Media Buyer at Pixel Theory
Pixel Theory | Fully Remote (Argentina) | Full-Time
About Pixel Theory
Pixel Theory is the strategic growth partner for scaled consumer brands. We don't run ads. We run growth, and there's a real difference.
We build the financial models, data infrastructure, and cohort analyses that tell our clients which customers are worth acquiring, what they're worth over time, and what the brand should pay to bring them in. Then we go get them. We run the media buying, the creative, and the post-click experience that drives qualified, scalable new customer growth.
We operate in pods. One Growth Strategist, one Media Buyer, one Creative Strategist, working in lockstep so the data, the buying, and the creative are never disconnected. We're a 20-person team of senior operators. Everyone here is sharp, accountable, and obsessed with doing the work well.
The Role
We're hiring a Media Buyer to run paid media execution across a pod of consumer brand clients.
You're the person in the accounts every day. You build the campaigns, manage the budgets, and make the in-platform decisions that turn a growth plan into spend that actually performs. You'll be buying real money, with most accounts running anywhere from $250k to several million a month.
This seat reports into a Senior Growth Strategist, who sets the direction for each brand. They decide what we're testing, scaling, and killing, and why. You own the how. You translate that strategy into account structure, test builds, and day-to-day optimization, and you tell the strategist what the data is doing back. This is a tight, two-way relationship, not a queue of tickets. The best buyers here have a strong point of view on what will and won't work in-platform, and they say so before the money goes out the door.
One important note before you read further. This role buys both paid social and paid search, and both are real. Most of our accounts run Meta and TikTok alongside Google, and we need one person who can hold the whole picture rather than a social buyer who tolerates search or a search buyer who dabbles in social. If you're deep on one side and thin on the other, this probably isn't the seat.
This is also a hands-on buying role. If you want to step back from the accounts and live in decks, this isn't it. If you love being inside the platforms at real scale, keep reading.
What You’ll Own
Day-to-day media buying. You build, launch, and manage campaigns across your pod's accounts. Account structure, budgets, bids, audiences, and delivery are yours to run.
Paid social craft across Meta and TikTok. You know how each one actually works in 2026. How it's bought, how creative interacts with the algorithm, and where the leverage and the traps are.
Paid search craft across Google. Search, Shopping, and PMax. You know how to structure an account for a consumer brand, where the query mix is leaking money, and when PMax is doing the work versus taking credit for it.
Scaling spend without breaking efficiency. You know how to push a profitable account harder and how to read the early warning signs when scale starts to cost you. You hold the line on CAC, ROAS, and MER while you grow.
Test execution. The Growth Strategist sets the roadmap. You build it cleanly, run it well, and make sure tests are structured so the results actually mean something.
Performance monitoring and optimization. You're watching the accounts, catching problems early, and making the small daily decisions that compound. You don't wait for a weekly check-in to notice something is off.
Closing the loop with your strategist. You surface what you're seeing in the data, flag what's working and what isn't, and feed it back so the strategy stays grounded in what's actually happening in-platform.
Who You Are
A platform operator. You've spent years inside ad accounts and you're genuinely good at it. The platforms are second nature to you.
Calm at scale. Six and seven-figure monthly budgets don't rattle you. You've managed real money and you treat it carefully.
Detail-obsessed. Naming conventions, account structure, clean tests, accurate budgets. You sweat the details because at this scale the details are the difference.
Commercially aware. You don't optimize to platform metrics in a vacuum. You understand that the goal is profitable growth for the brand, and you buy with that in mind.
A real pod partner. You collaborate tightly with your strategist and creative strategist. You share context, you push back when you should, and you make the people around you better.
Bias to action. You catch things early and you move. You don't sit on a problem.
Required Experience
- 4+ years buying paid media for consumer or DTC brands. This is an experienced hire, not an entry or coordinator-level seat.
- Hands-on Meta and TikTok experience. Paid social is the core of this role. You know how both platforms are bought and how creative performs on each.
- Hands-on Google experience across Search, Shopping, and PMax. Search is not a bonus in this seat. You've owned it at meaningful spend and you know how the structure and the bidding actually behave, not just how to read the reports.
- A track record managing and growing accounts in the $750K to multi-million per month range. This is the bar, not a nice-to-have. You've operated at a real scale, not just watched someone else do it.
- A clear history of scaling spend while holding efficiency. You can point to accounts you grew and the CAC, ROAS, or MER you protected while doing it.
- Comfort with the messy realities of measurement. Attribution noise, signal loss, and platform reporting that doesn't always agree with the truth.
- Comfort with autonomous remote work. You can run your accounts and manage your time without close oversight.
Bonus Points
- Experience with additional channels. Applovin, programmatic, retail media, or similar.
- Feed experience. Shopping and PMax feed management through Feedonomics, DataFeedWatch, or similar.
- Fluency with attribution and analytics platforms like Northbeam, Triple Whale, or Rockerbox.
- Strong creative testing instincts. You understand how the buying and the creative work together.
- Experience and proficiency in using Claude Code workflows.
- Background buying for subscription or replenishment business models.
What We Offer
Competitive compensation. Strong base and performance bonus for the right candidate. We pay for the people we want.
Fully remote. Work from anywhere in the U.S. We've been remote since day one and we do it well.
Real ownership. You're not a button-pusher inside a 200-person agency. You'll run real accounts and have a meaningful voice in how we work.
Best-in-class clients. Serious consumer brands at meaningful spend. You'll be solving real problems on real budgets.
A team that respects the craft. Everyone here is senior, sharp, and obsessed with the work.
How To Apply
Send a short note about why this role excites you, alongside your resume or LinkedIn, to [email protected].
We read every application personally.
Pixel Theory is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds.