Director of Marketing (Onsite) (Kill Devil Hills)

Kill Devil Hills, NC (On-site)

$80K/yr – $87K/yrDirector/Executive5+ years expFull time

Posted 5 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own multi-location marketing strategy and leadership for a family-brand, aligning budget, seasonal campaigns, events, and store marketing with a founder-led culture; scale playbooks for new locations and cross-channel demand.

  • Build and own the annual and quarterly plan across ecommerce, recreation, retail, events, and new locations.
  • Lead a cross-functional marketing-services team and partner with the Digital Marketing Lead on integrated campaigns, lifecycle, and performance insights.
  • Create scalable playbooks and governance tying budget, channel plans, and reporting to revenue goals.

Job Description

Own multi-location marketing strategy and leadership for a family-brand, aligning budget, seasonal campaigns, events, and store marketing with a founder-led culture; scale playbooks for new locations and cross-channel demand.

  • Responsibilities: Build and lead the annual and quarterly marketing plan across ecommerce, recreation, retail stores, signature events, new locations, and the broader KHK family of brands.
  • Responsibilities: Translate company growth goals into a disciplined priority plan: campaigns, seasonal demand generation, event tiers, channel plans, resource needs, and a shared marketing calendar.
  • Responsibilities: Lead the shared marketing-services team: Digital Marketing Manager, Graphic Designer, Events Coordinator, Marketing Coordinator, Recreation Social Media Content Creator, and two Event Interns. The Event Interns report directly to this role, with day-to-day event project direction through the Events Coordinator.
  • Responsibilities: Partner with the Digital Marketing Lead on integrated campaigns, ecommerce merchandising, customer lifecycle marketing, paid-media priorities, website needs, and performance insights that strengthen online sales and customer retention.
  • Responsibilities: Set standards and approve brand-critical work across retail signage, print, billboards, store campaigns, Adventure Guide direction, event creative, customer-facing messaging, and major partnership materials.
  • Responsibilities: Establish and oversee Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3 event marketing plans. Approve Tier 1 budgets, paid promotion, sponsor positioning, media outreach, content capture, and post-event actions.
  • Responsibilities: Work with Finance to connect marketing investment to revenue and margin by business unit. Review directly attributed, influenced, and correlated results and recommend where to scale, correct, pause, or stop investment.
  • Responsibilities: Own marketing budget planning and leadership-level oversight of agency, media, print, signage, technology, sponsorship, and vendor investments. Partner with the CEO and Finance on material commitments and reallocations.
  • Responsibilities: Run the department operating system in Monday.com: clear owners, weekly priorities, scorecard review, team meetings, documented follow-up, and escalation of risks before they affect revenue or guest experience.
  • Responsibilities: Strengthen the connection between local marketing, Google Business Profile accuracy, partner referrals, in-store promotion, events, and store traffic across KHK locations.
  • Responsibilities: Build durable playbooks for new-location marketing, store requests, campaigns, events, budget/contract tracking, and reporting so the organization can scale without creating single points of failure.
  • Requirements: 5+ years of senior marketing leadership experience with direct accountability for a budget, team performance, and measurable business growth.
  • Requirements: Experience in multi-location retail, destination retail, tourism, hospitality, outdoor recreation, events, or another seasonal, customer-experience-driven business.
  • Requirements: Strong commercial understanding of full-funnel marketing: ecommerce conversion and retention, CRM/email, paid media, local/store traffic, recreation demand, events, and partnership marketing.
  • Requirements: Ability to lead people and vendors while setting clear priorities, approvals, workflows, and performance expectations; comfortable being hands-on without becoming the day-to-day production bottleneck.
  • Requirements: Working fluency with Monday.com or comparable project-management tools, HubSpot or comparable CRM/email platforms, Google and Meta advertising, web analytics, and AI-enabled marketing workflows.
  • Requirements: A collaborative, accountable leadership style suited to a founder-led company and a fast-moving seasonal environment. Must be able to work on-site in Nags Head and travel to KHK locations as needed.

Benefits: Benefits include company-paid health insurance, annual performance-bonus eligibility, and a 401(k) with profit-sharing opportunity, subject to plan terms and company performance.

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Kitty Hawk Kites & Adventures

Kitty Hawk Kites 🪁 has been pioneering adventure and family fun in the Outer Banks since 1974, offering a unique blend of exhilarating recreational activities and a diverse range of quality retail products. We're dedicated to creating uplifting experiences with a focus on safety, customer service, and environmental stewardship, inviting you to soar with us and explore the beauty of OBX from land, sea, and air 🌊 🌤️Check us out on your favorite social media 👉 @KittyHawkKites

Founded in 1974
Nags Head, North Carolina, USA
107 employees (13 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
53.9K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$6.1K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
49.3%
Direct
39.3%
Referral
7.5%
Social
2%
Paid
1.7%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~107

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
9 (8% of company)
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
2