Performance Marketing Associate Jobs
Performance Marketing Associate jobs are open across e-commerce, SaaS, fintech, and direct-to-consumer brands, from entry-level to mid-career, with specializations in paid search, paid social, and conversion rate optimization. Scan the live roles below and apply to whichever ones fit.
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Manager, Digital Performance Marketing
W2 Contract, min of 12 months
ONSITE out of Plano, TX
Target W2 $78-81/hr
Performance Media Strategy & Execution
- Oversee lower-funnel performance marketing initiatives across paid search, Google Shopping (PLA), Performance Max, display, and retargeting.
- Develop and execute data-driven media strategies focused on revenue growth, conversions, customer acquisition, and efficient traffic generation to S.com.
- Manage and optimize performance campaigns across platforms including Google Ads, Microsoft Advertising, and other relevant performance media channels.
- Partner with media agencies to ensure effective campaign execution, budget allocation, optimization, and performance against established KPIs.
- Identify opportunities to improve media efficiency and maximize ROAS through audience targeting, bidding strategies, campaign structure, and channel investment decisions.
Lower-Funnel Optimization & Revenue Growth
- Drive performance strategies focused on conversion, remarketing, product consideration, and purchase intent.
- Optimize campaign performance through audience segmentation, keyword strategy, product feed optimization, and retargeting initiatives.
- Evaluate channel performance to identify opportunities to improve customer acquisition costs, conversion rates, and overall return on media investment.
- Collaborate with e-commerce and digital teams to improve the customer journey and maximize conversion opportunities.
- Support promotional periods, product launches, and seasonal campaigns with performance-focused media strategies.
Cross-Functional Collaboration & Business Alignment
- Partner with Lines of Business, Category Marketing, and Demand Generation teams to align performance media activities with product launches, promotions, and commercial priorities.
- Work closely with Digital Product, E-commerce, Creative Services, and UX teams to improve landing page performance and conversion opportunities.
- Coordinate with HQ and regional marketing teams to ensure alignment on performance marketing best practices and strategic priorities.
- Collaborate with agency partners to translate business objectives into effective media plans and measurable outcomes.
- Support product feed management, audience strategy, and campaign tagging to ensure optimal performance and accurate measurement.
Testing, Innovation & Growth
- Identify and implement opportunities to test new audience strategies, ad formats, bidding approaches, and performance marketing solutions.
- Develop structured testing plans across performance media channels to improve conversion efficiency and campaign effectiveness.
- Explore emerging performance media capabilities, including automation, AI-powered optimization, and platform innovations.
- Continuously assess channel performance and recommend opportunities to improve campaign efficiency, scale, and long-term business growth.
Qualifications
- Top Skills: Performance Media Strategy, Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Bachelors degree in Marketing, Advertising, Business, Communications, or a related field.
- 9+ years of experience in performance marketing and media management, preferably within a large brand, agency, or e-commerce environment.
- Strong experience across lower-funnel performance media, including paid search, Google Shopping, Performance Max, display, and retargeting.
- Demonstrated ability to manage performance-focused media campaigns with revenue, conversion, and ROAS objectives.
- Working knowledge of platforms including Google Ads, Microsoft Advertising, Google Merchant Center, and Google Analytics 4.
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret campaign data, identify trends, and translate insights into actionable optimization strategies.
- Experience managing media agencies, campaign budgets, and cross-functional stakeholder relationships.
- Familiarity with attribution, conversion tracking, product feeds, and e-commerce performance measurement.
- Experience developing campaign reports and communicating performance results to marketing leadership.
- Ability to navigate a complex organization, manage multiple priorities, and collaborate effectively across teams.
- Strong organizational, communication, and problem-solving skills with a proactive, results-oriented mindset.
Preferred Additional Experience
- Experience supporting enterprise-level e-commerce or direct-to-consumer businesses.
