What makes the perfect pub? It’s great ales, delicious food, a welcoming atmosphere, and the warm welcome from a team that’s at the heart of everything we do.
The Inn Collection Group is a multi-award-winning pubs with rooms company, proudly located in some of the most outstanding destinations across the North of England and Wales. At ICG, we deliver exceptional hospitality by living and breathing our core values of respect, customer focused, warmth, and honesty, all with the goal of Making People Happy.
How we say thank you!
- Celebrate your birthday with an extra paid holiday.
- Build your future with training and development
- Enjoy 50% off food at any of our Inns
- Relax with a stay at any of our Inns during January, February, and March for just £1.
- Take advantage of the chance to explore our beautiful locations, with 1/3 off room bookings all year round.
- Experience a spontaneous trip away with £50 on same day bookings
- It’s not just for you—your loved ones can enjoy 15% off bed and breakfast too!
- 24/7 confidential support is always there when you need it with our Employee Assistance Programme
- Contribute to a company that gives back through our Give-inn back scheme
- Join an award-winning team recognised as the Best Pub Employer at the Publican Awards.
- Enjoy the convenience of free on-site parking
- Enjoy flexible hybrid working, with three days in the office and the option to work from home.
Rooted in the North, our support hub at Quorum Business Park in Newcastle serves as a central space where all our departments come together to collaborate and innovate. Located in a thriving business community, it reflects our strong connection to the region while providing a modern, dynamic environment to drive our collective success.
You'll Fit Right Inn
The Inn Collection Group is a rapidly
expanding, award-winning hospitality business with a growing portfolio of inns
across the North of England and Wales. We are seeking a commercially focused
Digital and Performance Marketing Manager to accelerate profitable growth and
maximise the return from our digital marketing investment.
The role will own performance across the
full digital customer funnel, connecting paid, owned and organic channels with
customer insight, digital platforms, marketing technology and conversion
optimisation. With responsibility for driving direct revenue, improving
customer acquisition efficiency and increasing customer lifetime value, the
postholder will use data and analytics to translate business objectives into
measurable marketing outcomes.
Working collaboratively across Marketing,
Revenue, Finance, E-commerce and Operations, the successful candidate will
develop and deliver data-led strategies, optimise digital investment and
identify new opportunities for growth. They will combine strategic commercial
thinking with strong technical and performance expertise, ensuring our digital
platforms and marketing activity deliver an exceptional customer experience and
sustainable ROI.
Key Accountabilities & Responsibilities
- Develop and
lead the long-term digital growth and performance marketing strategy,
connecting paid, owned and organic channels to drive customer acquisition,
direct revenue and profitable growth.
- Lead and
manage the performance marketing agency, setting clear objectives and providing
strategic direction across all digital channels. Oversee the planning, delivery
and optimisation of paid search, paid social, display, programmatic, affiliate,
SEO and emerging channel activity to drive customer acquisition, direct revenue
and ROI.
- Own the
commercial performance of the digital marketing ecosystem, ensuring activity
has clear objectives, measurable outcomes and strong ROI accountability.
- Manage
multi-channel digital marketing budgets and investment, optimising spend to
improve customer acquisition efficiency, maximise return on advertising spend
and achieve agreed revenue targets.
- Own the
end-to-end digital customer funnel, from awareness and acquisition through to
website engagement, booking conversion, retention and customer lifetime value.
- Act as the
strategic product owner for the website and wider digital platforms, setting
the roadmap and prioritising investment to improve user experience,
performance, accessibility, content and conversion.
- Lead website
development, architecture and transformation projects, ensuring platforms are
scalable, customer-focused and aligned with future business growth.
- Drive
continuous conversion rate optimisation across the website and booking journey,
using customer insight, behavioural data, user research, A/B testing and
experimentation to improve conversion and reduce customer friction.
- Develop a
strong test-and-learn culture across digital activity, using insight and
experimentation to improve creative, targeting, customer experience and
commercial performance.
- Use customer
data, analytics and insight to identify growth opportunities and improve
audience segmentation, targeting, personalisation and media efficiency.
- Lead the
development and optimisation of marketing automation and digital customer
journeys, supporting customer engagement, conversion, retention and repeat
revenue.
- Set and manage
the digital performance framework across paid, owned and organic channels,
monitoring key measures including traffic, conversion, revenue, ROI/ROAS,
customer acquisition cost and customer lifetime value.
- Identify,
evaluate and test new digital channels, platforms, technologies and advertising
opportunities to support future growth and maintain competitive advantage.
- Translate
complex performance data into clear, commercially focused insight and
recommendations, enabling senior stakeholders to make informed decisions and
prioritise investment effectively.
- Develop and
maintain clear digital performance reporting through platforms such as Looker
Studio, connecting channel activity to commercial outcomes and highlighting
risks, opportunities and future priorities.
- Stay ahead of
changes in customer behaviour, digital marketing, AI, search and advertising
technology, applying relevant innovation to improve performance, efficiency and
competitive advantage.
Key Skills, Experience & Behaviours
- Strategic and commercially minded
- Strong attention to detail
- Data-driven, with the ability to turn
insight into clear actions
- Results focused, with a strong
understanding of revenue, ROI, conversion and customer acquisition
- Experienced in campaign, channel and
full-funnel performance analysis
- Strong knowledge of Google Analytics,
Looker Studio and digital reporting
- Confident using AI tools to improve
efficiency, analysis and decision-making
- Proactive and self-motivated, with the
ability to work independently
- Curious, open-minded and solutions
focused
- Strong analytical and problem-solving
skills
- Excellent communication skills, with the
ability to simplify complex data and performance insights
- Able to identify and develop new digital
growth opportunities
- Strong understanding of SEO and emerging
Generative Engine Optimisation (GEO)
- Keeps up to date with changing search
behaviour, AI platforms and digital marketing trends
Essential Requirements
- Degree in Marketing, Digital Marketing,
Business or a related field, or equivalent experience
- Minimum five years’ experience in digital
or performance marketing
- Strong experience in paid media, customer
acquisition and performance marketing
- Experience planning, managing and
optimising multi-channel digital campaigns
- Experience managing digital marketing
budgets and delivering measurable ROI
- Strong knowledge of Google Analytics and
digital reporting tools
- Ability to analyse complex data and turn
findings into clear actions and recommendations
- Experience with website content
management systems (CMS)
- Strong understanding of website
performance, customer journeys and conversion optimisation
- Experience working with digital
platforms, customer data and marketing technology
- Familiarity with mobile app platforms and
technologies
- Strong project management and
organisational skills
- Excellent communication and stakeholder
management skills
- Experience working collaboratively across
Marketing, Revenue, Finance, Technology and Operations
- Understanding of customer data, data
quality and digital data governance
- Ability to work closely with Data and
Technology teams to support a connected, customer-focused digital ecosystem
Desirable
- Experience in hospitality, leisure,
travel or another multi-site consumer business
- Experience working within agile
development environments
- Knowledge of UK GDPR, data privacy and
digital security
- Experience with SEO, GEO and AI-powered
search
- Experience with attribution, customer
journey analysis or advanced analytics
- Experience testing new digital channels,
technologies or AI tools