januarydigital

Director, Paid Media

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At a Glance

Location
New York, United States
Work Regime
hybrid
Experience
9+ years
Compensation
this role in New York City is $135,500 to $165,000, depending on experience. Our
Posted
2026-03-18T11:56:31-04:00

Key Requirements

Required Skills

Agile

Domain Knowledge

  • Marketing
  • Media
  • Retail

Benefits & Perks

Health Insurance

ormance bonus, free health insurance, annual wellness stipend, company 401k

Requirements

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

Prior experience as a Brand Strategist or Brand Planner

Proven ability to produce innovative multi-channel media plans and go-to-market strategies for complex clients - you are a strong strategic thinker, with the ability to translate quantitative and qualitative data and insights into innovative marketing strategies.

Understanding and demonstrated experience of performance media principles - driving positive ROAS, maximizing lead generation and marketing subscription-based programs through the full marketing funnel and across marketing channels.

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.

Compensation & Benefits

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

Responsibilities

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

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

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

You will drive communication around industry thought leadership and be seen as a thought leader within your own team and for your own clients.

An important part of this job is to be the main strategic lead with your client(s) to be knowledgeable about the industry around you which will help inform strategic goals, drive success through your team's operations and develop opportunities to enable growth.

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

About the Company

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 in 2025 and 2026

, 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 Steve Madden.