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Hearst

Manager, Audience Growth

Manhattan, NY · Hybrid

$88K - $106K/yr

... in audience development, growth marketing, CRM, or digital marketing * Demonstrated success growing first-party data through registration and email acquisition * Skilled in analytics tools and ...

Hearst

Manager, Audience Growth

Manhattan, NY · Hybrid

$88K - $106K/yr

... in audience development, growth marketing, CRM, or digital marketing * Demonstrated success growing first-party data through registration and email acquisition * Skilled in analytics tools and ...

Hearst Newspapers

Manager, Audience Growth

New York, NY · Hybrid

$88K - $106K/yr

... in audience development, growth marketing, CRM, or digital marketing * Demonstrated success growing first-party data through registration and email acquisition * Skilled in analytics tools and ...

Hearst

Manager, Audience Growth

Manhattan, NY · Hybrid

$88K - $106K/yr

... in audience development, growth marketing, CRM, or digital marketing * Demonstrated success growing first-party data through registration and email acquisition * Skilled in analytics tools and ...

Hearst

Manager, Audience Growth

New York, NY · Hybrid

$88K - $106K/yr

... in audience development, growth marketing, CRM, or digital marketing * Demonstrated success growing first-party data through registration and email acquisition * Skilled in analytics tools and ...

Hearst Newspapers

Manager, Audience Growth

New York, NY · Hybrid

$88K - $106K/yr

... in audience development, growth marketing, CRM, or digital marketing * Demonstrated success growing first-party data through registration and email acquisition * Skilled in analytics tools and ...

Hearst Newspapers

Manager, Audience Growth

New York, NY · Hybrid

$88K - $106K/yr

... in audience development, growth marketing, CRM, or digital marketing * Demonstrated success growing first-party data through registration and email acquisition * Skilled in analytics tools and ...

New York Post

This role will report into the Senior Audience Development Manager (California Post), working closely with cross-functional teams. The Audience Development Specialist will play a key role in driving ...

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How much do audience development manager jobs pay per year?

As of Aug 6, 2026, the average yearly pay for audience development manager in the United States is $71,527.00, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $55,500.00 and $93,500.00 per year, depending on experience, location, and employer.

What are the key skills and qualifications needed to thrive as an audience development manager?

To thrive as an Audience Development Manager, you generally need experience in digital marketing, analytics, content strategy, and audience segmentation, often supported by a degree in marketing, communications, or a related field. Familiarity with tools like Google Analytics, social media management platforms, email marketing systems, and CRM software is typically required. Outstanding communication, creativity, and analytical thinking help professionals excel in engaging diverse audiences and collaborating across teams. These skills are crucial for growing and retaining a targeted audience, which directly impacts an organization’s reach and success.

What are the most common challenges faced by audience development managers in their day-to-day work?

Audience Development Managers often face challenges such as keeping up with rapidly changing audience preferences, adapting strategies to multiple platforms, and effectively measuring the impact of their initiatives. Balancing short-term growth goals with long-term audience loyalty requires creative thinking and data-driven decision-making. Collaborating with content creators, marketing teams, and external partners also demands strong organizational and interpersonal skills. Overcoming these challenges can be highly rewarding by driving meaningful engagement and supporting the overall growth of the organization.

What does an audience development manager do?

An Audience Development Manager focuses on growing and engaging an organization's audience across various platforms. They use data analysis, content strategy, and marketing techniques to attract new users while retaining existing ones. Their role often involves SEO, social media management, email campaigns, and partnerships to optimize audience reach. They collaborate with content creators, marketers, and analysts to refine strategies based on performance metrics. The goal is to increase audience engagement, loyalty, and overall brand visibility.

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Infographic showing various Audience Development Manager job openings in the United States as of August 2026, with employment types broken down into 1% As Needed, 81% Full Time, 15% Part Time, and 3% Contract. Highlights an 92% Physical, 2% Hybrid, and 6% Remote job distribution, with an average salary of $71,527 per year, or $34.4 per hour.

