Executive Director of Marketing

Reno, NV (On-site)

Salary Not AvailableDirector/Executive10+ years expFull time

Posted 3 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive casino marketing strategy and leadership to grow gaming revenue, database growth, and brand-aligned guest experiences.

  • Own casino marketing strategy and multi-channel campaigns from planning to execution.
  • Must-have: 10+ years of marketing leadership with VIP or CRM campaigns.
  • Standout: Cross-functional leadership across agencies, operations, and property teams.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Develop and execute comprehensive casino marketing strategies that strengthen brand presence while driving gaming revenue, profitability, and database growth through acquisitions, retention and reinvestment strategies.
  • Provide functional leadership as well as strategic support for marketing team, executive leadership, internal guests and vendors, including agencies.
  • Lead, mentor, and provide strategic support and direction to multi-disciplinary marketing organization, including but not limited to advertising, digital marketing, public relations, special events, player development, rewards club, database marketing and property programming.
  • Create and oversee budgeting, forecasting, ROI analysis, and financial performance monitoring to optimize marketing investment and promotional effectiveness
  • Develop and optimize promotional calendars, offers, and incentive programs tied to property objectives.
  • Build and maintain relationships with agencies, vendors, and strategic partners.
  • Maintain a strong working partnership with Brand Marketing to ensure casino initiatives align with overall property positioning that reflect the brand’s tone, standards, and long-term vision.
  • Ensure effective use of marketing technology platforms and systems to drive data-informed decision-making.
  • Oversee performance marketing across paid and organic channels, including social media, paid media, and CRM marketing.
  • Maintain development of technology to provide world-class guest experience.

Requirements

  • Minimum 10 years’ Marketing leadership progressive experience or any combination of education, training, or experience that provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities.
  • Proven success managing VIP programs and high-value player portfolios.
  • Experience leading database marketing and CRM-driven campaigns.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Hospitality, Business, or related field preferred (or equivalent experience).
  • Must be able to maintain appropriate Gaming License & Alcohol Awareness card.
  • Must be a minimum of 21 years of age.

Preferred

  • Background in integrated resort environments preferred.
  • Proven success managing VIP programs and high-value player portfolios.
  • Experience leading database marketing and CRM-driven campaigns.
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Grand Sierra Resort

Grand Sierra Resort is the leading resort, hotel, entertainment, and meeting and convention space in Reno-Tahoe. With nearly 2,000 hotel rooms and over 200,000 square feet of meeting and convention space we offer the area’s most complete resort destination. The property offers a wide variety of accommodations for the everyday business traveler to the complete family vacation with amenities and unique venues that include 11 restaurants (such as Charlie Palmer Steak) retail shopping, headliner entertainment, a 2-screen movie theater, a 50-lane championship bowling center, outdoor thrill rides, aqua golf driving range and more. Reno-Tahoe has favorable weather year-round and more than 300 days of sunshine. Let us show you why we are the destination for exciting vacations and unconventional meetings.

Founded in 2006
Reno, Nevada, USA
941 employees (76 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
176.9K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$6K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
49%
Direct
41.1%
Referral
8.5%
Social
0.9%
Paid
0.4%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~941

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
44 (5% of company)
Median Career Experience
21 years
Median Tenure
6.1 years

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