Associate Director, User Acquisition

Culver City, CA (On-site)

$130K/yr – $160K/yrSenior Level7+ years expFull time

Posted 2 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own global paid and organic growth programs with a tight link between UA, ASO, and data to drive storefront conversions, while leading a multi-disciplinary team and shaping cross-functional growth bets.

  • Growth Infrastructure: Own the end-to-end acquisition engine and test-and-learn approach across paid, organic, and store optimization.
  • Storefront and Creative Ownership: Drive ASO roadmap, creative strategy, and testing to lift organic visibility and CPIs.

Job Description

Global paid and organic growth ownership with data-driven optimization across UA and ASO, plus team leadership and cross-functional collaboration.

  • Growth Infrastructure: Oversee the planning and execution of the global acquisition marketing program, blending paid UA channels with robust organic growth and ASO strategies to maximize storefront conversion.
  • Budget Management: Manage and optimize a large, multi-million-dollar acquisition marketing budget.
  • Creative Ad Strategy: Lead the overarching paid creative strategy; collaborate with internal and external creative teams to brief, test, and iterate on high-performing ad creatives that drive engagement and lower CPIs.
  • Storefront Optimization: Own the ASO roadmap, overseeing keyword optimization, A/B testing store assets (icons, screenshots, videos), and leveraging store algorithms to boost organic visibility and conversion rates.
  • Executive Reporting: Own and present key performance metrics—including ROAS, LTV, and internal KPI targets on acquisition marketing, creative performance, and ASO initiatives—to senior leadership.
  • Data-Driven Insights: Measure the impact of marketing programs on customer behavior, applying insights to refine performance, creative, and store strategies.
  • MarTech Collaboration: Partner with Data Science to build internal automation, attribution modeling, and campaign management tools to support revenue forecasting.
  • Team Leadership: Lead and mentor a team of performance marketers, creative strategists, and ASO specialists focused on paid channels and organic user growth.
  • Test & Learn Culture: Innovate and implement relentless test-and-learn strategies across ad creatives, store pages, and targeting, investing heavily in areas that drive scalable results.
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with product marketing, publishing, analytics, studios, and product leadership to identify cross-functional growth opportunities, sharing progress, learnings, and best practices.
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Jam City

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Jam City is an award-winning entertainment company providing unique and deeply engaging mobile games that are played by tens of millions of people across the globe. Our teams and studios are located globally in cities including San Francisco, Toronto, Los Angeles, Berlin and more. Check out open roles on our team on jamcity.com/careersLed by CEO Simon Sim, Jam City is the creative powerhouse behind some of the highest-grossing and most enduring mobile games. Jam City’s global franchise Cookie Jam has generated more than half a billion dollars, and Panda Pop has more than 120 million downloads to date. The company also is the go-to studio for Hollywood, having developed immersive, narrative-rich mobile games around iconic entertainment brands. The company’s popular RPG game Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery was the #1 game in more than 40 countries at its launch in April 2018. The Jam City team is known for its creative excellence and technological innovation in key areas including storytelling, data science and audience insights.

Founded in 2009
Culver City, California, USA
742 employees (262 in marketing)
64% recommend to a friend
65% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
208.1K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$1
Traffic Source Mix
Search
19.4%
Direct
59%
Referral
12.7%
Social
5.1%
Paid
1.1%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~742

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
37 (5% of company)
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
2

Funding

Total Funding
$652M
Last Raise
$350M
Series Unknown, 5 years ago

Funding History

  • Sep 2021
    Series Unknown • $350M
  • Jan 2019
    Series Unknown • $145M
  • Mar 2018
    Angel

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