Director of Paid Media

Madison, MS (Remote)

$160K/yr – $175K/yrDirector/Executive8+ years expFull time

Posted 14 hrs ago

Job Summary

Own and scale a $20M+ paid media program across Meta, CTV, paid search, native, and display while leading creative, testing, and cross-functional alignment to drive ROI and growth.

  • Own strategy, execution, and optimization of large-scale paid media across multiple channels.
  • Build and lead a performance marketing organization with a focus on measurable growth and efficiency.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Own the strategy, execution, optimization, and scaling of a $20M+ annual paid media budget across Meta, CTV, Paid Search, Native, Display, and emerging channels.
  • Remain highly hands-on within advertising platforms, personally monitoring campaign performance and driving optimization efforts.
  • Lead and mentor the creative team responsible for ad copy, video production, graphic design, editing, messaging, and campaign execution.
  • Ensure all creative initiatives are driven by measurable performance, testing frameworks, and return on investment.
  • Build structured experimentation programs that continuously improve creative performance, lead quality, and customer acquisition costs.
  • Develop scalable marketing systems for campaign launches, QA, reporting, forecasting, budgeting, and operational excellence.
  • Partner cross-functionally with executive leadership to align paid media strategy with overall business objectives.
  • Develop executive dashboards and reporting that clearly communicate campaign performance, business impact, and future growth opportunities.
  • Identify new acquisition channels, audience opportunities, and scaling strategies while maintaining profitability and efficiency.
  • Foster a culture of accountability, innovation, continuous testing, and data-driven decision making across the marketing organization.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Business, Communications, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
  • 8+ years of hands-on performance marketing experience with increasing leadership responsibility.
  • Proven success managing $20M+ annual paid media budgets with strong ROAS and customer acquisition performance.
  • Extensive expertise managing Meta Ads and Connected TV (CTV) campaigns at scale.
  • Strong experience with Paid Search, Native Advertising, Display, and other digital acquisition channels.
  • Experience leading creative teams responsible for content strategy, ad production, editing, testing, optimization, and performance measurement.
  • Proven background within lead generation businesses that invest heavily in acquiring their own customers—not agency-side marketing.
  • Deep understanding of attribution, conversion tracking, analytics, forecasting, and performance reporting.
  • Demonstrated ability to build scalable marketing systems, testing frameworks, and operational processes.
  • Exceptional leadership, analytical, communication, and project management skills with a passion for continuous optimization and measurable business growth.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • Paid Time Off and company holidays
  • 401(k) with company match (if applicable)
  • Executive-level ownership of a $20M+ annual paid media budget
  • Opportunity to build and lead a best-in-class performance marketing organization
  • Collaborative, fast-paced, data-driven culture
  • Significant career growth with direct executive visibility

Salaries

Posted range

$160K/yr – $175K/yr

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