights, diagnose problems, and recommend strategic changes
- Forecast budgets and expected outcomes; manage pacing and efficiency
- Stay current on platform changes and emerging opportunities, including new advertising channels
- Serve as the paid advertising expert on client calls
- Lead reporting conversations that go beyond numbers to explain why performance changed and what comes next
- Confidently answer client questions in real time, using data to support recommendations
- Communicate clearly and concisely—without rambling, deflecting, or hiding behind metrics
- Build trust with clients who are curious, sophisticated, and sometimes under pressure
- Manage and oversee freelance paid media specialists across platforms
- Set clear expectations for responsiveness, quality, and deliverables
- Review work, provide feedback, and hold freelancers accountable while maintaining productive relationships
- Identify, vet, onboard, and manage new freelancers as needed
- Ensure consistency in execution, reporting, and client experience across accounts
- Work closely with FourFront’s SEO teams to ensure paid advertising efforts align with broader digital strategy and business goals
- Partner with internal teams and freelancers to ensure insights, reporting, and initiatives feel connected and not siloed
- Use cross-channel data and insights to inform paid strategy and help clients understand how paid advertising supports and amplifies other marketing efforts
- Contribute to a cohesive client experience where recommendations across channels reinforce one another
- Help refine processes, templates, and standards for campaign management and reporting
- Partner with Project Managers and Analytics to improve visibility into performance
- Contribute to the evolution of FourFront’s paid advertising approach and differentiation
- Support long-term growth of the paid advertising service, including potential future in-house expansion
Requirements
- 7+ years of hands-on paid advertising experience, including significant agency experience
- Deep experience managing campaigns in Google Ads and Meta, plus familiarity with other platforms
- Experience overseeing large budgets (six- and seven-figure annual spend)
- Strong understanding of conversion tracking and how platforms connect to GA4 and GTM (you don’t need to build everything yourself, but you understand how it works)
- Proven experience leading client conversations and explaining performance under pressure
- Experience managing freelancers, vendors, or junior practitioners
- A strategic, analytical mindset paired with strong execution
- The ability to work independently while collaborating closely with internal teams
Benefits
- Remote position, U.S.-based
- Workday aligned to Eastern Time
- Competitive salary, commensurate with experience
- Full benefits package, flexible work hours, generous PTO
- Company-wide winter break to reset and recharge
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard Skills & Tools
paid advertisingcampaign managementGoogle AdsMetaYouTubeMicrosoft AdsSpotifyconversion trackingGA4GTM
Soft Skills
client communicationstrategic mindsetanalytical skillsleadershiprelationship managementproblem-solvingtrust buildingcollaborationfeedback provisionindependence