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The Associate Director will lead the Performance Media Centers of Excellence, setting standards and frameworks across paid search, social, and programmatic channels. They will also manage a team of specialists, drive cross-channel strategy, and maintain hands-on involvement in platform optimization and client engagement.
Candidates must have 7-9 years of experience in performance marketing with deep expertise in paid search, social, and programmatic channels. Strong leadership skills and the ability to manage large media budgets are required, along with hands-on proficiency in major advertising platforms.
Modifly is a performance-driven marketing agency that partners with enterprise clients to deliver strategic media solutions. Our team of creatives, technologists, and strategists is dedicated to pushing the boundaries of digital marketing to achieve outstanding client results.
Performance media moves fast: new platforms, new AI tools, new signals to chase every quarter. We're looking for someone who genuinely loves being in the middle of that, and wants to build the systems that help a whole team get better at it together.
As Associate Director, Performance Media, you'll lead our Centers of Excellence across Paid Search, Paid Social, Programmatic, Retail Media, and emerging channels, setting the standards, frameworks, and training that help our specialists do their best work. You'll stay hands-on: jumping into platforms to troubleshoot, test, and optimize alongside your team, not just reviewing their work from a distance.
This role is built for someone who knows performance media inside and out and is ready to bring that expertise to a team, whether you've been managing people for years or you're a strong senior specialist ready for your first shot at leading. You'll partner closely with Media Strategy, Analytics, Creative, and Data.
\nLead the Performance Media Centers of Excellence across Paid Search, Paid Social, Programmatic, Retail Media, and emerging activation channels.
Set the playbook: best practices, governance, quality standards, documentation, and operating procedures across every performance discipline.
Keep us ahead of the curve by evaluating new platforms, automation opportunities, AI solutions, and industry shifts.
Drive cross-channel planning strategies that maximize efficiency and business impact.
Be the go-to platform expert across Google Ads, Search Ads 360 (SA360), Microsoft Ads (Bing), DV360, Amazon DSP, Amazon Ads, Meta, TikTok, LinkedIn, YouTube, and Reddit.
Stay hands-on in core platforms, jumping in for campaign launches, optimizations, troubleshooting, audits, and escalations.
Lead advanced audience strategies, bidding methodologies, attribution approaches, automation initiatives, and measurement frameworks.
Champion activation quality across every performance channel.
Lead a team of about 4 Performance Specialists and Channel Leads.
Coach, mentor, and develop channel experts, helping them grow technically and in their careers.
Build the onboarding programs, certification paths, and training curricula that help the whole team level up.
Run quality assurance reviews and set the bar for executional excellence.
Encourage knowledge-sharing across channel teams so great ideas travel.
Build data-driven testing and optimization strategies that continuously improve channel performance.
Lead full-funnel planning across Search, Social, Programmatic, Retail Media, and emerging channels.
Design testing roadmaps and learning agendas that keep performance improving quarter over quarter.
Partner with Analytics on measurement plans, attribution strategies, incrementality testing, and reporting frameworks.
Be the platform expert clients turn to for channel performance and optimization questions.
Bring your channel-level insights, optimization recommendations, and testing results into reporting reviews as needed.
Translate what's happening in the platforms into clear, useful takeaways for client contacts.
Help clients navigate the fast-changing media landscape, including privacy shifts, AI advancements, and new platform capabilities.
Keep media investment on track with accurate budget pacing, forecasting, and performance efficiency across accounts.
Own accountability for channel-level KPIs including ROAS, CPA, and CAC, partnering with Analytics and Media Strategy on incrementality testing.
Spot opportunities to work smarter, improving scalability without sacrificing quality.
Partner with leadership on resource planning, staffing, and building the team's capabilities.
Loop in Media Strategy leadership when client conversations move from execution into budget or business strategy.
7-9 years in performance marketing, with working knowledge across Paid Search, Paid Social, and Programmatic.
Experience mentoring, coaching, or informally leading channel specialists. Formal people-management experience is a plus, not a must. If you're a strong senior specialist ready for your first opportunity to lead a team, we want to hear from you.
Hands-on experience with at least four of: Google Ads, Meta, DV360, Amazon DSP or Amazon Ads, TikTok, LinkedIn, YouTube, Microsoft Ads, enough to execute, troubleshoot, and optimize directly when it counts.
Strong working knowledge of audience strategy, attribution, measurement, and conversion tracking across multi-channel campaigns.
