Manager, Media Planning & Strategy

Walnut Creek, CA (Unknown)

$132K/yr – $166K/yrManager5+ years expFull time

Posted 6 days ago

Job Summary

Own and lead digital marketing initiatives, driving paid media strategies and rapid experimentation to improve CPA and lead quality while aligning with product launches and brand initiatives.

  • Owns overarching digital marketing objectives and KPI tracking
  • Leads a team of digital specialists and partners with senior leadership

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Oversees Digital Marketing Objectives
  • Develops digital marketing strategies to drive business performance through the execution of paid advertising campaigns
  • Act as the primary point of contact for senior leadership and other department heads. Ensure paid media initiatives are integrated with broader marketing campaigns, product launches, and brand initiatives.
  • Lead a team of digital specialists, providing clear direction, professional development, and performance feedback to ensure collective success.
  • Drive a culture of "rapid experimentation." Guide the team in A/B testing, landing page optimization, and channel diversification to lower CPA and improve lead quality.
  • Evaluate current workflows and implement new protocols to ensure the team operates with maximum productivity and executional excellence.
  • Track core KPIs to provide clear visibility into performance and drive data-backed decision-making.
  • Provides recommendations and solutions for both short and long term actions to executive management.
  • Ensure the team is capturing and analyzing the right metrics to maximize ROI across paid search, display, video, and remarketing.

Requirements

  • Minimum Qualifications Bachelor’s degree in Marketing or a related field or combination of education and relevant experience
  • 5 years of experience in digital marketing including 2-3 proven leadership or people management experience

Preferred

  • Master's degree or MBA

Benefits

  • Benefits – Medical, Dental, Vision, wellness program and more!
  • Paid Holidays
  • Paid Time Off – Team Members accrue paid time off monthly. Depending on position, an additional 24 hours per year are earmarked for volunteer activities.
  • Collaborative Environment – AAA will value your contribution to providing exceptional service to our members
  • Free AAA Classic Membership
  • AAA Product Discounts
  • Tuition Reimbursement Program
  • 401k Matching – $1 for $1 company match up to 6% of eligible earnings per pay period
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AAA Mountain West Group

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AAA. Always here for our Members, communities, and you.Welcome to AAA Mountain West Group. For well over a century, we’ve continued our long-standing commitment to diligently serve our Members and communities. We have achieved this, and our exemplary reputation, by delivering our wide range of services that span from the roadside assistance we’re famous for; to automobile, homeowners, life and other personal lines of insurance; as well as travel services; and discounts that allow our Members to enjoy life both on and off the road. Beyond the top services we offer, there is still so much more to AAA. We also lead the way in the advocacy for alternative fuels and vehicles, encourage our employees to take advantage of the ability to volunteer their time to deserving organizations and causes in our communities, and offer an array of community focused programs such as car seat installation, teen safe driving, approved auto repair, and AAA battery round-up.Naturally, our leadership and excellence means finding the right individuals driven to continue and support the AAA commitment to serving our Members. We’re always looking for passionate people just like you to bring your unique perspectives and ideas to strengthen our team. Joining AAA means the opportunity to be yourself while building a successful career. You’ll also be able to take comfort in knowing that you’ll be covered by some of the best and competitive benefits in the industry.

Walnut Creek, California, USA
2K employees (88 in marketing)
57% recommend to a friend
73% CEO approval

Salaries

Posted range

$132K/yr – $166K/yr

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Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
72 (4% of company)
Median Tenure
5 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
5

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
17.2M
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$18.9M
Traffic Source Mix
Search
36.4%
Direct
56%
Referral
5.8%
Social
0.4%
Paid
1.2%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~2K

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Manager, Media Planning & Strategy

AAA Mountain West Group · Walnut Creek, CA · Unknown