Paid Media Director, Global

London, UK (Hybrid)

Salary Not AvailableSenior LevelFull time

Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Own the global media strategy across all channels, aligning brand and revenue objectives with agencies, field leadership, and cross-functional partners to optimize reach, efficiency, and ROI.

  • Growth & Channel Strategy: Define end-to-end media plans and ensure local strategies scale global objectives.
  • Audience & Experimentation: Deepen audience personas and lead test-and-learn across new channels and partners.
  • Delivery & Collaboration: Coordinate with CRM/Web teams, publishers, and agencies to translate insights into effective media activation.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Act as strategic leader for all media strategy across all channels: Print/PPC/Meta/Display/Local Search/Paid social/OOH, working closely with VP Marketing, Paid Media Manager, Global and appointed agency to ensure a balance of brand awareness vs revenue-driving activity for every property (and in turn drive awareness of the Belmond brand)
  • Work closely with agencies of record to create a full-year media plan to support across all hero, cultural and commercial campaigns, working closely with the Senior Brand Campaign Manager, Global, to align on objectives and strategy
  • Support full funnel media activity across all channels, ensuring the right balance of awareness, engagement and conversion. Optimise existing always-on media approach, ensuring assets are best-in-class
  • Build a property-first media approach with cluster leads, ensuring paid media strategy will effectively target the right audiences (inbound marketing)
  • Support Outbound/source city strategy by layering in new source cities into media target audiences
  • Develop an effective SOS model to support risk properties, working hand in hand with cluster leads, revenue team and Senior Brand Campaign Manager, Global
  • Deepen understanding of existing and future audiences, working closely with the Digital Innovation team to further develop tangible personas that can be used for Media targeting
  • Work closely with CRM and Web teams to ensure data and learnings are constantly taken into consideration when forming media strategy and delivery
  • With agencies of record, select appropriate media partners that will best deliver on objectives – constantly evaluate performance vs benchmarks and ROI
  • Spearhead ‘test and learn’ strategy with new media channels, assets and partners (eg, creators, affiliates)

Benefits

  • What We Offer At Belmond, we pride ourselves on fostering a culture built on kindness, active listening, and genuine connections with our colleagues and guests. We strive to create an environment where our employees can thrive both personally and professionally. With a commitment to your ongoing development, you’ll have the opportunity to learn and grow alongside some of the most talented individuals in the industry. Join us and be part of creating unforgettable moments for our guests, communities and each other. This is your moment. Apply today!
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Belmond was born from a passion for connecting discerning travellers with the world’s most remarkable properties, locations and journeys. From hotels and trains to river cruises and safaris, Belmond curates incomparable experiences and crafts unforgettable stories. With a legacy spanning over 45 years, since the acquisition of Hotel Cipriani in Venice in 1976, Belmond has grown into a global collection of 43 properties spread across 24 countries and territories. Exceptional destinations connected by legendary journeys are the very soul of Belmond, where the path that brings you to a place is as important as the destination itself. A pioneer of slow travel, Belmond has been operating the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express since 1982. The group later expanded to include pristine beach resorts, such as Maroma on the Riviera Maya, historic hideaways such as Villa San Michele in the Florentine foothills, urbane icons, such as Copacabana Palace in Rio de Janeiro, and gateways to UNESCO world heritage sites, such as Hotel das Cataratas in Brazil’s Iguassu National Park. As proud custodians of storied properties, Belmond is committed to building on the past to create a new legacy: the heritage of the future. Working with communities and local talents, together with the world's most respected chefs, designers and artists, Belmond continues its purpose of perpetuating the legendary art of travel. Since 2019, Belmond has been part of the world’s leading luxury group, LVMH (Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton).

Founded in 1976
London, England, GBR
1.8K employees (146 in marketing)
72% recommend to a friend
99% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
635.3K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$8.9K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
57.3%
Direct
32.2%
Referral
7.7%
Social
1.4%
Paid
1.3%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~1.8K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
93 (5% of company)

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