DraftKings

Growth Marketing Specialist

DraftKings$89K — $112K *
Media
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in Marketing, Business, Economics, Mathematics, or a related field.
  • 4+ years of experience in media buying, acquisition marketing, or performance marketing.
  • Proven ownership of Paid Social strategy with a focus on business outcomes.
  • Ability to independently identify opportunities and prioritize initiatives for growth.
  • Strong knowledge of digital media optimization and performance measurement frameworks.
  • Experience influencing strategy as a subject matter expert in digital marketing channels.
  • Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel; SQL and cohort analysis preferred.

Responsibilities

  • Own Paid Social performance for Casino products, focusing on acquisition and profitability.
  • Develop and execute a testing roadmap for creative, bidding, and audience strategies.
  • Manage media buying efforts and identify new scaling opportunities.
  • Analyze campaign data to uncover growth opportunities and influence strategy.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to create high-performing growth initiatives.
  • Create detailed creative briefs and provide actionable feedback for campaign improvement.
  • Present insights and recommendations to leadership through data-driven storytelling.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive benefits package including health, dental, and vision coverage.
  • Equity and bonus opportunities based on performance.
  • Guidance through the gaming license application process if required.
  • Collaborative company culture focused on continuous improvement.
Full Job Description
As a Specialist, Growth Marketing (Digital), you'll own the Paid Social acquisition strategy and performance for our Casino products, driving growth through data-informed decision making, experimentation, and optimization. You'll operate as a channel expert, independently identifying opportunities, prioritizing testing initiatives, and influencing acquisition strategy through actionable insights. Working across the Growth Marketing Team, Creative Team, Product Team, Analytics Team, and Marketing Operations Team, you'll shape how we acquire and engage customers while continuously improving the processes, frameworks, and strategies that fuel long-term growth. Your work will have a direct impact on business performance, channel innovation, and the future of customer acquisition at DraftKings. What you'll do as a Specialist, Growth Marketing (Digital) • Own Paid Social performance end-to-end, serving as the primary channel expert responsible for acquisition, efficiency, and profitability outcomes across Casino products. • Independently develop, prioritize, and execute a testing roadmap across creative, bidding, targeting, placements, audience strategy, and campaign structure to drive sustainable performance improvements. • Manage media buying efforts through audience development, campaign optimization, creative testing, and inventory expansion while identifying new opportunities to scale performance. • Analyze campaign and market performance data to uncover growth opportunities, translate findings into strategic recommendations, and influence acquisition strategy and investment decisions. • Partner closely with the Creative Team, Brand Team, Product Team, Analytics Team, and Marketing Operations Team to develop high-performing growth initiatives and direct response creative aligned to business objectives. • Create detailed creative briefs and provide actionable feedback that improves campaign performance, strengthens creative effectiveness, and drives customer acquisition. • Present performance insights, testing results, and strategic recommendations to marketing leadership and cross-functional stakeholders through clear, data-driven storytelling. • Drive continuous improvements to campaign operations, testing frameworks, reporting processes, and team workflows that increase efficiency, scalability, and overall marketing effectiveness. What you'll bring • A Bachelor's Degree in Marketing, Business, Economics, Mathematics, or a related field. • At least 4 years of experience in media buying, acquisition marketing, performance marketing, or mobile marketing, with hands-on experience across digital advertising platforms. • Proven experience owning Paid Social strategy and performance, with accountability for business outcomes beyond day-to-day campaign execution. • Demonstrated ability to independently identify opportunities, prioritize initiatives, and build testing roadmaps that drive measurable growth. • Strong knowledge of digital media optimization, structured experimentation, bidding strategies, attribution methodologies, incrementality testing, and campaign measurement. • Experience serving as a subject matter expert within a digital marketing channel, influencing strategy through data-driven recommendations and cross-functional partnerships. • A track record of improving processes, workflows, reporting frameworks, or operational efficiencies that increase team effectiveness and campaign performance. • Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel; experience with SQL, cohort analysis, mobile attribution, and performance measurement frameworks is preferred. #LI-MZ1 We're a publicly traded (NASDAQ: DKNG) technology company headquartered in Boston. As a regulated gaming company, you may be required to obtain a gaming license issued by the appropriate state agency as a condition of employment. Don't worry, we'll guide you through the process if this is relevant to your role. The US base salary range for this full-time position is 89,600.00 USD - 112,000.00 USD, plus bonus, equity, and benefits as applicable. Our ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The compensation information displayed on each job posting reflects the range for new hire pay rates for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific pay range and how that was determined during the hiring process.

About DraftKings

DraftKings is an American daily fantasy sports contest and sports betting operator. The company allows users to enter daily and weekly fantasy sports–related contests and win money based on individual player performances in five major American sports, Premier League and UEFA Champions League soccer, NASCAR auto racing, Canadian Football League, the XFL, mixed martial arts and Tennis. In August 2018, DraftKings launched DraftKings Sportsbook in New Jersey becoming the first legal mobile sports betting operator in the state. Since launching in New Jersey, DraftKings has opened mobile sports betting operations in Indiana, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and opened in New Hampshire December 30, 2019 after reaching contract with the New Hampshire Lottery. Retail sports betting is available in Iowa, Mississippi and New York. DraftKings Sportsbook mobile and retail sports betting products allow bettors in each state engage in betting for most major U.S. and international sports. As of April 2016, the majority of U.S. states consider fantasy sports a game of skill and not gambling. In November 2016, FanDuel and DraftKings, the two largest companies in the daily fantasy sports industry, reached an agreement to merge. However the merger was terminated in July 2017 due to it being blocked by the Federal Trade Commission as the combined company would have controlled a 90 percent of the market for daily fantasy sports. As of July 2017, DraftKings had eight million users.
Learn more about DraftKings
Size
3,400 employees
Market Cap
$4.9 billion
Industry
Net Income
-$577.9 million
Revenue
$292.3 million
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