The Role
As a Senior Account Manager, Paid Media you are a highly accountable, adaptable performance marketer with a mobile-first mindset and strong client leadership skills. You are comfortable shifting priorities quickly, learning new channels as needed, and getting hands on keyboard to stand up, optimize, or troubleshoot campaigns in service of client goals. You operate confidently across paid media platforms, communicate clearly with clients and partners, and take ownership of performance, process, and outcomes.
This role sits under the Group Director and requires the ability to flex between strategy and execution while supporting fast-moving, omni-channel mobile app growth programs.
Job Responsibilities
- Own day-to-day performance and execution of mobile app acquisition focused, omni-channel direct response paid media programs.
- Design, launch, and optimize direct response mobile app campaigns across Google Ads (including UAC), Apple Search Ads, paid social, and mobile ad networks, with the ability to quickly ramp into new channels as needed.
- Serve as the primary point of contact for assigned clients, managing communication and leading weekly status calls.
- Drive account strategy to meet or exceed client efficiency, scale, and growth goals.
- Monitor daily performance, pacing, and budgets, identifying irregularities and optimization opportunities.
- Develop and execute testing roadmaps and leverage reporting dashboards to provide timely performance insights and analysis
- Leverage mobile measurement partners (MMPs) to support attribution, troubleshooting, and performance analysis.
- Own project management across accounts, coordinating internal teams, vendors, and timelines.
- Ensure all work meets QA standards and is delivered error-free.
- Manage relationships with platform and vendor reps, vetting new opportunities while maintaining best practices.
- Manage and mentor at least one direct report, supporting development and strong execution.
Qualifications
- 4+ years of digital performance marketing experience, with a focus on mobile app acquisition and growth.
- Hands-on experience with Google Ads (including UAC) and Apple Search Ads.
- Experience with paid social, mobile ad networks, or programmatic/DSP environments is a plus.
- Working knowledge of MMPs and mobile attribution concepts.
- Comfort with budgeting, bidding strategies, and testing methodologies.
- Strong analytical and reporting skills; proficiency in Excel.
- Proven experience presenting performance insights and recommendations to clients or internal stakeholders.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
What Impresses Us
- Ability to shift priorities quickly and step into any channel or task needed to move accounts forward.
- Hands-on, roll-up-your-sleeves mentality paired with strong strategic thinking.
- Experience managing mobile app install campaigns across multiple platforms or partners.
- Strong storytelling and deck-building skills for roadmaps, QBRs, and strategic presentations.
- Familiarity with analytics and visualization tools (e.g., Looker Studio, Tableau).
- Entrepreneurial, self-starter mindset with comfort working independently and cross-functionally.
- Curiosity and eagerness to learn new platforms, tools, and media environments.
We Offer
- A flexible, hybrid working policy (2-3 days from the office, depending on location) and the opportunity to work from abroad for 13 weeks a year;
- 24 vacation days per year and the possibility to buy an unlimited number of extra vacation days;
- DEPT®/YOU Learning Menu and DEPT®/YOU Special Programs. Develop your skills with courses and programs tailored to your needs;
- Stay happy and healthy with a contribution to your health through the OpenUp platform, gym and wellness discounts, and healthy lunches at the office;
- Get a discount on your lease bike and ride in style. You can also enjoy hassle free-commutes with an NS Business Card;
- A reputation for doing good. DEPT® has been a Certified B Corp® since 2021, has been named a Great Place To Work since 2022 in the Netherlands and named ‘Agency of the Year’ at both The Lovies and The Webby Awards;
- Awesome clients. Whether big, small, local or global — at DEPT® you’ll get the opportunity to work with all of them. And we celebrate all of our successes together!
- You can discover even more employee benefits here.
Why Dept®?
We are a Growth Invention company built to help the world’s most ambitious brands grow faster. Operating at the intersection of technology and marketing, we create what is next by pioneering ideas, acting fast, and moving further because standing still just is not in our DNA.
We are drawn to people who stay curious, move with intent, and never stop inventing. Our culture runs on three values: better together, relentlessly curious, and get sh*t done. It is how we work, how we grow, and how we make things that matter.
At DEPT®, you will find the freedom to explore, the space to collaborate, and the trust to make a real impact for our clients, for each other, and for the world we are helping to build.
Diversity, Equity &Amp; Inclusion
At DEPT®, we take pride in creating an inclusive workplace where everyone has an equal opportunity to thrive. We actively seek to recruit, develop, nurture, and retain talented individuals from diverse backgrounds, with varying skills and perspectives.
Not sure you meet all qualifications? Apply, and let us decide! Research shows that women and members of underrepresented groups tend not to apply for jobs when they think they may not meet every requirement, when in fact they do. We believe in giving everyone a fair chance to shine.
We also encourage you to reach out to us and discuss any reasonable adjustments we can make to support you throughout the recruitment process and your time with us.
Want to know more about our dedication to diversity, equity, and inclusion? Check out our efforts here.
The anticipated salary range for this position is listed below. Salary is based on a range of factors that include relevant experience, expertise, physical location, and organizational impact. This is based on a 40-hour workweek and leveling. Keep in mind, we’re flexible.
US Remote Range
$90,000—$95,000 USD
