Paid Social Media Buyer Brand Performance Marketer

## About the Role This is an execution-focused role for a meticulous, detail-obsessed media buyer. You will be the hands-on-keyboard operator responsible for flawlessly launching, managing, and optimizing paid media campaigns for our eCommerce clients. Your job is to ensure every dollar is deployed correctly, every ad is perfect, and every test is structured to deliver clean, actionable data. You will be the engine of our media pod, working with Account Managers to turn strategy into reality. ## What You'll Do - Flawless Execution: Build, launch, and manage daily operations of paid media campaigns across Meta, TikTok, and Google. - Meticulous Management: Own budget pacing, audience implementation, and campaign setup. You are the last line of defense ensuring all details (spelling, links, UTMs, etc.) are 100% correct before launch. - Structured Testing: Implement the rigorous testing roadmaps (creative, copy, audience) designed with the strategy team, ensuring clean setup for apples-to-apples comparisons. - Daily Optimization: Monitor performance data daily, making tactical adjustments to bids and budgets to maximize results within strategic guardrails. - Clear Reporting: Pull performance data and assist in preparing reports, highlighting key metrics and test results for the Account Manager. - Collaborate & Learn: Work within a "pod" structure, learning from senior strategists and data scientists to grow your skills in media strategy and analytics. ## Who You Are - Extremely Detail-Oriented: You find satisfaction in getting the details right. You check your work twice. You see the typo, the broken link, or the budget error others miss. This is your most important trait. - Organized & Structured: You thrive on process, checklists, and structured workflows. You know how to manage multiple campaigns without letting things slip. - A First-Principles Thinker: You're a smart, curious "doer" who wants to understand why a test is being run, not just how to build it. - Platform Fluent: 1-3+ years of hands-on-keyboard experience in Meta Ads. Experience with TikTok and Google Ads is a major plus, but a high aptitude for learning new platforms quickly is key. - Humble; Collaborative: You're a team player who is eager to learn, takes direction well, and is focused on helping the team (and client) win. - Allergic to Fluff: You're a doer who focuses on results, not marketing buzzwords. You thrive in a high-trust, high-autonomy environment. ## Why You'll Love It Here - Work where data science meets creativity. You'll learn more here in one year than in five years at a typical agency. - Real autonomy, high trust, and zero corporate theater. We care about your output, not what time you log on. - Be part of a high-performance, high-integrity remote-first culture. - Grow into a senior strategist as you master your craft. ## About the Company Marathon Data is equal parts Creative + Media Agency + Technology Predictive Measurement SaaS + AI Data Toolkits for Running Every Step of the Brand Building and Monetization Stack. We are all about helping brands find their balance of Brand and Performance so they can grow their business, not vanity metrics like in-platform ROAS. We're business builders - not ROAS panderers. Marathon Data is redefining how brands measure and grow. Founded by two of the founders of Chubbies, which sold for over $100 million, we blend data science, brand strategy, and creative/media execution to help eCommerce brands not just advertise efficiently — but build enduring brand value. Our clients don't hire us to push buttons in ad platforms; they hire us to think — to find truth in the data, connect brand and performance, and deploy every dollar with intent. We're now building a next-generation creative/media agency within Marathon Data — a team that drives brand value up and monetizes that value with ruthless efficiency. This is where creativity meets precision. ## How to Apply Please only apply if you have deep experience running media for consumer eCommerce brands using Meta, YouTube, and TikTok ads. When you apply, please provide a short note on why this role and why Marathon Data. Required: In your note, please find and identify one small, intentional grammatical error.