Jobs at Darkroom

Manage and scale paid search campaigns across Google, YouTube, Bing, and emerging AI search platforms for consumer brands. Responsibilities include campaign strategy, account builds, optimization, creative consultation, competitive research, forecasting, reporting, attribution analysis, and client relationship management. The role oversees 6–10 accounts with aggregate monthly spend up to $3 million and collaborates with creative, brand, creator, and analytics teams to drive customer acquisition and revenue growth.

Lead a portfolio of high-growth consumer brands by developing integrated omni-channel growth strategies, managing DTC P&L and ad spend, building financial projections and media plans, and directing cross-functional teams (paid acquisition, retention, creative, data). Serve as primary client-facing strategist, scale ad accounts, run QBRs, and collaborate with finance and data teams to drive measurable revenue and margin growth.

Own the technical CRM and retention program for a high-growth consumer technology client. Build automated, event-triggered journeys, advanced segmentation, dynamic content, lead capture, activation, loyalty, repeat-purchase, and win-back programs. Manage ESP integrations, data quality, deliverability, templates, QA, testing, reporting, and channel KPIs across email and other messaging channels. Troubleshoot platform, rendering, triggering, and delivery issues while partnering with content and client engineering teams.

Senior client leader embedded with a founder-led consumer technology company, owning the executive relationship, operating rhythm, escalations, scope, budgets, and cross-functional delivery. The role requires deep media fluency, mobile app measurement knowledge, and the ability to translate founder priorities into actionable plans across media, creative, social, creator, and lifecycle teams. The leader will diagnose performance issues, manage strategic decisions, protect team capacity, and identify opportunities for expanded client work while working onsite in San Jose four to five days weekly.

Leads Darkroom’s Paid Search practice across Google, YouTube, Microsoft Advertising, Shopping, Performance Max, and emerging AI search platforms. Owns strategy, performance, commercial health, P&L influence, client retention, service development, and a $3M–$10M+ monthly portfolio. Builds and manages a team of six or more, develops leadership talent, oversees hiring and organizational design, advises executive clients, manages platform partnerships, establishes measurement standards, and drives AI search innovation.

Leads Darkroom’s Paid Social practice, owning strategy, commercial performance, client retention, service development, hiring, organization design, and team leadership. Oversees a 25+ account portfolio with $10M–$25M+ in monthly spend, develops Meta and social commerce strategies, sets creative and measurement standards, manages platform partnerships, supports new business, and advises executive clients.

Lead the brand and creative strategy for a major product launch on a dedicated enterprise account. Own positioning, messaging, full-funnel campaigns, testing, production, performance analysis, client presentations, and creative team leadership across paid, organic, and retention channels. Work hands-on with designers and editors, use AI-enabled workflows, and connect creative decisions to measurable business results.

Run executive content programs for Darkroom and Shadow by interviewing executives, capturing their voices, ghostwriting and editing LinkedIn posts, managing content calendars, coordinating launch content, creating multiple formats, and analyzing performance. The role requires writing authentically for founders and operators, understanding B2B commerce and growth topics, and using AI tools for research and ideation while applying strong human editorial judgment.

Own paid search strategy and performance across high-growth consumer brands, managing $500K–$5M+ monthly spend across Google, YouTube, Bing, app-install, and emerging AI search platforms. Lead client strategy, forecasting, attribution, creative testing, KPI frameworks, and growth planning. Manage and develop Paid Search Managers and Specialists, establish quality standards, advise executive stakeholders, and drive measurable acquisition and revenue outcomes.

The Associate Director, Paid Social will lead paid social strategies, manage a team, and drive measurable revenue outcomes for high-growth brands, focusing on client management and developing talent.