Performance Marketing Manager, NA - Explora Journeys

Miami, FL (On-site)

Salary Not AvailableSenior Level6+ years expFull time

Posted 10 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive North America digital performance marketing for Explora Journeys by leading end-to-end media campaigns and managing agency partnerships.

  • Lead end-to-end performance campaigns across paid channels to hit KPIs.
  • Must-have: 6+ years of cross-channel digital marketing and in-platform execution.
  • Standout: Agency management and cross-functional leadership across brand, analytics, and creative.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Lead end-to-end management of performance campaigns across biddable media platforms (paid search, paid social, programmatic display + video, etc.), optimizing to performance and efficiency goals.
  • Own campaign briefs, QA ad assets, manage UTMs, and oversee platform configurations.
  • Ensure accurate targeting, timely launches, and alignment with commercial priorities.
  • Monitor media pacing weekly/monthly to ensure alignment with budget and forecast, and recommend budget reallocation dynamically based on performance trends.
  • Drive creative excellence rooted in digital platform best practices, in partnership with Explora brand team and agency partners.
  • Act as day-to-day lead for the media agency executing NA performance campaigns.
  • Review and approve media plans, forecasts, and recommendations, providing strategic guidance.
  • Hold the agency accountable for meeting KPIs, SLAs, and reporting standards.
  • Ensure collaboration across campaign planning, optimization, and wrap-ups, with alignment across brand, creative, analytics, and digital teams.
  • Build and manage recurring performance reporting dashboards in partnership with the agency and internal analytics team, ensuring data accuracy and consistency.
  • Translate performance data into actionable insights and clear narratives for senior leadership.
  • Support the development of marketing forecasts, pacing reports, and ad hoc analyses to guide decision-making.
  • Build and execute a structured A/B testing roadmap (audiences, creatives, landing pages, formats, channels).
  • Capture and share insights; scale learnings across campaigns and geographies.
  • Partner with global teams to align local learnings with broader strategies.
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MSC Cruises

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Headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, MSC Cruises is the world’s third largest cruise lines and the market leader in Europe, South America, the Middle East and Southern Africa, with a strong and growing presence in North America and the Far East.The MSC Cruises fleet consists of 23 modern ships with three new vessels due to be launched in 2026, 2027, 2029 and 2030.The Company operates in more than 100 countries around the world, offering cruises across five continents, calling at more than 240 destinations and welcoming more than 180 different nationalities on board.MSC Cruises is firmly committed to achieving net zero greenhouse gas emissions for its marine operations by 2050.

Founded in 1987
Geneva, Geneva, CHE
18K employees (1,484 in marketing)
71% recommend to a friend
86% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
1.7M
Traffic Source Mix
Search
40.6%
Direct
47.2%
Referral
9.9%
Social
1.2%
Paid
0.8%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~18.1K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
570 (3% of company)
Median Career Experience
11 years
Median Tenure
3.4 years

Funding

Total Funding
$6.9M
Last Raise
$6.9M
Series Unknown, 9 years ago

Funding History

  • Apr 2017
    Series Unknown • $6.9M

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