Central Garden & Pet

Retail Media Advertising Manager

Central Garden & Pet$80K — $95K *
Retail & Consumer Goods
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's in Marketing, Advertising, Business, eCommerce, or related field
  • 3+ years in retail media or digital advertising
  • 2+ years managing a team with performance accountability
  • Hands-on experience with paid ad campaigns in retail/eCommerce
  • Familiarity with major platforms like Amazon Ads, Google Ads, Meta
  • Strong analytical skills and experience with campaign ROI/ROAS
  • Proficient in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint

Responsibilities

  • Develop and optimize retail media and digital ad strategies
  • Manage paid media campaigns across various digital channels
  • Maximize advertising ROI through optimization and targeting
  • Collaborate with eCommerce teams on media strategies
  • Monitor campaign performance and manage budgets effectively
  • Translate campaign data into actionable insights
  • Develop campaign concepts that align with brand and sales objectives

Benefits

  • Supportive company culture
  • Comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
  • Free Life Insurance
  • 401k with company match
  • Paid vacation, holidays, and sick time
  • Access to free online courses
  • Education Assistance for degrees and certifications
  • Paid parental leave
  • Discounts on various services
Full Job Description
Description

Manager, Retail Media & Advertising
Position Summary

Reporting to the Director of Marketing & Advertising, the Manager, Retail Media & Advertising plays a key role in driving eCommerce growth and brand visibility through retail media, digital advertising, and integrated marketing campaigns. This position is responsible for developing, executing, and optimizing paid media strategies across key retail accounts and digital platforms, with a strong focus on maximizing return on advertising investment and driving measurable business results.

The Manager combines creative thinking with strong analytical capabilities to translate brand and commercial objectives into effective advertising strategies. This role manages campaign planning and execution, media budgets, performance measurement, and optimization while partnering cross-functionally with eCommerce, Sales, Marketing, Creative, and other teams to ensure campaigns support brand strategy and customer objectives.

In addition to retail media and paid advertising, the role supports content development, organic social media, affiliate marketing, SEO, and emerging digital commerce opportunities.
Primary Responsibilities
Retail Media & Paid Advertising
  • Develop, execute, and optimize retail media and digital advertising strategies across key retail accounts and platforms.
  • Manage paid media campaigns across retailer media networks, paid search, display, social media, and other digital advertising channels.
  • Maximize return on advertising investment through ongoing campaign optimization, testing, audience targeting, bid management, and budget allocation.
  • Develop scalable advertising campaigns that support brand, customer, and eCommerce growth objectives.
  • Partner with eCommerce and Sales teams to align retail media strategies with customer priorities, promotional calendars, product launches, and sales objectives.
  • Monitor campaign pacing and manage advertising budgets to ensure effective utilization of available spend.
  • Identify opportunities to improve advertising efficiency, conversion, traffic, and sales performance.
Analytics & Performance Management
  • Track, analyze, and report advertising and promotional performance by retailer, platform, campaign, and account.
  • Monitor key performance indicators including ROAS, sales, traffic, conversion, CPC, CTR, impressions, and other relevant metrics.
  • Translate campaign data into actionable insights and recommendations to improve future performance.
  • Establish and manage advertising schedules and promotional calendars to optimize campaign timing and effectiveness.
  • Regularly communicate performance results, trends, risks, and opportunities to Marketing, eCommerce, Sales, and leadership.
  • Use data and testing to continuously improve campaign effectiveness and inform media investment decisions.
Campaign & Content Development
  • Develop campaign concepts and advertising strategies that align with brand positioning, customer objectives, and commercial priorities.
  • Collaborate with internal creative resources and external partners to develop advertising assets across digital and retail media platforms.
  • Organize and manage photo and video shoots in partnership with the studio to develop campaign assets.
  • Ensure advertising creative maintains consistent brand voice and meets retailer and platform requirements.
  • Partner cross-functionally to ensure teams understand campaign objectives, merchandising priorities, timing, and execution requirements.
Digital Commerce & Brand Support
  • Conduct SEO research and analysis to support product discoverability and eCommerce performance.
  • Execute organic social media strategies in alignment with broader brand and advertising initiatives.
  • Support and manage affiliate marketing relationships and programs.
  • Plan and host live shopping events through platforms such as Amazon Live and Instagram Live.
  • Stay current on evolving retail media networks, advertising capabilities, platform changes, measurement practices, and digital commerce trends.
  • Identify and recommend emerging advertising opportunities that can improve brand visibility, customer engagement, and profitable growth.
  • Coordinate with other departments as needed and perform additional duties in support of company and management initiatives.
Professional Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Advertising, Business, eCommerce, or a related field.
  • Minimum of 3+ years of experience in retail media, digital advertising, performance marketing, eCommerce advertising, or a related field.
  • Minimum of 2+ years of direct people leadership experience, including coaching, performance management, development, and accountability for team results.
  • Hands-on experience managing paid advertising campaigns within retail media and/or eCommerce environments.
  • Experience with major advertising platforms such as Amazon Ads, Google Ads, Meta Ads Manager, Pinterest Ads, and other relevant retail media or digital advertising platforms.
  • Demonstrated experience managing advertising budgets and optimizing campaigns against performance and ROI/ROAS objectives.
  • Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret campaign and sales data and translate findings into actionable recommendations.
  • Experience with paid search, display advertising, PPC, audience targeting, campaign optimization, and performance measurement.
  • Working knowledge of SEO and organic digital marketing strategies.
  • Familiarity with Adobe Photoshop and/or other Adobe Creative Cloud tools preferred.
  • Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate effectively with internal and external partners.
  • Ability to collaborate effectively across Marketing, eCommerce, Sales, Creative, and other cross-functional teams.
  • Self-directed, highly organized, and comfortable managing multiple campaigns and priorities within concurrent deadlines.
  • Creative and analytical thinker with a strong focus on continuous improvement and measurable business results.
Preferred Qualifications
  • Experience managing campaigns across multiple retailer media networks.
  • Experience with Amazon advertising and eCommerce marketplace environments.
  • Experience analyzing advertising performance at the retailer/account level.
  • Experience supporting consumer products or omnichannel retail brands.
  • Familiarity with affiliate marketing, social commerce, and live shopping platforms.


Benefits and Perks:
  • Amazing and supportive company culture
  • Comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
  • Free Life Insurance
  • Health and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
  • 401k with company match
  • Paid vacation, holidays and sick time
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Access to thousands of free online courses
  • Discounts on cell phones, movie tickets, gym memberships, and more!
  • Education Assistance (both college degrees and professional certifications)
  • Paid parental leave


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About Central Garden & Pet

Central Garden & Pet Company is a leading innovator, marketer and producer of quality branded products for the lawn & garden and pet supplies markets. Headquartered in Walnut Creek, California, Central Garden & Pet Company produces and distributes a wide range of products under many brands including Pennington, Nylabone, Kaytee, Amdro, and Aqueon. The company was founded in 1980 and has grown to become one of the largest lawn and garden and pet supplies companies in the United States.
Learn more about Central Garden & Pet
Size
6,500 employees
Market Cap
$2 billion
Industry
Net Income
$130.7 million
Founded
2018
Revenue
$2.8 billion
NASDAQ

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