Media Buyer (Paid Search & Social)
Empowered Staffing
Morton Grove, IL
Empowered Staffing is partnered with an established eCommerce direct-to-consumer brand looking to hire a Media Buyer (Paid Search Social) who will own hands-on execution across Google Ads and Meta Ads. This is a high-impact role for someone who enjoys being in-platform daily, driving spend decisions, testing aggressively, and scaling performance. You’ll join a collaborative, supportive team that values innovation, work-life balance, and professional growth, with a hybrid schedule that provides flexibility while keeping you connected to an established, recognizable brand in the space.
What You’ll Do
- Build, launch, and optimize paid media campaigns across Google Ads (Search, Shopping/Performance Max) and Meta (Facebook/Instagram)
- Execute full-funnel campaigns: prospecting, retargeting, and conversion-focused initiatives
- Manage and optimize toward KPIs including ROAS, CPA, revenue, CVR, AOV, and MER
- Actively test audiences, creative, budgets, bids, and product/category focus
- Collaborate with organic social, content, and merchandising teams to align creative, products, and promotions
- Monitor performance daily, flag issues early, and proactively recommend improvements
- Own reporting and clearly communicate insights, trends, and next steps
What We’re Looking For
- 2+ years of paid media buying experience supporting eCommerce / DTC brands (not B2B or lead gen–heavy)
- Strong, self-sufficient experience in Google Ads (Search + Shopping/PMax required)
- Working experience in Meta Ads Manager (guidance available on Meta if needed)
- Experience managing meaningful budgets
- Comfort working with large product catalogs and merchandising-driven campaigns
- Analytical, proactive, and confident in explaining why spend is allocated a certain way
- Comfortable using existing creative assets (Canva experience a plus)
Nice to Have
- Experience with TikTok, Pinterest, Bing, or YouTube/CTV
- GA4, Looker Studio, or other reporting tools
- Product feed experience
- Strong creative testing mindset and CRO fundamentals
About the Company
Empowered Staffing
We have worked with some of the world's largest organizations and specialize in hiring mid to executive level talent. We know what it takes to create an all star team. Servicing our candidates and clients with the highest level of respect, strategy and transparency has led Empowered Staffing to become a leader in the recruitment and staffing industry.
We offer Corporate Contingency Recruiting, Recruitment Process Outsourcing and Contract Staffing.
Our recruiting team specializes in the following areas : eCommerce & Retail , SaaS/Technology, Digital Marketing, Manufacturing, Human Resources , Accounting , Education , Healthcare and Legal.
Our clients recognize that hiring the right individual goes above and beyond the resume and that is why we are here. We make sure to have very detailed and long conversations with each candidate to understand their professional and personal motivations in life. This ensures that each candidate presented to our clients is a fit from a personal and professional perspective.
If you are the top in your field, let us help you transition your career in the right direction. We hire top performing talent for the most well-respected organizations across the US. Before partnering with any potential client, we look at company culture, management style, growth opportunities and the overall compensation/benefit package to ensure our candidate's success and happiness.