Director, Paid & Retail Media

New York City, NY (Hybrid)

$160K/yr – $170K/yrDirector/Executive7+ years expFull time

Posted 7 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own regional GTM and end-to-end digital activation for a beauty brand across US/Canada, balancing retailer media, DTC, and channel-specific storytelling to optimize awareness, traffic, and ROI.

  • Growth/Activation: Translate brand priorities into integrated media plans and activation playbooks for owned and retailer platforms.
  • Retail Partnerships: Lead co-op media strategies with Sephora, Ulta, and department stores, aligning retailer initiatives with brand goals.
  • Measurement & Cross-Function: Drive MMM-based evaluation, budget forecasting, and senior-leadership storytelling with Brand, Commercial, Ecommerce, Creative, Analytics, and Retail teams.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Go-to-Market Strategy & Digital Activation: Develop and lead the regional go-to-market strategy for all digital marketing activations across the U.S. and Canada.
  • Create integrated media plans that align brand priorities, product launches, commercial objectives, and retailer initiatives.
  • Lead end-to-end digital activation planning and execution across owned and retailer platforms, including CharlotteTilbury.com, , Sephora, Ulta Beauty, and department store partners.
  • Define channel strategies and activation frameworks to maximize awareness, engagement, traffic, and conversion.
  • Media Planning & Budget Management: Own and manage media budget allocation across all digital channels, including Paid Social, Retail Media Networks (onsite & offsite investments), Programmatic, OTT/Connected TV, and OOH.
  • Optimize media investments across brand-building and performance-driving initiatives to achieve business objectives and maximize ROI.
  • Partner with commercial and marketing leadership to forecast, track, and report on media expenditures and performance.
  • Partner with Global Performance Marketing to manage DTC activations, including all upper-funnel brand digital investments
  • Retailer Co-op Media & Marketplace Partnerships: Lead retailer co-op media planning and investment strategies across key retail partners.
  • Build strong relationships with retailer media teams and agency partners to identify growth opportunities, negotiate media plans, and drive best-in-class execution.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Business, Communications, or a related field.
  • 7–9 years of experience in digital marketing, media planning, retail media, or omnichannel marketing, preferably within beauty, luxury, consumer goods, or retail.
  • Proven experience managing significant media budgets across digital, retail media, OTT, and OOH channels.
  • Deep understanding of retailer media ecosystems, including Sephora, Ulta Beauty, and department store partnerships.
  • Strong expertise in paid media strategy, media planning, attribution, and performance measurement.
  • Experience leveraging Marketing Mix Modeling (MMM) and advanced analytics to drive decision-making.
  • Demonstrated success leading cross-functional teams and agency partnerships.
  • Exceptional strategic thinking, communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.

Benefits

  • Generous staff discount to use on all products
  • Medical, dental, and vision benefits
  • Commuter Benefits (Pre-tax)
  • Flex Spending Account (FSA)
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
  • 401(k) with Company match
  • Paid Time Off
  • Birthday PTO
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Charlotte Tilbury

B.TECH stands as a dynamic Egyptian narrative embodying innovation, expansion, and influence. Our story began in 1997 with the introduction of Egypt's first electronics retail concept, we pride in our unrivaled position, with a wide network of over 175 stores across Egypt. Our success is underlined by leading the digital retail revolution in the Middle East and introducing our unique financing solutions, which have played a pivotal role in gaining unparalleled popularity among the Egyptian market, which positioned us as the number one choice for consumers and cemented our status as a powerhouse of innovation and market expansion. Our dedicated team, now over 5k strong, reflects our strong growth strategy centered on digital transformation, technology integration, and achieving success across a variety of dynamic, high-growth business sectors.

Founded in 1997
Nasr City, Cairo, EGY
4.2K employees (226 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
9M
Traffic Source Mix
Search
21.2%
Direct
53.9%
Referral
17.5%
Social
6.7%
Paid
0.5%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~4.2K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
192 (5% of company)