Analytics Manager, Media (hybrid)

Chicago, IL

$110k – 130k

Analytics Manager, Media

Our client, a growing media agency in Chicago, is looking for a curious and talented Performance Media Analytics Manager to join the team and work across a variety of account verticals. The role will work on a hybrid schedule with 2 days in office and the agency’s culture represents a truly collaborative culture and real work life balance. Flexible PTO and other unique benefits are available.

As a Performance Media & Analytics Manager, you are a key contributor within a cross-functional planning and execution team. You design data-driven solutions that clarify media’s business impact, uncover opportunity, and inform transformative strategies. You also champion the role of media in driving growth—both internally and in client-facing environments.

Responsibilities

Drive Data-Led Strategy and Measurement

• Lead omnichannel strategy using advanced data, forecasting, and performance modeling
• Translate complex analytics into clear, compelling client narratives
• Assess audience data architectures and elevate first-party data usage
• Push clients toward more advanced measurement practices, automation, and tech maturity

Strengthen and Optimize Campaign Performance

• Partner with data and technology teams to design robust measurement frameworks, including attribution, incrementality, conversion tracking, and KPI structures
• Conduct in-depth performance analysis and develop statistically sound optimization plans
• Build and scale automated dashboards and reporting workflows
• Connect strategy, activation, and data teams to ensure seamless insight flow
• Design and own test-and-learn roadmaps

This role requires:

• 5+ years of experience at a media agency with hands-on performance and analytics exposure across digital and traditional channels
• Proven client relationship skills with the ability to share actionable insights and POVs
• Strong technical proficiency across analytics platforms, tracking frameworks, visualization tools, and attribution environments
• A demonstrated history of testing, learning, and continuous improvement
• Experience collaborating with vendors and staying current on marketplace trends
• A collaborative leader capable of mentoring and managing analysts and associates
• Experience with performance analytics, measurement, and optimization
• A technical thinker with a strong understanding of platform analytics and measurement methodologies
• Comfortable navigating reporting, automation, and data ecosystems
• Continuously curious—tracking innovation, deepening vendor partnerships, and adopting new tools
• Confident in client-facing settings, presenting insights and engaging in thoughtful debate
• Relationship-driven, recognizing that trust and collaboration matter as much as deliverables
• High autonomy, strong problem-solving skills, and a “figure-it-out” mindset
• A performance-led, measurement-forward perspective connecting planning, activation, and analytics
• Leadership in advancing measurement, automation, and audience data capabilities across clients

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