Advertising Account Manager - Retail Media

Overview

As an Advertising Account Manager, you will own the day-to-day planning, execution, and optimization of digital marketing and retail media campaigns across a portfolio of enterprise and strategic clients in a variety of channels. You will serve as a subject matter expert on retail media platforms, digital advertising strategies, and/or performance metrics. Acting as a trusted advisor, you’ll collaborate closely with clients to align media tactics to business goals, while working cross-functionally to ensure accurate campaign setup, timely execution, and actionable insights. Your skillset ideally spans the ability to be a hands-on campaign manager within key channels while also elevating to own the client health and overall relationship on the channels that you own.

All team members are expected to leverage AI to work smarter, accelerate decision-making, automate repeatable work, and improve outcomes. You are encouraged to continuously identify opportunities to apply AI, data, and scalable processes to enhance productivity, drive innovation, and deliver greater value for our clients, partners, and teams while maintaining appropriate judgment, quality, security, and compliance.

Responsibilities

• Manage a portfolio of client accounts overseeing the strategy, planning execution and optimization of digital and retail media campaigns across major digital marketing and retail media platforms.
• Translate client objectives into actionable media strategies that drive performance and measurable outcomes.
• Set up, monitor, and optimize campaign performance, managing budgets, bids, and ad creatives.
• Leverage deep knowledge of Rithum’s platform and tools to optimize client programs and outcomes.
• Act as a trusted advisor, expanding relationships with key stakeholders and decisionmakers while providing regular reporting and insights to clients, identifying opportunities for growth and improvement.
• Partner with Client Success Managers, Technical Account Managers, and Product teams to deliver cohesive, high-impact media programs.
• Create, present, and execute media strategies to a variety of clients in different product categories.
• Stay up to date with digital marketing and retail media trends, ad formats, and platform capabilities.
• Educate clients on industry best practices and platform changes.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• 2+ years of progressive experience in digital marketing, media buying, or ecommerce advertising.
• Proven track record of developing and implementing strategic advertising plans, with measurable success in improving client performance.
• 1+ years hands-on of experience managing advertising campaigns on major platforms such as Amazon Advertising, Google Ads, Meta Ads, and Walmart Connect for multiple clients.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to use data to inform decisions and strategies.
• Demonstrated ability to generate insights on performance, channel health, and industry trends to guide client strategy.
• Exceptional communication and presentation skills, with the ability to influence senior leadership and clients alike.
• Experience working collaboratively on large teams and managing cross-functional projects in a fast-paced environment.
• Demonstrated ability to manage and forecast advertising budgets, making data driven decisions to maximize efficiency and achieve performance targets across campaigns.
• Strong AI fluency, with experience integrating AI tools into day-to-day workflows and processes to drive efficiency, enhance analysis, and scale impact.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business, Marketing, Communications, or related field.
• Agency experience strongly preferred.
• 3+ years of progressive experience in digital marketing, media buying, or ecommerce advertising.
• Experience working in an agency or SaaS environment.
• Familiarity with eCommerce platforms, digital merchandising, and attribution models.

Travel Required

Up to 10%

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Compensation

For this position, the expected base pay range is: $65,000-$88,000 per year. This range represents the base pay for the role across all U.S. locations and is determined based on market data, internal equity, and experience. Final compensation may vary depending on geographic location, skills, and relevant experience. In addition to base pay, we offer a discretionary bonus for non-sales roles, a comprehensive benefits package, and, where applicable, sales incentives.

For this position, the expected discretionary bonus is 10% of the annual base salary.