Director, Marketing and Media Strategy

New York City, NY (On-site)

$130K/yr – $140K/yrDirector/Executive5+ years expFull time

Posted 2 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own the integrated marketing function with a focus on audience strategy, segmentation, and demand targets while leading media planning, growth campaigns, and revenue-related marketing efforts.

  • Own integrated marketing strategy and audience segmentation across attendance targets
  • Lead media, growth campaigns, and demand generation tied to outcomes

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Partner with CMO and Finance to support marketing and audience inputs.
  • Set and execute the integrated, multi-year and annual marketing and media strategy
  • Write integrated marketing briefs for internal and agency use
  • Maintain a dynamic segmentation framework and set audience-specific goals
  • Lead media strategy and buying with expertise spanning paid media, search, social and SEO / AEO.
  • Lead access-and-growth campaigns for the free-admission programs
  • Expand reach to younger and local communities and Spanish-speaking and Latinx audiences
  • Oversee institutional digital marketing strategy
  • Support earned-revenue growth across attendance, membership, retail and food & beverage

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree required; advanced degree a plus
  • 5–7 years in marketing leadership, including ownership of an integrated marketing function
  • Proven experience in audience strategy and segmentation, with direct accountability for attendance or demand targets
  • Demonstrated command of attendance or demand forecasting, and of the attribution that connects marketing activity to outcomes
  • Experience managing operating budgets
  • Team leadership experience, including managing managers

Benefits

  • Medical, Dental, Vision, 403(B) elections
  • Generous PTO benefits
  • Commuter benefits - parking and mass transit
  • Admission to world-renowned museums across the city and nationally
  • Pet insurance and discounted membership for Citibike
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New York, New York, USA
474 employees (158 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
503.1K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$21.1K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
56.5%
Direct
35.1%
Referral
6.5%
Social
1.3%
Paid
0.4%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~486

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
46 (10% of company)
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
2

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