Director, Park Media

Williamsburg, VA (On-site)

$90K/yr – $105K/yrDirector/Executive7+ years expFull time

Posted 4 hrs ago

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Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Media Strategy & Investment: Develop and lead the annual paid media strategy, budget, and investment allocation across TV, radio, OOH, print, direct mail, paid search, social, CTV/OTT, streaming, digital audio, programmatic, and emerging platforms.
  • Balance upper-funnel brand building with lower-funnel demand generation across the full customer journey.
  • Partner with agency teams on planning, negotiation, and performance optimization.
  • Build forecasting models and measurement frameworks (attribution, incrementality, MMM) to guide investment decisions.
  • Integrated Marketing Execution: Lead a team responsible for the full range of marketing execution that supports media performance — content and social channels, promotional partnerships, and creative/design output — ensuring consistency across paid, owned, and earned channels.
  • Direct campaign planning and channel strategy in support of seasonal initiatives, promotional calendars, and major park priorities.
  • Champion a test-and-learn culture across audiences, creative, messaging, and channels.
  • Data, Measurement & Reporting: Monitor KPIs including attendance, admissions revenue, ROAS, CAC, LTV, and incremental revenue.
  • Build executive dashboards that communicate marketing effectiveness and optimization opportunities.
  • Partner with CRM and Consumer Insights to leverage first-party data for targeting and personalization.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Advertising, Communications, Business Administration, or related field.
  • MBA or Master's degree preferred.
  • 7-10+ years of progressive experience in integrated media and performance marketing.
  • 5+ years managing and developing high-performing marketing teams.
  • Proven success managing multi-million-dollar budgets and delivering measurable growth.
  • Experience with marketing analytics, attribution, forecasting, and measurement frameworks.
  • Theme park, attraction, hospitality, or entertainment industry experience preferred.
  • Knowledge, Skills & Abilities: Deep knowledge of the omnichannel media ecosystem alongside a strong understanding of content, social, and partnership marketing.
  • Knowledge, Skills & Abilities: Financial acumen managing large budgets and optimizing ROI.
  • Knowledge, Skills & Abilities: Strategic thinker balancing brand building with short-term performance.

Preferred

  • MBA or Master's degree preferred.
  • Theme park, attraction, hospitality, or entertainment industry experience preferred.

Benefits

  • Paid Time Off
  • Complimentary Park Tickets and Passes
  • Park Discounts on Food and Merchandise
  • Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
  • 401K Retirement plan
  • Voluntary Insurance
  • Life Insurance
  • Disability Benefits
  • Tuition Reimbursement
  • Dependent and Health Care Flexible Spending Accounts
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SeaWorld Parks & EntertainmentTM is a leading theme park and entertainment company providing experiences that matter and inspiring guests to protect animals and the wild wonders of our world. We are one of the world’s foremost zoological organizations and a global leader in animal husbandry, behavioral management, veterinary care and animal welfare. We also rescue and rehabilitate marine and terrestrial animals that are ill, injured, orphaned or abandoned, with the goal of returning them to the wild. The SeaWorld® and Busch Gardens® rescue teams have helped more than 40,000 animals in need over the last 50+ years.We own or license a portfolio of recognized brands including SeaWorld®, Busch Gardens®, Sesame Place® and Sea Rescue®. Over our more than 50-year history, we have built a diversified portfolio of 12 destination and regional theme parks that are grouped in key markets across the United States. Many of our parks showcase our one-of-a-kind zoological collection and all of our parks feature a diverse array of thrill and family rides, shows, educational demonstrations and/or other attractions with broad demographic appeal which deliver memorable experiences and a strong value proposition for our guests.We have also produced Parent’s Choice and Emmy Award winning shows like Sea Rescue and The Wildlife Docs that celebrate real & inspirational stories of rescue, rehabilitation and return to the wild by the animal rescue, animal care and veterinary teams at SeaWorld and Busch Gardens, in cooperation with our partners also committed to care for wildlife in need.

Founded in 1959
Orlando, Florida, USA
2.4K employees (329 in marketing)
38% recommend to a friend
39% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
70.1K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
29.9%
Direct
66.8%
Referral
2.6%
Social
0.6%
Paid
0.1%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~2.4K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
174 (7% of company)
Median Career Experience
14.5 years
Median Tenure
6.1 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
3

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