Associate Director, Media

New York City, NY (Hybrid)

$100K/yr – $120K/yrSenior Level8+ years expSalaried Ft

Posted 2 weeks ago

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Job Summary

multi-channel media ownership: connect strategy to revenue across search, social, programmatic, and remarketing.

  • Own the multi-channel performance media strategy across Search, Paid Social, Programmatic, Display and Remarketing.
  • Translate performance data into strategic executive recommendations and guide budget reallocations.
  • Lead a cross-functional team of planners with analytics and creative to drive revenue outcomes.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Lead Performance Media Strategy
  • Develop annual and quarterly performance marketing strategies aligned with client business objectives.
  • Lead cross-channel planning across Search, Paid Social, Programmatic, Display and Remarketing.
  • Partner with senior agency leadership to build integrated full-funnel media plans that connect awareness initiatives to downstream business outcomes.
  • Establish channel investment strategies based on business priorities, customer acquisition goals and pipeline contribution.
  • Identify opportunities to improve media efficiency while maximizing lead quality and revenue impact.
  • Drive innovation through ongoing testing frameworks, audience expansion strategies and platform advancements.
  • Strategic Performance Leadership
  • Provide strategic oversight across: Google Search, Microsoft Ads, LinkedIn Campaign Manager, Meta, Demand Generation campaigns, Remarketing, Performance Max and affiliate marketing
  • Measurement, Attribution & Analytics
  • Serve as the agency's subject matter expert on performance measurement.
  • Responsibilities include: Offline Conversion Imports, CRM integrations, Salesforce reporting, Marketing attribution models, Pipeline reporting, Revenue attribution, multi-touch attribution, Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC), Cost per Opportunity, Marketing Qualified Leads (MQLs), Sales Qualified Leads (SQLs), Closed Won reporting
  • Translate complex performance data into strategic business recommendations that connect media investment directly to revenue outcomes.
  • Client Leadership
  • Act as the senior day-to-day strategic partner for the client by leading quarterly business reviews, facilitating executive presentations, guiding media investment decisions, recommending budget reallocations.
  • Confidently communicate with executive stakeholders and provide consultative recommendations backed by data.
  • Team Leadership
  • Guide, coach, and mentor a team of Supervisors, Senior Planners, and Planners, directly supporting their career development and professional growth.
  • Review strategic recommendations and audit media plans to ensure high-quality delivery, while training team members on advanced optimization strategies.
  • Establish media planning best practices and foster collaboration across paid media, analytics, strategy, and creative teams to drive unified campaign success.
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Mile Marker

Mile Marker was created by the merger between PlusMedia and Cage Point. The result is an end to end media agency that speaks to its clients not at the media level, but at the business level.Our belief is that media, in all forms, should be held accountable for the delivery of measurable business outcomes, not just KPI. We view brand and performance media as complementary forces, working together to drive scalable growth. This means we leverage every media channel at our disposal, including ones that may have been forgotten by today’s marketers.

New York, New York, USA
89 employees (38 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
1K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
53.7%
Direct
46.3%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~89

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
37 (42% of company)
Median Career Experience
4 years
Median Tenure
2.9 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
6