Campaign Strategy Director

FanDuel

$146K — $183K *
Media
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 8+ years of experience in campaign strategy and/or brand marketing, especially with top-tier consumer brands or agencies.
  • Ability to develop campaign strategies based on business objectives, market dynamics, and performance insights.
  • Experience leading cross-functional teams to maintain cohesive communication strategies.
  • Expertise in creating and managing creative briefs and overseeing production and approvals.
  • Proactive in planning and resolving potential risks for major campaigns.
  • Strong communication skills for presenting campaign strategies and results effectively.
  • Genuine enthusiasm for sports culture, with the ability to resonate with sports fans and bettors.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and adapt campaign strategies aligned with commercial objectives and market insights.
  • Create high-impact creative briefs from commercial objectives and customer insights.
  • Collaborate with external agencies and internal teams to ensure campaign alignment with brand identity.
  • Plan and execute major tentpole campaigns with clear KPIs and success metrics.
  • Coordinate deliverables across teams for strategic and operational alignment.
  • Deliver post-campaign analysis and leverage insights for future optimization.
  • Act as a marketing liaison for product integrations across multiple teams.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health plans including fertility and family planning options and mental health support.
  • Generous paid time off and sick leave policies.
  • 401(k) with up to a 5% match.
  • Annual bonus and long-term incentive opportunities based on performance.
  • Commuter benefits and pet insurance.
  • A range of wellness benefits aimed at overall employee well-being.
Full Job Description
THE POSITIONOur roster has an opening with your name on it

FanDuel is seeking a Campaign Strategy Director to join our Sportsbook Campaign Strategy team. In this role, you will develop and execute marketing campaign strategies that drive business growth across FanDuel's key verticals, working closely with cross-functional partners including product, creative, commercial, and analytics teams. You'll be responsible for translating insights and commercial objectives into compelling campaign strategies and creative briefs, ensuring alignment with our brand identity and business goals. This is a strategic leadership position where you will drive campaign effectiveness, own measurement strategies, and lead continuous improvement in how we plan, execute, and learn from our marketing initiatives. You will serve as a key thought partner in shaping the role of sports marketing as a business enabler, identifying opportunities for innovation and partner activation, and fostering strong relationships with both internal teams and external agency partners.

In addition to the specific responsibilities outlined above, employees may be required to perform other such duties as assigned by the Company. This ensures operational flexibility and allows the Company to meet evolving business needs.

THE GAME PLAN
Everyone on our team has a part to play
  • Develop and evolve campaign strategy based on commercial objectives and market insights, ensuring alignment across all marketing verticals and sports moments.
  • Own the translation of commercial objectives and customer insights into strategic, high-impact creative briefs that guide all campaign development and ensure consistent quality and brand alignment.
  • Lead and coordinate with external agencies and internal creative teams to ensure all campaign work aligns with FanDuel brand identity and strategic direction.
  • Own the planning and flawless execution of major tentpole campaigns rooted in customer insights and commercial objectives, with clearly defined KPIs and success metrics
  • Coordinate key deliverables across teams to ensure alignment on strategy, timelines, output expectations, operating from a single shared playbook
  • Deliver post campaign analysis and data-driven learnings, translating insights into actionable recommendations that optimize future campaigns and drive continuous improvement.
  • Act as a key marketing liaison for product integrations across multiple teams, working hand-in-hand with Commercial, Product, and Creative Ops to deliver the best customer experience.

THE STATS
What we're looking for in our next teammate
  • 8+ years of experience in campaign strategy and/or brand marketing either with top-tier consumer brands or agencies
  • Strategic mindset - Ability to develop and evolve campaign strategy based on business objectives, market dynamics, and performance insights to drive category leadership.
  • Cross-functional collaboration - Experience leading cross-team efforts to establish and maintain a cohesive communications strategy across the customer lifecycle.
  • Creative leadership - Experience in developing creative briefs, overseeing asset production, approvals, and versioning in partnership with key stakeholders.
  • Proactive problem-solving - Comfortable planning ahead for major tentpole moments, identifying risks, and mitigating roadblocks before they arise.
  • Excellent communication skills - Able to articulate campaign strategy and results through compelling presentations, postmortems, and reports that drive stakeholder alignment and organizational learning.
  • Sports & gaming affinity - Genuine enthusiasm for sports culture with instinct for what resonates with sports fans and bettors, or proven ability to quickly develop this domain expertise.

PLAYER BENEFITS
We treat our team right

We offer amazing benefits above and beyond the basics. We have an array of health plans to choose from (some as low as $0 per paycheck) that include programs for fertility and family planning, mental health support, and fitness benefits. We offer generous paid time off (PTO & sick leave), annual bonus and long-term incentive opportunities (based on performance), 401k with up to a 5% match, commuter benefits, pet insurance, and more - check out all our benefits here: FanDuel Total Rewards. *Benefits differ across location, role, and level.

The applicable salary range for this position is $146,000 - $183,000 USD, which is dependent on a variety of factors including relevant experience, location, business needs and market demand. This role may offer the following benefits: medical, vision, and dental insurance; life insurance; disability insurance; a 401(k) matching program; among other employee benefits. This role may also be eligible for short-term or long-term incentive compensation, including, but not limited to, cash bonuses and stock program participation. This role includes paid personal time off and 14 paid company holidays. FanDuel offers paid sick time in accordance with all applicable state and federal laws.

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