Growth Marketing Manager, Paid Acquisition

Cambridge, MA (Hybrid)

$80K/yr – $115K/yrMid Level2+ years expFull time

Posted 7 days ago

Job Summary

Own and optimize multiple paid marketing channels, shape long-term strategy with leadership, and drive cross-functional growth initiatives across analytics, product, and design.

  • Lead day-to-day management of 2-3 paid channels, including targeting, bidding, budgeting, and structure.
  • Collaborate on creative and copy, and test new acquisition strategies across emerging platforms.
  • Build dashboards, analyze performance, and share learnings with cross-functional teams.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Manage, optimize, and own day-to-day operations of 2-3 paid marketing channels including targeting, bidding, budgeting, account structure, etc. You’ll inherit established Meta and/or Google campaigns and lead expansion into and testing of new channels
  • Work closely with leadership to shape long-term channel strategy and influence roadmap prioritization
  • Create and optimize ads, write headlines and copy, and collaborate with our design team on creative to improve channel performance
  • Proactively identify and pursue opportunities to scale existing campaigns and test new acquisition strategies across emerging platforms
  • Create and maintain dashboards of advertising performance metrics, analyze the impact of marketing channels, and represent insights/learnings cross-functionally
  • Contribute to cross-functional projects with analytics, product, engineering, and design to meet ambitious growth targets, ensuring timely execution, nimble adaptation, and delivery of key learnings
  • Design and execute conversion optimization tests across our digital experience

Requirements

  • 2-5 years of professional experience in growth or performance marketing at a high-growth consumer brand or performance agency
  • Demonstrated knowledge of Meta Ads and one additional paid media platform (e.g. Google Ads, TikTok Ads, Pinterest Ads, LiveIntent, AppLovin), with experience optimizing ad campaigns for efficiency (e.g. CPA, CAC, ROAS)
  • Excellent analytical skills, ability to interpret data; proficient in Excel and familiar with BI tools (e.g. Looker, Tableau, PowerBI)
  • Strong critical thinking skills, attention to detail, and eagerness to grow your scope alongside the company
  • Experience working with web analytics, A/B testing tools, and ad tracking

Benefits

  • stock option awards and competitive benefit options including medical, dental, vision, 401k, generous paid parental leave, and take-what-you-need paid time off.
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BookBub

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We believe that discovering, buying, marketing, and selling books online should always be an easy, joyful experience. We lean into two key concepts – expert curation and unmatched value – to build innovative products and tools that get the right books into the right hands. Our teams at BookBub and Chirp have helped the publishing industry drive hundreds of millions of dollars in ebook and audiobook sales worldwide – and every day, millions of readers turn to us for help finding books they’ll love. Learn more at bookbub.com and chirpbooks.com.

Founded in 2012
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
123 employees (48 in marketing)
70% recommend to a friend
91% CEO approval

Salaries

Posted range

$80K/yr – $115K/yr

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Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
40 (33% of company)
Median Tenure
7.5 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
1

Funding

Total Funding
$10.8M
Last Raise
$7M
Series B, 11 years ago

Funding History

  • May 2015
    Series B • $7M
  • May 2014
    Series A • $3.8M
  • Jan 2013
    Seed

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
4.2M
Traffic Source Mix
Search
21.5%
Direct
72.3%
Referral
3.7%
Social
2%
Paid
0.3%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~124
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Growth Marketing Manager, Paid Acquisition

BookBub · Cambridge, MA · Hybrid