Job Description

We\'re looking for a Chief Marketing Officer, Lions (Division) to join our team in London as part of our Leadership Function.

Your Team: As the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) you will operate across the LIONS Division, including the Cannes Lions, WARC and Contagious brand, leading the marketing function that includes LIONS Intelligence (subscription) Events (delegate passes, awards entries, sponsorship)) and Advisory (consultancy services and training). You will directly lead a high-performing brand, PR, creative and customer management team and will oversee product and pillar teams in partnership with the relevant P&L owner.

Your Role: As the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) you will power the ambitious growth plans of our brands and our business. As leaders in the Marketing industry, we passionately believe in its ability to deliver results and we need a full-funnel marketing leader to enable that.

You will develop the overall brand, marketing and proposition strategy for the business and work closely with the product and pillar leads to translate this into clear plans for each business line.

You will be part of the LIONS Division leadership team and will contribute to the vision and strategy for the wider group whilst ensuring your own team reflects the culture and values of the business.

Key Responsibilities

Creation and execution of the brand, marketing and proposition plan for LIONS Division and business lines to achieve agreed performance targets, including Cannes Lions, WARC, Contagious and other portfolio brands and products

Leadership, development and retention of a high-performing team of marketing and creative professionals to achieve agreed people engagement goals

Supporting the development and execution of the wider LIONS Division business strategy, plan and culture in collaboration with the wider leadership team

Development and execution of a clear branding strategy that connects the LIONS Division brands together but still enables them to operate independently where necessary

Driving innovation and creativity in all aspects of the marketing programme across the organisation

Development and execution of a performance marketing plan - together with business pillar and product marketing leads - to achieve business goals

Development of a consistent set of benchmarks, KPIs and supporting measurement protocols to enable clear tracking of performance

Your Experience

Excellent people leadership skills

Exceptional stakeholder management skills

Very good communicator, calm under stress and able to deal with ambiguity, able to bring people together towards a common goal

Good understanding of brand marketing and strategy

Knowledge of, and experience in, the advertising and marketing industry is a plus

If you don\'t meet every single requirement, we\'d still encourage you to apply. At LIONS, we are committed to creating a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you are excited about this role we would still like you to apply.

Who are we?

LIONS Division showcases global best practice in creativity, effective and impactful marketing. We set the global benchmark in creative and effective marketing and, through our insight and advisory services, enable brands and their partners to reach and exceed it.

We provide a suite of solutions that connect, inform and unlock potential for people and businesses, covering events, intelligence, training and advisory services. Our five-day Festival in Cannes, France is the meeting place for the global marketing community and a celebration of the world\xe2\x80\x99s most excellent and effective work.

LIONS Division is part of the Ascential group of companies. Ascential delivers specialist information, analytics and ecommerce optimisation platforms to the world\'s leading consumer brands and their ecosystems. We help our customers to make smart decisions that improve performance now, and in the future.

With more than 3,300 employees across five continents, we combine local expertise with a global footprint for clients in over 120 countries. We are listed on the London Stock Exchange.

Why choose us?

At Ascential, diversity, equity and inclusion is core to us. We\xe2\x80\x99re a company built around our people - and we\xe2\x80\x99re committed to supporting each and every one of them to be the best they can be. We love having a diverse team of people who bring new ideas and different strengths and perspectives to Ascential. Our employee-led groups and networks, Ascential Pride, Black in Business and EmPower: An Ascential Women\'s Initiative, Shalom Ascential and Latinx, help us to create a place where communities and allies can connect and share experiences. We are proud to have been recognised as a best performer in the FTSE Women Leaders Review for six consecutive years, listed in the Bloomberg Gender Equality Index and ranked in the top 1500 companies on Sustainalytics.

We are committed to supporting the environment and sustainability, including ensuring our pension plan defaults to sustainable options and striving to be net zero by 2030.

Recognising great performance is a key part of our culture. Our Awards schemes recognise and reward the brilliant achievements of our people.

We have a truly flexible working environment with a wide range of flexible, hybrid and agile-working arrangements. Conversations about flexible working have always been - and will continue to be - actively encouraged here.

Our benefits and wellbeing package offers flexible benefits you can tailor to your own personal needs, including:

25 days of holiday per year - with an option to buy/ sell upto 5 days

Pension, Life Assurance, Income Protection and Private Medical

Flexible benefits platform with options including Private Medical, Dental Insurance, Critical Illness and the Ascential Shares Scheme

Employee assistance programme, season ticket loans and cycle to work scheme

Volunteering opportunities and charitable giving options

Great learning and development opportunities.

We want to ensure everyone has the opportunity to perform their best when interviewing, so if you require any reasonable adjustments that would make you more comfortable during the process, please let us know so that we can do our best to support you.

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