Vp Marketing - Campaigns
Current• Responsible for managing marketing campaigns in the UK for the world’s leading live entertainment promoter. Events span music concerts and comedy across a range of venues from stadium and arena tours to theatre and club shows• Managing the planning, budgeting and execution of bespoke UK marketing campaigns. Taking engaging and innovative ideas and delivering in a cost-efficient way across all media channels - including online, TV, print, radio, and outdoor• Campaigns include UK concert tours for The Who, BTS, Eagles, The 1975, Britney Spears, The Weeknd, Biffy Clyro, and Bon Jovi - which featured the highest selling concert in the UK of 2019 at Wembley Stadium. Comedy acts include Ricky Gervais, Jerry Seinfeld and Dave Chappelle • Key objectives include reaching core fans, generating broader awareness, and ultimately driving ticket sales for our UK tours• Collaborating with all stakeholders internally (promoters, PR, creative studio, sponsorship, ticketing, social/eCRM teams) and externally (artist, mgmt, agent, label, ticketing agents, venues) • Leveraging exclusive content, artist access, VIP experiences and merch with media partners and platforms to secure additional support to help promote our shows• Planning and execution of experiential and special event campaigns eg ‘The Who @ 52’, a fan pop-up shop launched in Soho, London. Mass-awareness driven through media/influencer invite-only launch event hosted by Roger Daltrey, then fanbase was engaged with world-exclusive vinyl and merch available in-store along with ‘Pinball Wizard’ competition and memorabilia exhibition• Utilising variety of insight tools and post campaign data analysis to identify trends and improve strategy for most effective use of budget• Identifying international opportunities and drawing on support from local teams in key territories where relevant• Ongoing testing of emerging platforms, media and tools to find suitable strategies for tours across a wide range of budgets