Jr. Account Manager, Media

We are seeking an energetic, creative, and responsible Junior Media Account Manager to join SHIFT44. This on-site role involves managing the day-to-day execution of advertising campaigns, ensuring smooth operation, meeting performance goals, and delivering exceptional client results. You will work closely with Client Services and Sales, plan, launch, and optimize campaigns, and maintain strong relationships with publishing partners. This position offers exposure to campaign strategy and client interaction, with opportunities for internal growth within the company.

Must Have

• Develop strong relationships with publishing partners
• Utilize ongoing communication with publishing partners
• Prospect and nurture client relationships
• Monitor KPIs of existing clients
• Research competitive landscape and identify industry trends
• Respond promptly to publisher requests
• Monitor publisher activity and analyze performance
• Execute optimizations for SHIFT44 campaigns
• Identify key features of quality traffic
• Effectively relay SHIFT44 goals, values, and guidelines
• Maintain high level of communication with advertiser team
• Supply creative packages, campaign assets, and reporting
• Strategize, plan, execute, and optimize email, social, mobile, push, and display campaigns
• Implement initiatives to enhance publisher productivity and increase ROI
• Strong communication and organizational skills
• Proactive, problem-solving mindset
• Strong computer skills and proficiency in MS Office, especially Excel
• Strong recruitment and negotiation skills
• Ability to effectively manage and build client relationships
• Understanding of media metrics, campaign tracking, and optimization
• Self-motivated and results-driven

Perks & Benefits

• Prioritized internal growth and clear opportunities for advancement
• Direct exposure to managers, executives, and C-suite leaders
• Work with a passionate, collaborative team
• Competitive compensation package
• 401(k) plan with discretionary company matching
• Access to a dedicated Financial Advisor
• Employer contribution toward health benefits
• Employer-paid short-term and long-term disability
• Employer-paid AD&D insurance
• Employer-paid life insurance

This position is required to be on-site in our Holbrook, NY office.

About Our Company:

SHIFT44, a four-time (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023) Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing Companies in America, is part of Ionik Corporation (TSXV: INIK) following the acquisition in November 2023. SHIFT44 is a data-driven marketing services company that helps businesses acquire their best customers by utilizing proprietary digital technology and an expansive consumer audience. Led by a team of industry veterans, the company provides customized solutions for customer acquisition by leveraging self-declared, 1st party data, including demographic, attitudinal, and behavioral insights. We deliver meaningful content that captures audiences at scale and connects advertisers with consumers on a performance-based marketing model. SHIFT44 collaborates with major consumer brands like Unilever, Georgia Pacific, Sonic, and Netspend, as well as advertising agencies and growth-minded marketers across the United States.

About Ionik Corporation

Ionik, a Tier 1 Issuer on the TSX Venture Exchange, with shares also trading on the OTCQB Venture Market, is a technology-driven marketing and advertising solutions company that helps brands, advertisers, and publishers connect with their audiences through data-driven insights and advanced automation. By leveraging its extensive suite of technology, creative expertise, and proprietary first-party data, Ionik optimizes the entire customer acquisition and retention journey.

Ionik's platform unifies marketing automation, media activation, and data management to create a seamless advertising ecosystem, helping businesses efficiently source, retain, and monetize their customers.

About the Role

We are seeking an energetic, creative, and responsible Junior Media Account Manager to join our fast-paced and rapidly growing organization. In this role, you will manage the day-to-day execution of SHIFT44 advertising campaigns, ensuring they run smoothly, meet performance goals, and deliver exceptional results for our clients.

As part of our Media Buying team, you will work closely with Client Services and Sales to plan, launch, and optimize campaigns while maintaining strong relationships with publishing partners. This is an exciting opportunity to gain exposure to every part of the business—from campaign strategy to client interaction—and to play a key role in our continued growth.

This position is perfect for someone self-motivated, hungry, extroverted, and results-driven. We like to grow our employees in-house and allow them to move up in the company and grow their own teams. In addition to office duties, you will have the opportunity to meet and work with managers, executives, and C-suite members of the team. This position is on-site only.

Responsibilities:

• Develop strong relationships with publishing partners, inquiring about their promotional channels and business success needs.
• Utilizing ongoing communication with publishing partners to properly match campaign inventory to available traffic inventory.
• Prospecting and nurturing relationships with both new and old clients
• Monitoring KPIs of the existing book of clients
• Research the competitive landscape and identify industry trends
• Responding to publisher requests promptly.
• Monitor the publisher’s activity, analyze performance, identify areas of improvement, and recommend ways to increase revenues.
• Ensure we communicate effectively to discuss the type of traffic generated and match the publisher traffic to appropriate campaigns.
• Ensure that the target demographic the publisher has matches what the publisher is looking for.
• Executing optimizations for SHIFT44 campaigns.
• Identify key features of quality traffic
• Be able to effectively relay the goals, values, and guidelines of SHIFT44 to publishing partners, always positively representing SHIFT44.
• Maintain a high level of communication, recommend new campaigns for publishers, and provide performance feedback to the advertiser team.
• Supply creative packages, campaign assets, and reporting to publishers as needed.
• Represent SHIFT44 at industry conferences.
• Strategize, plan, execute, and optimize email, social, mobile, push, and display campaigns
• Implement initiatives that enhance the publisher’s productivity, create new growth opportunities, and increase ROI.

What Success Looks Like:

• Provide ongoing support for publishing partners, including optimization information, seasonal trends, and network highlights.
• Effectively communicate with support departments, including but not limited to tech, product, and finance, for client inquiries and immediate needs, especially needs that can impact revenue.
• Implement initiatives that enhance publisher productivity, create new growth opportunities, and increase spending & ROAS.
• Ability to communicate with industry veterans in person and through other communication channels
• Extensive knowledge of key metrics for personal book of business
• Knowledge of the client’s marketing needs and practices
• Able to succeed in and enjoy a fast-paced, quick-witted environment.

What We're Looking For:

• Strong communication and organizational skills with a proactive, problem-solving mindset.
• Strong computer skills and proficiency in MS Office, especially Excel.
• Willingness to learn from senior members of the team
• Strong recruitment and negotiation skills.
• Ability to effectively manage and build client relationships.
• Possess an understanding of media metrics, campaign tracking, and optimization.
• A self-motivated, results-driven individual who thrives in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment.
• An outgoing personality and eagerness to build relationships across teams and with external partners.
• A hunger to learn the business and grow within the company.

Why SHIFT44

• We prioritize internal growth and offer clear opportunities for advancement.
• You’ll have direct exposure to managers, executives, and C-suite leaders, giving you insight into the broader strategy of a dynamic media organization.
• Work with a passionate, collaborative team that values innovation and creativity.
• Competitive compensation package.
• 401(k) plan with discretionary company matching.
• Access to a dedicated Financial Advisor to support your personal financial goals.
• Employer contribution toward health benefits.
• Employer-paid short-term and long-term disability, AD&D, and life insurance for additional peace of mind.

Ready to grow with us?

This is an excellent opportunity for someone ambitious and ready to take ownership of their career. If you’re looking for a role where you can make an immediate impact and advance in a thriving digital media company, we’d love to hear from you.

SHIFT44 strives to foster a sense of belonging for everyone and to create a place for everyone to achieve their highest potential. We provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants and prohibit discrimination or harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.