Paid Media Director ($70K – $90K)

About the job 

Salary Range: $75k – $90k

Kanahoma, a San Diego-based performance marketing agency, is seeking a Paid Media Director to join our small, but fast-growing marketing team. Founded in 2020 by education marketer Seth Odell, Kanahoma has quickly grown to over a dozen clients and is looking for a Paid Media Director to join and grow with our organization.

As a Paid Media Director for Kanahoma, the individual will oversee paid media planning and buying for a portion of our book of business.

The ideal candidate will have a heavy digital paid media management background and will have experience managing paid search, paid social, display, and streaming. Traditional media and OOH a plus.

The Paid Media Director will be responsible for:

Paid Media Management

• Manage upwards of $500,000 – $1M+ per month in media spend, primarily across digital channels (e.g., paid search, paid social, display) 
• Oversee, lead, and mentor junior members of the Paid Media team
• Lead Paid Media account planning process on an annual, quarterly and monthly basis
• Deliver a consistent cadence of performance reporting
• Oversee all relevant Paid Media strategies and executions across a select book of business, including, but not limited to: Paid Search, Paid Social, Display, Video, Streaming Media, Traditional Media

Additional Support

• Serve as the operational lead for the Paid Media team, championing process and ensuring work is delivered on brief, on time, and on budget
• Be a primary point of contact and conduit for senior clients working with the agency
• Experience managing and mentoring Paid Media team members
• Experience in paid media management, with previous experience managing a minimum of $100K per month or more ($500K+ preferred)
• Education marketing experience preferred, ideally in the adult and online segment

The Specifics

• Salary: $75,000 – $90,000 (based on experience) 
• Location: San Diego candidates strongly preferred (but not required)
• Remote: Position is a fully remote WFH position
• Benefits: 100% healthcare coverage, unlimited PTO, 401k benefits w/4% match, education benefits, etc. 
• Hardware: We’re an Apple shop

What else should you know?

• We are a small (30+), fast-growing marketing agency with big ambitions and a high expectation of what we can achieve on behalf of our partners
• We are focused on serving mission-driven organizations across the education, nonprofit, and healthcare industries
• We’re looking for someone who is thoughtful, organized, and kind; someone passionate about marketing, comfortable with clients, and hungry to grow
• You will be joining a team of 30+ digital marketers from across the country
• We’re new and growing, so we need someone comfortable in a dynamic, changing environment that is fast evolving

About Kanahoma

Our mission is to build a better agency for organizations building a better world.

Whether we’re building a brand or driving the bottom line, we pride ourselves on being progressive performance marketers called to serve and support mission-driven organizations across the education, nonprofit, and healthcare industries. 

You can learn more about what we do at https://kanahoma.com/

Kanahoma