Associate Director, Audience Development

Consumer Reports

Yonkers, NY • On-site

$160K - $180K/yr

Full-time

Medical, Retirement

Re-posted 21 days ago

Job description

WHO WE ARE
Consumer Reports is an independent, nonprofit organization dedicated to a fair and just marketplace for all. CR is known for our rigorous testing and trusted ratings on thousands of products and services. We report extensively on consumer trends and challenges, and survey millions of people in the U.S. each year. We leverage our evidence-based approach to advocate for consumer rights, working with policymakers and companies to find solutions for safer products and fair practices.
Our mission starts with you. We offer medical benefits that start on your first day as a CR employee that include behavioral health coverage, family planning and a generous 401K match. Learn more about how CR advocates on behalf of our employees.
OVERVIEW
Our Audience Development team operationalizes Consumer Reports' mission to create a safer, fairer, and more transparent marketplace, ensuring our trusted, independent guidance is highly visible wherever people make decisions-across traditional search, answer engines, newsletters, CR's app, alerts, and social and emerging platforms. In a time of information overload, misinformation, and peak distrust, this is more important than ever.
We're looking for an experienced data detective, diplomat, and leader-the Associate Director, Audience Development will help drive audience strategy, activating and nurturing discoverability, engagement, and conversion across onsite and offsite channels, organic and paid, working collaboratively, cross-functionally, or independently, as needed. Reporting to CR's Executive Managing Editor, you will act as the primary liaison for audience priorities and strategic alignment across CR divisions, spanning product management, marketing, and editorial, among others.
This hybrid position with in-office collaboration (Yonkers and/or NYC) just once per month provides excellent flexibility. This position is not eligible for sponsorship or relocation assistance.
How You'll Make An Impact
As Associate Director, Audience Development you will create and continually optimize organizational standards that will help CR's digital presence evolve in parallel with consumer needs and the technical marketplace, helping humans, agents, and everything in between find and rely on our insights at critical conversion and connection moments.
  • Drive CR's audience strategy, evolving the integration of our discoverability strategy across all channels and platforms and in collaboration with all relevant divisions,
  • Oversee the Audience Development team, establishing technical, digital, and editorial best practices for excellence in both search results, answer engines, and nascent technologies
  • Develop and maintain growth and optimization strategies across owned and distributed surfaces (web, app, Apple News, YouTube, Reddit, TikTok, Newsletters, etc.) in close collaboration with cross-functional teams, namely Marketing and Content
  • Advise the Executive Managing Editor on defining and evolving audience KPI frameworks and roadmaps to measure short-term and long-term success
  • Translate data into action: Help inform product roadmaps and editorial planning with specific and directional insights
  • Establish cross-functional partnerships with Content, Product, Marketing, Analytics, Testing, Leadership, and other relevant teams to align on and elevate distribution, engagement, and optimization
  • Advocate for brand visibility in AI ecosystems, ensuring attribution and authority signaling across generative engines
  • Build, manage, and mentor an evolving audience team, comprising both full-time staff and project-based freelancers

ABOUT YOU
You'll Be Highly Rated If:
  • You have the experience: 10 years in audience strategy and insights, content strategy, growth strategy for a digital publisher, tech nonprofit, or mission-driven brand.
  • You've managed teams in highly matrixed environments: 6+ years managing and mentoring teams, as well as cross-functional initiatives.
  • You have experience in a non-profit environment.
  • You are proficient with multiple search analytics tools and platforms.
  • You have proven success leading or partnering on newsletter programs and platform packaging strategies.
  • You have excellent communication skills, bridging editorial with digital, marketing and analytical teams around shared audience goals.
  • You've led nascent AI optimization across digital and editorial teams in publishing environments.
  • You have proven change management experience with cross-functional teams around audience development KPIs.

You'll Be One of Our Top Picks If:
  • You have experience in a nonprofit environment.
  • You have experience with a commerce or shopping site.

FAIR PAY AND A JUST WORKPLACE
At Consumer Reports, we are committed to fair, transparent pay and we strive to provide competitive, market-informed compensation.The target salary range for this position is $160K-$180K. It is anticipated that most qualified candidates will fall near the middle of this range. Compensation for the successful candidate will be informed by the candidate's particular combination of knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience. We have three locations: Yonkers, NY, Washington, DC and Colchester, CT. We are registered to do business in and can only hire from the following states and federal district: Arizona, California, Connecticut, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Texas, Vermont, Virginia and Washington, DC.
Consumer Reports is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in employment on the basis of actual or perceived race, color, creed, religion, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, sex or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, related medical conditions or lactation), gender identity and expression (including transgender status), sexual orientation, marital status, military service or veteran status, protected medical condition as defined by applicable state or local law, disability, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state or local laws. Consumer Reports will provide you with any reasonable assistance or accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process.

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