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# Director of Analytics- Attribution & Performance at Canvas Worldwide

- **Company:** Canvas Worldwide
- **Location:** El Segundo, CA
- **Compensation:** $145k–$160k
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** hybrid
- **Posted:** 2026-08-27
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-12
- **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/canvasww/b680c5ab-b7b7-4952-8471-5bf97235c45e

## Job description

Canvas Worldwide dares to be the challenger the ad industry needs. Do you "Challenge the Comfortable?" Then you'll fit right in here at Canvas.

Recognized as one of Ad Age's "Best Places to Work" for three consecutive years, Canvas Worldwide is an independent media agency committed to providing creative solutions for brands that challenge the status quo. Our clients include Hyundai, Kia, Genesis, MGM, Zillow and McDonald’s (to name a few…).

Our agency cultivates an environment where all are welcome to push outside their comfort zones to solve problems in new ways. We encourage the team to be its best by creating the most positive workplace experience for all. For instance, we outpace the industry on diversity and inclusion AND offer continuous training and workshops for career development. So, if you dare to challenge the comfortable… then keep reading.

## Role Summary

The Director, Analytics is a client-facing role responsible for shaping data-driven strategy and advancing modern measurement for an automotive brand. This role will lead attribution and performance measurement strategy, connecting insights to media investment, optimization, and business outcomes. It will transform disconnected measurement outputs into a unified decisioning framework that improves marketing effectiveness and enables smarter growth decisions.

Business Impact

- Build a unified measurement ecosystem connecting attribution, experimentation, MMM, and performance analytics.
- Improve media investment decisions through actionable performance intelligence and optimization guidance.
- Scale learning across campaigns by turning measurement into repeatable business practices.

## Key Responsibilities

Attribution & Performance Measurement

- Own the strategy, governance, and evolution of cross-channel attribution and performance measurement.
- Define the right measurement approach—attribution, experimentation, MMM, platform measurement, or other methods—based on the business question.
- Translate measurement insights into recommendations for investment, audience strategy, channel optimization, creative, and growth. Experimentation & Learning
- Lead the Test & Learn roadmap, converting strategic questions into hypotheses, test plans, success criteria, and analytical outputs.
- Guide incrementality studies, lift analyses, geo tests, holdouts, and other causal measurement approaches.
- Operationalize validated learnings through documentation, decision tracking, and scalable adoption across campaigns. Measurement Frameworks & Benchmarking
- Develop frameworks that connect business goals, marketing objectives, channel roles, KPIs, and optimization signals.
- Establish benchmarking and goal-setting methodologies across tiers, campaigns, audiences, channels, and funnel stages.
- Maintain standards, documentation, and points of view that create consistency in measurement planning and reporting. Client Leadership
- Serve as a trusted advisor to marketing, media, and executive stakeholders on advanced measurement strategy.
- Translate complex methodologies into clear business implications and executive-ready recommendations.
- Lead measurement discussions, workshops, and planning sessions while managing risks, expectations, and stakeholder alignment. Cross-Functional & Team Leadership
- Partner across analytics, media, activation, operations, creative, account, and technology teams to align measurement with business needs.
- Collaborate with external partners, platforms, and measurement providers to validate methodologies and drive execution.
- Lead through influence, creating clarity across teams with diverse priorities, technical depth, and definitions of success.
- Coach and develop talent while fostering curiosity, accountability, analytical rigor, and continuous improvement.

## Qualifications

Required

- 8+ years in marketing analytics, media analytics, measurement science, data science, or a related discipline.
- Hands-on experience with attribution, incrementality testing, experimental design, MMM, or performance modeling.
- Strong executive communication skills, with the ability to simplify technical concepts while preserving methodological integrity.
- Bachelor’s degree in statistics, economics, econometrics, mathematics, data science, marketing analytics, business, or equivalent experience.
- Experience with media and measurement platforms such as ad servers, DSPs, analytics platforms, clean rooms, or identity graphs.

## Preferred

- Agency or client-side experience in a senior measurement or analytics leadership role.
- Familiarity with Python, R, SAS, SQL, or equivalent analytical environments.
- Experience developing learning agendas, measurement frameworks, benchmarks, or methodology points of view.
- Master’s degree in a quantitative, analytical, or business-related discipline.

Salary and Benefits Actual base salary is determined upon factors such as experience, qualifications, training, certifications, and internal equity. The Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. Base salary is part of a total rewards package that includes highly competitive benefits like generous medical, dental, vision, pet insurance, commuter benefits, disability and life insurance coverage, 401(k) matching, up to 14 holidays per year, a “Do Good Day,” and unlimited PTO.

