Performance Marketing Manager Jobs in Illinois
Performance Marketing Manager jobs in Illinois are highly active, concentrated in digital advertising, e-commerce, retail media, and financial services, with openings at every level from coordinator-track roles through director-adjacent senior positions. Chicago drives the bulk of hiring, with additional demand in Naperville and Schaumburg, where headquartered brands and agencies operate large marketing teams. Established employers with consistent Illinois presence include Groupon, Kraft Heinz, and Walgreens, and the specialties in highest demand are paid search, programmatic advertising, and marketing analytics. Find a role that fits below and apply directly.
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Location
Chicago
Employment Type
Full time
Location Type
Hybrid
Department
Marketing
Compensation
- $136K – $204K • Offers Equity • Offers Bonus
Additionally, this role is eligible to participate in our equity plan and benefits program. Benefits include, but not limited to: Comprehensive health, dental and vision coverage, retirement benefits (401k match up to 4%), and flexible PTO.
Why Harvey
At Harvey, we’re transforming how legal and professional services operate. By combining frontier agentic AI, an enterprise-grade platform, and deep domain expertise, we’re reshaping how critical knowledge work gets done for decades to come.
This is a rare chance to help build a generational company at a true inflection point. We have strong product-market fit and world-class investor support. We’re scaling fast and defining a new category in real time. The work is ambitious, the bar is high, and the opportunity for growth — personal, professional, and financial — is unmatched.
Our team moves fast, takes ownership, and is deeply committed to the mission — operating with intensity, staying close to our customers, and pushing each other for excellence. We live by three values: Decisiveness, Simplicity, and Job's Not Finished. We act quickly on clear judgment over perfect information, we believe simplicity is what scales, and we're never satisfied with where we are. If you want to do the best work of your career alongside people who share that drive, we'd love to build with you.
At Harvey, the future of professional services is being written today — and we’re just getting started.
Role Overview
Harvey is transforming how legal professionals work through AI. We're looking for a Senior Performance Marketing Manager, Paid Social to help unlock the next stage of growth across our paid media programs.
You'll own and scale paid social as a key driver of pipeline, revenue, and market awareness—reaching legal decision-makers across law firms and corporate legal departments worldwide.
This role sits at the intersection of strategy and execution. You'll develop audience strategies, launch and optimize full-funnel campaigns, partner closely with creative and content teams, and use data to uncover new growth opportunities. You'll own the roadmap and end-to-end execution while helping shape how paid social contributes to Harvey's broader growth strategy.
We're looking for someone who thrives in fast-paced environments, embraces experimentation, and has a track record of turning paid media investments into measurable business outcomes.
What You'll Do
Own and Scale Paid Search Growth
Own Harvey's global paid search strategy across Google Ads and Microsoft Ads, defining the vision for how paid search drives customer acquisition, pipeline, and revenue growth across segments.
Manage end-to-end search performance, including budget allocation, forecasting, pacing, and investment strategy to consistently achieve ambitious pipeline and revenue targets.
Build, launch, and optimize paid search campaigns across global markets, continuously refining campaign structure, bidding strategies, audience targeting, keyword expansion, and messaging to maximize performance and efficiency.
Manage significant paid search budgets, optimizing ROI through sophisticated bid management, search intent analysis, landing page optimization, and conversion rate improvements.
Stay ahead of the evolving search landscape—including AI-powered search experiences, emerging ad products, and platform innovations—to identify new growth opportunities before competitors.
Develop executive-ready performance reports and strategic business reviews, surfacing insights, opportunities, and recommendations that connect paid search investments to measurable business outcomes.
Drive Experimentation and Performance
Design and execute a robust experimentation roadmap across bidding strategies, keyword expansion, ad copy, audience segmentation, landing pages, campaign structure, and emerging Google product betas.
Leverage AI-powered tools to accelerate creative development, automate workflows, uncover insights, and improve campaign optimization at scale.
Continuously optimize performance by analyzing search intent, auction dynamics, competitive trends, user behavior, and platform innovations.
Build scalable testing frameworks, operational playbooks, and optimization processes that enable continuous optimization and long-term growth.
Partner Across the Business
Partner with Web, Design, Content, and PMM to ensure paid search messaging is consistent across channels and tied into integrated, full-funnel campaigns.
Collaborate with Marketing Operations and Data Analytics to strengthen attribution, conversion tracking, offline conversion optimization, reporting infrastructure, and measurement frameworks.
Communicate performance trends, experimentation results, and translate performance data into clear, actional insights and strategic recommendations for cross-functional partners and executive leadership.
What You Have
7+ years of experience in performance marketing with deep, hands-on expertise in managing Google Ads and Microsoft Ads.