- Familiarity with Performance Max, automated bidding, dynamic product advertising, and multi-channel attribution.
- Experience working across multiple product categories and managing integrated performance media campaigns.
- Knowledge of SEO and its relationship to paid search and broader digital acquisition strategies.
Manager, Digital Performance Marketing
W2 Contract, min of 12 months
ONSITE out of Plano, TX
Target W2 $78-81/hr
Performance Media Strategy & Execution
- Oversee lower-funnel performance marketing initiatives across paid search, Google Shopping (PLA), Performance Max, display, and retargeting.
- Develop and execute data-driven media strategies focused on revenue growth, conversions, customer acquisition, and efficient traffic generation to S.com.
- Manage and optimize performance campaigns across platforms including Google Ads, Microsoft Advertising, and other relevant performance media channels.
- Partner with media agencies to ensure effective campaign execution, budget allocation, optimization, and performance against established KPIs.
- Identify opportunities to improve media efficiency and maximize ROAS through audience targeting, bidding strategies, campaign structure, and channel investment decisions.
Lower-Funnel Optimization & Revenue Growth
- Drive performance strategies focused on conversion, remarketing, product consideration, and purchase intent.
- Optimize campaign performance through audience segmentation, keyword strategy, product feed optimization, and retargeting initiatives.
- Evaluate channel performance to identify opportunities to improve customer acquisition costs, conversion rates, and overall return on media investment.
- Collaborate with e-commerce and digital teams to improve the customer journey and maximize conversion opportunities.
- Support promotional periods, product launches, and seasonal campaigns with performance-focused media strategies.
Cross-Functional Collaboration & Business Alignment
- Partner with Lines of Business, Category Marketing, and Demand Generation teams to align performance media activities with product launches, promotions, and commercial priorities.
- Work closely with Digital Product, E-commerce, Creative Services, and UX teams to improve landing page performance and conversion opportunities.
- Coordinate with HQ and regional marketing teams to ensure alignment on performance marketing best practices and strategic priorities.
- Collaborate with agency partners to translate business objectives into effective media plans and measurable outcomes.
- Support product feed management, audience strategy, and campaign tagging to ensure optimal performance and accurate measurement.
Testing, Innovation & Growth
- Identify and implement opportunities to test new audience strategies, ad formats, bidding approaches, and performance marketing solutions.
- Develop structured testing plans across performance media channels to improve conversion efficiency and campaign effectiveness.
- Explore emerging performance media capabilities, including automation, AI-powered optimization, and platform innovations.
- Continuously assess channel performance and recommend opportunities to improve campaign efficiency, scale, and long-term business growth.
Qualifications
- Top Skills: Performance Media Strategy, Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Bachelors degree in Marketing, Advertising, Business, Communications, or a related field.
- 9+ years of experience in performance marketing and media management, preferably within a large brand, agency, or e-commerce environment.
- Strong experience across lower-funnel performance media, including paid search, Google Shopping, Performance Max, display, and retargeting.
- Demonstrated ability to manage performance-focused media campaigns with revenue, conversion, and ROAS objectives.
- Working knowledge of platforms including Google Ads, Microsoft Advertising, Google Merchant Center, and Google Analytics 4.
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret campaign data, identify trends, and translate insights into actionable optimization strategies.
- Experience managing media agencies, campaign budgets, and cross-functional stakeholder relationships.
- Familiarity with attribution, conversion tracking, product feeds, and e-commerce performance measurement.
- Experience developing campaign reports and communicating performance results to marketing leadership.
- Ability to navigate a complex organization, manage multiple priorities, and collaborate effectively across teams.
- Strong organizational, communication, and problem-solving skills with a proactive, results-oriented mindset.
Preferred Additional Experience
- Experience supporting enterprise-level e-commerce or direct-to-consumer businesses.
- Familiarity with Performance Max, automated bidding, dynamic product advertising, and multi-channel attribution.
