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The Manager, Performance Marketing leads Searchlight Pictures’ performance marketing across key digital channels, optimizing campaigns through strong measurement, budget guidance, and data-driven audience and bidding strategies in close partnership with media strategy, analytics, and agency teams.
Job Responsibility:
Work in partnership with the SVP Media Strategy, Analytics and Marketing Planning to execute and optimize performance marketing efforts of Searchlight Pictures paid media across assigned digital channels and campaigns
Implement and optimize established performance measurement frameworks, and KPIs
Provide recommendations and analysis to inform digital media budget allocation decisions
Manage and lead daily communication with media agency performance marketing activation team in order to ensure proper implementation of performance marketing campaigns
Apply approved audience strategies using Disney, platform, and vendor data to improve performance
Working closely with media agency, oversee, manage, and lead the implementation of bid and optimization strategies to drive media performance across digital platforms
Oversee and manage ad tagging and data collection with media agency ad ops teams and ensure proper data governence and legal compliance are achieved
Collaborate with multiple Disney LOBs and within the Disney marketing technology stack to identify opportunities to scale 1P and 2P data use for the purpose of incrementing on performance marketing campaign performance
Leverage cross-Disney business unit best practices, partnership deal opportunities, and technology offerings
Manage the deployment of audiences including Disney, platform, and vendor data including ticketing and exhibition partners
Execute test-and-learn initiatives and analyze results to inform optimization reccommendations across digital channels
Prepare compelling performance reporting and insights for Searchlight leadership and other internal stakeholders’ review and decision-making
Lead social listening efforts to monitor brand sentiment, competitive activity, and emerging trends
translate insights into actionable performance marketing strategies and reporting frameworks
Partner with creative teams to inform asset development and deployment through performance insights, testing frameworks, and audience-level learning
Partner with the media agency ad operations and analytics teams to implement title over title data collection and accurate data flow into our databases
Support key platform and publisher relationships
Maintain organizational knowledge of media technology, buying platforms, and analytical tools
Support internal Searchlight marketing teams as necessary with adhoc projects
Requirements:
Experience building and delivering digital plans that carry research and planning through to execution
6+ years experience in digital media platforms (Meta, TikTok, X/Twitter, Reddit, Snapchat, Pinterest, Innovid, LiveRamp, Google Ads, Programmatic DSPs)
4+ years experience in theatrical and/or streaming on client, agency and/or vendor side
Deep understanding of marketing and media concepts, principles, and strategies
Experience building and delivering digital plans that carry research and planning through to execution
Skilled in Microsoft Suite, particularly Excel.
Experience with tagging, trafficking, and verification
Outstanding business acumen
Strong analytical skills
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Strong ability to work independently as well as across teams in a diverse, cross-departmental and collaberative environment
Nice to have:
Passion for entertainment and the specialty/independent film space
Experience working with data analytics tools and dashboards (Google Analytics, Adobe Analytics, Datorama, Tableau, Power BI etc.)
Familiarity with DMP logic, segmentation, and implementation across different platforms
Experience driving business goals through data application