About Awaze
We're home to some of the world's most trusted travel brands, including cottages.com, Hoseasons, and Novasol (to name just a few!). Together, these brands make us the largest managed vacation rental business in the world. We're proud to have over 100,000 properties in our portfolio, in 25 countries across Europe, giving our guests the choice of a fantastic range of properties and taking over 1.5 million bookings each year.
The Role
We're looking for a disruptive marketer, by which we mean we know we're not perfect; we're looking for someone who has a desire to learn all things performance marketing and enthusiasm to our fantastic product base. This role will be a key part of our Novasol performance marketing team. The performance team is responsible for Guest & Owner activity across our core brands, including Novasol, Cottages.com & Hoseasons of which you will get exposure to all. All in all, you'll work with a team to cover 15 points of sale, so this is no small feat.
What You'll Be Doing
Reporting to the Performance Marketing Lead, you'll be joining a marketing-focused team, where we're constantly looking for new and innovative ideas. You'll work with a large budget, as part of a sizeable team across multiple locations, so the ability to adapt your style and working with team members remotely is key.
You'll support on our strategy on both a short and long-term basis for all things performance; you'll be a key part of the team that manages day to day performance and optimisation when it comes to paid search, social and programmatic.
As our Performance Marketing Executive, you'll help to champion a collaborative and forward-thinking environment, building a culture of innovation where your team are always on the lookout for the "next big thing" when it comes to media channels which will drive acquisition.
It goes without saying that the proof is in the numbers when it comes to our performance marketing, so you'll report on performance and trends, and highlight opportunities and risks, with a view to mitigating any potential pitfalls and staying ahead of our competitors. We let data drive our decision making, so you'll need to be comfortable breaking down channels and campaigns into what's driving performance.
Key Skills We Need
You'll be joining a genuinely passionate team, with a real desire to be the best at what they do. It's key that you're enthusiastic, driven and excited to be part of a company that champions marketing. Things that would make you a success in this role include:
- Ideally 1+ years' experience in PPC or Paid Social advertising
- You thrive in a fast-paced environment and enjoy meeting and exceeding targets
- You're an analytical thinker who is numbers focused and passionate about data
- You'll have a creative flair with a keen eye for detail, comfortable generating new and exciting ideas for testing
Equally as important as all the technical "stuff", we're looking for someone who is hungry to learn, irrespective of their seniority. We don't believe in standing still (we work in travel, after all), but instead think that everyone should be learning, all the time. Whether it's a new technology, an industry event or a mentoring opportunity, we want someone who lives and breathes marketing. If you're excited by working in a fast-paced environment, are obsessed by all things customer and want to join us on our journey, we'd love to chat.
What We'll Give You
- This is an opportunity for you to join us at a pivotal point in time as we continue to invest in our marketing
- You'll be joining a team of genuine, passionate people who have worked in world-class organisations and who are keen to transform us to the same standard
- Exposure to different performance channels outside of paid search including programmatic advertising, paid social and video
We offer a competitive salary and benefits; we're all about holidays, so we practise what we preach and offer some great travel discounts. We offer flexible working hours and remote working, too.
What Else Do You Need to Know?
We want to make the application process as stress-free as possible, so typically we'll have an informal chat with you on the phone, followed by a comprehensive interview over Teams, where you'll have a chance to find out a bit more about the exciting things we're doing (and maybe tell us what we're doing wrong). We want to hear about your favourite (and least favourite) projects, what makes you tick and why. Then, we'd love to show you "our place" so would look to meet you for an informal session in our office in Manchester.
We believe in equal opportunities and aim to create a team that is representative of our society, knowing that embracing differences enhances the capabilities of our business and makes for a happy place to work. We are proud to recognise and celebrate that we have a diverse culture where employees are accepted for who they are, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion or ability.
