Senior Direct Marketing Manager

Company: Apollo.io Employment type: FULL_TIME

As the Senior Direct Marketing Manager II, you will own Apollo's emerging direct and offline channel portfolio, including Connected TV, Performance Audio, Out-of-Home, and Direct Mail/Gifting. You are a master of driving top-of-funnel brand awareness in a highly quantifiable way, bringing the rigor of performance marketing to channels that are often treated as unmeasurable. You will partner closely with the Paid Acquisition team and the Creative org to build programs that are both brand-building and business-driving, with the measurement frameworks to prove it.

Responsibilities

• Own strategy, planning, and execution for Connected TV, Performance Audio (podcasts, streaming, radio), OOH, and Direct Mail/Gifting campaigns.
• Build and scale Apollo's audio program, spanning programmatic audio, podcast sponsorships, and direct partnerships.
• Design and execute incrementality testing programs (geo holdouts, halo studies, matched market tests) to quantify the business impact of each channel.
• Collaborate closely with the Creative team on briefs, concepts, and production, ensuring channel-specific creative is compelling and performance-oriented.
• Manage media buying relationships, vendor partnerships, and agency collaborations across all owned channels.
• Partner with Marketing Analytics & Data Science to build robust measurement frameworks and reporting infrastructure for offline and upper-funnel channels.
• Work cross-functionally with Brand, Sales, and Finance to align channel programs with pipeline goals and budget priorities.

Skills & Expertise

• 8+ years of experience in performance or brand marketing, with hands-on ownership of direct and offline channels (CTV, audio, OOH, direct mail) at a high-growth B2B SaaS company.
• Deep expertise in incrementality measurement, geo holdout testing, halo effect studies, matched market experiments, and brand lift studies.