Performance Media Manager

Creative Circle; Toronto; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Creative Circle in Toronto is seeking a Performance Marketer at Manager level for a 12+ month role with full-time hours, onsite 3x per week in downtown Toronto. You will lead programmatic display and video campaigns, optimize bidding, targeting, and pacing, and drive multi-million-dollar budget outcomes.

The role requires 5–6 years in performance marketing, hands-on DSP experience, strong analytics, and data-driven decision making. This is a senior, onsite opportunity in a dynamic FI environment.

Qualifications

• 5–6 years in performance marketing with focus on programmatic campaigns.
• Hands-on experience with DSPs (DV360, The Trade Desk).
• Proven data-driven campaigns achieving measurable outcomes.
• Strong analytical skills including attribution and experimentation.

Responsibilities

• Execute and optimize Programmatic Display and Video campaigns across DV360 and The Trade Desk.
• Manage audience targeting, inventory selection, bidding strategies, creative testing, and pacing.
• Monitor and improve campaign performance against KPIs including conversions and revenue growth.
• Leverage first-, second-, and third-party data for audience strategies.
• Support budget management, forecasting, and media investment optimization.
• Analyze results and provide actionable insights and recommendations.
• Stay current on industry trends, identity solutions, and measurement best practices.
• Ensure compliance with privacy, regulatory, and brand governance.

Skills

Programmatic Display

Programmatic Video

DV360

The Trade Desk

Audience targeting

Campaign optimization

Data-driven campaigns

A/B testing

Attribution

Measurement reporting

Analytics

Ad verification tools

Audience data platforms

Job description

Our FI client is looking for a Performance Marketer (Manager level) to join their team. This will be 3x per week onsite downtown Toronto. This will be 12+ months, fulltime hours per week.

You will:

• Execute and optimize Programmatic Display and Video campaigns across platforms such as DV360 and The Trade Desk.
• Manage audience targeting, inventory selection, bidding strategies, creative testing, and campaign pacing.
• Monitor and improve campaign performance against KPIs including conversions, acquisition, and revenue growth.
• Leverage first-, second-, and third-party data to build high-performing audience strategies.
• Support budget management, forecasting, and media investment optimization across multi-million-dollar campaigns.
• Analyze campaign results and provide actionable insights and recommendations.
• Stay current on industry trends, emerging channels, identity solutions, and measurement best practices.
• Ensure compliance with privacy, regulatory, and brand governance requirements.

Skills needed:

• 5-6 years of experience in performance marketing with a strong focus on Programmatic Display and Video.
• Hands-on experience with DSPs such as DV360 and The Trade Desk.
• Proven success managing data-driven campaigns that deliver measurable business outcomes.
• Strong analytical skills with experience in A/B testing, attribution, incrementality measurement, and performance reporting.
• Experience with ad verification tools and audience data platforms.