Paid Marketing Director Job in New Zealand Recruiting by Envato

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Responsibilities

Develop and lead the overall paid marketing strategy aligned with Envato’s goals and objectives. 

Ensure comprehensive end-to-end management of paid marketing campaigns across various platforms, including Google, YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn, and more.

Lead the development and implementation of strategies to grow our Affiliate marketing channel. 

Collaborate with the creative team to ensure cohesive integration of brand messaging and visuals in paid campaigns. 

Collaborate with other key stakeholders across marketing and product to ensure consistency and optimisation across the broader customer experience

Strategically allocate and manage paid marketing budgets to achieve maximum return on investment and/or other agreed KPIs 

Utilize deep data-driven insights to understand and continually optimize performance

Stay abreast of industry trends, new technologies, and changes in algorithms affecting paid marketing and implement cutting-edge strategies to stay ahead of the competition.

Lead and mentor a team of paid media professionals.

Foster a collaborative and innovative work environment to inspire the team to deliver high quality work.

Embody a high-performance culture by implementing strong support mechanisms to drive continuous improvement, individual and collective accountability and trust. 

As an influential member of the marketing leadership team, support, challenge and guide cross-functional leaders to plan and prioritize strategic initiatives. 

Cultivate a strong hypothesis-driven testing culture

Knowledge & Experience

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Analytics, Marketing, Business, or related field. Master's degree is a plus.

7 years of experience in paid marketing, with a proven track record of strategic leadership, and managing significantly large budgets

Demonstrated experience and certification across both paid search and paid social: Google Ads, DV360, SA360; Microsoft Ads; Facebook; LinkedIn; Twitter

Strong experience with analytics, tracking & data centred performance analysis and reporting

Exceptional team management and leadership abilities.

Excellent communication and strong collaboration skills across functions. 

Ability to assess and prioritise channels with consideration on the impact of paid vs. organic that provides the strongest business outcome.

Experience in Programmatic, Marketing Automation; onsite targeting and SEO knowledge highly regarded.

Some of the great things we offer • We are a remote business with full flexibility for you to manage work and life as you need - outcomes are what’s important to us.• We provide MacBook Pros or HP’s for you to do your best work, as well as all your initial and ongoing tech setup to suit your individual needs.• It’s important you love your home office so we will provide a contribution towards your set up and a monthly allowance to support work from home costs. • Want to expand your family? We will support you! We offer 20 weeks paid primary carer leave (with super paid on top for the first 12 months); and 6 weeks paid secondary carers leave. • Connection is so important in a remote business. That’s why we provide you with an annual allowance to meet up with colleagues and share some food and a laugh. • We want to reward your hard work with our performance-based bonus program worth up to 12.5% annually.• Continuous improvement is encouraged and we provide an annual budget for you to put towards your learning. • We know our product is awesome so we will provide you with a free Envato Elements subscription for your side gigs and/or personal use.• Your wellbeing is paramount and we provide access to a holistic assistance program that provides support in many areas of life and health. Our culture • We are B Corp certified & believe in succeeding sustainably as one global team.• We are leaders in flexible working and really walk the talk - our work from anywhere benefit allows you to work and travel for up to 3 months in another country. We have also removed standard hours from contracts to empower our people to work in a way that makes sense to them.• We support working parents through a range of initiatives, including being a proud partner with Grace Papers.• As part of our values and vision, Envato contributes 2% of profits to charities in each of the three main countries we operate in.By submitting your application you are agreeing to our Privacy Policy. If you would like to understand how we handle personal information before submitting your application, please read through our Privacy Policy. Envato is proud to be a 2024 Circle Back Initiative Employer and we commit to respond to every applicant. #LI-Remote Apply for this job