Sr. Associate, Investment, Marketplaces bei QGD 1 Manufacturing
QGD 1 Manufacturing · Chicago, Vereinigte Staaten Von Amerika · Onsite
- Professional
- Optionales Büro in Chicago
The Sr Associate, Investment, Marketplaces plays a critical role in the execution, analysis, and optimization of retail media campaigns across leading eCommerce platforms including Amazon Ads, Walmart Connect, Instacart, Target Roundel, and more. With a strong foundation in digital performance marketing, this position bridges tactical execution and strategic insights. The Sr Associate leads day-to-day marketplace operations across several clients, ensures high-quality campaign execution, and proactively recommends optimizations that enhance performance. The Sr Associate will also serve as a platform expert internally, sharing insights and helping mentor more junior team members. The successful Sr Associate is detail-oriented, data-savvy, and excited to contribute to the fast-growing world of retail media.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead day-to-day execution of digital marketplace campaigns across multiple clients and platforms including Amazon DSP, Walmart Sponsored Products, Instacart, Kroger Precision Marketing, and others.
- Own campaign setup, QA, and trafficking in collaboration with creative, media planning, and platform partners.
- Monitor campaign pacing, performance, and delivery daily, taking proactive steps to optimize performance and hit key KPIs such as ROAS, CTR, and conversion rate.
- Analyze performance reports and develop clear, actionable optimization recommendations; present results to internal teams and clients as needed.
- Manage product feed integrity, keyword expansion, negative keyword lists, creative rotations, and targeting structures across multiple retail environments.
- Coordinate closely with vendor reps to implement advanced tactics, troubleshoot issues, and access alpha / beta opportunities.
- Support development of testing roadmaps and participate in A/B test setup, measurement, and insight delivery.
- Represent the team in internal strategy meetings; contribute to client presentations and lead components of client-facing deliverables.
- Stay current on platform changes, tools, and trends; help disseminate learnings to the broader team through internal training and documentation.
- Assist with scoping new workstreams and onboarding new clients or platforms; provide input to improve workflow processes and documentation.
- Help mentor junior associates and interns, providing tactical guidance and peer-level training.
Education:
- Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Advertising, Business or a related field.
Experience:
- 3+ years of experience in digital media, performance marketing, or eCommerce, preferably within an agency or brand managing campaigns on Amazon Ads, Walmart Connect, or similar platforms.
- Experience managing media budgets, pacing, and optimizations across multiple campaigns concurrently
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:
- Deep working knowledge of retail media platforms such as Amazon DSP, Walmart Connect, and related tools like Pacvue, Skai, or others.
- Advanced Excel or Google Sheets skills for data manipulation and reporting.
- Strong analytical mindset with the ability to interpret campaign data and extract actionable insights.
- High attention to detail with the ability to QA campaigns and troubleshoot platform issues.
- Clear and confident communicator; able to present findings and recommendations to internal and external stakeholders.
- Strong time management and project management skills; ability to manage multiple workstreams simultaneously.
- Proactive, resourceful, and driven to learn in a fast-paced environment.
- Collaborative team player who thrives in cross-functional settings.
- Ability to speak, read, and write the English language.
Employees can be expected to be paid an annualized salary range of $59,000-$65,000.00, based on variations in knowledge, skills, experience and market conditions.
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