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Brand director roles in Tennessee are concentrated in Nashville's entertainment, healthcare, and consumer goods sectors, with employers like HCA Healthcare, Bridgestone Americas, and Dollar General headquartered in the state. International candidates can pursue H-1B visa sponsorship with qualifying employers. Nashville and Memphis anchor most hiring activity for senior brand leadership positions.
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We are looking for a driven, analytically rigorous Paid Acquisition Senior Marketing Manager to own and scale our paid marketing efforts across both performance and awareness channels. Paid Search (SEM) remains the primary engine of this role, but you will also take ownership of paid awareness channels — including paid social, 3P publications, and event coordination — designed to drive top-of-funnel traffic and brand consideration. As a senior leader, you will manage and develop a team of marketing professionals, setting priorities, coaching talent, and fostering a culture of experimentation and accountability. This is a high-impact, highly visible role sitting at the intersection of data, creativity, and technology, directly influencing Amazon Relay's full-funnel growth strategy.
The ideal candidate brings a performance-first mindset and is equally comfortable steering paid search campaigns, launching paid awareness initiatives, leading deep-dive data analysis, and orchestrating high-visibility events. You will manage a multi-million dollar marketing budget spanning SEM and awareness channels and will be directly accountable for both top-of-funnel traffic volume and brand reach KPIs. You will also serve as the connective tissue between quantitative insights and strategic decision-making — translating complex data into clear narratives that influence roadmaps and investment decisions.
Key job responsibilities
SEM Strategy & Campaign Management
- Own end-to-end strategy, execution, and optimization of paid search campaigns across Google Ads and Microsoft Ads, covering Search, Performance Max, and DSA campaign types.
- Lead keyword research, match-type strategy, negative keyword governance, and ongoing search term analysis to maximize relevance and minimize wasted spend.
- Develop and test ad copy, extensions, and landing page strategies using a structured A/B testing framework to continuously improve Quality Score, CTR, and conversion rates.
- Maintain rigorous campaign architecture — ad groups, campaign hierarchy, and bidding strategies (tROAS, tCPA, Maximize Conversions) — ensuring scalability as budgets and markets grow.
- Manage and optimize a multi-million dollar annual SEM budget, allocating spend across campaigns to hit efficiency targets while scaling acquisition volume.
Paid Awareness Channel Management
- Plan, execute, and optimize paid awareness campaigns across programmatic display, paid social (Meta, LinkedIn, TikTok), online video (YouTube), and 3P industry publications to drive top-of-funnel reach and brand consideration among target carrier audiences.
- Define and track awareness-stage KPIs including reach, frequency, video completion rate (VCR), brand lift, share of voice, clearly separating them from lower-funnel SEM metrics.
- Collaborate with Creative and Product Marketing teams to brief, review, and iterate on awareness ad creative — including display banners, video scripts, and social ad formats — ensuring messaging consistency across all paid touchpoints.
- Analyze the downstream impact of awareness campaigns on SEM performance — including branded search lift, assisted conversions, and overall funnel velocity — to prove awareness ROI and inform future budget allocation between channels.
Event Strategy & Coordination
- Lead the planning, execution, and post-event analysis of industry events, trade shows, conferences, and sponsored activations that support acquisition and brand awareness goals.
- Develop event marketing strategies that integrate with paid and organic campaigns — including pre-event promotion, on-site lead capture, and post-event nurture sequences — to maximize attendee-to-lead conversion.
- Manage event budgets, vendor relationships, and cross-functional logistics in partnership with field marketing, sales, and product teams.
- Define and track event-specific KPIs such as qualified leads generated, cost per lead, pipeline influence, and post-event engagement to measure ROI and inform future event investment.
Team Leadership & People Management
- Directly manage, mentor, and develop a team of marketing professionals across SEM, paid social, and awareness functions — setting clear goals, providing regular feedback, and conducting performance reviews.
- Build a high-performing team culture rooted in data-driven decision-making, creative experimentation, and operational excellence.
- Identify skill gaps and invest in team development through coaching, training, and stretch assignments to grow individual capabilities and bench strength.
- Serve as a senior voice within the broader marketing organization, influencing strategy, advocating for resources, and representing the acquisition function in leadership forums.
Top-of-Funnel Performance & Budget Accountability
- Own and be directly accountable for top-of-funnel KPIs including impressions, clicks, CTR, search impression share, new user acquisition volume, and CPC benchmarks.
