4 months ago
Vice President, Account Management (Paid Media)
Dysrupt
Chicago, IL (On-site)Full time$149K/yr – $215K/yr
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Vice President, Account Management (Paid Media)
Chicago, IL (On-site)
$149K/yr – $215K/yrSenior LevelFull time
Posted 4 months ago
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Job Summary
Drive strategic paid media leadership across Social and Search to deliver full-funnel outcomes for a portfolio of clients.
- Own the integrated paid media strategy across Social and Search to drive full-funnel performance.
- Must-have: 10+ years in Paid Media with multi-channel expertise and large budgets.
- Standout: Senior-level client relationships and cross-functional team leadership.
Job Description
Responsibilities
- Strategic Media Leadership Lead integrated paid media strategy across Paid Social and Paid Search platforms (e.g., Meta, TikTok, Google Ads, YouTube), with a focus on full-funnel performance and business outcomes.
- Client Partnership & Business Growth Act as a senior strategic advisor to a portfolio of clients, engaging VP and C-suite stakeholders to align media efforts with overarching business goals. Proactively identify growth opportunities and expand partnerships.
- Team Development & Oversight Build, lead, and mentor a high-performing team across Search and Social. Foster a culture of learning, accountability, and operational excellence. Provide strategic guidance and act as an escalation point for complex challenges.
- Innovation & Thought Leadership Stay ahead of trends in platform capabilities, audience behavior, and measurement. Translate insights into actionable strategies and influence broader agency thinking.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration Work closely with Creative, Analytics, and Strategy teams to align messaging, targeting, and measurement for maximum performance. Champion collaboration and integrated thinking across the agency.
- Operational and Financial Management Own forecasting, budget oversight, and performance tracking for your book of business. Report weekly and monthly business updates to founders and senior leadership.
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience in Paid Media with deep expertise in both Paid Social (Meta, TikTok, Snapchat, etc.) and Paid Search (Google Ads, YouTube, Microsoft Ads, etc.).
- Proven success managing multi-million-dollar budgets and delivering ROI-positive performance marketing strategies.
- Strong leadership experience, including 4+ years experience managing and growing high-performing cross-channel media teams.
- Advanced understanding of the media ecosystem, KPIs, and attribution methodologies across the funnel.
- Skilled in client relationship management with a track record of senior-level engagement and business growth.
- Strong analytical mindset and confidence working with performance data and optimization strategies.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills; ability to distill complexity for executive audiences.
- Entrepreneurial, solutions-oriented, and comfortable making decisions in a fast-moving, high-growth environment.
Preferred
- A big-picture thinker with strong execution chops—you know how to lead and how to do.
- A collaborator and team-builder who leads with empathy and clarity.
- A digital native who’s passionate about performance and driven by data.
- A proactive, strategic partner who elevates client relationships and internal capabilities alike.
- Someone who thrives in fast-paced environments and brings fresh thinking to every challenge.
Benefits
- Publicis Groupe provides robust and inclusive benefit programs and policies to support the evolving and diverse needs of our talent and enable every person to grow and thrive. Our benefits package includes medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401K, as well as parental and family care leave, family forming assistance, tuition reimbursement, and flexible time off.
- If you require accommodation or assistance with the application or onboarding process specifically, please contact USMSTACompliance@publicis.com. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
Dysrupt
We’re an agency looking to defy the status quo.We’re in the business of making your business better. And it’s our mission to give our partners the most compelling advertising experience possible.While everyone else is concerned about the best practices of yesterday, we are discovering and defining innovative solutions for tomorrow. We do that by moving fast, breaking rules, rebuilding systems, generating solutions and taking performance to its limits -- then pushing it even farther.We’re here to be the arbiters of change. To rock the boat. To upset the apple cart. To cause a disturbance in the force.We’re here to Dysrupt.
Traffic Signals
Monthly Visitors
12.5K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
38.6%
Direct
41.8%
Referral
7.7%
Social
10.2%
Paid
1.3%
Headcount Trend
Current headcount: ~32
Marketing Team
Marketing Team Size
15 (47% of company)