Additional perks include employee social and wellness events, a DEI Council, auto purchase rebate program, monthly wellness allowance, and in-office amenities such as fresh kombucha and an in-house barista inside our beautiful, new vibrant El Segundo office.

In-Office Work Schedule This is a hybrid role, requiring a minimum of 3 days in-office per week.

Canvas Worldwide is an Equal Opportunity Employer: All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex including sexual orientation and gender identity, national origin, disability, protected Veteran Status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

CA Applicants: Canvas Worldwide practices Fair Chance Hiring

## About Canvas Worldwide

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Canvas Worldwide is an independent, full-service media agency that helps brands of all sizes think differently about their media investment through data-informed, tech-powered, creative, and transparent strategies.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Privately Held)
- **Headquarters**: Los Angeles, California, United States (dual headquarters in New York, NY)
- **Founded**: 2016
- **Founders**: Not publicly listed (leadership includes CEO Paul Woolmington)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Advertising Services (Media Agency)
- **Target customers**: B2B — brands of all sizes seeking innovative media strategy, investment, analytics, and consultancy.
- **Mission or purpose**: “Challenge the Comfortable” — to help brands achieve great outcomes by defying conventional thinking and delivering business outcomes, not just media solutions.

## Products & Services
Canvas Worldwide offers a full suite of agency capabilities, organized into four core areas:
- **[Media Strategy]**: Brand strategy, performance strategy, retail strategy, consumer insights, influencer creative optimization, holistic business consulting.
- **[Media Investment]**: Branded content, biddable media, paid social, local markets, standalone OOH & traffic, sports portfolio management, digital transformation.
- **[AdOps]**: Automation, data infrastructure, dynamic creative serving, cookie deprecation solutions, fraud prevention & brand safety.
- **[Analytics]**: Data storytelling, predictive modeling, closed-loop attribution, media mix models (MMMs), dashboards, data management infrastructure.

Additionally, the agency offers back-of-house services including AI-powered solutions, technology, business development, marketing, PR, and legal support.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly available (private company)
- **Key Metric**: Total Employees: 442 (as of 2026, +3.7% YoY)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Not disclosed; notable clients include major automotive brands (Hyundai, Kia) and others.
- **Growth Signals**:
  - Named one of *Ad Age’s 2026 Top 10 Best Places to Work*
  - Named *Adweek Breakthrough Agency of the Year* and *Campaign US Media Agency of the Year*
  - 56,723 LinkedIn followers (+3.8% YoY)
  - Active job postings: 17 (+750% YoY)
  - Six offices across the US: Los Angeles (HQ), New York (HQ), Atlanta, Chicago, Denver, Dallas

## Competitive Advantages
- **Independent & transparent**: Full transparency in media investment, no holding company conflicts.
- **Culture-driven**: Recognized as a top workplace, emphasizing “Challenge the Comfortable” ethos.
- **Data & tech-powered**: Sizable analytics and AI practice (e.g., Applied AI and Research Technology team).
- **Full-service breadth**: From strategy to investment to analytics, all under one roof.
- **Client loyalty**: Strong relationships with major automotive accounts and other brands.

## Strategic Focus
- Continued investment in AI-powered solutions and data infrastructure.
- Expansion of analytics and predictive modeling capabilities.
- Deepening client relationships through holistic business consulting, moving beyond traditional media planning.
- Hybrid work model (in-office and remote) across US offices.
- Talent acquisition and retention, especially in analytics, programmatic, and strategy.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: “Challenge the Comfortable” mindset; named one of Ad Age’s Best Places to Work 2026; DEI Council; annual OneCanvas celebration.
- **Work model**: Hybrid — roles in New York and El Segundo (LA) as well as other offices; flexible.
- **Benefits**: Unlimited PTO, learning & development programs, mentoring programs, best-in-class benefits.
- **Engineering/Culture**: Applied AI and research technology team; data-driven environment; exposure to cutting-edge analytics and media technology.
- **Career growth**: Many open roles across departments (Analytics, Programmatic, Strategy, Finance); salary ranges provided (e.g., Media Finance Analyst ~$65k, Paid Search Specialist ~$63k).

## Sources
1. [canvasworldwide.com](https://www.canvasworldwide.com/) – Company overview, capabilities, leadership
2. [canvasworldwide.com/who-we-are](https://www.canvasworldwide.com/who-we-are) – Office locations, executive team
3. [canvasworldwide.com/work-at-canvas](https://www.canvasworldwide.com/work-at-canvas) – Culture, benefits, awards
4. [jobs.lever.co/canvasww](https://jobs.lever.co/canvasww) – Current job openings, hiring process
5. [linkedin.com/company/canvas-worldwide](https://www.linkedin.com/company/canvas-worldwide) – Employee count, growth, reviews, salary data, recent departures

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