Job Description:
Associate Director, Paid Media (Barron’s and MarketWatch)
Dow Jones is seeking an Associate Director, Paid Media to lead the strategy, management and optimization across Search, Social, Display and Programmatic campaigns for Barron’s and Marketwatch. The Associate Director, Paid Media will oversee all in-house paid media operations dedicated to acquiring Barron’s and Marketwatch subscribers. This role will report into the Senior Director, Paid Media and will work cross-functionally with teams across the Marketing Org (Acquisition, Engagement, Retention, Brand, and Audience).
This role will oversee a team of high performing digital growth marketers.
Responsibilities
- Oversee and drive the holistic strategic vision of in-house media campaigns across Google, Bing, Meta, X, LinkedIn, and Snapchat for Barron’s and MarketWatch.
- Optimize media spend of ~$10M across platforms and markets to increase audience reach and maximize acquisition volume.
- Develop, test, and share performance results with Acquisition and Brand teams to inform direction on creative offers, etc.
- Implement measurement strategies to drive incrementality and improve efficiency.
- Partner with Newsroom, Brand and Acquisition on marketing initiatives to develop a full-funnel media strategy across platforms.
- Work with the Marketing Audience team on implementing new MarTech and advancing Paid Media reporting.
- Present Paid Media strategy and performance to key stakeholders and SLT within the Performance Marketing team.
- Manage a team of 3 managers and associates.
- Support Senior Director, Paid Media in evaluating the overall value (costs, benefits, competitive analysis) of each tech platform as well as proposed opportunities to execute and expand on the relationships.
Qualification/Requirements
- 10+ years of experience working in a digital media-based role.
- Must have managed a budget of at least $6-9m a year.
- Must have experience managing a team and working with several cross-functional partners.
- Expertise of media buying on Google, Bing, Meta, X, LinkedIn and Snapchat.
- In-depth experience with G-suite tech stack.
- App acquisition experience is a plus.
- Passion for news and publishing.
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Business Area: CMO – SUBSCRIPTIONS
Job Category: Marketing & Product Management
Union Status:
Non-Union role
Pay Range: $65,000 – $200,000
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Req ID: 38793