Front Row is hiring: Director, Performance Marketing - Marketplace Partnership i

Director, Performance Marketing - Marketplace Partnership

Base pay range

$130,000.00/yr - $145,000.00/yr

About Front Row

We partner with leading brands to accelerate their ecommerce growth. We leverage our capabilities and proprietary technology to design, market, distribute and accelerate brands on a global scale. We’re continually cultivating functional areas of expertise and retaining the highest caliber of talent — while sharing knowledge and data, creating efficiencies, and looking at every aspect of our client\'s business from a 360 perspective. We work effectively to give every client the hands-on support, niche knowledge, and first-access they need to win in the world\'s most competitive commerce markets and make each of our six capabilities the first to act on the next big things. We live for the exchange of energy between brands and audiences, you should too, and we\'ve made it our mission to expand every brand\'s market share and heart share. Because we believe every transaction has the potential to be transformational. We leverage data-driven insights from Catapult, our proprietary technology, and our deep understanding of marketplaces like Amazon, Walmart.com, TikTok Shop, to craft strategies unique to each brand we work with while protecting their pricing and channel strategies at every lifecycle stage and in any global market.

About the Role

The director of performance marketing will be responsible for the continued leadership, management and performance of Front Row\'s core Amazon business and online marketplace expansion, including Instacart, Walmart, Criteo. This person will be responsible for the continued strategic development of top clients, with a focus on revenue growth and client retention. This person will work closely with the VP of Marketplace Performance to develop the ad tech offering, elevate the connectivity between programmatic and AMC, and maximize product and analytics quality for clients. As a leader within the company, this person\'s main responsibility lies within advertising across Amazon and online marketplaces, but is not limited to these departments (SEO continues to be a larger and larger focus). Being part of the Front Row leadership team means making an impact across all departments and working with other department heads to grow the business as a whole.

Responsibilities

• Lead and own PPC strategy for 5–7 accounts as the primary media buyer with strategist/analyst support as needed for operational support
• Manage a pod of team members (1–3)
• Serve as a primary client sponsor for major clients within your pod, fostering high-level relationships with client leadership and providing escalation support to account management teams
• Collaborate with leadership across performance marketing, data, and insights to continue to improve Front Row\'s offering across AMC & Programmatic
• Support updated SOPs and hiring of new team members in future months
• Room to grow across thought leadership within the e-commerce industry with sponsored speaking engagements and PR opportunities
• Continuously evaluate and improve on performance, as well as help establish best practices and playbooks

Qualifications

• +5 years of hands-on experience with Amazon PPC
• 3p/1P Ad Management required
• Strong knowledge and perspective on Amazon PPC, Amazon DSP, and AMC
• Thought Leadership - Engage in discussions about new features, opportunities, and best practices
• Years managing a team of people (ideally 3+ direct reports)
• Agency/Aggregator experience is a plus
• Experience in Amazon Marketing Cloud (AMC) with hand on keyboard experience with ad tech platforms

Benefits

• Health, dental, and vision
• PTO
• Summer Fridays
• Wellness and commuter benefits
• Work with a fun, consultative team of experts
• Location - headquartered in SoHo, New York City with offices in San Diego, Hamburg and Bratislava

Seniority level

• Director

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Other
• Industries
• IT Services and IT Consulting