Director of User Acquisition

Seattle, WA (On-site)

$150K/yr – $185K/yrDirector/ExecutiveFull time

Posted 2 months ago

Top 1% of applicants do these two things.

The other 99% submit and hope. You're about to do something different.

Job Summary

Drive paid acquisition strategy and in-house UA growth for Read AI.

  • Own and scale paid acquisition across Meta, Google, and emerging platforms with CAC/ROAS accountability.
  • Must-have: Proven hands-on scale across multiple apps or products with high spend.
  • Standout: Build in-house UA, reducing agency reliance and speeding learning.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Own and scale paid acquisition across channels (Meta, Google, emerging platforms), with clear accountability for CAC, ROAS, and revenue growth
  • Lead creative strategy as a core growth lever—drive high-volume testing, iteration, and optimization of ad creatives
  • Build and manage an in-house UA function, reducing reliance on agencies and increasing velocity of learning and execution
  • Develop and refine attribution models, incrementality testing, and performance measurement frameworks
  • Identify and unlock new acquisition channels (e.g., affiliate, TikTok, Snapchat)
  • Continuously test and optimize targeting, bidding, and campaign structures
  • Partner closely with Product/Operations/Engineering teams to optimize landing pages and conversion funnels by channel
  • Ensure tight alignment between ad creative, messaging, and on-site experience to maximize conversion rates
  • Collaborate on experimentation roadmaps across acquisition and funnel optimization

Requirements

  • Proven track record running and scaling paid acquisition (ideally hands-on experience across multiple apps or products)
  • Deep expertise in Meta (Facebook/Instagram) advertising; familiarity with other channels (Google, affiliate, etc.)
  • Strong analytical mindset—comfortable building attribution models and interpreting complex datasets
  • Demonstrated ability to lead creative-driven growth strategies (not just media buying)
  • “Growth hacker” mentality: highly experimental, innovative, and constantly testing new approaches
  • Experience managing high spend and scaling efficiently

Benefits

  • equity
  • low deductible health plans
  • flexible time away and family leave programs
Read AI logo

Read AI

Read AI is an AI copilot for wherever you work, making your meetings, emails, and messages more productive with summaries, content discovery, and recommendations.

Founded in 2021
Seattle, Washington, USA
104 employees (5 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
3.5M
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$26
Traffic Source Mix
Search
25.8%
Direct
68.7%
Referral
3.7%
Social
0.6%
Paid
1.1%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~104

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
5 (5% of company)

Funding

Total Funding
$81M
Last Raise
$50M
Series B, 1 years ago

Funding History

  • Oct 2024
    Series B • $50M
  • Apr 2024
    Series A • $21M
  • Sep 2021
    Seed • $10M

Recent News