Marketing Manager, US

Bonhams

$110K — $130K *
Media
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 8+ years of marketing experience with a focus on commercial and strategic leadership
  • Proven ability to connect marketing initiatives to business outcomes and articulate this to senior stakeholders
  • Experience in leading and managing agencies and cross-functional teams without direct reports
  • Strong stakeholder management skills, advocating for market needs convincingly
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, capable of maintaining brand voice in all materials
  • Comfortable working across time zones with a globally distributed team
  • Ability to operate in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment
  • Experience in luxury or high-value industries such as fine art, auction, or fashion preferred

Responsibilities

  • Co-own the US marketing campaign calendar, aligning various marketing channels with key sales events
  • Develop integrated campaign strategies based on US commercial priorities
  • Build business cases for marketing investments, linking campaign plans to revenue objectives
  • Report campaign performance in business terms for senior stakeholders
  • Direct media agency partners on strategic objectives and performance accountability
  • Communicate US-specific campaign needs to digital and specialist teams during global planning
  • Collaborate across US Communications, Events, and Brand Partnerships for cohesive campaign execution
  • Manage and optimize the US media and campaign budget in line with commercial priorities

Benefits

  • Excellent medical, dental, and vision insurance with various plan options
  • 20 days paid time off (PTO) and 12 paid holidays
  • 16 weeks fully paid parental leave with flexible work arrangements
  • 401(k) plan with company contributions after one year
  • Life insurance and short- and long-term disability coverage
  • Paid cellphone and data service
  • Tuition reimbursement and access to a free online training library for professional development
  • Commuter benefits including transit and parking
  • Employee assistance program (EAP)
  • Onboarding buddy system for new hires
  • Employee resource groups promoting diversity and social interaction
  • Sponsored annual events and monthly celebrations
Full Job Description
About the Role

We are seeking a US Marketing Manager to bring commercial rigor and strategic direction to how marketing drives US business results. Reporting into the Marketing Director, US, the role works in close partnership with the global team and marketing channel specialists.

Translating commercial priorities into integrated campaigns across paid media, digital, and other channels, this role will direct agency partners and brief internal specialists to create campaigns that drive company performance and growth. Specific paid channel execution sits outside this role; accountability for campaign performance against commercial targets and KPIs sits within it.

The ideal candidate is a commercial, strategic marketer with the operational fluency to drive outcomes across the 360 marketing team, managing omni-channel campaigns with a results-first mindset.

Key Tasks and Responsibilities

Commercial Strategy & Campaign Ownership
  • Co-own the US campaign calendar end-to-end, sequencing paid, digital, and other marketing levers against the sale and events calendar
  • Translate US commercial priorities (by sale, category, and strategic initiative) into integrated marketing campaign strategies
  • Build the commercial case for marketing investment decisions, tying campaign plans to revenue, client acquisition, and hammer value goals
  • Report on campaign performance against commercial targets, translating marketing metrics into business terms for senior stakeholders

Cross-Functional & Cross-Regional Direction
  • Direct media agency partners on strategy, briefing, and performance accountability
  • Brief digital specialists (CRM, Social, Tech) on US-specific campaign needs, and represent US market context and priorities into global planning
  • Partner with US Communications, Events, and Brand Partnerships teams to ensure campaigns land as integrated moments, not channel-siloed activity
  • Advocate for US market needs within the global structure, using commercial evidence to support market-specific decisions


Budget & Vendor Management
  • Manage US paid media and campaign budget, ensuring efficient allocation against commercial priorities
  • Oversee US agency relationships, holding partners accountable to strategy and performance


In addition to the tasks and responsibilities listed, you may be required to perform other duties as assigned by your manager.

Qualifications and Skills
  • 8+ years of marketing experience with demonstrated commercial and strategic ownership, not purely channel execution
  • Track record of tying marketing campaigns to commercial/business outcomes, and communicating that link clearly to senior stakeholders
  • Proven experience briefing and directing agencies and cross-functional/cross-regional teams, including specialist teams that do not report directly to this role
  • Strong stakeholder management and diplomatic firmness - comfortable making a commercially evidenced case for US market needs inside a global structure
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with an ability to write and brief in an elevated, brand-appropriate register
  • Comfort operating across time zones with a global team
  • Comfort operating in a fast-paced environment with a live sale calendar and hard deadlines
  • Experience in luxury, fine art, auction, fashion, or comparable high-consideration/high-value categories strongly preferred


What We Offer

In addition to an active and progressive work environment, Bonhams offers a competitive benefits package to encourage work/life balance, including:

  • Excellent medical, dental and vision insurance - HMO, EPO, PPO with FSA and HSA
  • 20 days paid time off (PTO)
  • 12 paid holidays and holiday break from Christmas to New Years Day
  • 16 weeks fully paid parental leave (after one year) and flexible work arrangements
  • 401(k) retirement plan with company contribution (after one year)
  • Life insurance with AD&D
  • Short- and long-term disability
  • Paid cellphone and data service
  • Professional development: tuition reimbursement and free online training library
  • Commuter benefits (transit and parking)
  • Employee assistance program (EAP)
  • Onboarding buddy: 90 day mentor to welcome and orient new joiners
  • Professional development: free online training and expansive content library
  • Employee resource groups: social club, diversity committee, mentorship program
  • Sponsored socials: annual summer and holiday parties, monthly birthday treats, weekly breakfast


Applicants who best match the position needs will be contacted.

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