Join a media agency that does things differently.

We’re Media Merchants, one of Australia’s leading independent full-service agencies, and we’re looking for a Paid Media Director to lead performance across a key client portfolio.

We are a people-first agency that values work-life balance, an epic culture, and delivering serious results for our clients.
We’re in the Top 3% of Google Agencies, a Certified Microsoft Ads Agency, and proud members of the IMAA.
But most importantly, we are growing and growing fast, so the room for growth is enormous

If you’re looking for a career (not just a job) in a team that knows how to work hard, lead from the front and celebrate wins, keep reading.

Why You?
- You’re a senior performance marketer who loves owning outcomes, not just running campaigns.
- You’ve led paid media portfolios end to end, strategy, performance, communication and commercial outcomes.
- You’re comfortable fronting senior client conversations and being seen as the clear owner of account direction.
- You think in systems: delegation, workflow design, and quality control are second nature to you.
- You’re obsessed with turning data into commercial insight, explaining what the numbers mean, not just what they are.
- You’re proactive about using tools, workflow systems and AI to create efficiency, increase team capacity and reduce manual work.
- You’re confident leading managers and specialists, holding the bar on delivery standards while coaching the team to lift.
- You thrive in a fast-moving, data-rich environment where strategic thinking, client leadership and operational excellence are equally key.

The Role
As a Paid Media Director, you’ll be responsible for:
- Leading the paid media clients within your portfolio and owning the quality of every strategic, operational and communication outcome.




- Acting as the primary client lead across paid channels, running performance reviews, strategy sessions and senior stakeholder meetings.
- Translating client goals into clear paid media strategies, testing roadmaps, optimisation priorities and action plans.
- Building structure around your team so more work is delivered through effective delegation, not personal over-involvement.
- Embedding internal systems, workflow tools and AI into day-to-day delivery to improve efficiency and turnaround times.
- Ensuring account updates are proactive, commercially useful and focused on clear context, implications and next steps.
- Driving thought leadership in channel strategy, creative implications, measurement approaches and future growth opportunities.
- Protecting and growing the commercial health of your portfolio through strong retention, performance-led confidence and risk management.

Why Media Merchants?
We’re a high-performing team with a people-first approach. That means:
- A culture that values collaboration, clarity, and doing things properly, with Performance and Integrity at the core.
- A supportive leadership team that backs you to own your portfolio and make strategic decisions.
- Access to internal tools, workflow systems and AI that are designed to make the work smarter, not harder.
- Ongoing training and development opportunities to sharpen your leadership, strategy and commercial skills.
- A portfolio of brands you’ll actually want to lead, with complex, interesting problems to solve.
- A company that’s big enough to make an impact, but small enough that you’re never just a number.

How to Apply

Ready to take your paid media career to the next level? Apply now.

Send us your resume + a cover letter outlining why you’re the right fit for the Paid Media Director role.

For a confidential chat, get in touch with us at *******@mediamerchants.com.au.

📌 Paid Media Director (Fortitude Valley)
🏢 Media Merchants
📍 Fortitude Valley