Associate Director, Search Performance Marketing

Chicago, IL (On-site)

$97K/yr – $149K/yrSenior Level5+ years expFull time

Posted 3 hrs ago

Job Summary

Own campaign execution across Google Ads, lead platform strategy, drive operational excellence, deliver performance insights, collaborate cross-functionally, support testing, and contribute to Dysrupt’s culture.

  • Own campaign execution across Google Ads (Search, YouTube, Shopping, Performance Max)
  • Lead platform strategy rooted in client goals and benchmarks
  • Collaborate with Creative and Analytics to align with broader goals

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Own Campaign Execution: Build, launch, and optimize campaigns across Google Ads (Search, YouTube, Shopping, Performance Max) with a focus on flawless execution.
  • Lead Platform Strategy: Develop paid media plans and tactical approaches rooted in client goals, industry benchmarks, and historical insights.
  • Drive Operational Excellence: Champion internal processes, campaign QA, pacing checks, and reporting frameworks to ensure seamless delivery across all clients.
  • Deliver Performance Insights: Analyze campaign data, uncover trends, and package insights into compelling stories that drive client trust and decision-making.
  • Collaborate Cross-functionally: Partner closely with Client Leads, Creative, and Analytics to ensure your strategies ladder up to broader campaign goals.
  • Support Innovation & Testing: Own test design and execution within your book of business, helping move both client performance and agency capabilities forward.
  • Contribute to Culture: Share knowledge, platform updates, and POVs across the team to keep Dysrupt’s media offering sharp, fast, and future-focused.

Requirements

  • 5-6 years of experience running performance marketing campaigns in Google Ads, along with experience in any of the following platforms: YouTube, Microsoft Ads (Bing), TikTok, Meta, or Amazon.
  • Expert-level knowledge of paid media campaign structures, pacing, optimization levers, and KPI alignment.
  • Deep comfort with large datasets, ad tech tools, and reporting platforms like Google Data Studio (Looker Studio).
  • Clear and confident communicator—able to explain strategies and insights to clients and internal partners alike.
  • Proven track record of running complex campaigns independently with speed, accuracy, and performance results.
  • A proactive and solutions-oriented mindset; you identify issues early and take initiative to solve them.
  • Strong organizational skills with the ability to juggle multiple accounts and priorities.

Benefits

  • medical coverage
  • dental
  • vision
  • disability
  • 401K
  • parential and family care leave
  • family forming assistance
  • tuition reimbursement
  • flexible time off
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Dysrupt

We’re an agency looking to defy the status quo.We’re in the business of making your business better. And it’s our mission to give our partners the most compelling advertising experience possible.While everyone else is concerned about the best practices of yesterday, we are discovering and defining innovative solutions for tomorrow. We do that by moving fast, breaking rules, rebuilding systems, generating solutions and taking performance to its limits -- then pushing it even farther.We’re here to be the arbiters of change. To rock the boat. To upset the apple cart. To cause a disturbance in the force.We’re here to Dysrupt.

Founded in 2020
Los Angeles, California, USA
32 employees (17 in marketing)

Salaries

Posted range

$97K/yr – $149K/yr

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Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
15 (47% of company)
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
2

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
12.5K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
38.6%
Direct
41.8%
Referral
7.7%
Social
10.2%
Paid
1.3%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~32
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Associate Director, Search Performance Marketing

Dysrupt · Chicago, IL · On-site