Contract Digital Marketing Manager

Who We Are

We’re an award-winning creative studio founded in 2009 — a multi-disciplinary collective of designers, developers, writers, and strategists who create fertile ground for conversation, collaboration, and enduring relationships with clients, partners, and each other. Drawing inspiration from wildly diverse influences, we thoughtfully consider every detail — to create holistic solutions that are compelling, immersive, relevant, and part of richer lived experiences for emerging, evolving, and storied brands worldwide.

Role Overview

The Digital Marketing Manager is a strategic bridge between the studio’s creative output and its client’s business goals, leveraging AI-powered tools and data intelligence to inform, optimize, and scale digital marketing performance. They are responsible for developing and executing tailored digital marketing strategies across channels such as social media, email, SEO, paid advertising, and content marketing - ensuring each campaign aligns with both the client’s brand identity and target audiences. This role ensures the proper translation of visual assets and brand messaging into cohesive campaign narratives. You will act as a key client-facing contact, presenting campaign results, interpreting data insights, and making strategic recommendations to optimize ROI. This role is a project-based engagement with flexible hours.

Who You Are

• 3-5 years of experience in digital marketing, mix of agency and/or in-house exposure
• Strong working knowledge of paid media platforms (Meta, Google Ads, LinkedIn), including hands-on campaign setup, optimization, reporting, and budget management
• Experience developing and executing content strategies across web, email, and social, with an understanding of brand voice and performance-driven messaging
• Comfortable leveraging AI-powered marketing and analytics tools to support campaign planning, audience insights, content ideation, and performance optimization
• Able to manage timelines and priorities independently
• Collaborative by nature; skilled at building relationships cross departmentally and securing buy in of key stakeholders
• Possesses a strong sense of ownership and accountability
• Someone who is solution oriented and committed to transparency
• Extremely detailed oriented with strong organizational and time-management skills
• A critical thinker who demonstrates flexibility in approach in an industry constantly adapting to new trends and technologies
• Excellent communicator, written and verbal, confident taking the lead in key internal meetings
• Positive, and uplifting attitude that inspires coworkers and clients; a collaborative spirit open to feedback
• Internally driven to make things better, think creatively to solve problems, and to exceed expectations

Key Responsibilities

Client Campaign Management

• Lead day-to-day digital marketing execution across multiple clients, spanning paid, organic, and owned channels
• Develop integrated 360° marketing campaigns that align paid, owned, and organic channels around unified messaging and measurable goals
• Manage paid social and paid search campaigns (Meta, Google, LinkedIn) from setup through optimization and reporting
• Oversee email marketing programs including campaign planning, copywriting, segmentation, and performance analysis
• Translate strategic marketing direction into high-quality visual concepts and campaign assets in collaboration with account management and creative teams
• Lead the planning and organization of multi-channel campaigns, ensuring consistent brand voice, visual identity, and messaging across all platforms
• Create and guide engaging content that effectively translates brand voice into compelling messaging and execution across digital channels

Analytics & Client Reporting

• Partner with SDCO to build and deliver monthly performance reports for each client account, translating data into clear insights and recommendations
• Partner with SDCO to define KPIs at the start of each engagement and track performance against agreed benchmarks
• Integrate SEO strategy and GEO initiatives to strengthen organic visibility and local performance
• Proactively identify optimization opportunities and bring forward-looking recommendations to client

Client Relationships & Strategy

• Serve as the marketing subject-matter expert in client meetings, presenting strategy, results, and recommendations with confidence
• Build trusted relationships with client stakeholders, understanding their business goals and advocating for the right marketing approach

Systems & Tools

• Experience working with design-led, brand-forward, or lifestyle clients
• Basic understanding of design principles — enough to brief creatives effectively and give useful feedback
• Experience incorporating AI tools into marketing workflows to improve research, content ideation, audience insights, and campaign performance
• Familiarity with marketing automation platforms (HubSpot, Klaviyo, Mailchimp)
• Working knowledge of SEO principles and ability to brief or contribute to SEO content
• Comfort with project management tools (Harvest) in an agency workflow

Not Responsible for

To ensure focus and clarity, this role is NOT RESPONSIBLE for the following:

• Manage social media presence for clients across Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook, and other relevant platforms
• Monitor community engagement and respond to comments and messages on behalf of clients as needed

Sound Like You? Email a cover letter, resume, and 3 references to [email protected]