Platform Media Specialist, Pinterest

Company Description
Etsy is the global marketplace for unique and creative goods. We build, power, and evolve the tools and technologies that connect millions of entrepreneurs with millions of buyers around the world. As an Etsy Inc. employee, whether a team member of Etsy or Depop, you will tackle unique, meaningful, and large-scale problems alongside passionate coworkers, all the while making a rewarding impact and Keeping Commerce Human.

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What's the role?

We are looking for an analytical Pinterest Marketing Specialist to join our Demand Generation team and support the optimization of low-funnel Pinterest ad campaigns. This person should be experienced in managing and scaling large-scale Pinterest campaigns, implementing creative and audience testing, employing data-driven insights to design rigorous campaign and feed tests, and using automation in campaign management, bidding, and targeting to improve performance and efficiency of paid investments.

This is a full-time position reporting to the Platform Manager. In addition to salary, you will also be eligible for an equity package, an annual performance bonus, and our competitive benefits that support you and your family as part of your total rewards package at Etsy.

This role requires your presence in Etsy's Brooklyn Office once or twice per week depending on your proximity to the office. Candidates living within commutable distance of Etsy's Brooklyn Office Hub may be the first to be considered. Learn more details about our work modes and workplace safety policies here.

What's this team like at Etsy?

The Brand Marketing team helps buyers discover what makes Etsy special, fueling Etsy's growth via audience-centric storytelling and media placements, bringing the right message to the right audience, at the right moment. We collaborate closely together and with partner teams such as Analytics, Product, and Engineering in order to automate and optimize global offsite experiences and programs at scale.

What does the day-to-day look like?

In this role, you'll oversee the day-to-day management of Etsy's Pinterest advertising program, driving performance against ambitious GMS and revenue goals. You'll manage campaigns end-to-end—including development, testing, learning, bid strategies, targeting, and optimization—while ensuring every initiative aligns with strict performance targets.

• Build, launch, and QA campaigns including creative trafficking, catalog updates, audience implementation, and pixel/tag checks.

• Implement bid and budget optimizations to ensure efficient pacing and performance.

• Monitor real-time performance dashboards, flagging anomalies and logging fixes in the shared ops queue.

• Maintain platform hygiene through UTMs, naming conventions, and block-lists, while documenting every change for auditability.

• Contribute to playbook improvements by logging lessons learned and proposing automation opportunities to increase efficiency and scalability.

• Build platform-level reporting that rolls up into broader strategy and leadership-facing report-outs.

• You'll also collaborate with internal cross-functional partners—including strategy, engineering, data, and creative teams—to strengthen the Pinterest program through feed optimizations, data integrations, and innovation in campaign execution.

• Of course, this is just a sample of the kinds of work this role will require You should assume that your role will encompass other tasks, too, and that your job duties and responsibilities may change from time to time at Etsy's discretion, or otherwise applicable with local law.

Qualities that will help you succeed in this role are:

• 2-4 years demonstrated success managing all aspects of large-scale social campaigns (Pinterest preferred) to specific KPI goals.

• Deep familiarity with data platforms such as Looker, Tableau, Google or Adobe Analytics

• Experience with product catalogs of over 10k+ SKUs and identified high-impact feed optimization opportunities.

• The ability to assess and communicate key optimization opportunities.

• You are process driven and continuously look to minimize waste and address inefficiencies

• Strong critical thinking skills coupled with a bias towards action so as to anticipate and navigate the constantly evolving marketing landscape

• Collaborator who is able to build positive relationships across the company and drive decision-making

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What's Next
If you're interested in joining the team at Etsy, please share your resume with us and feel free to include a cover letter if you'd like. As we hope you've seen already, Etsy is a place that values individuality and variety. We don't want you to be like everyone else -- we want you to be like you So tell us what you're all about.
 
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