Sr. Manager, Performance Creative

Boston, MA (Hybrid)

$110K/yr – $135K/yrSenior Level7+ years expFull time

Posted 3 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive the Sr. Manager, Performance Creative role at Planet Fitness, leading personalized creative and Dynamic Creative Optimization (DCO) at scale to improve engagement and conversions.

  • Own development of personalized creative at scale and DCO programs.
  • Must-have: 7+ years in creative automation or digital marketing with proven DCO leadership.
  • Standout: Cross-functional leadership across Brand, Media, and CRM to align creative with business goals.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Lead creative strategy and development across digital paid media and .com landing pages, ensuring assets are data-informed, brand-aligned, and KPI-driven.
  • Develop and manage our Dynamic Creative Optimization (DCO) program, partnering to launch and refine personalized variations at scale.
  • Use audience insights, brand RTBs, and performance data to oversee creative development for resonant content.
  • Drive collaboration across Brand, Media, and CRM teams to develop creative for distinct audiences.
  • Align creative concepts and oversee copywriting to reflect media targeting, formats, and opportunities with brand tone.
  • Seek automation opportunities and stay ahead of digital trends and personalization techniques.
  • Partner with Media, Analytics, and Technology teams to ensure data-enabled, technically sound creative strategies.
  • Establish and manage a creative testing roadmap, including A/B and multivariate tests.
  • Own creative performance reporting and translate learnings into senior-level presentations.
  • Own program documents, including briefs, statuses, and budget trackers.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Advertising, Communications, or related field preferred
  • 7+ years of experience in creative automation or digital marketing for national or multi-location brands
  • Proven track record of DCO programs with platforms such as Google Marketing Platform, Innovid/Flashtalking, Clinch, Smartly, Meta, or The Trade Desk
  • Deep understanding of creative data feeds, dynamic templates, and audience-based personalization
  • Ability to build relationships with creative, media, and technology partners and translate data into direction
  • Understanding of dynamic ad platforms, data integrations, and production workflows for personalized creative
  • Strong multi-project management skills with independent, clear communication and craft
  • Ability to stay ahead of industry trends and view campaigns as learning opportunities
  • Analytical meets Creative: comfortable interpreting dashboards and brainstorming concepts
  • Curious and Experimental: thrives on testing and optimization

Benefits

  • Planet Fitness offers comprehensive benefits including core medical, dental, vision, life and disability coverage
  • Generous time off, volunteer time, childcare reimbursement, paid parental leave, tuition reimbursement, and learning programs
  • 401(k) with safe harbor match and employee stock purchase plan
  • Eligible for annual corporate bonus based on company and personal performance
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Planet Fitness

Founded in 2008 by Jon Evans and Scott Sanders, Houston Fitness Partners, an independently owned and operating franchisee of Planet Fitness, is growing rapidly and currently has 40 locations across the Houston, TX area. Sharing the same mission as our franchisor, our goal is to provide a high-quality fitness experience in a welcoming, non-intimidating environment where anyone can feel they belong, which we call the Judgement Free Zone®. We bring that same culture into our day-to-day operations by following our core values focused on People, Fun, Honesty, Accountability, and Drive. Planet Fitness is one of the largest and fastest-growing franchisors and operators of fitness centers in the United States, with more than 2,000 locations. More than 90% of Planet Fitness stores are owned and operated by independent businessmen and women, all striving to provide a high-quality fitness experience at an affordable price so that all will have access to fitness for both physical and mental health well-being.

Founded in 2008
Houston, Texas, USA
55 employees (3 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
6M
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$3.2M
Traffic Source Mix
Search
58.2%
Direct
34.6%
Referral
5.7%
Social
0.5%
Paid
0.8%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~55

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
3 (5% of company)