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Senior Associate, Client Activation & Paid Social

Jersey City, NJ

Forbes believes in the power of entrepreneurial capitalism and uses it on various platforms to ignite the conversations that drive systemic change in business, culture and society. We celebrate success and are committed to using our megaphone to drive diversity, equity and inclusion.

The Senior Associate, Client Activation at Forbes is on the Client Activation & Social Sales team that will focus on delivering best-in-class paid social and lead generation campaigns - with a laser focus on optimization, advanced measurement, and innovation. This position will be responsible for executing client campaigns, and collaborating on best practices and optimization strategies within the social and lead generation channels.

Our office operates as a remote and hybrid workforce, with in-person collaboration expected for certain roles. Based on the responsibilities of this position, a hybrid work schedule with one to two in-person collaboration days per week at our Jersey City, NJ headquarters is expected as needed.

Responsibilities

  • Manage the execution of Paid Social programs for Forbes’ advertisers
  • Monitor client programs to ensure contracted goals are met; manage platform costs, optimize for peak performance and ROI
  • Develop post campaign reports, insights and stories
  • Advance analysis of campaigns and real-time optimization processes
  • Manage the execution of multi-channel lead generation campaigns for Forbes’ advertisers
  • Work with the sales team to develop pre-sales social pitches, pricing and products for Forbes’ advertisers
  • Assist the social team with pricing and go-to–market approach for Forbes’ social products
  • Research social trends and bring to life in social-first opportunities for Forbes’ advertisers
  • Provide assistance to the social team on monthly billings reports, daily pacing reports, etc.
  • Assist with capturing social-first content including event operations, event coverage, editing social cuts, fostering relationships with clients and talent, posting on platforms in-real-time, etc.
  • Assist social sellers with client communications, providing timely updates, and addressing inquiries.
  • Develop and create media plans for social-only opportunities to support the sales team in securing advertising partnerships.

The Ideal Candidate

  • 3-5 years in social media, communications or marketing roles 
  • Hands-on experience with paid social platforms (Facebook, Twitter & LinkedIn)
  • Hands-on experience with CapCut, Splice, or other video and photo editing software
  • Hands-on experience with Adobe Express and Canva
  • Ability to strategically analyze, identify and translate insights into effective strategies
  • Excellent communication, presentation, collaboration and influencing skills
  • You are a tech-savvy, organized, and creative individual who can strategically oversee client campaigns and effectively communicate to the internal and external teams a data story with a love for social media. You have hands-on experience with digital marketing platforms - most importantly paid social - and best practices, quickly adapt to various forms of technology, and work well in a fast-paced environment.

The annual base salary range for this role is $75,000 - $85,000

Forbes has estimated the compensation range set forth above in good faith.  The compensation range is what we believe we will offer, and ultimately pay, a successful candidate.  In determining this range, we consider the experience, level of education (if applicable to the role), knowledge, skills, and abilities required to be had by a successful candidate as well as the budget and the company’s pay rates, generally. This said, we may have to make changes to our compensation estimates and job descriptions from time to time and we expressly reserve the right to do so.  Should we make any such changes, this advertisement will be revised to reflect such revisions.  We encourage you to occasionally re-visit this advertisement to ensure that you are abreast of any changes.  Thank you for your interest in joining Forbes!

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Forbes aims to offer employees the flexibility they need in order to be successful. Some positions may require candidates to be based in a specific location for consideration while some roles may be fully remote (within the U.S.) if it aligns with the needs of the position. This position is only open to candidates residing in California, Colorado, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, & Washington. Due to business operations and compliance requirements, we are unable to consider applicants based outside these states at this time.

Forbes is an equal opportunity employer.

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