Track record managing large-scale paid search budgets with demonstrated impact on lead generation and pipeline.
Strong analytical capabilities with experience using performance data to drive strategic decisions.
Working knowledge of attribution, conversion tracking, CRM integrations, and marketing measurement frameworks.
Ability to operate both strategically and tactically—you can define the roadmap and execute the details.
Excellent cross-functional communication skills with the ability to translate campaign data into strategic recommendations and align with stakeholders across marketing, sales, and operations.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience with Google Tag Manager, Google Analytics, Conversion APIs, offline conversion tracking, and value-based bidding.
Experience scaling international paid search programs across multiple regions and languages.
Experience marketing to enterprise B2B audiences—ideally within legal technology, AI, SaaS, or professional services—with complex buying cycles.
Compensation
$136,000 - $204,000 USD
Depending on your location, an Applicant Privacy Notice may apply to you. You can find all of our Applicant Privacy Notices [here].
#LI-LT1
Harvey is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition, or any other basis protected by law.
We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities, and requests can be made by emailing accommodations@harvey.ai
Location
Chicago
Employment Type
Full time
Location Type
Hybrid
Department
Marketing
Compensation
- $136K – $204K • Offers Equity • Offers Bonus
Additionally, this role is eligible to participate in our equity plan and benefits program. Benefits include, but not limited to: Comprehensive health, dental and vision coverage, retirement benefits (401k match up to 4%), and flexible PTO.
Why Harvey
At Harvey, we’re transforming how legal and professional services operate. By combining frontier agentic AI, an enterprise-grade platform, and deep domain expertise, we’re reshaping how critical knowledge work gets done for decades to come.
This is a rare chance to help build a generational company at a true inflection point. We have strong product-market fit and world-class investor support. We’re scaling fast and defining a new category in real time. The work is ambitious, the bar is high, and the opportunity for growth — personal, professional, and financial — is unmatched.
Our team moves fast, takes ownership, and is deeply committed to the mission — operating with intensity, staying close to our customers, and pushing each other for excellence. We live by three values: Decisiveness, Simplicity, and Job's Not Finished. We act quickly on clear judgment over perfect information, we believe simplicity is what scales, and we're never satisfied with where we are. If you want to do the best work of your career alongside people who share that drive, we'd love to build with you.
At Harvey, the future of professional services is being written today — and we’re just getting started.
Role Overview
Harvey is transforming how legal professionals work through AI. We're looking for a Senior Performance Marketing Manager, Paid Social to help unlock the next stage of growth across our paid media programs.
You'll own and scale paid social as a key driver of pipeline, revenue, and market awareness—reaching legal decision-makers across law firms and corporate legal departments worldwide.
This role sits at the intersection of strategy and execution. You'll develop audience strategies, launch and optimize full-funnel campaigns, partner closely with creative and content teams, and use data to uncover new growth opportunities. You'll own the roadmap and end-to-end execution while helping shape how paid social contributes to Harvey's broader growth strategy.
We're looking for someone who thrives in fast-paced environments, embraces experimentation, and has a track record of turning paid media investments into measurable business outcomes.
What You'll Do
Own and Scale Paid Search Growth
Own Harvey's global paid search strategy across Google Ads and Microsoft Ads, defining the vision for how paid search drives customer acquisition, pipeline, and revenue growth across segments.
Manage end-to-end search performance, including budget allocation, forecasting, pacing, and investment strategy to consistently achieve ambitious pipeline and revenue targets.
Build, launch, and optimize paid search campaigns across global markets, continuously refining campaign structure, bidding strategies, audience targeting, keyword expansion, and messaging to maximize performance and efficiency.
Manage significant paid search budgets, optimizing ROI through sophisticated bid management, search intent analysis, landing page optimization, and conversion rate improvements.
Stay ahead of the evolving search landscape—including AI-powered search experiences, emerging ad products, and platform innovations—to identify new growth opportunities before competitors.
Develop executive-ready performance reports and strategic business reviews, surfacing insights, opportunities, and recommendations that connect paid search investments to measurable business outcomes.
Drive Experimentation and Performance
Design and execute a robust experimentation roadmap across bidding strategies, keyword expansion, ad copy, audience segmentation, landing pages, campaign structure, and emerging Google product betas.
Leverage AI-powered tools to accelerate creative development, automate workflows, uncover insights, and improve campaign optimization at scale.
Continuously optimize performance by analyzing search intent, auction dynamics, competitive trends, user behavior, and platform innovations.
Build scalable testing frameworks, operational playbooks, and optimization processes that enable continuous optimization and long-term growth.
Partner Across the Business
Partner with Web, Design, Content, and PMM to ensure paid search messaging is consistent across channels and tied into integrated, full-funnel campaigns.
