Associate Media Director, Performance Media

San Francisco, CA (Hybrid)

Salary Not AvailableSenior Level5+ years expFull time

Posted 4 months ago

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Job Summary

Lead performance media strategy and optimization across paid channels to deliver client outcomes.

  • Own channel strategy across Paid Search, Paid Social, Programmatic, Video/CTV, and Retail Media
  • Must-have: 5–8+ years in performance marketing or digital media
  • Standout: Fluent with AI tools and automation in media workflows

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Own channel strategy across Paid Search, Paid Social, Programmatic, Video/CTV, and Retail Media
  • Develop integrated performance media plans, testing roadmaps, and optimization frameworks tied to client business outcomes
  • Lead channel mix and budget allocation decisions grounded in performance data and client objectives
  • Analyze campaign data to surface actionable insights — then translate those insights into clear narratives and concrete optimization recommendations for clients and internal teams
  • Present performance results, strategic POVs, and forward-looking plans to clients and senior stakeholders with clarity and confidence
  • Drive continuous optimization across campaigns — not just reporting what happened, but prescribing what to do next and why
  • Mentor media managers and contribute to agency-wide capability and process development
  • Actively integrate AI tools and automation into media planning, buying, and reporting workflows — we expect you to be hands-on with the technologies reshaping how media gets done

Requirements

  • 5–8+ years in performance marketing or digital media at a performance-focused agency
  • Full-stack media planner and buyer with demonstrated depth across paid search, programmatic, and paid social
  • Proven strategic leadership — you’ve owned channel strategy, shaped media plans, and built testing and optimization frameworks, not just executed campaigns
  • Exceptional ability to analyze performance data, extract actionable insights, and tell a clear, compelling story from the numbers that drives decision-making
  • Strong optimization instincts — you don’t just report results, you prescribe what to do next and can defend the recommendation
  • Experience managing or contributing to $3M–$10M+ annual media budgets
  • Confident, polished presenter who can hold a room with clients and senior stakeholders
  • Genuine fluency with AI tools and automation in media workflows — you’re already using them, not just curious about them

Preferred

  • Experience with consumer electronics, product-driven B2C, or technology clients
  • Familiarity with GA4, Looker, SA360, DV360, or similar platforms
  • Experience directing or coordinating work across distributed teams

Benefits

  • Full health, dental, vision insurance
  • Free concierge primary care with One Medical Membership
  • 401k matching
  • Hybrid work with 4 weeks of remote “Work from Anywhere” flexibility.
  • 20 days paid time off per year
  • 1 month paid sabbatical every 4 years
  • 8 weeks of primary parental leave
  • Fitness, home office, education allowance
  • Charitable gift matching
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