Marketing Director

Lexington, KY (Unknown)

Salary Not AvailableSenior Level7+ years expFull time

Posted 5 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own end to end multi-location marketing across brand and local activation with a focus on openings, revenue priorities, and KPI-driven results.

  • Growth Infrastructure: Plan and execute multi channel campaigns across paid, owned, and earned with data driven optimization.
  • Brand & Local Activation: Translate the national brand into location level programs and ensure Activate brand consistency across digital, print, in store, email, and social.
  • Campaign Operations & Partnerships: Manage briefs, creative development, agency reviews, on time and on budget launches, and build scalable local playbooks.

Job Description

Own end-to-end multi-location marketing across brand and local activation, aligning campaigns to openings, revenue priorities, and KPI-driven outcomes.

  • Growth Infrastructure: Plan and execute multi-channel campaigns across paid, owned, and earned with data-driven optimization.
  • Brand & Local Activation: Translate national brand into location-level programs and maintain Activate brand consistency across digital, print, in-store, email, and social.
  • Campaign Operations & Partnerships: Manage briefs, creative development, agency reviews, on-time and on-budget launches, and build scalable local playbooks.
  • Channel Performance & Reporting: Own performance across email/SMS, organic social, paid media, and website content, with regular KPI tracking and leadership reporting.
  • Lifecycle Marketing Oversight: Manage CRM and retention strategies through the Lifecycle Marketing Manager.
  • Agency & Talent Management: Oversee internal and external production of assets and maintain alignment with brand standards.
  • Grand Openings & Reopenings: Lead marketing execution for new location launches and reopenings with pre-launch awareness and influencer activation.
  • Budget & Partnerships: Manage local marketing budgets, ROI evaluation of partnerships, chamber relationships, and team training on ROI evaluation.
  • Team Leadership: Develop Marketing Specialist, Lifecycle Marketing Manager, and Production Graphic Designer with clear expectations and accountability.
  • Cross-functional Collaboration: Maintain day-to-day relationships with creative and media agencies, ops, sales, and tech partners to align initiatives.
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Activate Games

Taking entertainment into the future by fusing technology and physical activity together to create live-action gaming experiences.

Founded in 2019
Winnipeg, Manitoba, CAN
348 employees (7 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
1.3M
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$1.2K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
56.2%
Direct
36.5%
Referral
5.4%
Social
1.3%
Paid
0.5%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~351

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
7 (2% of company)
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
1

Funding

Total Funding
$52.7M
Last Raise
$52.7M
Debt Financing, 11 days ago

Funding History

  • Mar 2026
    Debt Financing • $52.7M
  • Jun 2024
    Debt Financing • $27.1M