DIRECT HIRESENIOR ECOMMERCE MARKETING MANAGERHYBRID POSITION (MUST WORK ON SITE- TUES/WED/THURSDAY)Our client located in the near Northern suburbs of Chicago is looking for an Ecommerce Senior Marketing manager.  This person will lead the social media team and focus on strategic sales growth and drive new client acquisition, while maintaining profitable returns on advertising investments.  Must be comfortable across major social media platforms (Facebook, Instagram,YouTube, Pinterest & TikTok).Key Responsibilities: Oversee and lead the paid social media team, with a focus on strategy, innovation, test & learn optimization, data analysis, and clean execution of all campaigns to maximize returns against set revenue, budget, and ROI targets.  Responsible for identifying trends and opportunities to improve digital KPI’s to profitably increase sales growth. Manage paid sponsor ads (mainly on FB) and looking at ROI, using Google Analytics to track everything, looking at historical data when determining new paid ads. Develop and present creative test concepts to increase engagement and response for paid social ads, supported by results, industry best practices, and a strong understanding of consumer mindsets. Collaborate with in-house resources and vendors, influencers and consultants engaged to help maximize results.  Supported by marketing expertise, lead the social paid team in the ideation, creation, and review of formal marketing experiments (particularly for creative and audience testing) to drive traffic and conversion, and identify opportunities for future testing. Create and update financial & performance forecasts, while accurately estimating, timing, and scoping projects Perform market research on growing social and digital media trends (video content, in-app shopping, influencers, live commerce, etc.) to identify new digital tools and partners to help meet evolving customer demands. Collaborate with internal teams to enhance our paid social reports in Tableau to drive a more responsive marketing management approach.Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Advertising, Marketing or Communications. MUST HAVE management experience-this role will manage 2 people. MUST HAVE experience running campaigns on Facebook with large daily spends. Ideally $10K+ a day. 7+ years of digital media management experience and 3+ years management experience. Clear understanding of how digital KPIs connect to identified business objectives. Familiarity with the rapidly changing online media industry, social networks, video in digital media, digital analytics, digital tools, and trends. Experience managing digital media campaigns and vendors/partnerships (i.e., Facebook, Google). Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills. Experience using social platforms (Facebook Ads Manager, Google AdWords) and digital analytics to drive performance. Strong project management skills with good multi-tasking and organizational skills. Excellent communicator (written and verbal) Proven ability to manage a project and team, controlling timelines and budgets. Experience with Digital Analytics and Reporting Tools (i.e., Tableau, Google Analytics, etc.) and social media campaign management tools (i.e., Skai Social, Hootsuite, Sprout Social, etc.). Our client offers a Business Casual Work Environment, Health and Dental Insurance, Life Insurance, Disability Insurance, Paid Time Off (PTO) Program, Flexible Spending Accounts, 401k and more!