Senior Associate, Commerce & Retail Media

Senior Associate, Commerce & Retail Media

The Commerce & Retail Media team at dentsu leads strategy, activation and optimizations for large buy-side Retail Media brands (CPG, Apparel, Electronics, etc.) and Commerce clients.

The Senior Associate will demonstrate the ability to report and optimize client marketing campaigns within Amazon, Criteo, Instacart, Walmart and other retail media networks.

You will play an essential role on client teams to build and execute large-scale campaigns and tests that deliver on our strategy for the client. You will deliver reporting, insights and projects in a timely manner and within budget plans supporting the team with flawless execution.

You Will:

• Manage ongoing optimization efforts to meet campaign goals, including daily management of campaign budgets, bid management, reporting, keyword and targeting strategies, and campaign revisions based on performance history and our client's goals.
• Plan and execute retail media campaigns, including account setup, campaign builds, daily optimization, bid strategy development and managed and budget pacing.
• Interpret performance reports to provide actionable insights and analysis
• Ensure campaigns are run to agreed upon best practice guidelines
• Assist and attend weekly calls and meetings
• Collaborate across our client team and channels

Qualifications:

• At least 2 years digital performance marketing experience in ecommerce / retail search, paid search, PPC, paid social, programmatic, or related field or 3+ years managing large-scale, complex ecommerce campaigns.
• Experience managing budgets, meeting KPIs and informing KPI goals
• SaaS platform (i.e. PacVue, Skai, etc.) and bid management platform experience strongly preferred
• Strong excel skills and analytical mindset, with the ability to identify trends and insights through data analysis
• Strong personal organizational, communication and prioritization skills with a strong attention to detail.
• Enthusiasm for performance marketing, new platforms and the exciting world of eCommerce and emerging platforms
• Well-honed communication skills and working with agility in the rapidly evolving world of Commerce & Retail Media
• High levels of integrity, autonomy and self-motivation

The annual salary range for this position is $70,000 -$80,000. Placement within the salary range is based on a variety of factors, including relevant experience, knowledge, skills, and other factors permitted by law.

Benefits available with this position include:

• Medical, vision, and dental insurance,
• Life insurance,
• Short-term and long-term disability insurance,
• 401k,
• Flexible paid time off,
• At least 15 paid holidays per year,
• Paid sick and safe leave, and
• Paid parental leave.

Dentsu also complies with applicable state and local laws regarding employee leave benefits, including, but not limited to providing time off pursuant to the Colorado Healthy Families and Workplaces Act, in accordance with its plans and policies. For further details regarding Dentsu benefits, please visit

To begin the application process, please click on the "Apply" button at the top of this job posting. Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis, and qualified candidates will be contacted for next steps.

Location: Chicago - N. State

Brand: Iprospect

Time Type: Full time

Contract Type: Permanent

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