Associate Director, Paid Search

Job overview

The Associate Director, Paid Search role is an onsite, full-time position in New York, New York. Annual compensation is $180,000–$260,000. Digital Matter partners with consumer brands to manage media investment and connect data, technology, and creative to support measurable business growth. The role leads paid search strategy, execution, and performance across client accounts while owning revenue and growth for a book of business. It combines hands-on campaign expertise, client leadership, analytics, team process development, and support for retention, expansion, and new business.

What you'll do

• Own paid search strategy across assigned accounts
• serve as senior client contact
• translate platform trends into recommendations
• lead campaign planning, budget allocation, build, quality assurance, and activation
• direct optimization and performance reporting
• lead testing agendas
• ensure measurement infrastructure is accurate
• build team processes and playbooks
• own book-of-business growth and revenue goals
• and support pitches and RFPs.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

associate director

paid search

digital marketing

google ads

microsoft ads

client leadership

new york ny

digital matter

$180k–$260k/year

campaign strategy

revenue ownership

team leadership

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• 401(k) with company contribution
• vacation, company holidays, sick days, and summer Fridays
• commuter benefits
• 16 weeks of paid parental leave
• equity and company incentives.

Why this role

The posting requires experience on both the agency side and the Google or Microsoft platform/vendor side, along with hands-on paid search management and team leadership experience.

About the employer

Digital Matter is hiring for this role. Industry: Advertising Agencies. Sector: 54.