Director of Media - Merrell Rockford, MI

Rockford, MI (Unknown)

Salary Not AvailableDirector/Executive8+ years exp

Posted 3 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive the end-to-end media strategy and investments for growth across performance and brand, leading a high-performing integrated team.

  • Own holistic media strategy, budget frameworks, and channel mix across funnel and markets.
  • Must-have: 8+ years in media leadership with both performance and brand experience.
  • Standout: Leadership of cross-functional teams, agencies, and modern measurement frameworks (MMM, incrementality).

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Own the holistic media strategy across full funnel, balancing performance efficiency with brand-building impact.
  • Define annual and quarterly media investment frameworks, including budget allocation across channels, funnel stages, and markets.
  • Lead channel mix optimization, ensuring the right balance between lower-funnel conversion and upper-funnel demand generation.
  • Establish a clear media role for brand vs. performance, aligned to business goals and growth horizons.
  • Partner with Brand leadership to ensure media amplifies platform storytelling (not just distributes assets).
  • Oversee performance channels including paid search, paid social, affiliates, display, and emerging platforms.
  • Drive ROAS, CAC efficiency, and revenue growth, while ensuring spend is incremental and not over-optimized.
  • Lead testing and optimization roadmap across audiences, creative, landing experiences, and platforms.
  • Identify and scale new growth levers across digital acquisition channels.
  • Lead strategy and execution of upper-funnel and brand media investments (video, partnerships, sponsorships, cultural platforms, etc.).

Requirements

  • 8+ years in media, digital marketing, or integrated marketing leadership roles.
  • Proven experience managing both performance marketing and brand media investment.
  • Strong understanding of full-funnel media strategy and channel roles.
  • Deep expertise in performance channels (search, social, display, affiliates) and familiarity with brand/upper-funnel media.
  • Experience with modern measurement approaches (MMM, incrementality, attribution).
  • Demonstrated leadership of teams and agencies.
  • Experience managing complexity in fast-paced, high growth environments.
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