Director of Paid Media

Walnut Creek, CA (Remote)

$140K/yr – $190K/yrDirector/Executive7+ years expFull time

Posted 2 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own paid social for Home Services while building a scalable AI-augmented workflow that ties spend to leads, CPL, CAC, and ROAS.

  • Channel Ownership: Lead paid social and native display with Meta as the core platform, driving higher quality leads and better unit economics.
  • Experimentation & AI: Build a disciplined testing program and an AI-enabled planning, research, and reporting loop to speed optimization.
  • Cross-Functional Alignment: Collaborate with Creative, Analytics, Product, Engineering, and Sales to anchor media investments to business priorities and robust attribution.

Job Description

Responsibilities - Own paid social & native display advertising for the Home Services vertical - Build and scale Buyerlink’s paid social capability - Own channel economics and investment - Build a rigorous experimentation program - Strengthen measurement and attribution - Integrate AI into the paid media workflow - Lead cross-functional execution - Own paid social and native advertising strategy for Buyerlink’s Home Services vertical, with Meta as the primary platform. - Build, launch, manage, and optimize campaigns across Facebook, Instagram, native, display, and emerging social platforms. - Increase qualified lead volume while improving CPL, CAC, ROAS, lead acceptance, contact rates, revenue, and margin contribution. - Create a disciplined testing program across creative, audiences, offers, landing pages, bidding, campaign structure, categories, and markets. - Partner with Creative, Product, Analytics, Engineering, Sales, Finance, and Home Services leadership to align media strategy with business priorities. - Strengthen measurement and reporting across Meta Pixel, Conversions API, offline conversions, CRM audiences, attribution, and downstream lead quality. - Use AI tools to improve campaign planning, research, creative iteration, analysis, forecasting, reporting, and experimentation speed. - Develop the paid social playbook, operating model, processes, and team structure needed to scale the channel across Buyerlink. - Share clear performance insights, risks, recommendations, and investment plans with senior leadership.
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Buyerlink

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Buyerlink is a leading online auction marketplace for performance-based marketing. Conducting millions of auctions monthly, Buyerlink’s patented technology allows businesses to access hyper-targeted consumer demand at any scale. Offering Enhanced Clicks™, qualified leads, inbound calls, transfers, call-verified leads, and pre-set appointments, Buyerlink enables businesses to meet customers where they are. The Buyerlink platform is category-agnostic, and currently serves the automotive, home services, home warranty, insurance, legal, real estate, and solar sectors. Buyerlink is fully owned by One Planet Group, a hybrid tech firm that runs a suite of online technology and media businesses. Spanning a variety of industries including ad tech, publishing, and media, One Planet’s mission is to support strong business ideas while building an ethos that helps improve society and gives back to communities. In 2021, Buyerlink acquired FiveStrata, a cost-per-lead solution for the solar and home warranty industries, and RingPartner, a leader in the pay-per-call space. SkyRocket Media, a performance-based marketing company with established partnerships in the rent-to-own, foreclosure, and mortgage sectors, was acquired in 2022. With staff in Argentina, Armenia, Canada, Germany, Ukraine, and the United States, Buyerlink’s global headquarters is located in Walnut Creek, California.

Founded in 2001
Walnut Creek, CA, US
140 employees (16 in marketing)
73% recommend to a friend
73% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
9.3K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
33.5%
Direct
43.5%
Referral
10.4%
Social
10.7%
Paid
1.5%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~146

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
15 (10% of company)
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
1

Funding

Total Funding
$125.6M
Last Raise
$41M
Debt Financing, 2 years ago

Funding History

  • Sep 2024
    Debt Financing • $41M
  • May 2014
    Series D
  • Jul 2011
    Private Equity • $41M

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