Associate Director, Performance Media

New York City, NY (Hybrid)

$135K/yr – $170K/yrSenior Level7+ years expFull time

Posted 17 hrs ago

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Job Summary

Own and lead Wella's performance media strategy across Amazon Ads, DTC paid media, and TikTok Shop, accountable for revenue, ROAS, and contribution margin, while partnering with Sales, Finance, and Analytics to optimize attribution and ROI.

  • Define channel objectives linked to business goals
  • Drive efficient acquisition, retention, and LTV growth across platforms
  • Align media creative, measurement, and commercial moments to scale performance

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Performance Media Strategy & Revenue Accountability
  • Own performance media strategy across Amazon Ads, DTC paid media, and TikTok Shop, with clear accountability to revenue, ROAS, and contribution margin.
  • Define channel-specific media objectives tied to business goals (traffic growth, NTB acquisition, conversion lift, repeat purchase).
  • Ensure media investment decisions are grounded in incrementality, efficiency, and commercial impact.
  • Amazon & Retail Media Leadership
  • Lead Amazon media planning and execution in close partnership with Amazon sales and retail teams.
  • Optimize Ads against retail readiness, promotional moments, and inventory realities.
  • Partner with Sales to align media pressure with pricing, promotions, and key retail moments.
  • DTC & TikTok Shop Performance Media
  • Own paid media strategy for Wella’s DTC brand sites, driving efficient acquisition, retention, and LTV growth.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's Degree required, Master of Business Administration (MBA) preferred
  • 7–10+ years of experience in performance media, digital marketing, or eCommerce growth roles.
  • Deep hands-on experience with Amazon Ads, retail media networks, and DTC performance channels.
  • Strong understanding of media economics, attribution, and revenue-driven optimization.
  • Proven ability to manage media budgets tied directly to sales outcomes.
  • Highly analytical, comfortable working with data, dashboards, and financial metrics.
  • Strong communicator with the ability to partner effectively with Sales, Finance, and senior stakeholders.
  • Experience in beauty, CPG, or a fast-moving consumer environment strongly preferred.

Preferred

  • MBA preferred
  • Experience in beauty, CPG, or a fast-moving consumer environment strongly preferred.

Benefits

  • health insurance, life and disability insurance, 401(k) retirement plan, paid holidays and paid time off (PTO).
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Wella Company

Wella Company is an innovative global beauty leader with a portfolio of iconic hair, nails and beauty tech brands for industry professionals and consumers, including Wella Professionals, OPI, ghd, Briogeo, Nioxin, Sebastian Professional, and Clairol. Our compelling vision to enable individuals to look, feel, and be their true selves is built on our 140+ year history of creating legendary beauty. Our brand portfolio reflects this spirit: professionally credentialed and many, founder created. Our fusion of science, technology, and artistry produces performance-led products, often further distinguished by patented technology. Professional hair and nail industry artists and beauty-loving consumers are at the heart of everything we do. In just four years, we have transformed our business and brand portfolio. We are the #1 Salon Color Brand in the World with Wella Professionals and #1 Salon Nail Brand in the world with OPI. Working as a connected, diverse global community of more than 6,000 employees, we lead for action and drive results with an Owner’s Mindset, guided by company Values, our entrepreneurial spirit, and One Team accountability. We have a shared desire to positively impact the communities we serve. Our ambition is to become one of the best beauty companies in the industry, one that will last for generations to come. We dream big because we know our potential is unstoppable.

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4.7K employees (728 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
30.9K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
38.6%
Direct
39.3%
Referral
12.1%
Social
8%
Paid
1.5%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~4.7K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
554 (12% of company)
Median Career Experience
13 years
Median Tenure
5.3 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
2

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