Maxon

Develops 3D modeling, animation, rendering software

Director Paid Acquisition

Performance & Paid MarketingConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-time$190k - $220k /yr

About the Job

Requirements

At least 7–8 years of experience as a leader in full-funnel user acquisition, with a proven track record of managing and scaling multi-objective paid media campaigns that demonstrate high incrementality and meet revenue goals.
A Bachelor's degree or higher, or equivalent relevant experience.
Hands-on experience building end-to-end marketing analytics and data infrastructure to capture paid media profitability and incrementality.
Strong commercial and analytical skills, with the ability to make long-term, data-driven decisions about growth and optimization.
First-hand expertise with major advertising platforms and analytics tools.
Creative thinking to develop high-performing advertising creative and test new approaches.
Experience leveraging first-party, second-party, and third-party data, user behavior data, and market signals.
Experience leading and influencing teams and stakeholders across departments, from senior leadership to cross-functional stakeholders, and the ability to clearly outline growth paths and requirements.
Business fluency in English.

Responsibilities

Develop and implement end-to-end user acquisition strategies across paid channels, including Meta, Google Ads, TikTok Ads, and Apple Search Ads.
Build and lead a high-performing team.
Manage paid media budgets to achieve annual growth goals; forecast costs and sales as part of the overall profit and loss, and report actuals against forecasts monthly, quarterly, and annually.
Optimize campaigns for user growth and profitability by adjusting creative, targeting, bids, and budget allocation.
Capture, monitor, analyze, and report on key metrics such as customer acquisition cost, lifetime value to customer acquisition cost, and return on ad spend to inform decisions.
Partner with the data science and analytics team to build dashboards and automate reporting.
Establish data infrastructure for end-to-end analytics and incrementality testing.
Design and run tests to improve conversion rates and explore new growth opportunities.
Set up incrementality tests to demonstrate paid marketing incrementality.
Work closely with business-to-business, brand and creative, product, web development and engineering, and data science teams to align on growth initiatives.

Desired Qualifications

Fluency in another European language.

If you want to be a Maxonian and help bring the best 2D and 3D visual effects, motion graphics, gaming, AR/MR/VR, visualization and design software to the market, then we should have a chat.

WHO WE ARE:
Packed with brilliant, passionate people, Maxon is deeply rooted in the creative industry and committed to empowering the artistic community. We are Maxonians. We encourage and motivate each other to be curious learners. We are obsessed with customer fulfillment and inspiration – before, during and after purchase. If you too want to be a Maxonian and help bring to market the finest software products for 2D and 3D visual effects, motion graphics, games, AR/MR/VR, visualization and general design, let’s talk.

To fuel our next stage of growth we are looking for aDirector Paid Acquisitionto join our Marketing leadership team andto own and scale our multi-channel performance marketing engine across audiences.

What you will do:

Strategy and execution:

Develop and implement end-to-end user acquisition strategies across paid channels like Meta, Google Ads, TikTok Ads, and Apple Search Ads.
Build and lead ahigh-performingteam

Budget management:

Manage paid media budgets to achieve set annual growth goals. Forecast costs and sales (as part of the overall P&L) and report on actuals vs forecast monthly, quarterly and annually.

Campaign optimization:

Optimize campaigns for user growth and profitability by adjusting creatives, targeting, bids, and budget allocation.

Performance analysis:

Capture, monitor, analyze, and report on key metrics like CAC, LTV/CAC, and ROAS to inform decisions.
Partner with data science and analytics team to build dashboards and automate reporting.
Establish data infrastructure for end-to-end analytics and incrementality testing.

Testing and innovation:

Design and tests to improve conversion rates and explore new, unconventional growth opportunities.
Set up incrementality tests to demonstrate paid marketing incrementality.

Cross-functional collaboration:

Work closely with B2B, Brand and Creative, Product, Web dev and Engineering, and Data Science to align on growth initiatives.

What we are looking for:

7-8+years' experienceas a leaderinfull-funnel user acquisition, with a proventrack recordof managing and scaling multi-objectivepaid media campaigns that show high incrementality and hit set revenue goals.

Bachelor's degree or higher or equivalent relevant experience

Hands-on experience in building end-to-end marketing analytics and data infrastructure necessary for capturing paid media profitability and incrementality.

Strong commercial and analytical skills and the ability to make long-term, data-driven decisions on the ways to grow and optimise.

First-handexpertisewith major advertising platforms and analytics tools.

Creative thinking to develop high-performing ad creative and testnew approaches.

Solid experience in leveraging 1P, 2P and 3P data, user behaviour data, and market signals.

Deep experience in leading and influencing teams and stakeholders across different departments, from Company’s senior leadership to cross-functional stakeholders. Ability to clearly outline path for growth and requirements.

Business fluency in English, another European language would be a plus

Salary Range *: 190-220k USD annually

*Salaries at Maxon are based on a candidate's specific criteria including experience, skillset, education and location. Maxon uses industry-driven survey data for building compensation structures to make sure our employees are receiving fair and competitive wages.

WHAT WE OFFER:

You will be part of a highly motivated international team of specialists working in an environment that offers a warm welcome with detailed onboarding and a dedicated mentor for a familiarization period as well as a wide range of individual development possibilities. Interested in joining our team? Click "Apply" to submit your application. Don’t meet every single requirement? At Maxon we embrace diversity, are avid explorers and curious learners, so if you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t entirely match every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply in any case. You may be just the right candidate for this or other positions.

We’re looking forward to hearing from you!

About the Company

Maxon

Develops 3D modeling, animation, rendering software

Maxon creates 3D and visual effects software used by artists and studios, including Cinema 4D, Redshift, ZBrush, and Red Giant. Cinema 4D handles modeling and animation, ZBrush focuses on digital sculpting, Redshift speeds up rendering with GPU power, and Red Giant offers post-production plug-ins for color, motion, and compositing. Its products work together as a cohesive toolset under the Nemetschek Group, supporting workflows from asset creation to final output across film, TV, and games. The goal is to provide reliable, scalable software that helps creators bring complex ideas to life efficiently, from individuals to large production pipelines.

Company size: 201-500
Company stage: Not listed
Total funding: Not listed
Headquarters: Bad Homburg, Germany
Founded: 1993

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