Paid Media Buyer

THE ROLE: You're joining a newly built in-house media buying team — the hands on the keyboard for one of the largest new fundraising launches in the country. This is an execution-first role for someone who genuinely loves the platforms: building campaigns, structuring accounts, wiring signals, testing creative, and watching the numbers move. You'll own in-platform execution across Paid Social (Meta), Search (Google, Bing), and YouTube, with new channels added as we scale.

WHAT YOU'LL DO: Own hands-on campaign execution across Meta, Google, Bing, and YouTube: account architecture, campaign objectives, audience strategy, bidding, budget pacing, and day-to-day optimization at significant spend.- Own signal quality: implement and maintain the Conversions API, pixels, and server-side event flows so the platforms learn from clean, complete conversion data.- Run creative testing at velocity: structured experiments across hooks, formats, and audiences with our in-house creative team.- Manage the money: pacing seven-figure monthly budgets against Lead targets in 2026, then Donor acquisition goals in 2027, reallocating to what's working — fast.- Build audiences from first-party data: activate segments and propensity scores; manage exclusions, suppressions, and seed audiences.- Partner on landing pages and CRO with our web team so the click-to-donation journey converts.- Report what matters: clear performance narratives grounded in platform and warehouse data.- Pilot new channels (programmatic, CTV, audio, emerging platforms) with structured tests before scaling.

WHO YOU ARE: A media buyer at heart: 7+ years of hands-on, in-platform direct-response buying at meaningful scale. You'd rather be in Ads Manager than in a status meeting.- Technical: deep working knowledge of the Meta Conversions API, pixel/tag implementation (GTM), server-side tracking, and attribution.- Data-driven: fluent in GA4 and platform analytics, strong in spreadsheets, comfortable against CAC and LTV targets. SQL a plus.- Scaled: you've managed six figures monthly at minimum and know how account structure, learning phases, and signal quality behave at that level.- A tester who runs structured experiments by instinct and changes course when the data says to.- A builder, energized by joining a newly built team and setting up systems from scratch.- Bonus, not required: fundraising or lead-gen direct response experience; nonprofit, advocacy, or political digital background; YouTube/Performance Max depth; Bing at scale. WHY THIS ROLE- A real data advantage: a governed warehouse, CDP, single view of the donor, and propensity models feeding your audiences.- Mission that compounds — every point of CAC efficiency is another child's scholarship.- Growth path: join a newly built team, with real potential to grow into a full-time role as the program scales. LOGISTICSRemote within the US (Austin, TX advantageous). This is a contract role, an estimated 15–20 hours per week over an initial 3-month term, with potential for full-time hire based on fit and organizational needs. Competitive hourly rate, commensurate with experience. AFC Scholarship Fund is an equal opportunity employer.