Senior Media Buyer, Native
Clearlink · St. Petersburg, FL · 3 wk ago
RemoteRemoteMarketingFull-time
The Impact You Will Make
- Own the Native channel end-to-end, including strategy, execution, and performance outcomes across platforms
- Manage and optimize a multi-million-dollar budget to drive efficient, profitable customer acquisition.
- Analyze campaign performance daily, identify root causes of changes, and take decisive, data-informed actions to improve results.
- Evaluate performance across the full marketing funnel to identify and close gaps in user experience, conversion flow, and revenue opportunities.
- Translate data into clear insights, identify the key drivers of performance, and take ownership of acting on them.
- Develop and execute a robust testing roadmap, including A/B testing of ad creative, copy, and landing page experiences.
- Continuously launch and iterate on new campaigns, creatives, and tests to drive incremental performance gains and scale what works.
- Prioritize high-impact opportunities and focus efforts on initiatives that drive meaningful business outcomes.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with creative, editorial, and analytics teams to align media strategy with content and monetization goals.
- Monitor key performance indicators (CPL, ROAS, profit per session, lead quality, etc.) and deliver actionable reporting to stakeholders.
- Stay up to date on platform updates, industry trends, and competitive strategies to inform ongoing campaign improvements.
What You Bring
- 5+ years of experience in performance marketing, with hands-on experience managing Native advertising campaigns.
- Proven track record scaling paid media campaigns profitably at meaningful spend levels (Native, Meta, Google, or similar)
- Strong analytical mindset with the ability to identify root causes of performance, separate signal from noise, and make confident, data-driven decisions.
- Proficiency in Excel, including working with large datasets and building reports.
- Deep understanding of affiliate marketing models, lead generation, and revenue-per-click or revenue-per-session monetization strategies.
- Demonstrated track record of proactively testing, iterating, and scaling campaigns—not just maintaining performance.
- Knowledge of performance metrics (e.g., CPC, conversion rate, revenue per session) and how to optimize toward them.
- Demonstrated expertise in landing page optimization, including real-world testing examples that led to measurable improvements.
- Experience optimizing toward down-funnel quality metrics like lead-to-sale rate, client retention, or lifetime value.
- Ability to prioritize high-impact opportunities and act with urgency in a fast-paced, performance-driven environment.
- Strong sense of ownership and accountability for performance outcomes.
- Clear and effective communicator, able to present insights and recommendations to stakeholders.
- Collaborative mindset with the ability to work cross-functionally.
- Bonus: Experience in affiliate marketing, lead generation, or publisher-based business models.