- Experience working across multiple product categories and managing integrated performance media campaigns.
- Knowledge of SEO and its relationship to paid search and broader digital acquisition strategies.
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Who's Hiring
- Clients Blackbox73
- Milan Laser Hair Removal7
- Viral Nation4
- Noble Studios4
- GEICO3
Top Industries Hiring
- Technology & Software11
- Consulting & Professional Services3
- Manufacturing2
- Staffing & Recruiting2
- Banking & Financial Services2
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in performance marketing associate jobs.
- Hands-on experience managing paid search or paid social campaigns
- Proficiency with Google Ads and Meta Ads Manager
- Ability to analyze performance data and report on key metrics
- Familiarity with attribution tools and conversion tracking setup
- Experience running A/B tests on ad creative or landing pages
- Bachelor's degree in marketing, communications, or a related field
Tips for Your Performance Marketing Associate Job Search
Quantify campaign results on your resume
Hiring managers for performance marketing roles scan for numbers, not duties. Replace phrases like 'managed paid campaigns' with the actual return on ad spend, cost per acquisition, or revenue lift you drove, even from internships or freelance projects.
List every ad platform you have used
Many applicant tracking systems filter resumes by platform keywords. Name every tool you have hands-on experience with, including Google Ads, Meta Ads Manager, TikTok Ads, and any demand-side platforms, so your application clears the initial screen.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists performance marketing associate openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Target companies by business model first
Performance marketing looks very different at a subscription SaaS company versus a direct-to-consumer retailer. Identify which business model your experience fits best, then search openings from companies in that category to avoid interviews where your approach won't translate.
Prepare a walk-through of one full campaign
Interviewers for performance marketing roles almost always ask you to narrate a campaign from brief to result. Practice a concise story that covers the objective, the channel mix you chose, what you tested, and what the outcome was, keeping it under three minutes.
Negotiate by anchoring to channel-specific benchmarks
When negotiating an offer, reference what professionals managing similar ad budgets in your geographic market typically earn, using Bureau of Labor Statistics data as a baseline. This frames your ask around the scope of the role rather than your previous salary.
Performance Marketing Associate Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most performance marketing associates?
The most active employers for performance marketing associates right now are Clients Blackbox, Milan Laser Hair Removal, and Viral Nation, and the most openings are in California, Texas, and New York, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. E-commerce brands and growth-stage software companies tend to post the most volume at the associate level.
How many performance marketing associate jobs are remote?
About 87% of performance marketing associate openings are fully remote or hybrid as of November 2026, reflecting strong demand for digital-first marketers who can work across time zones. Paid social and programmatic roles are more frequently remote than roles tied to in-house creative teams or retail operations.
How do you become a performance marketing associate?
Start by building hands-on experience with at least one major ad platform, either through an internship, a freelance project, or running a small campaign with your own budget. Earning a Google Ads or Meta Blueprint certification signals baseline competence to employers. Apply to coordinator or specialist roles at agencies or in-house teams, where you will manage campaigns under supervision before owning channels independently.
Can you get a performance marketing associate job with little or no experience?
Yes, many employers hire candidates without formal work history if you can demonstrate platform fluency and analytical thinking. Build a portfolio by running a real campaign, even with a minimal budget, and document the setup, testing approach, and results. Agencies and startups at the early growth stage are the most willing to hire candidates who show initiative and comfort with data over years of experience.
What does the performance marketing associate interview process look like?
Most processes include a recruiter screen, a hiring manager conversation focused on your channel experience and past campaign results, and a take-home or live case study where you are asked to audit an existing account or build a mock campaign strategy. Some companies add a final round with a cross-functional stakeholder such as a creative director or data analyst to assess how you collaborate outside the marketing team.
Where can I find and apply to performance marketing associate jobs?
You can find and apply to performance marketing associate jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from across the United States. Search the roles available, find the ones that match your experience and target industry, and apply directly to each listing that fits.
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