Associate Manager, Performance Marketing

New York City, NY (Hybrid)

$66K/yr – $70K/yrMid Level2+ years expFull time

Posted 10 days ago

Job Summary

Own and optimize paid media programs to grow memberships, email audiences, direct products, and brand licensing, while turning performance data into actionable insights and aligning with cross‑functional teams to scale acquisition.

  • Lead campaign setup and optimization across channels.
  • Analyze performance and recommend next steps to improve efficiency and ROI.
  • Collaborate with stakeholders to drive business priorities and growth initiatives.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Execute and optimize paid media campaigns across key acquisition channels to efficiently grow memberships, email audiences, direct products, and brand licensing initiatives.
  • Monitor and analyze campaign performance against acquisition goals, identifying trends and opportunities to improve efficiency, scale, and return on investment.
  • Manage day-to-day campaign setup, pacing, budgets, targeting, creative rotation, and ongoing optimizations with close attention to detail.
  • Translate performance data into actionable insights and recommendations that inform campaign strategy and future investment decisions.
  • Partner with cross-functional stakeholders across consumer marketing, editorial, creative, analytics, and other teams to support business priorities and campaign goals.
  • Test and evaluate audiences, creative, messaging, placements, and other campaign variables to identify opportunities for incremental growth.
  • Maintain accurate reporting and campaign documentation while helping communicate results, learnings, and next steps to key stakeholders.
  • Stay current on paid media trends, platform capabilities, measurement approaches, and emerging opportunities that can strengthen Hearst Magazines’ acquisition strategy.

Requirements

  • 2+ years of experience in performance marketing, paid media, growth marketing, digital acquisition, or a related area.
  • Hands-on experience executing and optimizing paid media campaigns, with an understanding of key performance metrics and acquisition economics.
  • Strong analytical skills and comfort working with campaign data to identify trends, diagnose performance, and recommend next steps.
  • Excellent attention to detail, with the ability to manage multiple campaigns, priorities, budgets, and deadlines simultaneously.
  • Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively across teams and translate data into clear, actionable insights.
  • A curious, test-and-learn mindset and enthusiasm for identifying new ways to improve marketing performance.
  • This role is based in New York City and requires working in the office four days per week.

Benefits

  • Work with the Best: Collaborate with top-tier professionals across media, advertising, tech, fashion, lifestyle, and publishing, shaping the future of these dynamic industries.
  • Grow Your Skills: Unlock your potential with access to innovative training programs, immersive workshops, and exclusive industry events.
  • Work-Life Harmony: Enjoy the flexibility of hybrid work, empowering you to balance professional success with personal priorities.
  • Foster Connection & Belonging: Join our Employee Resource Groups and help create a welcoming workplace where everyone feels valued and empowered.
  • Wellness First: Prioritize your well-being with a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, and vision insurance from Day 1.
  • Plan for Your Financial Future: Enjoy competitive financial perks, including a 401(k) plan with a generous company match.
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As one of the nation’s largest global, diversified information, services and media companies, Hearst has been leading with purpose and integrity and innovating for more than a century. With a mission to inform audiences and improve lives, the company’s portfolio includes global financial services leader Fitch Group; Hearst Health, a group of medical information and services businesses; Hearst Transportation, which includes CAMP Systems International, a major provider of software-as-a-service solutions for managing the maintenance of jets and helicopters; 35 television stations; 24 daily and 52 weekly newspapers; more than 200 magazine editions around the world and ownership in cable television networks A&E, HISTORY, Lifetime and ESPN. Leading with purpose, Hearst is always moving forward. With a commitment to the highest quality in our products and services, we’re investing in healthcare solutions to help improve patient outcomes and technology that curbs emissions. Our brands are providing vital analysis, data and software to the global financial services industry; delivering important service and investigative journalism; and inspiring audiences with sports and entertainment programming. And we are dedicated to serving the communities it operates in, both civically and philanthropically.

Founded in 1981
New York, New York, USA
6.4K employees (1,993 in marketing)
65% recommend to a friend
78% CEO approval

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Associate Manager, Performance Marketing

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