- Manage budget pacing across monthly and quarterly cycles, delivering accurate spend forecasts and proactively flagging risks or opportunities to senior leadership.
- Partner with Finance and Marketing leadership to build data-backed business cases for budget investment and growth modeling.
- Establish weekly, monthly, and quarterly performance reporting cadences with clear variance analysis and forward-looking recommendations.
Data Analysis, Insights & Tooling
- Be the hands-on power user of Google Analytics 4 (GA4) — building dashboards, custom reports, funnel analyses, and attribution models to surface actionable SEM and full-funnel insights.
- Conduct deep-dive data analysis across channels to identify trends, diagnose performance shifts, and uncover growth opportunities — translating complex datasets into clear, executive-ready narratives and recommendations.
- Leverage Google Auction Insights to monitor competitive positioning, identify share-of-voice shifts, and inform bidding and budget decisions in real time.
- Utilize Google Ads Search Term Reports, Keyword Planner, and Performance Planner to identify growth opportunities and validate strategy pivots.
- Implement and audit UTM tagging, conversion tracking, and Google Tag Manager (GTM) configurations to ensure data integrity across all paid search activity.
- Work with Business Intelligence and Data Science teams to integrate SEM and event data into broader marketing mix models and multi-touch attribution frameworks.
- Build and maintain cross-channel reporting infrastructure that connects paid media, event, and awareness performance into a unified view of acquisition health.
- Support Business Insights needs of the larger team.
AEO / SEO Collaboration
- Partner closely with SEO and Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) teams to align paid and organic search strategies, ensuring consistent keyword coverage and avoiding cannibalization.
- Apply understanding of AEO principles — structured data, featured snippets, and AI-generated answer optimization — to inform SEM messaging and landing page strategy.
A day in the life
Amazon offers a full range of benefits that support you and eligible family members, including domestic partners and their children. Benefits can vary by location, the number of regularly scheduled hours you work, length of employment, and job status such as seasonal or temporary employment.
The benefits that generally apply to regular, full-time employees include:
- Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage
- Maternity and Parental Leave Options
- Paid Time Off (PTO)
- 401(k) Plan
If you are not sure that every qualification on the list above describes you exactly, we'd still love to hear from you!
At Amazon, we value people with unique backgrounds, experiences, and skillsets. If you’re passionate about this role and want to make an impact on a global scale, please apply!
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 10+ years of professional non-internship marketing experience
- Experience using data and metrics to drive improvements
- Experience with Excel or Tableau (data manipulation, macros, charts and pivot tables)
- 5+ years of team management experience
- Experience driving direction and alignment with cross-functional teams
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Knowledge of Photoshop, video editing, and related tools
- Experience in inter-team working skills to develop partnership with partner, tech team and operating at leadership levels
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.
The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.
LOCATION
USA, AZ, Tempe - 187,000.00 - 252,900.00 USD annually
USA, GA, Atlanta - 187,000.00 - 252,900.00 USD annually
USA, TN, Nashville - 168,300.00 - 227,700.00 USD annually
USA, WA, Bellevue - 187,000.00 - 252,900.00 USD annually
DESCRIPTION
We are looking for a driven, analytically rigorous Paid Acquisition Senior Marketing Manager to own and scale our paid marketing efforts across both performance and awareness channels. Paid Search (SEM) remains the primary engine of this role, but you will also take ownership of paid awareness channels — including paid social, 3P publications, and event coordination — designed to drive top-of-funnel traffic and brand consideration. As a senior leader, you will manage and develop a team of marketing professionals, setting priorities, coaching talent, and fostering a culture of experimentation and accountability. This is a high-impact, highly visible role sitting at the intersection of data, creativity, and technology, directly influencing Amazon Relay's full-funnel growth strategy.
The ideal candidate brings a performance-first mindset and is equally comfortable steering paid search campaigns, launching paid awareness initiatives, leading deep-dive data analysis, and orchestrating high-visibility events. You will manage a multi-million dollar marketing budget spanning SEM and awareness channels and will be directly accountable for both top-of-funnel traffic volume and brand reach KPIs. You will also serve as the connective tissue between quantitative insights and strategic decision-making — translating complex data into clear narratives that influence roadmaps and investment decisions.
