Head of Marketing

Paignton, Torbay, UK (On-site)

Salary Not AvailableSenior LevelFull time

Posted 11 days ago

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Job Summary

Lead the marketing function for two zoos, owning multi-channel campaigns, ROI reporting and brand integrity while building a capable team and driving revenue through tickets, memberships and events.

  • Own strategy and multi-site campaigns across digital, print, PR, social, and email.
  • Develop and lead the marketing team, manage budgets and measure ROI.
  • Represent the organisations at tourism forums and build media relationships.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Develop marketing strategy across both sites that drives ticket sales, memberships, events and secondary spend.
  • Manage multi-channel campaigns (digital, print, PR, social, email, outdoor), own the ROI reporting and use data to improve what works.
  • Build your marketing team, translate business strategy into clear priorities, and develop capability across digital, campaign management and brand consistency.
  • Manage brand positioning and protect visual identity across both sites. Listen to visitor feedback and use analytics to drive improvement.
  • Represent both zoos at tourism forums (DATA, ERA), build relationships with media and agencies.
  • You'll occasionally work weekends and bank holidays as part of the duty management rota.

Requirements

  • Essential: You've led a marketing function in leisure, hospitality, visitor attractions or retail. You have a track record of strategies that drive revenue and visitation. You've run multi-channel campaigns, managed marketing budgets and used data to make decisions and report results. You know how to build and lead a team, manage brand consistency and represent an organisation externally. You're commercially minded and solutions-focused.

Preferred

  • Desirable: Experience across multiple sites, brand repositioning, or working with international leisure groups.

Benefits

  • 33 days paid holiday pro-rata including bank holidays
  • free zoo entry for family and friends
  • staff discounts on food and retail
  • free parking
  • Employee Assistance Programme
  • training from first aid to specialist skills.
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Paignton Zoo

Founded in 1923, Paignton Zoo is dedicated to protecting our global wildlife heritage and inspiring in people a respect for animals, plants, and the environment.With over 2,000 animals across 80 acres, Paignton Zoo is one of the South West's most exciting visitor attractions. It’s a place to roam, discover and get in touch with your inner animal.

Founded in 1923
Paignton, England, GBR
68 employees (3 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
13.8K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$52
Traffic Source Mix
Search
39.8%
Direct
23.4%
Referral
36.8%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~68

Marketing Team

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