Performance Marketing Manager

The Role: You own paid acquisition and the performance of the site that converts it. Google Ads (including Performance Max and Shopping), Meta Ads (including Advantage+), and Pinterest Ads are yours end to end — strategy, structure, creative brief, budget, testing, and ROAS. You also own SEO and conversion-focused website optimization so paid traffic is not wasted on a weak page. This is not an agency seat and not a junior “learn with us” role. You will be the in-house owner of paid media for a story-driven, handcrafted jewelry brand on Shopify. One brand. Real budget. Full accountability. What You Will OwnGoogle Ads: Search, Shopping, Performance Max — structure, bidding, feed quality, and scaling Meta Ads: Advantage+, catalog, creative testing cadence, audience strategy, and spend allocation Pinterest Ads: campaign strategy, creative fit, and profitable scale Budget ownership, pacing, and weekly / monthly ROAS and contribution reportingSEO: technical hygiene, on-page, content priorities, and organic growth that compounds paid Website optimization: landing pages, PDP conversion, tracking, and tests that lift conversion rate Creative briefs and test plans for ads and landing pages; work with internal / freelance creative Clean measurement: GA4, Shopify, platform data, and honest attribution — not vanity dashboards Who This Is For 3+ years hands-on paid media, with real ownership of accounts — not assisting them Proven results on Google, Meta, and ideally Pinterest for DTC / e-commerce, preferably high-AOVYou have run meaningful monthly spend and can talk specifically about what you did to the numbers You can do competent SEO and CRO without a specialist sitting next to you You want W-2 ownership of one brand, not a book of clients or a freelance stack You write and speak clearly. You ship. You do not hide behind jargon What This Is Not A training seat, coordinator role, or “digital marketing generalist” who dabbles in ads An agency account-manager role dressed up as in-house A freelance / contractor / 1099 arrangement, or a fully remote role A brand / social / content job with paid ads on the side

Compensation: $95,000–$130,000 base, depending on experience, plus performance bonuses tied to hitting agreed metrics such as ROAS and MER (marketing efficiency ratio). Benefits discussed with qualified candidates. This is an on-site role in Huntersville / Charlotte, NC, with some remote work available. To apply: send a short note on the largest paid program you personally owned (channels, approximate monthly spend, and what changed under you). Résumés without that context will not be reviewed.