Experience managing media investments of approximately $100M+ across accounts or business units.
The ability to turn performance data into clear, actionable recommendations for day-to-day client and internal conversations.
Strong communication and leadership skills, and comfort operating in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.
Depth across all three channel types (Search, Social, Programmatic).
Familiarity with Search Ads 360 and/or DV360 as distinct managed platforms.
Retail media experience, including Amazon Ads or other retail media networks.
Experience building operational processes, channel governance frameworks, or Centers of Excellence from the ground up.
Platform certifications across Google Marketing Platform, Meta, Amazon Ads, TikTok, or LinkedIn.
Experience across both regulated (Rx) and non-regulated (OTC) categories: a plus, not required; we'll help you learn the ropes.
We follow a structured hybrid model: in the office midweek, remote on Mondays and Fridays.
Ideally based near our Chicago, IL or San Diego, CA offices.
CourtAvenue, INC. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. CourtAvenue recruits qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, status as a protected veteran, or genetic information.
CourtAvenue, INC. participates in the E-Verify program. In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification form (I-9) upon hire.
At Modifly, we are a diverse team of creatives, strategists, media buyers and collaborators. We harness the powers of modern media to build connections between brands and consumers for the purpose of driving revenue and growth. We start by listening, learning and collecting information. Next, we build out a customized strategy paired with meaningful content and artfully manage its distribution. The result? Data-driven, creative campaigns broadcast over modern media channels that create deep consumer relationships while delivering measurable insights into the impact on your brand’s performance. Our motivation is rooted in innovation. We are change agents with a passion to help brands leverage emerging technology to unlock modern solutions.
We turn ambition into execution for brands competing in the intelligence economy.
Most companies know they need to transform. Few have the team to actually do it. CourtAvenue was built for that gap. Founded in 2020 by entrepreneurs, agency veterans, and operators, we work with the world's most ambitious brands, including AT&T, Amazon, Kia, and General Mills to close the distance between strategy and execution. We don't do one thing. We do the things that connect. Our teams run across six capability areas: → AI Products & Services: building AI-powered tools that drive efficiency and growth → Digital Transformation: connecting touchpoints and simplifying complex ecosystems → Commerce: winning across marketplace and retail networks at scale → MarTech & Data: modernizing stacks to enable personalization and experimentation → Performance Media: aligning data, creative, and attribution to measurable ROI → Immersive & Experiential: bridging physical and digital in ways that move people We operate as a partner model through specialized entities; Velocity AI, BotsCrew, Modifly, Gigantic Playground, GTX Solutions, and CourtAvenue LATAM, giving clients the right team for the right problem. Offices in Chicago, Cincinnati, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, Dallas and San Diego.
Offices: 350 10th Ave, San Diego, California 92101, US · 600 Vine Street, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202, US · 901 W 9th St, Austin, Texas 78703, US · 211 W Wacker Dr, Chicago, Illinois 60606, US · 801 s Marquette Ave, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402, US
View all jobs at CourtAvenueWe turn ambition into execution for brands competing in the intelligence economy.
Most companies know they need to transform. Few have the team to actually do it. CourtAvenue was built for that gap. Founded in 2020 by entrepreneurs, agency veterans, and operators, we work with the world's most ambitious brands, including AT&T, Amazon, Kia, and General Mills to close the distance between strategy and execution. We don't do one thing. We do the things that connect. Our teams run across six capability areas: → AI Products & Services: building AI-powered tools that drive efficiency and growth → Digital Transformation: connecting touchpoints and simplifying complex ecosystems → Commerce: winning across marketplace and retail networks at scale → MarTech & Data: modernizing stacks to enable personalization and experimentation → Performance Media: aligning data, creative, and attribution to measurable ROI → Immersive & Experiential: bridging physical and digital in ways that move people We operate as a partner model through specialized entities; Velocity AI, BotsCrew, Modifly, Gigantic Playground, GTX Solutions, and CourtAvenue LATAM, giving clients the right team for the right problem. Offices in Chicago, Cincinnati, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, Dallas and San Diego.
Offices: 350 10th Ave, San Diego, California 92101, US · 600 Vine Street, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202, US · 901 W 9th St, Austin, Texas 78703, US · 211 W Wacker Dr, Chicago, Illinois 60606, US · 801 s Marquette Ave, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402, US
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