Vans: Senior Manager, Media Strategy

Costa Mesa, CA (On-site)

$125K/yr – $157K/yrSenior Level7+ years expFull time

Posted 2 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own the Americas paid media engine, aligning strategy, budget, and measurement to drive brand lift and revenue across social, search, programmatic, and new formats.

  • Growth ownership: Strategy and execution across U.S. and Canada with multi-channel paid media including social, search, video, CTV, audio, and OOH.
  • Investment discipline: Manage a multi-million dollar budget, optimize for ROI, and report weekly on traffic and revenue impact.
  • Measurement discipline: Partner on MROI, incrementality, and attribution, plus run experiments on new formats and platforms.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • As the Sr. Manager, Media Strategy, you will work directly with the Americas Marketing team, leading the strategy, execution, and optimization of all paid media efforts, reporting into the Director, Digital Marketing.
  • Your day will involve leading a team of paid media associates and agency partners to collectively drive brand awareness, product consideration, and revenue growth to meet our full-funnel business priorities.
  • Collaborating closely with marketing, e-commerce, and finance leadership to align on business objectives and form strategic planning and performance targets.
  • You’ll review campaign performance and make high-impact decisions on budget allocation across all paid media channels including social, search, programmatic, affiliate, and emerging platforms.
  • Strategy and Execution : Lead integrated media strategy and execution across the U.S. and Canada, spanning social, search, video, Connected TV, audio, and out-of-home. Align media plans with regional business objectives and global brand strategy to drive brand awareness, product consideration, and measurable sales impact.
  • Media Investment and Impact : Manage a multi-million-dollar media budget, making strategic allocation decisions to maximize ROI. Track performance against ambitious traffic and revenue goals, present weekly insights to leadership, and continuously optimize campaigns to meet or exceed forecasts.
  • Measurement and Innovation: Partner with external measurement and analytics teams to evaluate media effectiveness using metrics such as MROI, incrementality, and attribution. Lead experimentation with new ad formats, emerging platforms, and media measurement capabilities to drive growth and maintain a competitive edge.

Requirements

  • 7-10 years of direct-to-consumer brand and performance media experience
  • High proficiency in digital and social media networks: Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat, Pinterest, Google, CTV, audio
  • Traditional media buying experience: OOH, TV, print
  • Performance marketing (acquisition and retention) strategy, execution, and optimization
  • Advanced analytics and measurement skills; managing measurement towards KPI's
  • Experience with budget management

Preferred

  • Experience with lifestyle apparel/footwear brand is a plus
  • Understanding of Canadian market is a plus

Benefits

  • Benefits at VF Corporation : You can review a general overview of each benefit program offered, including this year's medical plan rates on www.MyVFbenefits.com and by clicking Looking to Join VF? Detailed information on your benefits will be provided during the hiring process.
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VF Corporation is one of the world’s largest apparel, footwear and accessories companies connecting people to the lifestyles, activities and experiences they cherish most through a family of iconic outdoor, active and workwear brands including Vans®, The North Face®, Timberland® and Dickies®. Our purpose is to power movements of sustainable and active lifestyles for the betterment of people and our planet. We believe that when you discover the difference between a career and a calling, you get so much more out of life. When those lines begin to blur, you start to limit yourself much less and start aiming for more. That’s what we want for everyone who joins us at VF. And frankly, that’s what it takes to thrive here too. For more information, please visit vfc.com.

Denver, Colorado, USA
30K employees (2,377 in marketing)
66% recommend to a friend
56% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
243.7K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
40.3%
Direct
49.9%
Referral
6.2%
Social
2.6%
Paid
0.8%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~31.5K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
1,550 (5% of company)
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
9

Funding

Total Funding
$1.8B
Last Raise
Post IPO Equity, 2 years ago

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