[Hiring] Associate Director, Paid Social @Code3

Role Description

The Associate Director, Paid Social is responsible for independently leading paid social strategy, performance, and client relationships across a portfolio of accounts while developing and mentoring a high-performing team. This person brings deep expertise in performance marketing and/or CPG brand strategy, with the ability to translate complex business challenges into actionable, full-funnel strategies that drive measurable growth.

Key responsibilities include:

• Independently lead paid social strategy, performance, and client relationships across a portfolio of accounts.
• Serve as the senior paid social expert and trusted strategic advisor for assigned clients.
• Maintain deep hands-on platform expertise, with the ability to audit accounts, build campaigns, troubleshoot issues, and implement optimizations.
• Lead, mentor, and develop senior strategists and media buyers.
• Ensure operational excellence across campaign activation, QA, pacing, budget management, reporting, and client communication.
• Collaborate with Paid Social Directors and cross-functional teams to advance creative innovation and measurement best practices.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of paid social experience, including agency experience independently leading strategy, performance, and client relationships.
• Proven track record developing and executing full-funnel, performance-driven paid social strategies.
• Advanced hands-on expertise across major paid social platforms, particularly Meta and TikTok.
• Demonstrated ability to independently build and optimize campaigns and audit account structures.
• Proven experience managing and mentoring paid social teams.
• Exceptional written, verbal, and presentation skills.
• Strong understanding of creative strategy, testing methodologies, attribution, and performance measurement.
• Advanced Excel skills; experience with eCommerce analytics and attribution platforms is preferred.

Requirements

• Hands-on experience within paid social advertising platforms.
• Ability to independently build, audit, and optimize campaigns.
• Strong understanding of what drives performance inside the platforms.
• Ability to lead client conversations and diagnose performance challenges.

Benefits

• Remote-first workplace designed to support flexibility and connection.
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits, plus a generous retirement program.
• Thoughtful parental leave and return-to-work program.
• Flexible Time Off, sabbatical opportunities, paid holidays, and quarterly Company “Recharge” Days.
• Ongoing learning and development opportunities.
• A commitment to transparent DEIB practices.