Senior Performance Marketing Manager

Brighton, Brighton and Hove, UK (Hybrid)

£50K/yr – £55K/yrSenior Level3+ years expFull time

Posted 13 days ago

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Job Summary

Own end-to-end performance marketing strategy across Paid Social, Paid Search, SEO, and Affiliates, driving acquisition, ROAS, and ongoing optimisation while leading testing, digital integration, and affiliate growth.

  • Own strategy and performance across multiple channels
  • Lead testing, data-driven optimization, and cross-team collaboration
  • Grow affiliate program and coordinate with CRM/ecommerce teams

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Lead Performance Marketing Strategy: Own the strategy across Paid Social, Paid Search, SEO, Affiliates, and emerging acquisition channels, balancing short-term revenue targets with long-term customer growth.
  • Own Marketing Performance: Be accountable for customer acquisition, ROAS, CAC, MER, Customer Lifetime Value (CLV), contribution, and overall channel performance, continually identifying opportunities to improve efficiency and profitability.
  • Budget Ownership: Manage acquisition budgets across all paid channels, making commercial decisions based on performance data and return on investment.
  • Campaign Execution & Optimisation: Manage, execute, and continuously optimise campaigns across Paid Social, Paid Search, Affiliates, and other acquisition channels, delivering regular insight and recommendations to improve commercial performance.
  • Lead a Test & Learn Culture: Build a structured experimentation roadmap across creative, audiences, landing pages, bidding strategies, and channel mix, ensuring insights are documented and shared.
  • Collaborate with Social Platforms: Engage directly with social networks to leverage platform capabilities, test new campaign ideas, and explore opportunities for growth.
  • Stakeholder Engagement: Regularly communicate with internal teams to align on objectives, strategy opportunities, and overall marketing performance.
  • Lead Digital Integration: Work with other team leads to align SEO, Paid Search, and Paid Social strategies, ensuring cohesive digital marketing initiatives.
  • Training and Transition: Oversee the transition of Paid Social campaign management to the Social Team, offering guidance and training for a smooth handover.
  • Mentorship & Innovation: Mentor junior team members, foster a culture of continuous learning, and stay ahead of industry trends to ensure digital marketing innovation.

Requirements

  • 3+ years' experience leading performance marketing across multiple acquisition channels within an ecommerce business.
  • Demonstrable ownership of performance marketing across Paid Social, Paid Search, SEO, and Affiliate Marketing, with direct responsibility for commercial performance and budget management.
  • Experience managing six-figure-plus annual marketing budgets.
  • Strong proficiency in reporting, dashboard development, and maintenance.
  • Robust understanding of GA4, attribution modelling, and incrementality.
  • Experience working with Shopify or another leading global ecommerce platform.
  • Experience working closely with CRM and Ecommerce teams.

Preferred

  • Operated internationally across multiple markets.
  • Experience with online fashion, specifically alternative fashion and lifestyle subcultures.
  • Utilized AI tools to improve campaign management, reporting, and workflow efficiency.
  • Experience working closely with creative teams to develop high-performing paid social assets.
  • People management experience.
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KILLSTAR

Our playful, rebellious, and alternative lifestyle brand channels attitude and magic into great design and unsurpassed quality and a vast product offering. With an eclectic mix of Goth, Punk Rock, Glam, and Festival Fashion, KILLSTAR has gained a worldwide following in pursuit of realising our brand’s invitation for people to explore, become, and celebrate who they are.

Founded in 2010
Brighton, England, GBR
97 employees (30 in marketing)

Recent Ads

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
1.5M
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$15.3K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
40.2%
Direct
32.5%
Referral
2.4%
Social
10.9%
Paid
5.9%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~97

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
12 (12% of company)
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
1