Head of Media
Mercury · Marketing · Lead · 1mo ago
$234k – $292k
per year
Open to candidates living in Canada, United States.
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Open to candidates living in Canada, United States.
“San Francisco, CA, New York, NY, Portland, OR, or Remote within Canada or United States”
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- No mention of hiring international contractors or invoicing.
- Global stipend
- No home office or equipment budget mentioned.
- Annual retreat
- No company-paid get-togethers mentioned.
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About the role
As Head of Media reporting to the Head of Brand, you will own Mercury's media investment strategy, steering a budget that is doubling year over year. You will lead agency and partner relationships, design attribution and measurement systems, and integrate paid media across product marketing, brand, content, and performance channels to differentiate Mercury in the market.
What you'll do
- Own Mercury's media investment strategy and execute a rapidly scaling budget across diverse channels.
- Develop a differentiated media and distribution approach using unconventional channels, formats, and partnerships.
- Direct, evaluate, onboard, and manage external media agencies and vendor partners.
- Establish a measurement system encompassing attribution, incrementality testing, and media mix modeling.
- Integrate paid media into the broader marketing ecosystem alongside brand, performance, lifecycle, and content teams.
What you bring
- 15+ years of experience building and running media investment strategies on fast-growing budgets.
- Proven track record of unconventional, high-impact media work recognized as differentiated.
- Strong systems thinking with the ability to integrate media into a larger marketing engine.
- Fluency in attribution, incrementality testing, and media mix modeling to inform leadership decisions.
- Extensive experience managing agencies and external vendors with high accountability.
About Mercury
Mercury is a fast-growing fintech company offering banking services through partner banks to power premium financial experiences for startups and businesses.
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