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Associate Director, YouTube & CTV Paid Acquisition

Thrive Market HQ💼 Full-time🗓 2026-09-18 → 2026-09-27

Core

Lead strategy, execution, and growth of YouTube and Connected TV (CTV) paid acquisition to drive member growth for a DTC health and wellness marketplace.

Role type

Associate Director, Performance Marketing (Video Acquisition)

Builds

YouTube and CTV video campaigns, creative testing programs, and measurement frameworks for member acquisition.

Domain

Direct-to-Consumer (DTC), Health & Wellness, E-commerce

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

YouTube campaign management (Google Ads), CTV strategy & buying, media budget management, agency management, creative testing, incrementality testing, data analytics

Preferred skills

Experience in subscription/e-commerce/grocery/wellness, programmatic video, paid streaming audio

Technologies

Google Ads, The Trade Desk, DV360, Amazon DSP, Hulu, Peacock, Paramount+, Roku, Google Analytics, Amplitude, Looker

Responsibilities

Own end-to-end YouTube and CTV acquisition strategy including planning, audience segmentation, and optimization; Lead hands-on management of YouTube campaigns across formats like Demand Gen, Video Reach, and Shorts; Develop and manage direct and programmatic CTV campaigns across major streaming platforms; Build integrated video strategy managing audience overlap and channel sequencing; Serve as day-to-day lead for media agency partners; Manage multi-million-dollar media budgets and forecast allocation; Develop structured creative testing roadmaps and briefs; Establish measurement frameworks including geo-lift, holdout, and MMM studies; Partner with Data and Analytics to strengthen attribution and reporting.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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