Manager Of Paid Social Gdm (Gray Media Group) at Gray Media

About Gray Media:Gray Media or Gray is a multimedia company headquartered in Atlanta Georgia formally known as Gray Television Inc. The company is the nations largest owner of top-rated local television stations and digital assets serving 113 television markets that collectively reach approximately 36 percent of US television households. The portfolio includes 77 markets with the top-rated television station and 100 markets with the first and/or second-highest-rated television station as well as the largest Telemundo Affiliate group with 43 markets totaling nearly 1.5 million Hispanic TV Households. The company also owns Gray Digital Media a full-service digital agency offering national and local clients digital marketing strategies with the most advanced digital products and services. Grays additional media properties include video production companies Raycom Sports Tupelo Media Group and PowerNation Studios and studio production facilities Assembly Atlanta and Third Rail Studios.About GDM (Gray Media Group):Gray Digital Media (GDM) is a full-scale digital agency built inside one of the nations largest media companies. We combine local market insight with enterprise-level technology to deliver integrated performance-driven advertising solutions. Our teams lead strategy execution optimization and reporting across the full digital ecosystem partnering with stations and clients to drive measurable growth. We move fast innovate constantly and are committed to delivering a world-class experience at every stage.Job Summary/Description:The Manager of Paid Social leads GDMs Paid Social team across all major platforms including LinkedIn TikTok Meta Instagram and YouTube. This role is responsible for campaign excellence team leadership clear communication with station sales staff and developing scalable processes that support a fast-growing portfolio. The manager must translate technical social media execution into sales-friendly client-ready language and help expand GDMs paid social product offerings.Duties/Responsibilities include but are not limited to:Lead and mentor the Paid Social team managing workload performance and daily operationsOversee campaign strategy execution optimization and quality across all paid social platformsEnsure all communication with station sales teams is clear sales-minded and client-appropriateReport to and Partner with the Director of Paid Media & Managed Platforms to grow and evolve GDMs social offeringsBuild training best practices and scalable systems to support increasing campaign volumeWork closely with cross-functional teams including Programmatic QA Managed Platforms Design GDM Strategy and Campaign SupportMaintain platform expertise and bring forward new product and feature recommendationsAssist with escalations troubleshooting pacing delivery and overall performance managementSupport forecasting workflow planning and resource allocationQualifications/Requirements:Five or more years managing paid social teams within an agency or high-volume digital environmentDeep hands-on experience with TikTok Meta Instagram LinkedIn YouTube and emerging platformsProven ability to translate technical digital concepts into clear sales-ready languageStrong communication skills and experience supporting or working with sales organizations preferably including broadcastDemonstrated success leading teams hiring coaching and scaling operationsAbility to manage high volume with strong organization attention to detail and urgencyUnderstanding of analytics attribution and social optimization best practicesExperience building new processes and contributing to product development is strongly preferredIf you feel youre qualified and want to work with a great group of people go to you may type in the job title station call letters or click on apply now upload your resume cover letter and references(Current employees who are interested in this position can apply through theGray-TV UltiPro self-service portal)GDM-TV/Gray Media is a drug-free companyAdditional Info:Gray Media provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race color religion sex national origin age disability or addition to federal law requirements Gray Media complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment including recruiting hiring placement promotion termination layoff recall transfer leaves of absence compensation and training.Gray Media expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment based on race color religion gender sexual orientation gender identity or expression national origin age genetic information disability or veteran status. Improper interference with the ability of Grays employees to perform their job duties may result in discipline up to and including discharge.Required Experience:Manager Key Skills Marketing,Google Analytics,Photography,Facebook Advertising,Hootsuite,Social Listening,Content Development,SEO,Adobe Photoshop,Social Media Management,Copywriting,Content Management Employment Type : Full-Time Department / Functional Area: Sales Experience: years Vacancy: 1