Performance Marketing Campaign Manager

Crookston, MN (Hybrid)

$65K/yr – $75K/yrMid Level4+ years expFull time

Posted 5 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own and optimize paid digital lead gen across channels with a focus on audience strategy, budget allocation, and ROAS to drive enrollments in a multi-channel program.

  • Campaign lifecycle management from targeting to reporting to maximize lead quality and conversions.
  • Cross-channel lead generation with a data-driven approach to audience segmentation and funnel optimization.
  • Budget control and attribution rigour to identify the most effective channels and creative assets.

Job Description

Own and optimize paid digital lead gen across channels to drive enrollments.

  • Campaign lifecycle management including audience targeting, budgeting, creative coordination, launch, optimization, and reporting
  • Plan, execute, and optimize digital lead generation campaigns across display, paid social, SEM and other marketing channels
  • Develop audience segmentation strategies using demographic, behavioral, geographic, interest-based, and first-party data
  • Continuously evaluate campaign performance and reallocate budgets to maximize lead quality, conversion rates, and return on ad spend (ROAS)
  • Drive traffic to websites and landing pages to increase qualified leads
  • Build and optimize lead generation funnels from ad engagement through inquiry, application, and enrollment conversion
  • Identify opportunities to improve campaign efficiency through testing, automation, and platform optimization features
  • Manage and optimize paid search campaigns including keyword strategy, bidding, ad copy development, and landing page alignment
  • Execute and optimize display, search based display, and retargeting display campaigns focused on website traffic, lead generation, and conversions
  • Execute and optimize paid social campaigns (Meta, TikTok, LinkedIn, YouTube and other relevant platforms) focused on lead generation and brand growth
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Founded in 2007
Minnesota, USA
28K employees (535 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
8.9M
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$782.6K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
45%
Direct
47.8%
Referral
6.1%
Social
0.7%
Paid
0.3%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~28K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
535 (2% of company)
Median Career Experience
13 years
Median Tenure
6.1 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
7

Funding

Total Funding
$97.1M
Last Raise
$25K
Grant, 2 years ago

Funding History

  • Dec 2023
    Grant • $25K
  • May 2023
    Grant • $20M
  • Apr 2023
    Grant • $10M

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