Associate Director of Social Performance

Dallas, TX (Remote)

$130K/yr – $150K/yrSenior Level5+ years expFull time

Posted 3 hrs ago

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Job Summary

Own and lead strategic client engagements and campaigns, driving growth, performance analysis, and cross-functional collaboration across a book of business.

  • Strategic client ownership and expansion opportunities
  • End-to-end campaign management and optimization across multiple channels
  • Performance analysis, reporting, and continuous improvement

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Client Strategy & Account Ownership - Serve as the primary strategic advisor and point of contact for assigned client accounts. - Develop a deep understanding of client goals, business challenges, and growth opportunities. - Lead campaign strategy, performance reviews, and optimization discussions. - Build strong client relationships that drive retention, satisfaction, and long-term growth. - Identify opportunities to expand services and increase client value.
  • Campaign Management & Media Buying - Build, launch, manage, and optimize campaigns across paid social, paid search, streaming TV, video, programmatic, and emerging digital channels. - Manage campaign budgets, audience targeting, bidding strategies, creative testing, conversion tracking, and pacing. - Monitor campaign performance and implement data-driven optimizations to maximize results. - Ensure campaigns are executed according to platform best practices and Ignite operational standards.
  • Performance Analysis & Reporting - Analyze campaign performance and identify opportunities to improve lead generation, conversions, ROI, and overall business outcomes. - Build and present client-facing reports that translate campaign data into actionable insights and recommendations. - Continuously test new audiences, creative, bidding strategies, and campaign approaches to improve performance.
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration - Partner with Sales, Account Management, Creative, Search Strategists, Campaign Managers, Interactive Strategists, and Operations to ensure successful campaign execution and client satisfaction. - Support new client onboarding, campaign launches, and ongoing strategic initiatives. - Foster strong communication across teams to deliver a seamless client experience.
  • Performance Accountability - Own the performance of an assigned book of business, including campaign delivery, lead quality, client satisfaction, and business outcomes. - Drive account growth through proactive optimization, strategic planning, and continuous improvement. - Stay current on digital marketing trends, platform updates, attribution methodologies, and industry best practices.
  • Divisional Leadership - Lead, mentor, and develop Media Strategists and Buyers within the Ignite Pro division. - Manage onboarding, coaching, workload balancing, performance reviews, and professional development for direct reports. - Establish team goals, monitor capacity, and support hiring and organizational growth. - Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, continuous learning, and high performance.
  • Operational Excellence - Develop and improve campaign workflows, operating procedures, quality standards, and service-level expectations. - Establish performance benchmarks and scalable processes that improve efficiency and support division growth. - Identify opportunities for operational improvements through automation, process optimization, and cross-functional collaboration.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of experience managing and optimizing digital marketing campaigns across paid social, paid search, programmatic, streaming TV, video, or other performance marketing channels.
  • Experience managing client relationships and serving as a strategic marketing advisor.
  • Hands-on experience within platforms such as Meta Ads Manager, Google Ads, DV360, The Trade Desk, LinkedIn Ads, TikTok Ads, or similar advertising platforms.
  • Strong understanding of audience targeting, bidding strategies, attribution, conversion tracking, and campaign optimization.
  • Demonstrated ability to analyze performance data and translate insights into measurable business results.
  • Exceptional communication, presentation, and relationship-building skills.
  • Highly organized with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
  • Agency, media, or client-facing digital marketing experience strongly preferred.

Preferred

  • Previous experience leading, mentoring, or managing digital marketing professionals is preferred
  • Agency, media, or client-facing digital marketing experience strongly preferred

Benefits

  • Competitive Salary + Commission on Directly Managed Post-Live Revenue
  • 3 weeks of PTO (+ 9 paid holidays)
  • Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
  • 401(k) Retirement Plan
  • Casual, high-energy work environment
  • Opportunity for upward mobility
  • Company provided laptop
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Townsquare Ignite

Townsquare Ignite is a customer-centric, data-driven technology provider of cross-platform advertising solutions including programmatic, search, marketing and client services. We leverage the widest variety of DSPs and data partners available to deliver personalized solutions to meet our clients' needs at the local, mid-market and national levels. Townsquare Ignite is where context meets precision.

Founded in 2010
New York, NY, US
182 employees (109 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
4.4K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
29%
Direct
47.5%
Referral
7%
Social
14.9%
Paid
1.3%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~202

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
102 (50% of company)
Median Career Experience
6 years
Median Tenure
4.2 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
6

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