Director of Customer Acquisition

Noto Group; North Carolina; Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Rich benefits plan

Unlimited PTO

401(k)

Job summary

Noto Group in Carrboro, NC, seeks a Director of Customer Acquisition to own our paid media strategy end-to-end. You will drive awareness, acquisition, and demand generation across search, social, programmatic, and video, coordinating with creative, content, and merchandising teams.

This leadership role emphasizes building modern, full-funnel programs that connect media investment to measurable growth, while mentoring the digital advertising team and balancing short-term performance with brand

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 10+ years of experience in digital advertising, performance marketing, or paid media, with increasing leadership responsibility.
• Proven experience leading full-funnel paid media strategies for an ecommerce or omnichannel retail brand.
• Deep expertise across Search, Paid Social, Programmatic, Display and Video advertising ecosystems.
• Familiarity with CTV and OLV executed on a geotargeted basis.
• Advanced proficiency with Google Ads, Meta Ads, Google Analytics, Excel, and BI tools.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute the paid media strategy across the full funnel.
• Lead digital advertising with end-to-end ownership of strategy, execution, and measurement.
• Plan, pitch, and optimize multi-channel campaigns for ecommerce growth and local activation.
• Partner with analytics teams to connect upper-funnel exposure to downstream outcomes.
• Lead, coach, and develop the digital advertising team.

Skills

Digital advertising

Full-funnel strategy

Leadership

Analytics

Google Ads

Meta Ads

GA/BI tools

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Google Analytics

Looker Studio

Tableau

Power BI

Job description

The Director of Customer Acquisition is responsible for defining and executing the companies paid media strategy across the full customer funnel, with accountability for customer acquisition and demand generation. This role leads the digital advertising function with end-to-end ownership of strategy, execution, optimization, and measurement across e-commerce, vendor co-op, local, test-and-learn, and advanced analytics programs. Reporting to the Senior Director, Performance Marketing & Partnerships, this leader works cross-functionally across internal teams, external agencies and vendor partners to translate business objectives into scalable, high-performing media strategies. The role balances near-term performance with long-term brand and awareness building, ensuring that upper-funnel investment drives measurable downstream impact on consideration, conversion, and customer quality.

This is a strategic and hands-on role for a paid media leader who thrives in complex environments and is passionate about building modern, full-funnel advertising programs that drive awareness, acquire high-quality new customers, and connect media investment directly to business growth.

ACCOUNTABILITIES

Full-Funnel Paid Media Strategy + Customer Acquisition

• Serve as the senior subject matter expert for digital advertising, advising internal teams and vendor partners on best-in-class strategies, platforms, and measurement approaches.
• Own and evolve organizations full-funnel paid media strategy across search, social, programmatic, display, connected TV (CTV) and online video (OLV), with accountability for acquiring new, high-propensity customers and driving incremental demand.
• Develop and scale awareness-driving media programs that increase brand visibility, familiarity, and consideration with a clear path to conversion.
• Ensure paid media strategies balance reach, frequency, efficiency and quality of acquisition, ensuring acquisition efforts drive long-term value.

Multi-Channel Campaign Execution + Local Activation

• Plan, pitch, execute, and optimize multi-channel paid media campaigns supporting e-commerce growth, vendor co-op programs, local marketing initiatives, and test-and-learn pilots.
• Lead geo-targeted media strategies that support national brand building while driving local relevance, store traffic and e-commerce conversion.
• Partner closely with creative, content, merchandising, and vendor teams to ensure cohesive messaging and seamless execution across the customer journey.
• Act as the primary day-to-day point of contact for agencies and key media partners, ensuring clear communication, accountability and strong performance.

Analytics, Measurement + Optimization

• Partner with analytics and CRM teams to connect upper-funnel media exposure to downstream outcomes such as site engagement, conversion and customer lifetime value.
• Leverage analytics platforms (Google Analytics, BI tools, platform reporting) to monitor performance, uncover insights and drive ongoing optimization.
• Advance the companies media effectiveness and incrementality measurement capabilities, including testing frameworks, attribution approaches and advanced analytics.
• Manage all digital advertising budgets with a disciplined focus on ROI, efficiency and scalable growth.

Advertising Operations + Innovation

• Build and maintain a forward-looking roadmap for advertising operations, tools, and processes to enable speed, agility and innovation.
• Develop and own tools, workflows, and documentation that improve campaign execution, reporting accuracy and cross-team collaboration.
• Stay current on digital advertising trends, platform updates, privacy changes, and evolving retail media dynamics.
• Proactively identify new opportunities, partners, and solutions that can strengthen the organizations paid media capabilities and competitive advantage.
• Lead, coach, and develop members of the digital advertising team, with a strong emphasis on skill growth, strategic thinking, and executional excellence.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 10+ years of experience in digital advertising, performance marketing, or paid media, with increasing leadership responsibility.
• Proven experience leading full-funnel paid media strategies for an ecommerce and/or omnichannel retail brand.
• Deep expertise across Search, Paid Social, Programmatic, Display and Video advertising ecosystems, including measurement and optimization methodologies.
• Familiarity with CTV and OLV executed on a geotargeted basis.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret complex data and translate insights into clear recommendations and actions.
• Advanced proficiency with Google Ads, Meta Ads, Google Analytics, Excel, and BI tools such as Looker Studio, Tableau, or Power BI.
• Demonstrated success managing agency relationships and complex cross-functional stakeholder groups.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and organizational skills with a high attention to detail.
• Advertising agency experience strongly preferred.
• Franchisor, multi-location, and/or retail experience preferred.

COMPANY CULTURE

• High energy and fun atmosphere
• Training and advancement opportunities within the brand
• Community involvement and community service activities
• Training Program, Race entries, and Product discounts
• Hardworking team members
• Rich benefits plan (medical, dental, vision, 401(k), unlimited paid time off, and more)!

LOCATION

This position is based in Carrboro, NC with a 3 day a week hybrid in office schedule.