Director, Growth Media

Gainor Staffing; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 136,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Gainor Staffing in New York, NY, is seeking a Director of Growth Media to lead multi-client paid-media strategy, manage client relationships, and mentor two direct reports. The ideal candidate has 9+ years of paid-media experience and recent agency leadership in a small-to-mid sized shop.

This role combines strategic leadership with hands-on execution across paid search, paid social, programmatic, display, video, and retail media; you will optimize AOV, CLV and ROAS for clients with $3M-$10M

Qualifications

• 9+ years of paid-media experience.
• 4+ years leading multi-layered teams.
• Recent agency experience at independent agencies of ~200 employees or fewer.
• Hands-on platform fluency across paid search, paid social, and integrated digital media.
• DTC e-commerce retail experience, including driving sales through retail media and optimizing AOV, CLV, and ROAS.
• Past work on accounts with annual media budgets of $3M-$10M.

Responsibilities

• Lead multi-client paid-media strategy, client relationships, campaign quality, reporting, optimization, and workflow.
• Manage and develop 2 direct reports while quality-checking planning and tactical execution.
• Balance strategic leadership with hands-on work across paid search, paid social, programmatic, display, video, and retail media.
• Contribute to new business, RFPs, affiliate marketing, incrementality testing, forecasting, creative strategy, and emerging discovery initiatives.

Skills

Paid media

Team leadership

Agency experience

Multi-client portfolio

DTC ecommerce

Retail media

Budget management

Client relationships

Job description

Director, Growth Media

An independent digital agency is at an important point in the growth of its media function. The organization combines hands-on channel expertise with strategic guidance, actionable analytics, and a meaningful investment in employee wellbeing and professional development.

About the Role

• Lead multi-client paid-media strategy, client relationships, campaign quality, reporting, optimization, and workflow.
• Manage and develop 2 direct reports while quality-checking planning and tactical execution.
• Balance strategic leadership with hands-on work across paid search, paid social, programmatic, display, video, and retail media.
• Contribute to new business, RFPs, affiliate marketing, incrementality testing, forecasting, creative strategy, and emerging discovery initiatives.

About You

• 9+ years of paid-media experience and 4+ years leading multi-layered teams.
• Current, continuous agency experience with demonstrated multi-client portfolio leadership.
• Experience at independent agencies of approximately 200 employees or fewer; a mix of brand-side and agency experience is acceptable, provided recent agency experience is continuous.
• Hands-on platform fluency across paid search, paid social, and integrated digital media.
• DTC e-commerce retail experience, including driving sales through retail media and optimizing AOV, CLV, and ROAS.
• Past work on accounts with annual media budgets of $3M-$10M.
• Experience leading client relationships, strategic and tactical conversations, manager development, and new-business work.

Compensation

$135,500-$165,000 base, plus biannual bonus eligibility

Location

New York, NY

Work arrangement

Hybrid; 1 day per week onsite

Gainor is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at Gainor are based on business needs, job requirement and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender (including gender identity and expression), age, national origin, immigration status, marital or familial status, citizenship status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, genetic information, reproductive health decision making, veteran or military status, or any other characteristic or status protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.