Vice President, Account Management

Publicis CoLab
Chicago, IL

Company description

Dysrupt is a performance marketing agency specializing in turning signal into scale through disciplined media buying, data-driven experimentation, and creative that is designed to perform. With deep expertise across digital, Dysrupt helps brands acquire customers efficiently while building durable demand. Born from social and built for growth, Dysrupt partners with ambitious teams to drive measurable results at every stage of the funnel.

Overview

Dysrupt is looking for a Vice President, Paid Media to lead with vision, drive performance, and inspire innovation. This senior leader will oversee a portfolio of cross-vertical accounts, shaping full-funnel media strategies across Paid Social and Paid Search, while building long-term client relationships and growing our media practice. You'll be a trusted partner to both clients and internal leadership-comfortable with ambiguity, passionate about results, and confident driving measurable business growth.

About the Role

As VP, Paid Media, you'll own strategy and performance across a portfolio of high-growth brands. You'll lead a team of cross-channel media experts, mentor rising talent, and collaborate closely with senior stakeholders-internally and externally-to drive innovation, efficiency, and scale. You'll also play a key role in evolving our internal processes and capabilities, helping Dysrupt stay ahead of an ever-changing digital landscape.

Responsibilities

  • Strategic Media Leadership Lead integrated paid media strategy across Paid Social and Paid Search platforms (e.g., Meta, TikTok, Google Ads, YouTube), with a focus on full-funnel performance and business outcomes.

  • Client Partnership & Business Growth Act as a senior strategic advisor to a portfolio of clients, engaging VP and C-suite stakeholders to align media efforts with overarching business goals. Proactively identify growth opportunities and expand partnerships.

  • Team Development & Oversight Build, lead, and mentor a high-performing team across Search and Social. Foster a culture of learning, accountability, and operational excellence. Provide strategic guidance and act as an escalation point for complex challenges.

  • Innovation & Thought Leadership Stay ahead of trends in platform capabilities, audience behavior, and measurement. Translate insights into actionable strategies and influence broader agency thinking.

  • Cross-Functional Collaboration Work closely with Creative, Analytics, and Strategy teams to align messaging, targeting, and measurement for maximum performance. Champion collaboration and integrated thinking across the agency.

  • Operational and Financial Management Own forecasting, budget oversight, and performance tracking for your book of business. Report weekly and monthly business updates to founders and senior leadership.

Qualifications

  • 10+ years of experience in Paid Media with deep expertise in both Paid Social (Meta, TikTok, Snapchat, etc.) and Paid Search (Google Ads, YouTube, Microsoft Ads, etc.).

  • Proven success managing multi-million-dollar budgets and delivering ROI-positive performance marketing strategies.

  • Strong leadership experience, including 4+ years experience managing and growing high-performing cross-channel media teams.

  • Advanced understanding of the media ecosystem, KPIs, and attribution methodologies across the funnel.

  • Skilled in client relationship management with a track record of senior-level engagement and business growth.

  • Strong analytical mindset and confidence working with performance data and optimization strategies.

  • Excellent communication and presentation skills; ability to distill complexity for executive audiences.

  • Entrepreneurial, solutions-oriented, and comfortable making decisions in a fast-moving, high-growth environment.

Who You Are

  • A big-picture thinker with strong execution chops-you know how to lead and how to do.

  • A collaborator and team-builder who leads with empathy and clarity.

  • A digital native who's passionate about performance and driven by data.

  • A proactive, strategic partner who elevates client relationships and internal capabilities alike.

  • Someone who thrives in fast-paced environments and brings fresh thinking to every challenge.

Additional information

Our Publicis Groupe motto "Viva La Différence" means we're better together, and we believe that our differences make us stronger. It means we honor and celebrate all identities, across all facets of intersectionality, and it underpins all that we do as an organization. We are focused on fostering belonging and creating equitable & inclusive experiences for all talent.

Publicis Groupe provides robust and inclusive benefit programs and policies to support the evolving and diverse needs of our talent and enable every person to grow and thrive. Our benefits package includes medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401K, as well as parental and family care leave, family forming assistance, tuition reimbursement, and flexible time off.

If you require accommodation or assistance with the application or onboarding process specifically, please contact [email protected]. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Compensation Range: $149,000 - 214,620 annually. This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on the skills, qualifications, and experience of the applicant along with the requirements of the position, and the Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. Temporary roles may be eligible to participate in our freelancer/temporary employee medical plan through a third-party benefits administration system once certain criteria have been met. Temporary roles may also qualify for participation in our 401(k) plan after eligibility criteria have been met. For regular roles, the Company will offer medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401k, and paid time off. The Company anticipates the application deadline for this job posting will be 3/15/26.

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Posted 2026-02-09

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