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Associate Director, Search Performance Marketing

$97.38k - $149.3k

Dysrupt

Company Description Dysrupt is a performance marketing agency specializing in turning signal into scale through disciplined media buying, data-driven experimentation, and creative that is designed to perform. With deep expertise across digital, Dysrupt helps brands acquire customers efficiently while building durable demand. Born from social and built for growth, Dysrupt partners with ambitious teams to drive measurable results at every stage of the funnel. Overview Dysrupt is looking for an Associate Director, Search Performance Marketer who’s ready to take the next leap in their performance marketing career. You’ll bring strategic rigor to a portfolio of clients, shape paid media campaigns from brief to execution, and act as a trusted advisor across platforms. You’re excited by innovation, energized by solving business problems with media, and equally skilled at hands‑on campaign management and big‑picture thinking. Do you geek out over match types, quality scores, and the ideal bidding strategy? Do you want to become an expert in the space and have a constant desire to learn more? Do you get excited about new dysruptive strategies and ideas that challenge the status quo? (see what we did there) Do you have passions outside of work that you can bring to our ever evolving culture and team? As an Associate Director, you’ll oversee a cross-vertical book of business (3-4 clients), develop integrated paid media strategies across platforms, and guide both internal teams and client stakeholders with clarity and confidence. This is a client-facing role with a strong emphasis on performance marketing, but with increasing ownership of team leadership, process innovation, and strategic planning. Responsibilities Own Campaign Execution: Build, launch, and optimize campaigns across Google Ads (Search, YouTube, Shopping, Performance Max) with a focus on flawless execution. . Lead Platform Strategy: Develop paid media plans and tactical approaches rooted in client goals, industry benchmarks, and historical insights. Drive Operational Excellence: Champion internal processes, campaign QA, pacing checks, and reporting frameworks to ensure seamless delivery across all clients. Deliver Performance Insights: Analyze campaign data, uncover trends, and package insights into compelling stories that drive client trust and decision‑making. Collaborate Cross-functionally: Partner closely with Client Leads, Creative, and Analytics to ensure your strategies ladder up to broader campaign goals. Support Innovation & Testing: Own test design and execution within your book of business, helping move both client performance and agency capabilities forward. Contribute to Culture: Share knowledge, platform updates, and POVs across the team to keep Dysrupt’s media offering sharp, fast, and future-focused. Qualifications 5-6 years of experience running performance marketing campaigns in Google Ads, along with experience in any of the following platforms: YouTube, Microsoft Ads (Bing), TikTok, Meta, or Amazon. Expert-level knowledge of paid media campaign structures, pacing, optimization levers, and KPI alignment. Deep comfort with large datasets, ad tech tools, and reporting platforms like Google Data Studio (Looker Studio). Clear and confident communicator - able to explain strategies and insights to clients and internal partners alike. Proven track record of running complex campaigns independently with speed, accuracy, and performance results. A proactive and solutions-oriented mindset; you identify issues early and take initiative to solve them. Strong organizational skills with the ability to juggle multiple accounts and priorities. Additional Information Our Publicis Groupe motto “Viva La Différence” means we’re better together, and we believe that our differences make us stronger. It means we honor and celebrate all identities, across all facets of intersectionality, and it underpins all that we do as an organization. We are focused on fostering belonging and creating equitable & inclusive experiences for all talent. Publicis Groupe provides robust and inclusive benefit programs and policies to support the evolving and diverse needs of our talent and enable every person to grow and thrive. medical coverage dental vision disability 401K parental and family care leave family forming assistance tuition reimbursement flexible time off If you require accommodation or assistance with the application or onboarding process specifically, please contact View email address on click.appcast.io. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines. Compensation Range: USD $97,375.00 - USD $149,296.00/Annually. This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on the skills, qualifications, and experience of the applicant along with the requirements of the position, and the Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. Temporary roles may be eligible to participate in our freelancer/temporary employee medical plan through a third-party benefits administration system once certain criteria have been met. Temporary roles may also qualify for participation in our 401(k) plan after eligibility criteria have been met. For regular roles, the Company will offer medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401k, and paid time off. The Company anticipates the application deadline for this job posting will be 9/13/2026. #J-18808-Ljbffr Dysrupt

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