Mars Inc

Media Effectiveness Manager

Mars Inc$85K — $110K *
Media
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree required
  • 4+ years of experience in digital marketing analytics or media effectiveness
  • Familiarity with media measurement techniques like MMM, attribution, or experimentation
  • Ability to distill complex data into actionable business insights
  • Strong storytelling and communication skills
  • Experience influencing and collaborating with various stakeholders
  • Comfortable navigating ambiguous situations and achieving team alignment
  • Retail media experience is beneficial but not required

Responsibilities

  • Lead the creation and execution of media effectiveness frameworks for evaluating media investments
  • Manage the Marketing Mix Modeling learning agenda to translate insights into actionable planning
  • Collaborate with brand, media, and analytics teams to set KPIs that align with business goals
  • Design and implement test-and-learn initiatives to enhance media ROI and efficiency
  • Analyze performance of campaigns to identify effectiveness drivers and growth opportunities
  • Recommend media mix optimizations using marketing mix modeling insights
  • Translate analytical findings into clear recommendations for stakeholders across the organization
  • Support agency partners with insights for annual planning using historical data and modeling projections
  • Collaborate with media agencies to refine targeting, messaging, and investment strategies
  • Establish and implement a global creative testing framework for creative optimization
  • Document and disseminate learnings through best practices to facilitate scaling

Benefits

  • Flexibility for occasional remote work while supporting business outcomes
  • Opportunities for in-office collaboration to enhance team dynamics
Full Job Description
Job Description:

Media Effectiveness Manager

Franklin, TN

On-site

The Media Effectiveness Manager is responsible for advancing the effectiveness of media investments across brands by delivering actionable measurements, insights, and optimization strategies. This role leads the Marketing Mix Modeling (MMM) learning agenda and test-and-learn programs to improve media ROI and inform business decisions. The position exists to embed data-driven decision making and scalable best practices across a complex, matrixed organization.

What are we looking for?
  • Bachelor's degree required
  • 4+ years of experience in digital marketing analytics or media effectiveness
  • Experience with media measurement approaches such as MMM, attribution, or experimentation frameworks
  • Proven ability to translate complex data into actionable insights and business recommendations
  • Strong communication and storytelling skills
  • Demonstrated ability to influence and collaborate across a complex stakeholder environment
  • Ability to operate effectively in ambiguous environments and drive alignment across teams
  • Experience with retail media nice to have


What would be your key responsibilities?
  • Lead the development and deployment of media effectiveness frameworks to evaluate and optimize paid, owned, and earned media investments
  • Own and manage the MMM learning agenda, ensuring insights are translated into clear implications for annual planning and in-year optimization
  • Partner with brand, media, and analytics teams to define KPIs aligned to business objectives
  • Design, implement, and scale cross-channel test-and-learn programs to continuously improve media ROI and efficiency
  • Analyze campaign, commerce, and retailer media performance to identify key drivers of effectiveness and growth opportunities
  • Recommend in-year media mix optimizations through marketing mix modeling
  • Translate complex analytical outputs into clear, compelling insights and business recommendations for stakeholders at all levels
  • Support agency partners in the annual planning process, leveraging historical insights, MMM projections, and business priorities
  • Partner with media agencies and internal teams to optimize targeting, messaging, channel mix, and investment allocation
  • Implement and embed a global creative testing framework, optimizing creative from concept through in-market execution
  • Codify and share learnings through playbooks, best practices, and "key beliefs" to enable scaling across brands and teams


This role is based in Franklin, TN with regular in-office collaboration expected. Flexibility is a key enabler-empowering associates to make choices that support both business outcomes and personal needs, including occasional remote work.

Mars does not sponsor visas for this role.
This position is not eligible for relocation benefits.

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About Mars Inc

Mars, Incorporated is an American multinational manufacturer of confectionery, pet food, and other food products. It was founded in 1911 and is headquartered in McLean, Virginia. Mars operates in six business segments: Petcare, Chocolate, Wrigley, Food, Drinks, and Symbioscience. Some of its most popular brands include M&M's, Snickers, Twix, Milky Way, Skittles, and Pedigree. The company is known for its commitment to sustainability and has set a goal to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 67% by 2050.
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