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Head of User Acquisition, Short Drama

News Break · Mountain View, California, United States · On-site

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About News Break

NewsBreak is the best local source for news, videos, and information on safety, accidents, sports, business, celebrity updates, stock market trends, and more.

About the role

NewsBreak is building ReelBee, an open short-drama distribution platform where any qualified creator or studio can self-publish, earn a transparent revenue share, and get real US audience insights. This is a CEO-sponsored, company-level initiative. As Head of User Acquisition you will own paid user acquisition for ReelBee across Meta, TikTok and Google, and be accountable for how efficiently we turn spend into paying users. You will work closely with creative editors, content operations and data. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

What they're looking for

  • 4+ years in mobile performance marketing, including 2+ years running accounts at $500K+/month, experience acquiring users for short-drama, web-fiction, gaming or subscription apps preferred
  • A verifiable track record: account scale, CPI, ROAS and how you scaled, with the data to show it
  • Expert in Meta and TikTok Ads (account structure, bidding, audiences, creative testing), familiar with Google App Campaigns
  • Fluent with MMPs (AppsFlyer/Adjust), SKAN, event postbacks and attribution, makes decisions from cohort data
  • Creative sense: knows which hooks work in short-drama acquisition and can brief editors clearly
  • Professional fluency in English and Mandarin
More about this role

Founded in 2015, NewsBreak is the Content Intelligence platform shaping the future content economy. With over 40 million monthly active users, our flagship platform delivers highly personalized local news and information powered by advanced AI, recommendation systems, and adtech.

Recognized by Fast Company as #32 on the Top Workplaces for Innovators, we're proud to be Great Place to Work® certified and home to a dynamic team of technologists, product innovators, and business leaders who are passionate about solving meaningful challenges at scale.

Together, we reached unicorn status in 2021, and we remain committed to continuing this high-growth trajectory with the right team to fulfill our mission: building the infrastructure layer for content intelligence.

If you’re inspired to dream big, innovate fast, and make a difference, we’d love to hear from you! For more information, visit www.newsbreak.com/about

NewsBreak is building ReelBee, an open short-drama distribution platform where any qualified creator or studio can self-publish, earn a transparent revenue share, and get real US audience insights. This is a CEO-sponsored, company-level initiative. As Head of User Acquisition you...

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