Paid Media Director

San Francisco, CA (Hybrid)

$194K/yr - $248K/yr (Est.)Senior Level8+ years expFull time

Posted 4 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive Patreon’s paid growth with an in-house media capability and creator-first offerings.

  • Own and operationalize Patreon’s paid media strategy to grow creators and revenue.
  • Must-have: 8+ years in performance marketing with hands-on planning, buying, and optimization.
  • Standout: Cross-functional collaboration across Marketing, Product, Legal, and Trust & Safety to build trust-driven programs.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Develop Patreon’s performance marketing strategy and build an in-house paid media capability to support creators.
  • Shape how Patreon invests in paid channels to drive growth; design a new offering that helps creators access paid media effectively, ethically, and creator-first.
  • Work cross-functionally with Product Marketing, Brand, Product, Engineering, Legal, and Trust & Safety to ensure a trust-building approach that grows creator audiences and revenue.

Requirements

  • 8+ years of experience in performance marketing, paid media strategy, or media buying, ideally in a tech, platform, or creator-economy context.
  • Proven track record of developing paid media strategies that drive measurable growth.
  • Hands-on experience planning, buying, and optimizing campaigns across key digital channels.
  • Strong understanding of attribution models, incrementality testing, and growth measurement frameworks.
  • Ability to build new capabilities from the ground up, balancing strategic vision with tactical execution.
  • Excellent collaboration skills, with experience partnering across Marketing, Product, Legal, and Trust/Safety functions.
  • Deep empathy for creators and passion for building trust-driven growth programs.

Preferred

  • Experience designing media programs or services that support third-party partners (e.g. creators, small businesses, or customers).
  • Knowledge of privacy regulations (GDPR, CCPA) and brand safety best practices in paid advertising.
  • Familiarity with influencer marketing, fan acquisition funnels, and creator monetization models.

Benefits

  • Patreon offers a competitive benefits package including salary, equity plans, healthcare, flexible time off, company holidays and recharge days, commuter benefits, lifestyle stipends, learning and development stipends, patronage, parental leave, and 401k plan with matching.
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Patreon

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Patreon is the best place for creators to build community with their biggest fans, share exclusive work, and turn their passions into lasting creative businesses.Hundreds of thousands of video creators, podcasters, musicians, writers, game developers, and more are achieving creative and financial freedom doing what they love on Patreon, powered directly by fans who love what they do.Our endgame? A future where creators are in control, and real community thrives.

Founded in 2013
San Francisco, California, USA
1.1K employees (475 in marketing)
56% recommend to a friend
57% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
120.1M
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$1.7K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
17.4%
Direct
67.2%
Referral
7.9%
Social
7.3%
Paid
0.1%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~1.1K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
258 (23% of company)
Median Career Experience
12 years
Median Tenure
2.8 years

Funding

Total Funding
$413.3M
Last Raise
$155M
Secondary Market, 4 years ago

Funding History

  • Nov 2021
    Secondary Market
  • Sep 2021
    Series Unknown
  • Apr 2021
    Series F • $155M

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