AppLovin

Media Buyer, Emerging Channels - Growth Marketing

AppLovin$153K — $200K *
Media
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 3+ years of direct experience in media buying across multiple platforms
  • Proficient in analyzing performance metrics and managing budgets
  • Strong ability to work independently with attention to detail
  • Demonstrated track record in testing and optimizing campaigns
  • Familiarity with Claude, SQL, Posthog, and BI tools like Superset or Looker

Responsibilities

  • Design and execute structured tests on new advertising channels
  • Optimize campaign performance through strategic adjustments
  • Support technical operations for channel performance tracking
  • Manage channels against internal KPIs and goals
  • Develop and execute creative strategies for advertising

Benefits

  • Unlimited Discretionary Time Off
  • 10 paid holidays per year
  • 80 hours of paid sick leave per year
  • Comprehensive health insurance including medical, dental, and vision
  • 401(k) retirement plan
  • Equity eligibility for performance-based compensation
Full Job Description
AppLovin is scaling its self-serve advertiser base for Applovin Ads Manager. We're expanding paid acquisition beyond core channels and looking for a media buyer to work alongside our growth marketing team to drive measurable growth across new channels. You'll launch, test, and establish our digital marketing strategy across new growth channels, including but not limited to AI search, X, CTV, and out-of-home. The ideal candidate is a self-starter that utilizes both AI tools and hands-on execution to help us drive rapid growth in a face-paced environment. **Why join** You'll have a genuine greenfield mandate across multiple channels, a meaningful budget to deploy, and a team that has already built the LTV, ROAS, and incrementality measurement behind our paid program, so your wins are provable and your decisions are grounded in data. If you love being early on new channels and proving impact with rigor, this is your seat. **What you'll own** - Design, run, and read structured paid marketing tests on new growth channels. Optimize and monitor campaign performance by adjusting bidding strategies, audience targeting, managing budget pacing, and creative testing. - Support technical operations for existing/new channels i.e QA conversion mapping, ensure accurate performance links back to ad platform algorithms. - Manage channels against internal goals and KPIs, and adjust spend toward what's genuinely incremental - Own creative strategy across channels - ideate concepts, brief and direct the creative team, and tailor format and messaging (image vs. video, hook-driven vs. storytelling) to what converts best per channel **What we're looking for** - 3+ years of direct, hands-on-keyboard execution experience in paid media buying across multiple platforms - Ability to operate independently, with strong attention to detail regarding performance and budget changes, platform-level delivery discrepancies and tracking drops, - Strong test-and-learn track record, data driven, and creative. - Bonus if you have experience with landing page testing and conversion rate optimization - Comfort with Claude, SQL, Posthog, and BI tools like Superset, Looker, or similar. **Nice to have** - Experience acquiring advertisers or businesses (B2B or marketplace/two-sided), not only consumers. - Ad-tech, DSP, or marketplace background - Direct experience driving ad creative strategy - you can mock up or storyboard ad concepts yourself, or have examples of ad concepts you originated that drove real performance AppLovin provides a competitive total compensation package with a pay for performance rewards approach. Total compensation at AppLovin is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Depending on the position offered, equity, and other forms of incentive compensation (as applicable) may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to dental, vision, and other benefits. **Other Types of Pay:** Equity eligible **Health Insurance: ** Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Disability **Retirement Benefits:** 401(k) Retirement Plan **Paid Time Off:** Unlimited Discretionary Time Off **Paid Holidays:** 10 paid holidays per year **Paid Sick Leave:** 80 hours per year **Method of Application:** Apply online **Application Window:** The application window is expected to close within 30 days of the posting date. CA Base Pay Range $153,000-$200,000 USD

About AppLovin

Applovin Corporation, doing business as AppLovin, is a mobile technology company headquartered in Palo Alto, California. Founded in 2012, it operated in stealth mode until 2014. AppLovin enables developers of all sizes to market, monetize, analyze and publish their apps through its mobile advertising, marketing, and analytics platforms MAX, AppDiscovery, and SparkLabs. AppLovin operates Lion Studios, which works with game developers to promote and publish their mobile games. AppLovin also has large investments in various mobile game publishers. In 2020, 49% of AppLovin's revenue came from businesses using its software and 51% from consumers making in-app purchases. AppLovin was founded in 2012 by Adam Foroughi, John Krystynak, and Andrew Karam. Foroughi stated that the AppLovin name came from Bloglovin', a content organizing company, contrary to reports of an homage to the Christopher Mintz-Plasse character from the 2007 film, Superbad. The company operated in stealth mode until 2014, raising $4 million in financing from angel investors, Streamlined Ventures and the Webb Investment Network. Before emerging from stealth mode, AppLovin acquired customers including Opentable and Spotify. In October 2014, AppLovin purchased the German mobile ad-network, Moboqo. On September 26, 2016, it was reported that AppLovin had agreed to be acquired by the Chinese private equity firm, Orient Hontai Capital, for $1.42 billion; the acquisition deal was subsequently abandoned for debt investment after opposition to the plans from CFIUS. The company was ranked #10 on the 2016 Deloitte Fast 500 North America list, and again in 2018. Foroughi was recognized on the 2017 San Francisco Business Times "40 Under 40" list.
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Market Cap
$3.4 billion
Industry
Founded
2012
NASDAQ

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