About the roleAs Senior Paid Media Strategist, your day-to-day responsibilities will include:Working closely with partners, data and media strategists to develop thoughtful and data-informed digital media plans that align with clients’ goals, whether persuasion, mobilization, or awarenessRunning the buying pipeline to ensure trains are always moving, from client onboarding and verification processes, to finalized creative delivery and campaign set up, Q/A, and launchManaging the successful execution of paid media campaigns across social, search, programmatic, and other digital ad platformsBuilding and maintaining relationships with ad vendors and relevant publishers to ensure our media plans are thoughtfully constructed and tactfully executedOverseeing ongoing performance and optimization of live campaigns, managing quality control and media budgets, overseeing regular reporting to track results against our clients’ goals, as well as developing processes to manage campaign monitoring and executionWorking with the rest of the ads team and firm’s partners to advise and support on targeting and testing strategies to improve our media approach and processAbout youAt Wavelength, we pride ourselves on cultivating a management-forward, mission-driven, and empowering environment that sets every member of our team up for success—and we want to work with people who are just as committed to those values. The ideal person for this role:Has 3-4+ years experience in media planning, trafficking, planning, and reporting on paid digital media campaigns from start-to-finish, especially for persuasion and mobilizationIs interested in using campaign research and data to develop successful paid media strategies, pinpoint audience targets, and match messages to the right votersKnows the ins and outs of major digital advertising platforms and tools, including self-serve DSPs and other platforms (YouTube, Facebook, Snapchat, etc.)Has significant experience building ad reports, including exporting and manipulating platform data, building concise and informative reporting tables, and outlining meaningful and actionable insights that reflect the data presentedRelishes opportunities to test, optimize, analyze, and apply learnings within and across campaigns, and uses metrics to determine actions and measure progress towards goalsIs eager to grow, learn, try big ideas, share knowledge, and keep up to date with industry best practices and cutting-edge techniquesPays obsessive attention to detail and has exceptional organization and project management skills, particularly with managing and tracking large-scale media budgets, and pacing and optimizing a high volume of campaigns simultaneouslyThrives in fast-paced, high-pressure environments and can unfailingly meet tight deadlines with minimal errorsDemonstrates initiative, works collaboratively, and willingly contributes to the team, including pitching in wherever work needs to be doneIs passionate about Democratic politics and progressive issues, and is fired up about helping win elections in 2026Employment detailsLocation: Wavelength Strategy is headquartered in Washington, DC but this position will be flexible, remote though a strong preference for a candidate based on the East Coast.Employee status: Full-time, exempt, though this is a cycle position and is expected to end on/around Nov. 14, 2026.The minimum salary expectation for this position is $80K, dependent on relevant experience.Health care: 100% employer-paid; includes vision and dental.
