Senior TikTok Ads Media Buyer Wanted — Flat Fee Only, Must Have Proven Case Studies (Long-Term Role)

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Summary

READ THIS FIRST — CRITICAL REQUIREMENTS: We run a multi-brand marketing agency and we are hiring a senior TikTok media buyer to manage client ad accounts long-term as part of our team. We have wasted time and money on buyers who talk a good game but cannot produce evidence they have actually scaled accounts profitably. We are done with that. To be considered, you MUST address all four of the following in your proposal. Applications missing any of these will not be reviewed: Proven results. Provide at least 3 to 5 specific case studies from TikTok Ads accounts you have personally managed. We want the vertical (or anonymized industry and account size), the monthly ad spend you managed, the objective (leads, purchases, app installs, ROAS), the before/after numbers, the timeframe, and what you specifically did to produce the result. Screenshots from TikTok Ads Manager are strongly preferred. Your flat fee by ad spend tier. We pay a flat monthly management fee, never a percentage of ad spend. Tell us your flat fee at each of these ad spend bands so we can place you correctly per account: Up to $6K/mo in ad spend $6K to $10K/mo $10K to $25K/mo $25K to $50K/mo $50K+/mo (state your structure) How you handle creative. Be specific. Who is responsible for creative on the accounts you run? Do you create it yourself, or do you work from creative the client or agency provides? Is creative production included in your fee or quoted separately? What tools and methods do you use (Spark Ads, UGC sourcing, editing tools, hook testing frameworks, AI tools, etc.)? We need to understand exactly where the creative line sits before we start. Capacity and reliability. Tell us how many client accounts you can realistically manage at a high level, your time zone and working hours overlap with US Pacific time, and your typical response time. If you cannot address all four, please do not apply. We do not have the bandwidth to train someone or chase vague claims of expertise. This is the single biggest filter on this hire. The Role: We manage paid media for clients across several verticals and we are bringing on a senior TikTok media buyer to own the TikTok side of client accounts. This is a long-term, ongoing position, not a one-off project. As we add TikTok clients, we route them to you. The better you perform, the more accounts and income flow your way. You will operate as our senior TikTok buyer. You set up, launch, optimize, and scale campaigns directly inside client TikTok Ads Manager accounts, and you own the performance outcome. Key Responsibilities: Full TikTok Ads account management: setup, structure, pixel and event configuration, audience building, campaign launch, daily optimization, and scaling. Strategy and media planning for each client based on their objective, budget, and offer. Creative direction and testing. Whether you build creative or work from supplied assets, you drive the testing framework: hooks, angles, formats, and iteration based on data. Budget management and pacing across accounts, keeping spend efficient and on-target. Spark Ads setup and management, including coordinating with client or creator handles where needed. Reporting on the metrics that matter (CPA, ROAS, CPL, CTR, spend, results) in a format clients and our team can act on. Staying current with TikTok ad policy, platform changes, and what is actually working right now. Required Qualifications: Deep, demonstrable TikTok Ads experience. This is a TikTok-first role, not a generalist who occasionally touches TikTok. A track record of profitably managing and scaling real ad spend, backed by the case studies described above. Fluent inside TikTok Ads Manager, including pixel/events API setup, custom and lookalike audiences, and conversion campaigns. Strong grasp of TikTok-native creative and why it performs differently from Meta or Google. Clear, proactive communication and the discipline to manage multiple accounts without dropping balls. Reliable overlap with US Pacific business hours. Preferred (Big Plus): Experience across multiple verticals (local services, e-commerce, lead gen, home services, professional services). In-house or sourced UGC creative capability. Experience working white-label as part of an agency team. Familiarity with TikTok lead generation forms and offline/CRM lead tracking. To Apply: Start your proposal with the word TANGO so we know you read this all the way through. Then answer all four critical requirements above, and include this one question: "In your experience, what is the single biggest reason a TikTok ad account fails to scale past the testing phase, and how do you fix it?" Proposals without the case studies, the flat-fee tiers, and the creative explanation will be rejected without response.

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TikTok Ad
TikTok Marketing
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About the client
Member since Feb 19, 2011
  • United States
    Sheridan6:04 PM
  • $616K total spent
    140 hires, 16 active
  • 32,690 hours
  • Sales & Marketing
    Small company (2-9 people)

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