Key job responsibilities
SEM Strategy & Campaign Management
- Own end-to-end strategy, execution, and optimization of paid search campaigns across Google Ads and Microsoft Ads, covering Search, Performance Max, and DSA campaign types.
- Lead keyword research, match-type strategy, negative keyword governance, and ongoing search term analysis to maximize relevance and minimize wasted spend.
- Develop and test ad copy, extensions, and landing page strategies using a structured A/B testing framework to continuously improve Quality Score, CTR, and conversion rates.
- Maintain rigorous campaign architecture — ad groups, campaign hierarchy, and bidding strategies (tROAS, tCPA, Maximize Conversions) — ensuring scalability as budgets and markets grow.
- Manage and optimize a multi-million dollar annual SEM budget, allocating spend across campaigns to hit efficiency targets while scaling acquisition volume.
Paid Awareness Channel Management
- Plan, execute, and optimize paid awareness campaigns across programmatic display, paid social (Meta, LinkedIn, TikTok), online video (YouTube), and 3P industry publications to drive top-of-funnel reach and brand consideration among target carrier audiences.
- Define and track awareness-stage KPIs including reach, frequency, video completion rate (VCR), brand lift, share of voice, clearly separating them from lower-funnel SEM metrics.
- Collaborate with Creative and Product Marketing teams to brief, review, and iterate on awareness ad creative — including display banners, video scripts, and social ad formats — ensuring messaging consistency across all paid touchpoints.
- Analyze the downstream impact of awareness campaigns on SEM performance — including branded search lift, assisted conversions, and overall funnel velocity — to prove awareness ROI and inform future budget allocation between channels.
Event Strategy & Coordination
- Lead the planning, execution, and post-event analysis of industry events, trade shows, conferences, and sponsored activations that support acquisition and brand awareness goals.
- Develop event marketing strategies that integrate with paid and organic campaigns — including pre-event promotion, on-site lead capture, and post-event nurture sequences — to maximize attendee-to-lead conversion.
- Manage event budgets, vendor relationships, and cross-functional logistics in partnership with field marketing, sales, and product teams.
- Define and track event-specific KPIs such as qualified leads generated, cost per lead, pipeline influence, and post-event engagement to measure ROI and inform future event investment.
Team Leadership & People Management
- Directly manage, mentor, and develop a team of marketing professionals across SEM, paid social, and awareness functions — setting clear goals, providing regular feedback, and conducting performance reviews.
- Build a high-performing team culture rooted in data-driven decision-making, creative experimentation, and operational excellence.
- Identify skill gaps and invest in team development through coaching, training, and stretch assignments to grow individual capabilities and bench strength.
- Serve as a senior voice within the broader marketing organization, influencing strategy, advocating for resources, and representing the acquisition function in leadership forums.
Top-of-Funnel Performance & Budget Accountability
- Own and be directly accountable for top-of-funnel KPIs including impressions, clicks, CTR, search impression share, new user acquisition volume, and CPC benchmarks.
- Manage budget pacing across monthly and quarterly cycles, delivering accurate spend forecasts and proactively flagging risks or opportunities to senior leadership.
- Partner with Finance and Marketing leadership to build data-backed business cases for budget investment and growth modeling.
- Establish weekly, monthly, and quarterly performance reporting cadences with clear variance analysis and forward-looking recommendations.
Data Analysis, Insights & Tooling
- Be the hands-on power user of Google Analytics 4 (GA4) — building dashboards, custom reports, funnel analyses, and attribution models to surface actionable SEM and full-funnel insights.
- Conduct deep-dive data analysis across channels to identify trends, diagnose performance shifts, and uncover growth opportunities — translating complex datasets into clear, executive-ready narratives and recommendations.
- Leverage Google Auction Insights to monitor competitive positioning, identify share-of-voice shifts, and inform bidding and budget decisions in real time.
- Utilize Google Ads Search Term Reports, Keyword Planner, and Performance Planner to identify growth opportunities and validate strategy pivots.
- Implement and audit UTM tagging, conversion tracking, and Google Tag Manager (GTM) configurations to ensure data integrity across all paid search activity.
- Work with Business Intelligence and Data Science teams to integrate SEM and event data into broader marketing mix models and multi-touch attribution frameworks.
- Build and maintain cross-channel reporting infrastructure that connects paid media, event, and awareness performance into a unified view of acquisition health.
