Paid Social Specialist (Fintech)

Location: Chicago, IL; hybrid schedule with in-office work Tuesday through Thursday and remote flexibility on Mondays and Fridays

Annual salary: $90,000–$120,000, plus potential bonus and restricted stock units.

Company

hirify.global is a financial technology company providing online financial services through its AI and machine learning-powered Colossus platform to non-prime consumers, businesses, and traditional banks.

What you will do

• Own paid performance across Meta and YouTube, including acquisition volume, channel efficiency, and growth targets.
• Identify underperformance, diagnose root causes, create corrective action plans, and ensure execution.
• Build testing roadmaps, recommend investment shifts, manage budgets and projections, and optimize campaigns daily.
• Convert performance results into creative direction, briefs, QA, and feedback for internal teams and the social agency.
• Partner with Analytics and Data Science on data pipelines, audience segmentation, conversion setup, and value-based bidding.
• Present strategy and results to leadership and coordinate communication across Creative, Analytics, Data Science, Product, Website, Legal, and agency partners.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Business, or Finance, or equivalent experience.
• 6+ years owning paid social or paid media performance, consistently meeting acquisition volume and efficiency targets, with hands-on Meta and YouTube experience.
• Command of conversion setup, value-based bidding, audience segmentation, budget pacing, and structured A/B testing.
• Ability to identify underperformance early, diagnose root causes, and drive corrective action.
• Strong analytical skills using combined data sources, GA4 or Adobe Analytics, SQL, Excel, and PowerPoint reporting, with the ability to connect performance to P&L outcomes.
• Experience using performance data to direct creative, write briefs, perform QA, and hold agency partners accountable for results and deliverables.
• Familiarity with AI tools and sound judgment in applying them.
• Self-motivated ownership, strong communication skills, and confidence presenting to leadership and aligning cross-functional teams.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work with required office attendance Tuesday through Thursday and remote flexibility Mondays and Fridays.
• Health, dental, vision, and mental health benefits, plus PTO and paid holidays.
• 401(k) matching with a Roth option for U.S.-based employees.
• Paid parental leave, eligible-role sabbatical and summer-hours programs, and employee recognition rewards.
• DEI groups, charitable matching, and a paid volunteer day.
• Full-time employment includes eligibility for company benefits.

Hiring process

• Be prepared to share a paid social or paid media win with the numbers behind the result.