Director, Paid Media

Downers Grove, IL (Remote)

$132K/yr – $142K/yrDirector/Executive8+ years expFull time

Posted 4 hrs ago

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Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Agency-wide paid media strategy, activation standards, and channel innovation
  • Campaign performance across all managed platforms and client accounts
  • Leadership, mentorship, and development of Media Directors and paid media specialists
  • Budget strategy, pacing discipline, and media mix recommendations
  • Oversight of the Reporting & Analytics function and measurement frameworks
  • Evaluation and adoption of emerging advertising platforms and technologies
  • Develop and execute paid media strategies across Google Ads, Microsoft Ads, Meta, LinkedIn, TikTok, Pinterest, Reddit, Snapchat, Display, and programmatic platforms.
  • Define campaign objectives, account architecture, audience strategy, bidding approach, media mix, and testing roadmaps for the agency’s most complex and highest-value accounts.
  • Oversee campaign builds, launches, budgets, pacing, and optimization cadence to ensure client goals, timelines, and performance expectations are consistently met.
  • Provide hands-on activation support for new platform launches, major restructures, advanced optimization work, and high-priority client initiatives.

Requirements

  • 8+ years of experience in paid media or digital marketing leadership within an agency or performance-focused environment.
  • Deep, hands-on expertise across paid search, paid social, display, and programmatic platforms — including Google Ads, Microsoft Ads, Meta, LinkedIn, and emerging social channels.
  • Strong experience managing large-scale, multi-channel advertising budgets with clear accountability for ROAS, CPA, and CAC.
  • Proven experience mentoring media professionals and building high-performing teams.
  • Strong analytical mindset with the ability to interpret performance data, diagnose root causes, and guide strategic decisions.
  • Working command of measurement infrastructure: conversion tracking, tagging, attribution, and analytics platforms.
  • Strong strategic thinking and the ability to translate platform and industry developments into actionable client opportunities.
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to build client confidence and collaborate across teams and roles.

Benefits

  • Competitive salary
  • 100% premium paid medical, dental and vision benefits for employees
  • 401K with a salary match
  • Paid holidays
  • Competitive vacation and personal time-off package
  • Remote working
  • Company donation match – you donate, we donate
  • Time off for community service – because charity can’t always wait until evenings or weekends
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Lever

Lever is a full service marketing agency based just outside of Chicago. With over 2 decades of marketing know-how, our team provides leading expertise in today’s most advanced digital and offline marketing opportunities.

Founded in 2006
Downers Grove, Illinois, USA
40 employees (19 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
1.8K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
32.7%
Direct
47.2%
Referral
9.1%
Social
8.9%
Paid
1.6%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~40

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
17 (43% of company)
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
1