- Support Business Insights needs of the larger team.
AEO / SEO Collaboration
- Partner closely with SEO and Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) teams to align paid and organic search strategies, ensuring consistent keyword coverage and avoiding cannibalization.
- Apply understanding of AEO principles — structured data, featured snippets, and AI-generated answer optimization — to inform SEM messaging and landing page strategy.
A day in the life
Amazon offers a full range of benefits that support you and eligible family members, including domestic partners and their children. Benefits can vary by location, the number of regularly scheduled hours you work, length of employment, and job status such as seasonal or temporary employment.
The benefits that generally apply to regular, full-time employees include:
- Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage
- Maternity and Parental Leave Options
- Paid Time Off (PTO)
- 401(k) Plan
If you are not sure that every qualification on the list above describes you exactly, we'd still love to hear from you!
At Amazon, we value people with unique backgrounds, experiences, and skillsets. If you’re passionate about this role and want to make an impact on a global scale, please apply!
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 10+ years of professional non-internship marketing experience
- Experience using data and metrics to drive improvements
- Experience with Excel or Tableau (data manipulation, macros, charts and pivot tables)
- 5+ years of team management experience
- Experience driving direction and alignment with cross-functional teams
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Knowledge of Photoshop, video editing, and related tools
- Experience in inter-team working skills to develop partnership with partner, tech team and operating at leadership levels
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.
The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.
LOCATION
USA, AZ, Tempe - 187,000.00 - 252,900.00 USD annually
USA, GA, Atlanta - 187,000.00 - 252,900.00 USD annually
USA, TN, Nashville - 168,300.00 - 227,700.00 USD annually
USA, WA, Bellevue - 187,000.00 - 252,900.00 USD annually
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Which companies in Tennessee sponsor visas for brand directors?
Nashville-headquartered companies with established international hiring programs include HCA Healthcare, Bridgestone Americas, Dollar General, and Asurion. These large employers have the HR infrastructure and legal resources to file H-1B petitions for senior marketing roles. Regional healthcare networks and entertainment companies tied to Nashville's music industry also sponsor brand leadership positions, though sponsorship rates vary by company and open role.
Which visa types realistically fit brand director roles in Tennessee?
Brand director roles qualify as specialty occupations under the H-1B, requiring a bachelor's degree in marketing, communications, business, or a related field. The H-1B is subject to an annual cap and selection process. Australian nationals may apply for the E-3 visa, which carries a separate cap and no lottery. Chilean nationals can use the H-1B1 visa, and Singaporean nationals have their own H-1B1 allocation. F-1 students with relevant degrees may work through OPT while pursuing full sponsorship.
Which cities in Tennessee have the most brand director sponsorship jobs?
Nashville accounts for the majority of brand director sponsorship activity in Tennessee, driven by its concentration of corporate headquarters in healthcare, insurance, logistics, and entertainment. Memphis has a secondary market anchored by FedEx, AutoZone, and regional food and beverage brands. Smaller markets like Brentwood and Franklin, both suburbs of Nashville, host a number of large consumer brands and financial services firms that hire senior marketing talent.
How to find brand director visa sponsorship jobs in Tennessee?
Migrate Mate lists brand director roles with verified sponsorship history filtered to Tennessee, so you can focus on employers who have actively filed for marketing and brand leadership positions. Searching by role and state on Migrate Mate surfaces companies in Nashville, Memphis, and surrounding markets that have sponsored international candidates, reducing time spent on employers unlikely to offer visa support for senior brand roles.
Are there state-specific factors that affect brand director sponsorship in Tennessee?
Tennessee's lack of a state income tax makes it attractive to corporations relocating headquarters, which has expanded the pool of large employers in Nashville and its suburbs. The city's growth in healthcare and entertainment has brought in multinational brands that are more accustomed to sponsoring international talent. However, brand director roles at smaller regional companies or startups may have less experience with H-1B petitions, making employer due diligence important before applying.
What is the prevailing wage for sponsored brand director jobs in Tennessee?
U.S. employers sponsoring a visa must pay at least the prevailing wage, which is what workers in the same role, area, and experience level typically earn. The Department of Labor sets this rate to make sure companies aren't hiring foreign workers simply because they'd accept lower pay than a U.S. worker. It varies by job title, location, and experience. You can look up current prevailing wage rates for any occupation and location using the OFLC Wage Search page.