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Programmatic Media Specialist Senior

W.W. Grainger

Chicago, IL
Full Time
Senior
78k-130k
25 days ago

Job Description

About the Role

W.W. Grainger, Inc., is a leading broad line distributor with operations primarily in North America, Japan and the United Kingdom. At Grainger, We Keep the World Working by serving more than 4.5 million customers worldwide with products and solutions delivered through innovative technology and deep customer relationships. Known for its commitment to service and award-winning culture, the Company had 2024 revenue of $17.2 billion across its two business models. In the High-Touch Solutions segment, Grainger offers approximately 2 million maintenances, repair and operating (MRO) products and services, including technical support and inventory management. In the Endless Assortment segment, Zoro.com offers customers access to more than 14 million products, and MonotaRO.com offers more than 24 million products.

Key Responsibilities

  • Responsible for in-house programmatic strategy development, campaign activation and optimization across key buying platforms (Meta, DV360, etc.)
  • Manages the official Grainger accounts across key programmatic buying platforms
  • Creates customer centric goals and KPIs for our programmatic campaigns to align with our overall marketing and business objectives
  • Identify and develop audience targeting strategy across different programmatic platforms as it relates to the implementation and execution of campaigns
  • Owns of programmatic campaign budget reporting, reconciliation, accrual, and invoice process
  • Collaborates with our creative and content Marketing team to develop, coordinate, test and report on ad copy and creative assets by different campaign goals (e.g., awareness, engagement, and conversion)
  • Owns daily, weekly, monthly, and ad-hoc reporting efforts and analytical support to generate valuable insights and improve performance (e.g., pacing, performance, campaign efficiency, and profitability analysis)
  • Collaborates with buying platform partners on strategy development, new capability testing, and ad-hoc requests and opportunities
  • Monitors trends in programmatic tools, applications, channels, design and strategy
  • Implement ongoing education to remain highly effective
  • Support incremental marketing and broader business initiatives with programmatic campaigns through setting, managing and reporting on campaigns that align with incrementality testing and other marketing business initiatives

Requirements

  • Bachelor's Degree preferably in business or marketing
  • 5+ years' experience planning and managing end-to-end digital media campaigns; preferably with different DSP platforms
  • 2+ years of hands-on experience with paid media buying and campaign management
  • Experience utilizing paid media buying and optimization levers
  • Experience with DMPs (Data Management Platforms), audience segmentation, and audience data onboarding tools
  • Experience developing programmatic content and promotion
  • Experience building relationships cross-functionally, planning, problem solving, and managing multiple projects and meeting competing deadlines
  • Ability to lift 25 pounds

Nice to Have

  • Experience with different DSP platforms
  • Experience with DMPs and audience data onboarding tools

Benefits & Perks

  • Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans with coverage starting on day one of employment and 6 free sessions each year with a licensed therapist
  • 18 paid time off (PTO) days annually for full-time employees and 6 company holidays per year
  • 6% company contribution to a 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan each pay period, no employee contribution required
  • Employee discounts, tuition reimbursement, student loan refinancing and free access to financial counseling, education, and tools
  • Maternity support programs, nursing benefits, and up to 14 weeks paid leave for birth parents and up to 4 weeks paid leave for non-birth parents

Working at W.W. Grainger

Known for its commitment to service and award-winning culture, Grainger fosters an inclusive, accessible work environment that values diversity and provides reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities throughout the application, hiring, and employment process.

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Job Details

Posted AtJul 2, 2025
Salary78k-130k
Job TypeFull Time
Work ModeHybrid
ExperienceSenior

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About W.W. Grainger

Website

grainger.com

Company Size

10000+ employees

Location

Chicago, IL

Industry

Industrial Supplies Merchant Wholesalers

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