Growth Marketing Sr. Associate, Emerging Media & Planning

At Acorns, our mission is to look after the financial best interests of the up-and-coming, beginning with the empowering, proud step of micro-investing. How do we accomplish our mission? Our values. Lead With Heart - With compassion, integrity, and tenacity, inspire yourself and others to move past all previous thresholds of possibility Make Bold Decisions - We are creating a new world. Be optimistic, adventurous, and courageous. Leap fearlessly into the future Always Build Trust - Say what you mean, mean what you say, and do what you say you’re going to do. We are all owners. We are one team Never Stop Growing - Change IS the constant. Stay hungry and curious. Be relentless in the pursuit of progress Find a way - Never settle, no excuses, nothing is impossible. Just make it happen Our values guide us, and our mission drives us. Come join us and help deliver financial wellness for the whole family, putting the tools of wealth-making into everyone’s hands. Growth Marketing, Sr. Associate – Emerging Media & Planning | Acorns Acorns is looking for a strategic, hands-on Growth Marketing Sr. Associate to own our CTV and Podcast channels and serve as the connective tissue for integrated media planning across paid initiatives. You'll operate as a single-threaded owner for two of our most important emerging channels—managing agency relationships, leading performance-driven tests, and ensuring best-in-class creative execution. You'll also play a critical coordination role across the broader paid marketing team, keeping campaigns on track from planning through launch. This role is equal parts strategist and executor. You'll bring deep channel expertise in CTV and Podcasts, a sharp analytical mindset, and the organizational discipline to keep cross-functional campaigns moving. You thrive in environments where you own outcomes, not just tasks. Acorns is a remote-first organization, offering the flexibility to work remotely while providing optional access to office space in Irvine, CA.

CTV & Podcast Channel Ownership Serve as the single-threaded owner for CTV and Podcast paid media, owning strategy, execution, and performance end-to-end. Manage and cultivate relationships with CTV and Podcast agencies, acting as the primary day-to-day point of contact and holding partners accountable to performance and delivery standards. Develop and execute structured testing roadmaps across both channels—spanning audience targeting, creative formats, publisher mix, and buying strategies. Partner closely with Analytics to design and launch incrementality and lift studies, translating results into clear optimization actions and investment recommendations. Ensure creative excellence across CTV and Podcast placements—briefing channel-specific assets, providing feedback rooted in both brand standards and performance KPIs, and iterating quickly based on test learnings. Balance brand-building and performance objectives within each channel, maintaining a clear view of how both contribute to CAC goals and overall growth targets. Integrated Media Planning & Campaign Coordination Act as the integrated planning coordinator across the paid marketing team, ensuring all paid initiatives are accounted for and aligned when launching new creatives, brand campaigns, or promotional moments. Own and maintain workback schedules for paid campaign launches, proactively flagging risks, keeping stakeholders informed, and ensuring deadlines are met. Coordinate creative requests across channels, ensuring assets are briefed, approved, and delivered on time for campaign launches. Partner with Analytics and channel managers to confirm tracking is scoped, implemented, and QA'd ahead of every launch. Serve as a central point of communication across paid marketing, creative, analytics, and other cross-functional partners to keep campaigns moving efficiently.

3–5 years of experience in performance marketing or paid media, with