Responsibilities

• Own and manage the annual marketing calendar across all airport retail operations, aligning campaigns with commercial objectives, seasonal opportunities, travel trends, and brand partner priorities.
• Develop annual, quarterly, and monthly marketing plans that support sales growth, customer engagement, and category performance.
• Partner with the Merchandising and Operating teams to identify opportunities for traffic generation, conversion improvement, basket growth, and customer acquisition.
• Translate merchandising strategies into integrated marketing campaigns and customer-facing activations.
• Establish campaign objectives, success metrics, and reporting frameworks to evaluate effectiveness and ROI. Monitor performance against KPIs (footfall uplift, conversion, campaign ROI, dwell time) and provide regular reporting to stakeholders.
• Identify opportunities to differentiate the traveller experience and continually evolve the marketing approach based on data, customer insight, and competitive landscape.
• Serve as the primary marketing partner to merchant teams and brand partners.
• Lead planning and execution of product launches, seasonal campaigns, exclusive airport programs, promotional events, and experiential activations.
• Coordinate marketing support for key categories including luxury, beauty, spirits, confectionery, fashion, and destination merchandise.
• Manage co-op marketing opportunities and maximize brand partner investment.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Communications, Business, Retail, Design, or related field.
• 7+ years of progressive experience in retail marketing, travel retail, consumer marketing, or related disciplines.
• Minimum 3 years of leadership experience managing creative, visual merchandising, marketing, or production teams.
• Strong understanding of visual merchandising principles and customer journey design.
• Hands-on experience overseeing digital and print production workflows, including CMS platforms, print-ready file management, and supplier management.
• Strong project management and organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple concurrent initiatives.
• Proven ability to influence and collaborate across Merchandising, Operations, Finance, and Executive Leadership teams.
• Strong analytical and commercial acumen with the ability to connect marketing activity to sales performance.

Preferred

• Experience in airport retail, duty free, travel retail, hospitality, luxury retail, or premium consumer brands.
• Experience working with luxury and prestige brand partners.
• Familiarity with airport authority approval processes and operational requirements.
• Experience with digital signage ecosystems and content management platforms.
• Multi-location retail leadership experience.

Benefits

• Day One Health Benefits
• 401k Plan Contributions
• Paid Time Off
• Paid Holidays
• Parking Reimbursement
• Employee Discounts