Manager, Paid Social (Embedded Role, Entertainment Client)

About the role

This is a unique opportunity to work as an embedded team member with our client, Warner Brothers Discovery, out of their Flatiron District office in New York City, gaining the kind of hands-on, brand-side experience that is rare in a traditional agency role.

Responsibilities

• Algorithmic Steering: Manage and optimize "black box" campaign types by shifting focus from manual bid adjustments to value-based signal management.
• Data Signal Hygiene: Act as the primary owner of data integrity, monitoring the health of Conversion APIs (CAPI), offline conversion uploads, and pixel firing to ensure the AI is optimizing toward high-value business outcomes.
• Creative Performance Analysis: Partner with creative teams to treat "Creative as Targeting." Analyze which visual attributes drive algorithmic success and request specific assets to feed the AI’s learning phase.
• Constraint & Guardrail Management: Implement and monitor brand safety controls, negative placements, and frequency caps to ensure AI spend does not deviate from brand standards.
• Anomaly Detection & Intervention: Utilize automated reporting to identify performance "hallucinations" or spend inefficiencies, intervening manually when AI models over-scale or under-perform against KPIs.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of hands-on experience in paid digital media platforms (e.g. Meta Ads Manager, TikTok Ads Manager).
• Deep understanding of the modern tracking landscape, including server-side tagging, first-party data strategies, and privacy-centric measurement.
• Analytical mindset with the ability to translate "machine logic" into a human-readable strategy.
• Proficiency in advanced data manipulation and "outside-the-platform" analysis.
• Strong communication skills to act as a bridge between technical data sets and creative production teams.
• Bachelor’s degree or higher preferred.

Additional Information

Starcom is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our employment decisions are made without regard to actual or perceived race, color, ethnicity, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, disability, medical condition as defined by applicable state law, genetic information, marital status, military service and veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws and ordinances.

Benefits

• The Power of One starts with our people! To do powerful things, we offer powerful resources. Our best-in-class wellness and benefits offerings include: Paid Family Care for parents and caregivers for 12 weeks or more, Monetary assistance and support for Adoption, Surrogacy and Fertility, Monetary assistance and support for pet adoption, Employee Assistance Programs and Health/Wellness/Comfort reimbursements to help you invest in your future and work/life balance, Tuition Assistance, Paid time off that includes Flexible Time off, Vacation, Annual Sick Days, Volunteer Days, Holiday and Identity days, and more, Matching Gifts programs, Flexible working arrangements' Work Your World Program encouraging employees to work from anywhere

Publicis Groupe

• Office for up to 6 weeks a year (based upon eligibility)
• Business Resource Groups that support multiple affinities and alliances

Compensation Range

The Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on the skills, qualifications, and experience of the applicant along with the requirements of the position, and the Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time.

Temporary Roles

The Company anticipates the application deadline for this job posting will be 7/25/2026.