Collaborate with Marketing Operations and Data Analytics to strengthen attribution, conversion tracking, offline conversion optimization, reporting infrastructure, and measurement frameworks.
Communicate performance trends, experimentation results, and translate performance data into clear, actional insights and strategic recommendations for cross-functional partners and executive leadership.
What You Have
7+ years of experience in performance marketing with deep, hands-on expertise in managing Google Ads and Microsoft Ads.
Track record managing large-scale paid search budgets with demonstrated impact on lead generation and pipeline.
Strong analytical capabilities with experience using performance data to drive strategic decisions.
Working knowledge of attribution, conversion tracking, CRM integrations, and marketing measurement frameworks.
Ability to operate both strategically and tactically—you can define the roadmap and execute the details.
Excellent cross-functional communication skills with the ability to translate campaign data into strategic recommendations and align with stakeholders across marketing, sales, and operations.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience with Google Tag Manager, Google Analytics, Conversion APIs, offline conversion tracking, and value-based bidding.
Experience scaling international paid search programs across multiple regions and languages.
Experience marketing to enterprise B2B audiences—ideally within legal technology, AI, SaaS, or professional services—with complex buying cycles.
Compensation
$136,000 - $204,000 USD
Depending on your location, an Applicant Privacy Notice may apply to you. You can find all of our Applicant Privacy Notices [here].
#LI-LT1
Harvey is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition, or any other basis protected by law.
We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities, and requests can be made by emailing accommodations@harvey.ai
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What Illinois Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in performance marketing manager jobs across Illinois.
- Bachelor's degree in marketing, advertising, business, or a related field required
- Proven experience managing paid search, paid social, or programmatic campaigns at scale
- Hands-on proficiency with Google Ads, Meta Ads Manager, and analytics platforms like GA4
- Strong command of performance metrics including ROAS, CPA, CAC, and LTV
- Experience with A/B testing, audience segmentation, and conversion rate optimization
- Ability to manage budgets, report results to stakeholders, and adjust strategy based on data
Performance Marketing Manager Jobs in Illinois: Frequently Asked Questions
How do you become a performance marketing manager in Illinois?
Most performance marketing managers in Illinois enter through a bachelor's degree in marketing, communications, or business, then build several years of hands-on paid media experience. There is no state-issued license required in Illinois for this role. Employers here typically expect demonstrated platform certifications such as Google Ads or Meta Blueprint, a portfolio of campaign results, and familiarity with the retail, financial services, or agency sectors that dominate the Illinois market.
How much do performance marketing managers make in Illinois?
Performance marketing managers in Illinois earn a median of about $162,860 a year, based on May 2025 Bureau of Labor Statistics wage data, ranging from around $95,990 for the lowest 10% to over $276,340 for the top 10%. Pay rises with experience, specialty, and employer.
Which companies hire performance marketing managers in Illinois?
Employers hiring performance marketing managers in Illinois right now include HARVEY, BCU, and Trivium, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of September 2026. Illinois's deep mix of consumer brands, financial institutions, and digital agencies means demand is spread across both in-house corporate teams and agency environments throughout the Chicago metro.
Which Illinois cities have the most performance marketing manager jobs?
Chicago, Illinois, and Aurora have the most performance marketing manager openings in Illinois. Chicago dominates because it hosts the regional headquarters of major consumer brands, financial services firms, and large independent agencies, while suburban hubs like Naperville and Schaumburg contribute openings tied to corporate campus marketing departments and retail-sector employers based in the collar counties.
Are there remote performance marketing manager jobs in Illinois?
Yes, and more than most fields, because performance marketing work is almost entirely digital and output is measured through dashboards that are accessible anywhere. About 88% of performance marketing manager openings tied to Illinois are remote or hybrid as of September 2026, reflecting how broadly desk-based this role is. Campaign setup, analysis, and reporting are the functions most commonly done fully remote, while client-facing agency roles are more likely to require in-office days.
How can I get hired as a performance marketing manager in Illinois with little or no experience?
The most realistic entry path is a paid media coordinator or digital marketing associate role at one of Chicago's many independent agencies or in-house brand teams, where you learn platform execution directly. Large Illinois employers such as Walgreens and Kraft Heinz run structured associate marketing rotations that bring in candidates with limited experience. Building a Google Ads or Meta Blueprint certification and a personal or freelance campaign portfolio significantly improves your competitiveness when applying to these entry-level openings.
Where can I find and apply to performance marketing manager jobs in Illinois?
You can find and apply to performance marketing manager jobs in Illinois on Migrate Mate, which lists current Illinois openings updated regularly. Search the available roles, identify the ones that fit your experience and preferred location, and apply directly to each employer. No account or profile creation is required to search and apply.
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