Associate Director, Paid Media & Growth

New York City, NY (Hybrid)

$140K/yr – $150K/yrSenior Level8+ years expContract

Posted 1 day ago

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Job Summary

Lead and oversee paid media strategy across search and social for a portfolio of B2C and B2B clients, driving growth through cross-channel planning, attribution, and executive-ready storytelling.

  • Own day-to-day strategy across channels and manage campaigns with in-house programmatic support.
  • Collaborate with Creative teams to test and adapt messaging for US and international markets.
  • Present strategies and forecasts to senior client stakeholders and set expectations for changes.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Own day-to-day strategy and management oversight across channels including Paid Search (Google, Bing) and Paid Social (Meta, TikTok, YouTube) for a portfolio of B2C and B2B clients — directly building, launching, optimizing, and reporting on campaigns in-platform, with oversight of programmatic activity executed by a dedicated in-house lead.
  • Collaborate with the Creative Performance and Creative teams to brief, test, and adapt messaging and creative for the US and international markets which may include broader North America, Africa, LATAM, EU, and APAC.
  • Serve as a senior client-facing voice: present strategies, account growth narratives, and forecasts to senior client stakeholders. Set clear expectations when strategy shifts are required, before, during, and after execution.
  • Develop growth roadmaps that sequence channel investment across paid, identify new acquisition and LTV opportunities, and partner with CRO and analytics to connect paid into landing page and on-site conversion improvements across the funnel.
  • Drive forecasting, budget reconciliation, and scenario planning to inform investment decisions and anticipate performance against KPIs.
  • Lead the team on attribution, measurement frameworks, and testing programs that connect paid media to business outcomes.
  • Stay ahead of platform changes, attribution shifts, and martech innovation, including AI tools, applying best practices across the portfolio.
  • What Success Looks Like — Campaigns meet or exceed KPI, ROI, and budget pacing targets across domestic and international markets, with consistent month-over-month learning and optimization.
  • What Success Looks Like — Clients view you as a trusted senior partner — performance stories are executive-ready, forecasts are credible, and strategy changes are explained in business terms with expectations set in advance.
  • What Success Looks Like — Channels are managed cleanly and rigorously in-platform, with a tight feedback loop between hands-on execution and strategic decisions.

Requirements

  • 8+ years of paid media experience, with hands-on proficiency across Meta, TikTok, YouTube, Google Ads, and Microsoft Ads; hands-on programmatic self-serve experience (e.g., DV360, The Trade Desk) a plus.
  • Senior practitioner who drives growth across paid channels rather than depth in a single one — still in-platform regularly, comfortable owning campaign builds, optimizations, and reporting directly across Search and Social, not just guiding others' work.
  • Experience managing paid media for both B2C and B2B clients.
  • International campaign experience, with comfort adapting strategy across regional markets; familiarity with Africa, the Philippines, LATAM, EU, or APAC a plus.
  • Working knowledge of programmatic platforms sufficient to provide oversight (hands-on execution not required).
  • Strong analytical toolkit — attribution modeling, GA4, dashboards, forecasting, and scenario planning.
  • Familiarity with CRO, landing page optimization, and on-site measurement — able to partner with CRO and analytics teams to connect paid performance to full-funnel outcomes.
  • Proven ability to develop and present executive-ready growth narratives, performance stories, and forecasts to senior client stakeholders.
  • Strong communicator, particularly around explaining strategy changes and setting expectations with clients.
  • Must be based in NYC metro area to be considered for the role

Preferred

  • International campaign experience, with comfort adapting strategy across regional markets; familiarity with Africa, the Philippines, LATAM, EU, or APAC a plus.
  • Hands-on programmatic self-serve experience (e.g., DV360, The Trade Desk) a plus.
  • Agency or performance marketing background preferred.
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Founded in 1999
Paris, Île-de-France, FRA
3.4K employees (132 in marketing)
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12 years
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5.3 years
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