Break Something is looking for a Digital Advertising Director to lead the team that defines how we run paid media campaigns. You will manage advertising strategists while directly owning several high-stakes client engagements. Your role is pivotal for staying ahead of new platforms, techniques, tools, and AI innovations.
What You'll Do
- Manage advertising strategists through their day-to-day work and help them level up their skills.
- Provide strategic direction, creative guidance, and mentorship.
- Navigate new platforms, AI tools, reporting techniques, and targeting innovations.
- Act as project manager for several assigned high-stakes clients.
- Develop media strategies and create targeting plans.
- Work with creative teams to test concepts.
- Optimize campaigns based on performance data and report results.
- Interface with clients alongside partners.
- Ensure quality assurance on creative implementation, accurate tracking and reporting, budget management, and timely invoicing.
- Coordinate with the data team.
- Evaluate new opportunities and fix underperforming campaigns.
- Scale successful tactics and teach the team how to replicate them.
What We're Looking For
- High creativity and a proven ability to build performance-driven campaigns that engage 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, and 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 manage a team of advertising strategists.
Benefits & Compensation
- Paid time off
- Competitive benefits
- Salary: $100,000-$120,000 annually
Work Mode
This is a remote position. Candidates must be available during Eastern Standard Time hours.
Break Something is an equal opportunity employer. People of all backgrounds, ethnicities, sexual orientations, and identities are encouraged to apply.
