Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Swell Media is seeking an experienced performance media professional to lead strategy and client relationships. The Associate Director will oversee paid search and paid social strategies, manage media budgets, analyze performance, present recommendations, execute campaigns when needed, and mentor or manage team members.
Responsibilities
- Develop and oversee paid search and paid social strategies
- Translate client business goals into actionable media strategies
- Manage media budgets, pacing, and overall account performance
- Analyze performance and identify opportunities for growth
- Present performance, insights, and recommendations to clients
- Build strong, trusted client relationships
- Identify opportunities to improve and grow client partnerships
- Serve as a senior strategic partner to clients
- Lead performance and strategy conversations
- Translate media data into clear business recommendations
- Mentor and develop team members
- Potentially manage direct reports
- Help elevate the team's platform and strategic expertise
Skills
- Remote Position (Must be in the US)
- Visa sponsorship is not available for this position, now or in the future. Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States on a permanent basis without requiring employer sponsorship
- • 7+ years of performance media experience
- • Strong, recent hands-on experience with both paid search and paid social
- • Deep expertise in Google Ads and Meta
- • Proven experience developing and executing paid media strategy
- • Experience managing significant media budgets
- • Strong client-facing and account management experience
- • Ability to analyze performance data and turn insights into action
- • Experience with ecommerce, lead generation, B2B, or other performance-driven businesses
- • Strong communication and presentation skills
- • Experience managing or mentoring team members
- • Experience with Google Merchant Center, feed optimization, or offline conversion tracking
- • Experience with automation, scripts, or AI tools
- • Experience with incrementality or lift testing
- This role can be based anywhere in the United States. This is a remote-friendly position, with periodic travel for client meetings and agency gatherings, including an annual all-hands meeting
- Deep expertise in Google Ads and Meta; additional platform experience is a plus
Benefits
- The chance to be a part of a growing company and the next success story
- Amazing opportunities for career development
- Recognition programs
- Employee referral bonus
- Hybrid work schedule; 2 days in the office, 3 days working from home
- Fun and collaborative work environment
- Casual dress code
- Insurance Coverage (medical, dental, vision, life, and disability)
- 401(k) retirement plan, with employer 4% match
- Work/life benefits, including mental health and wellbeing support
- Flexible Time Off Policy
- Paid holidays, including agency soft closing Christmas Eve-New Year's Day
- Paid leave options, including sick leave, medical leave for self and family, and parental leave
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