SyndicatedFractional ExecutiveSouthampton, England, United Kingdom
Full-time Senior Executive, Performance Marketing, Carnival Corporation
FULL-TIME EXEC JOB · TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS SECTOR · SOUTHAMPTON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
Carnival Corporation is hiring a Senior Executive in Performance Marketing (Grade CUK09) based in Southampton, reporting to a Senior Manager. The role owns paid social and display campaign execution, budget management, and commercial outcomes (bookings, ROAS, revenue) across Meta, Pinterest, DV360 and Google Ads. This is a permanent, full-time position with hybrid working; not fractional or interim.
Full-time Senior Executive, Performance Marketing — the balanced verdict
Why this role stands out
- Large cruise/travel brand with established marketing infrastructure and proven budgets
- Clear performance accountability (ROAS, revenue, bookings targets)
- Breadth of modern martech stack required (AA/CJA, MMM/MTA, Power BI, programmatic platforms)
- Generous benefits package including 25+ days leave, pension, health cover, and employee discounts
Worth checking before you apply
- Grade CUK09 reports to Senior Manager, not C-suite; may be an individual contributor or small team lead rather than director-level executive despite title
- No explicit salary or day rate stated; contact employer for compensation
- Compliance burden (Clearcast, platform-specific rules, consent frameworks) suggests heavily regulated environment
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Full-time Senior Executive, Performance Marketing — the posting in full
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What the posting asks · quoted from the listing
- Certification
social/programmatic and growth frameworks (LTV/ROAS/CPA).
Senior Executive, Performance Marketing
Grade: CUK09
Reports to: Senior Manager, Performance Marketing
Function: Commercial
Directorate: Marketing Communications (CUK)
Department: Marketing Communications (CUK)
Role Summary
- Delivers and executes biddable performance marketing initiatives, with principal
- accountability for social media and display, optimising activity to deliver the
best commercial outcomes. The role continuously reviews media performance to
drive key performance marketing outcomes such as bookings, conversion and leads.
Key Accountabilities
- Accountable for media planning and delivery in support of driving lower funnel
- metrics.
- Supports the implementation, optimisation and reporting of performance media
- channels including paid social and display campaigns across Meta, Pinterest, and
- other DSP platforms.
- Monitors campaign performance and proactively flags issues or areas for
- improvement.
- Creates campaigns and manages day to day execution and optimisation with a
- focus on direct response objectives such as ROAS and revenue.
- Develops data-led campaign proposals and performance focused media plans in
- response to briefs.
- Reports against core media and commercial KPIs, including post campaign
- analysis.
Essential Experience Required
- Demonstrated experience in performance marketing with demonstrable ownership
- of large budgets and revenue targets.
- Proven success scaling paid social and driving measurable incremental growth.
- Command of analytics platforms, ad tools (Google Ads, Meta, DV360/The Trade
- Desk), and dashboarding (Power BI/Tableau).
- Relevant certifications (Google/Meta) are a plus.
- Performance Strategy: Good experience in deployng biddable media - paid
- social/programmatic and growth frameworks (LTV/ROAS/CPA).
- Analytics & Experimentation: Proficient with AA/CJA, incrementality testing,
- MMM/MTA inputs; strong hypothesis‑driven testing.
- Audience & Data: Comfort with first‑party data activation, consent‑compliant
- audience building, feed management, and exclusions/lookalikes.
- Commercial Acumen: Forecasting, scenario planning, and margin sensitivity;
- understands pricing, inventory, and trading dynamics.
- Executional Craft: Knowledge of bidding strategies, creative formats,
- conversion paths.
- Communication: concise storytelling with data.
- Compliance Mindset: Works effectively with Privacy/Legal on consent, data
- governance, and brand safety.
- Project Management/co-ordination experience.
- A comprehensive understanding of the advertising regularly frameworks,
- Clearcast and platform-specific compliance.
- Adept at using a range of Social Media management platforms.
- Experience of working to tight deadlines.
- Why Join Us?
Working with us means more than just a role in the guest experience sector. It’s
about being part of a team that values well-being and personal growth.
Read our employee experience guide to learn more about life as a Carnival UK
colleague here
[https://www.carnivalukcareers.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/CUK-Employee-Experience-Guide.pdf].
Here’s what we offer:
- Employee Discounted Cruising plus Friends and Family offers
- Minimum 25 days leave, bank holiday allowance and holiday trading scheme
- Recognition scheme with prizes and awards
- Regular office events including live entertainment, lifestyle events and
- charity partner fundraisers
- Extensive learning and development opportunities
- Employee-led networks
- Employee Assistance and Wellbeing programmes
- Company paid Health Cash Plan and health assessment
- In-house Occupational Health help and access to digital GP
- Life Assurance
- Parental and adoption leave
- Employee Shares Plan
- Electric Car and Cycle to Work schemes
- Onsite restaurant offering range of healthy cooked and grab and go meals
- Discounted retail and leisure via discounts portal
- Contributory Defined Contribution Pension scheme
- Due to the popularity of our roles and our commitment to finding the best
talent, we might close applications earlier than advertised. Don’t miss out on
this opportunity to become part of a team dedicated to creating unforgettable
holiday happiness. Apply today to start your journey with us.
Recruitment Journey
- For more information on your recruitment journey, please visit our Candidate
- Journey Map
- [https://www.carnivalukcareers.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/CUK-Candidate-Journey.pdf]
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- social/programmatic and growth frameworks (LTV/ROAS/CPA).
- Performance marketing
- Paid social
- Display advertising
- Media planning
- Google Ads
- Meta ads
- DV360
- The Trade Desk
- Power BI
- Tableau
- Data analysis
- Budget management
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