Break Something is seeking a Digital Advertising Director to lead the team responsible for setting the standard for how we run paid media campaigns. You will manage advertising strategists while directly overseeing several high-stakes client campaigns, staying ahead of new platforms, techniques, tools, and AI innovations.
What You'll Do
- Manage advertising strategists through day-to-day work, providing strategic direction, creative guidance, and mentorship.
- Act as project manager for several assigned high-stakes clients, developing media strategies, creating targeting plans, and optimizing based on performance.
- Ensure advertising work is consistently excellent across all clients, including quality assurance, accurate tracking, budget management, and coordination with the data team.
- Use expertise in persuasion and performance advertising to evaluate new opportunities, fix underperforming campaigns, and scale successful tactics.
What We're Looking For
- Highly creative, with a proven ability to build performance-driven campaigns that engage target audiences and hit KPIs.
- Deep platform expertise across Meta, Google Ads, and at least one DSP or other programmatic/managed service vendor.
- Strong comfort with marketing research and statistical analysis to inform strategy and optimize performance.
- Experience building, managing, and optimizing media budgets across channels.
- Demonstrated people-management experience, balancing hands-on execution with strategic leadership.
- Self-motivated, client-focused, solution-oriented, with a bias toward action and ownership.
- Proactive problem solver who identifies issues early and pursues opportunities aggressively.
- Expert in persuasion advertising, performance advertising, or ideally both.
- Deep understanding of what drives campaign success and the ability to teach and mentor others to run effective campaigns.
Technical Stack
- Meta
- Google Ads
- DSP
Team & Environment
You will lead a team of advertising strategists.
Benefits & Compensation
- Salary range: $100,000-$120,000 annually.
- Paid time off.
Work Mode
This is a fully remote position requiring availability during Eastern Standard Time business hours.
Break Something is an equal opportunity employer and people of all backgrounds, ethnicities, sexual orientations, and identities are encouraged to apply.
