Paid Media Lead at eBay

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About the team and the role:

Looking for a company that inspires passion, courage and creativity, where you can be on the team shaping the future of global commerce? Want to shape how millions of people buy, sell, connect, and share around the world? If you’re interested in joining a purpose driven community that is dedicated to crafting an ambitious and inclusive work environment, join e Bay – a company you can be proud to be with.

e Bay Inc. is a global commerce leader that connects millions of buyers and sellers around the world. We exist to enable economic opportunity for individuals, entrepreneurs, businesses and organizations of all sizes. e Bay Marketplaces operates in 190 markets around the world.

Role:

We are seeking a Media Strategy Lead to steward our strategic and paid media efforts as part of e Bay Global Growth Marketing team. This position requires deep expertise in paid media, focusing on strategic planning and execution of integrated media plans across both digital and offline channels.

Key responsibilities include: strategic media planning, implementation, optimization, and performance analysis. This role will also act as a key connection throughout the Global Growth Marketing Organization supporting the development of campaigns, but also the allocation of resources to new capabilities across channel execution, tracking, performance measurement.

The position is part of the US Paid Media Strategy & Planning team and will partner with marketing and business leads, driving high visibility Brand and strategic campaign initiatives. The role offers a strong intersection of customer insights, media analytics and omni-channel campaign planning and execution.

You will have the opportunity to translate e Bay Global and US marketing goals and strategy into integrated media plans that help drive business results.

What you will accomplish:

• Support the team in development of the media strategy for e Bay US, from comprehensive development of full market launches to mentorship and oversight of other campaign activities.

• Drive brand breakthrough and engagement through innovative media strategies

• Partner with various global marketing teams and functions to ensure media plans drive brand outcomes, traffic and conversion. Identify and support capability improvements and provide feedback on roadmap

• Collaborate with cross-functional partners as well as creative and media agencies in regional and global marketing.

• A key focus is to enhance our capabilities in audience strategy, improve data sharing and implement insights/optimizations via testing and measurement.

• Collaborate with the media agency to facilitate the day-to-day relationship, supporting the end-to-end process to ensure optimal results for e Bay.

• Maintain schedules, and communications to ensure smooth workflow

• Partner with cross functional teams, agency and media partners to develop compelling custom content partnerships

• Partner with the Analytics and Consumer Insights team to track and analyze key media metrics, evaluate campaign performance and actively optimize to ensure media plan efficiency and integrity; familiarity with Media Mix Models and/or attribution models with the ability to understand and bring to bear insights.

• Review all media documents with agency and internal partners including plans, performance reports, project timelines, media authorizations, agreements etc

• Establish media best practices and stay abreast of key media and digital trends

Preferred Qualifications:

• 6-8+ years experience developing breakthrough media strategies for global companies in either in-house or agency environments

• Deep understanding of full funnel advertising channels, from awareness to conversion demand and everything in between.

• Extensive digital media experience; understanding of roles, capabilities/constraints, and optimization strategies across all channels.

• Demonstrated ability to use data, research, cultural and industry insights to ensure breakthrough

• Experience with in-house media planning tools and syndicated resources

• Knowledge of consumer and cultural media trends, industry trends and related innovation in media, tracking, analytics and research

• Excellent communication, ability to drive consensus across the organization. Ability to prepare and present concise, relevant and impactful high-quality content for all levels of the organization from Marketing Managers to senior leadership (ideally up to the C-Suite level)

• Balance strategic and analytical skills with outstanding operational skills

• Experience working and growing in fast paced, dynamic environment; Experience working in ecommerce or consumer technology environment preferred

Additional Details

The base pay range for this position is expected in the range below:

$126,000 - $168,200

Base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including location, skills, and experience. The total compensation package for this position may also include other elements, including a target bonus and restricted stock units (as applicable) in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits (including 401(k) eligibility and various paid time off benefits, such as PTO and parental leave). Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment.

If hired, employees will be in an “at-will position” and the Company reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, Company or individual department/team performance, and market factors.

eBay is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, and disability, or other legally protected status. If you have a need that requires accommodation, please contact us at talent@ebay.com. We will make every effort to respond to your request for accommodation as soon as possible. View our accessibility statement to learn more about eBay's commitment to ensuring digital accessibility for people with disabilities. It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

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