Director, Growth Marketing

New York, USA (Hybrid)

$110K/yr – $130K/yrDirector/Executive7+ years expFull time

Posted 4 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive growth marketing leadership and operating excellence for a high-growth agency-style client portfolio.

  • Own the growth marketing operating model, testing, attribution, and reporting.
  • Must-have: 7+ years in growth or performance marketing with leadership experience.
  • Standout: Direct collaboration with senior leadership and cross-account strategy including AI-driven improvements.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Own the growth marketing function’s operating model, including frameworks for testing, attribution, reporting, and performance evaluation
  • Define and enforce standards for campaign architecture, optimization methodology, and measurement across all platforms
  • Establish quality assurance processes to ensure consistency, accuracy, and performance excellence across client accounts
  • Maintain active, hands-on involvement in campaign architecture and optimization for high-priority or complex client accounts. You will personally diagnose performance issues, audit ad accounts, and direct or approve advanced strategies across Meta, Reddit, and Native platforms
  • Lead and develop a team of Analysts and Senior Managers, focusing on leadership capability, decision-making quality, and strategic thinking
  • Coach managers on how to manage teams, assess performance, and scale impact through others
  • Serve as the escalation point for complex people, performance, or delivery challenges.
  • Maintain visibility into high-impact or high-risk accounts, stepping in to audit, diagnose, or course-correct when necessary
  • Identify systemic performance risks and address root causes through process, training, or structural changes
  • Partner with senior leadership to align growth marketing strategy with broader company goals and revenue targets
  • Own the health, retention, and growth of a significant client portfolio at a strategic level
  • Participate in client conversations, escalations, and quarterly business reviews
  • Ensure revenue pacing, forecasting, and performance expectations are met through disciplined execution across teams
  • Partner with the Creative and Content teams to ideate, test, and refine content and campaign strategies that maximize conversion and efficiency
  • Evaluate emerging platforms, tools, and technologies, including AI-driven solutions, to improve efficiency and competitive advantage
  • Drive continuous improvement by evolving processes as the business and ecosystem change.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Economics, Business, Statistics, or a related field
  • 7+ years of experience in growth, digital acquisition, or performance marketing within an agency or performance-driven environment
  • Proven experience managing direct reports and developing senior individual contributors into leaders
  • Deep expertise in performance marketing platforms such as Meta Ads Manager, with the ability to audit, evaluate, and challenge execution quality at a senior level
  • Strong strategic and analytical capabilities, including advanced understanding of attribution, measurement frameworks, and performance diagnostics
  • Executive-level communication skills, with the ability to influence senior stakeholders and navigate complex client environments
  • Track record of operating in high-growth, fast-moving organizations where priorities shift and systems must scale quickly
  • Demonstrated ability to balance strategic thinking with accountability for results
  • Interest in how automation and AI can improve performance marketing systems and decision-making.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to define and scale a critical function within a high-growth organization
  • Direct partnership with senior leadership on strategy, structure, and growth initiatives
  • High autonomy, high accountability, and meaningful influence over how work gets done
  • Collaborative, creative culture that values innovation and accountability
  • Hybrid flexibility with one required in-office day per week in NYC
  • Global client exposure and long-term career growth opportunities.
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GeistM

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GeistM leverages proprietary technology and strategic integrations with key players in content creation, distribution, real-time analytics, and social sharing to drive profitable customer acquisition at scale. We offer network optimization, publisher optimization, headline optimization, content creation, content enhancement, A/B and multivariate testing, landing page optimization, network scaling and social scaling to maximize profitable customer conversion and efficiency of spend.

Founded in 2011
New York, New York, US
42 employees (23 in marketing)
68% recommend to a friend

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
21.8K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
39.2%
Direct
43.6%
Referral
9.2%
Social
6.4%
Paid
1.1%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~41

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
22 (54% of company)
Median Career Experience
10 years
Median Tenure
5.5 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
1

Funding

Last Raise
Pre Seed, 15 years ago

Funding History

  • Jan 2011
    Pre Seed