Role Summary:
Penta’s Brand Strategy team is seeking a detail-oriented Ads Campaign Coordinator to support the execution, management, optimization, and reporting of integrated paid media campaigns. This is a hands-on role for someone who wants to build deep expertise across digital advertising platforms and develop their skills in campaign management, performance analysis, and optimization.
The Ads Campaign Coordinator will spend much of their time working directly in advertising platforms to build campaigns, monitor pacing and performance, make optimizations, conduct quality assurance, and support campaign reporting. They will work closely with Ads Campaign Managers and other members of the paid media team to ensure campaigns launch accurately, deliver as planned, and continuously improve throughout their flight.
The ideal candidate is highly organized, analytical, curious, and detail-oriented. They are comfortable working with data, interested in understanding why campaigns perform the way they do, and eager to develop the technical and analytical skills needed to grow within paid media.
The Ads Campaign Coordinator is expected to:
Build, launch, manage, and optimize campaigns across platforms including Google Ads, YouTube, LinkedIn, Meta, X, and programmatic media
Support the execution of direct publisher partnerships and other integrated paid media campaigns
Manage day-to-day campaign pacing and performance, ensuring campaigns remain aligned with approved budgets, timelines, audiences, and media plans
Make ongoing campaign optimizations involving bids, budgets, audiences, placements, inventory, creative, and frequency
Conduct campaign QA before and after launch to ensure targeting, budgets, creative, tracking, URLs, and other campaign settings are implemented correctly
Identify delivery, tracking, or performance issues and work with senior team members and platform partners to troubleshoot and resolve them
Support trafficking, tracking, QA, Floodlights, and reporting within Campaign Manager 360
Coordinate with external programmatic teams and media partners on campaign launches, creative trafficking, performance, and optimizations
Pull, organize, and analyze campaign performance data across platforms and reporting tools
Write clear campaign insights that explain what happened, why it matters, and what optimizations or next steps should be considered
Support the development of recurring campaign reports and other internal and client-facing deliverables
Maintain accurate campaign documentation, optimization logs, naming conventions, and other campaign-management processes
Develop a strong understanding of campaign objectives, audiences, media plans, and KPIs to help ensure day-to-day execution supports the broader strategy
Stay current on platform capabilities, advertising best practices, and changes across the digital media landscape
The ideal candidate will have:
A Bachelor's degree and 1–2 years of experience in paid media, digital advertising, performance media, media planning/buying, or ad operations, ideally within an agency environment
Hands-on experience working in one or more digital advertising platforms such as Google Ads, LinkedIn Campaign Manager, Meta Ads Manager, or a programmatic DSP
Familiarity with the fundamentals of campaign setup, targeting, creative trafficking, pacing, optimization, and reporting
Strong analytical skills and an interest in using campaign data to identify trends, performance drivers, and opportunities for improvement
Strong writing skills with the ability to translate campaign performance into clear, concise insights
The ability to utilize AI and emerging technologies, where appropriate, to enhance efficiency, quality, and impact, while staying current on evolving capabilities and incorporating relevant innovations into day-to-day work
High attention to detail and a commitment to accuracy and quality assurance
Strong organizational and time-management skills with the ability to manage multiple campaigns, tasks, and deadlines simultaneously
A proactive approach to problem-solving and a willingness to ask questions, investigate issues, and learn new platforms and processes
Strong communication and collaboration skills and the ability to work effectively with internal team members and external media partners
Preferred, but not required:
Experience with Campaign Manager 360, including trafficking, tracking ads, click trackers, Floodlights, or campaign QA
Experience with Google Ads, including paid search and YouTube campaigns
Experience with LinkedIn Campaign Manager and Meta Ads Manager
Familiarity with programmatic advertising, DSPs, audience targeting, inventory, frequency, and brand safety
Familiarity with GA4, Looker Studio, Tableau, Power BI, Supermetrics, or similar analytics and reporting tools
Experience working with B2B campaigns or campaigns targeting senior business decision-makers
Exposure to direct publisher partnerships or integrated media planning
Experience or interest in account-based marketing
Salary Range:
The base salary range for this position will be $60,000 - $70,000 based on a candidate’s experience and qualifications as they relate to the position.
Benefits:
Penta Group is committed to providing a comprehensive and competitive benefits package to support the well-being and financial security of our employees. Our benefits include:
Healthcare Coverage: Excellent medical, vision, and dental insurance through Cigna and UNUM, with the company covering the majority of individual employee premiums and 50% of dependent premiums
Retirement Benefits: A 401(k) plan with a generous employer match, contributing 100% on the first 3% of salary deferred and 50% on the next 2%, helping employees maximize their retirement savings
Income Protection: Employer-paid short-term disability (STD), long-term disability (LTD), and life insurance
Paid Parental Leave: 12 weeks of paid parental leave for birthing and non-birthing parents
Flexible Paid Time Off: Flexible Paid Time Off (PTO) policy and a generous holiday schedule
Additional Perks & Support:
A monthly cell phone stipend
Optional employee-paid pet insurance coverage through Nationwide
Frequent firm-wide social events and team-building activities
Access to Employee Assistance Programs (EAP), including confidential counseling and resources for personal and work-related issues
Wellness benefits including a gym membership discount program, mental health resources, and access to virtual health consultations
Location and Remote Schedule:
This position is for US-based personnel and is fully remote. Core hours for the role will be 11 am–5 pm ET. Regardless of geolocation, everyone on the team is expected to work an eight-hour day and be online during this window, excluding standard lunch and break times.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree
- 1-2 years of experience in paid media, digital advertising, performance media, media planning or buying, or ad operations
- Hands-on experience with one or more digital advertising platforms, such as Google Ads, LinkedIn Campaign Manager, Meta Ads Manager, or a programmatic DSP
- Familiarity with campaign setup, targeting, creative trafficking, pacing, optimization, and reporting
- Strong analytical skills and interest in using campaign data to identify trends, performance drivers, and improvement opportunities
- Strong writing skills and ability to translate campaign performance into clear, concise insights
- Ability to use AI and emerging technologies appropriately to improve efficiency, quality, and impact
- High attention to detail and commitment to accuracy and quality assurance
- Strong organizational and time-management skills; ability to manage multiple campaigns, tasks, and deadlines
- Proactive problem-solving approach and willingness to investigate issues and learn new platforms and processes
- Strong communication and collaboration skills with internal teams and external media partners
- Experience with Campaign Manager 360, including trafficking, tracking ads, click trackers, Floodlights, or campaign QA
- Experience with Google Ads, including paid search and YouTube campaigns
- Experience with LinkedIn Campaign Manager and Meta Ads Manager
- Familiarity with programmatic advertising, DSPs, audience targeting, inventory, frequency, and brand safety
- Familiarity with GA4, Looker Studio, Tableau, Power BI, Supermetrics, or similar analytics and reporting tools
- Experience with B2B campaigns or campaigns targeting senior business decision-makers
- Exposure to direct publisher partnerships or integrated media planning
- Experience or interest in account-based marketing
What We Do
Penta is the world's first comprehensive stakeholder solutions firm, with initial offices in Washington, D.C., New York City, London, and San Francisco. We combine proprietary AI and advanced research products with deep business, policy, and communications expertise to better define, predict, and manage stakeholder challenges.








