Associate Director, Paid Media

7+ years’ experience in managing paid media across digital channels – search (organic and paid), social, display, programmatic, and video.

3+ years experience managing teams with demonstrated expertise to be an effective leader.

Proven ability to produce innovative multi-channel media plans and go-to-market strategies for complex clients.

Understanding and demonstrated experience of performance media principles - driving positive ROAS, maximizing lead generation and marketing subscription-based programs.

Analytically minded - you aren’t afraid to dig in to troubleshoot issues and you’re always thinking about ways to improve in order to drive retention of clients.

Excited by digital marketing trends and inspired to enact best-in-class programs for clients.

Competitive and equitable pay, 401k matching, and bi-annual bonus eligibility

Flexible PTO and Half-Day Fridays

Philanthropic Efforts and Paid Time Off to Volunteer

Fully covered medical, dental, and vision insurance

Annual Wellness Stipend

Currently a hybrid work environment with stunning NYC & Dallas offices

Team January Digital is looking to fill an Associate Director role for our agency team.

This role requires a deep understanding across the digital media landscape and you will be most successful if you have had hands-on experience in multiple channels.

You will be a key player in the strategic development of your client(s) digital media strategy and how it relates back to their business objectives.

An important part of this job is to be the main strategic partner with your client(s) to help guide, plan and develop current and future media planning and opportunities.

Inside of JD, you will also have a role of managing a team and are held accountable for the functions within your agency team.

Drive advancement of client's strategic objectives through meaningful thought leadership.

January Digital is the Marketing Leadership Company. We solve business challenges through media excellence, strategic guidance, and actionable analytics. Our agency team handles full funnel media planning, execution, and optimization while our consulting team offers true strategic leadership for building successful marketing agencies. All our work is supported with a strong foundation of data and actionable insights which ensure our clients are as successful as possible.

As a company, our motto is to build a company that improves the lives of our clients, our people, and the world around us. We support this mission through a number of efforts including our WORKS program. Good Works is our philanthropy program that ensures we have an outsized impact on our surrounding communities through financial and volunteering efforts. Our Well Works program focuses on the mental, physical, and spiritual health of our employees through required minimum PTO, an annual wellness stipend, fully paid health care, fully paid counseling services, extended parental leave, and much more.

Between our work and our culture, January Digital has been recognized more than 125 times, including being named a Best Place to Work by INC four times, Dallas Business Journal three times, one of

Ad Age's Best Places to Work 2025

, a 2024 NRF Partner of the Year, a seven-time INC 5000 fastest growing company, and numerous awards for our tactical and strategic excellence with innovative partners like Carhartt and Kendra Scott.