Director, Growth Strategy

USA (Hybrid)

Salary Not AvailableDirector/Executive10+ years expFull time

Posted 1 day ago

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Job Summary

Own and scale client growth by leading integrated paid media and cross-functional teams, while shaping financial projections and multi-channel strategies.

  • Drive multi-channel growth programs and ensure alignment across teams.
  • Collaborate with finance and data teams to forecast spend and measure impact.
  • Lead a global mix of designers, marketers, and data analysts to execute client strategies.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Develop integrated growth strategies that deliver millions in yearly growth for clients.
  • Developing campaigns where all marketing channels are working together and be able to clearly articulate overall themes as well as trends across the paid media plan.
  • Work on financial projections, budgets, P&L, and other financial documents to be shared internally, with the client, and used as a north star for work.
  • Work with our data team to deliver financial projections, customer cohort analyses, and media plans.
  • Work with Darkroom Finance team to project client spend and increase it based on performance.
  • Leverage these data insights to develop unique marketing strategies across various industries.
  • Lead multiple teams of designers, paid acquisition marketers, retention marketers, and data analysts across the globe for your client portfolio.
  • Work with Darkroom success to develop fractional and dedicated marketing org charts based on client needs.

Requirements

  • 10+ years of paid media experience with a minimum of 7 years in DTC or E-Commerce.
  • You are a master of the DTC P&L and are comfortable engaging in discussions around contribution margin, new customer revenue, and repeat revenue.
  • You understand revenue is a derivative of AOV, CVR, CPM, Traffic and can articulate this in a marketing pro-forma.
  • You have a great willingness to understand (and master) how integrated paid media drives growth impact on the other channels (Amazon, Retail), not just DTC.
  • You are a master of constructing e-commerce funnels that include irresistible offers, healthy AOV, and speak to the UVPs of a product. You can build creative strategies off these funnels and communicate them clearly to the client.
  • You are excited by complex challenges that require innovative marketing strategies to unlock scale.
  • Your 5-10 year plan has you becoming a CMO or CEO of your own brand.
  • You are excited by the challenge to work at the intersection of growth marketing, creative advertising, and financial analysis.
  • You have an acute attention to detail and are capable of project managing large teams with various functions.
  • You are able to be flexible, understand shifting client needs, deal with ambiguity, and adapt to the situation.

Benefits

  • Unlimited PTO + US holidays: Rebooting is part of the work. Take the time you need to stay sharp.
  • Remote-First Culture: Many roles are fully remote. Employees based in or near our New York or Lisbon HQs are expected to work hybrid with weekly in-office time. Hub locations include the Brazil and Spain.
  • Health & Wellness: Company-sponsored medical, dental, and vision coverage.
  • Finances, growth, and retirement: Darkroom offers a robust 401(k) program with company match and profit-sharing opportunities to help you save and grow as the company grows.
  • Parental Leave: Flexible parental leave to support new parents during this important transition.
  • Growth: Our interdisciplinary model gives every Darkroomer exposure far beyond their core role. Grow your skills, expand your influence, and stay at the forefront of the industry.
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Darkroom

Darkroom is a technology-driven growth marketing firm focused on growth-stage consumer companies. We were founded in 2017 out of a conviction that the iconic ad agencies of tomorrow would look very different. Darkroom is a human services firm built on a universal AI commerce layer called Matter. Our model deploys a unique blend of senior, human resources enriched by an agentic technology stack that enhances output, efficiency, and revenue generation for our clients. Our team has been responsible for billions of dollars in trackable revenue across the various e-commerce marketplace, direct-to-consumer, and social commerce programs under management. Using research aggregated across these engagements, we accelerate results for our portfolio by developing high-impact digital strategies that unlock gateways to revenue growth, transform marketing operations, and prioritize profitability.What started as a boutique design agency evolved into one of the fastest-growing private companies in America (Inc. 5000), one of the most successful results-driven performance media agencies of the 2020s (Varos), and esteemed recognition by Forbes 30 Under 30 for our founders’ contribution in Marketing & Advertising (Forbes).SERVICES:Darkroom strictly focuses on developing the next-generation of digital services. We choose to add impact in the areas where brands presently need them most and over-index on e-commerce marketplace, direct-to-consumer, and social commerce services that deliver trackable revenue. Core Darkroom service verticals include E-commerce Marketplace Management, Retail Media, Paid Media Management, Performance Creative, Social Commerce, and Customer Retention, among others. We are the only performance agency with a design-grade creative team and a certified Chief Creative Officer. These creative sensibilities are infused into our growth marketing.Darkroom is sister to Matter, our commerce technology layer.

Founded in 2017
New York, New York, USA
125 employees (59 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
23.6K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
34.6%
Direct
47.4%
Referral
9.6%
Social
7.2%
Paid
1%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~125

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
33 (26% of company)
Median Career Experience
5 years
Median Tenure
5.6 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
3