Paid Media Manager

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

About the role:

This position will be based in our Malaysia office located in Mid Valley, KL. 


We are seeking a highly motivated and detail-oriented Paid Media Manager to join our team to optimize our paid media plans to achieve maximum reach and impact.


What you will do:

Leadership

  • Leading Paid Media team to ensure timely execution of campaigns/ projects, continuously improving SOPs for smooth operations with stakeholders and preventing backlogs
  • Build channel mix, budgets, and full-funnel plans (Awareness to Conversions) across Meta, Google (Search, Videos etc) and TikTok
  • Partnering with stakeholders (Editorial/Social, KOL Operations, and Client Success teams) by presenting strategies and results confidently.
  • Maintain naming conventions, QA, brand safety, policy compliance, and budget pacing
  • Lead Weekly Business Reviews/ Quarterly Business Reviews with actionable takeaways.

Campaign Management

  • Plan, execute, and manage paid media campaigns across various social media platforms.
  • Work with Account Managers and Project Managers to understand clients’ goals, target audience, and campaign objectives.
  • Develop media plans to achieve client objectives.
  • Budget optimization is key
  • Run structured tests and provide asset recommendations (UGC, testimonials, demo or offer angles)


Tracking & Metrics

  • Knowledge in implementing pixels and trackers
  • Familiarity with Google Tag Manager is a plus to ensure clean, deduped events and conversion value tracking


Reporting

  • Experience building or maintaining multi-source dashboard (GA4, Looker Studio, platform data, costs, revenue)
  • Experience automating weekly or monthly reports either via scripts or AI Agents
  • Prepare management reports for any paid media campaigns if needed to
  • Deliver clear insights and actions to stakeholders or clients

The successful candidate should have:

  • At least 3 - 5+ years of experience managing paid media campaigns and hands-on buying across Meta, Google Ads and TikTok Ads with proven results.
  • In depth knowledge of various social media platforms, their advertising tools and best practices.
  • Strong proficiency in GA4, GTM, pixel tracking, attribution modeling, and conversion value setup and optimization.
  • Demonstrated experience in Looker Studio dashboarding (data blending, filters, date controls, pacing views) and Excel or Google Sheets.
  • Comfortable with creative experimentation (multiple assets/ad set, weekly iterations) and landing-page testing.
  • Excellent communication, project ownership, and stakeholder management