Director of Performance & Growth Marketing

At Future, we are redefining the playbook for digital subscriptions. As a global leader in specialist media, we operate a portfolio of market-leading brands, delivering content that fuels people’s passions. Our strategy is bold: we’re building a world-class digital subscription business, transforming engagement across premium brands spanning tech, lifestyle, entertainment, and more.

This is a career-defining opportunity for a performance and growth marketing leader to lead our internal digital growth agency—driving best-in-class customer acquisition, experimentation, and optimisation across all digital channels.

Reporting to the Senior Director, you’ll build, and scale a digital marketing function, establishing an outstanding internal growth agency that delivers across all acquisition channels. With multi-million-pound budgets, a diverse portfolio of brands, and a major growth push into the US, this role is for a strategic operator who can drive big commercial outcomes while also building long-term competitive advantage.

If you’re ready to shape the future of digital subscriptions at one of the world’s most exciting media companies, this is the opportunity.

What you'll be doing

• Build and lead a best-in-class performance marketing team, responsible for customer acquisition across paid and organic digital channels.

• Own and optimise performance marketing across PPC (Google, Bing), paid social (Meta, TikTok), display, video and emerging platforms.
• Scale customer acquisition across multiple high-value subscription brands, with a strong focus on the US and UK.
• Lead forecasting, performance analysis, and attribution strategy, ensuring data-driven decision-making.
• Drive CRO (conversion rate optimisation) through rigorous A/B testing, user journey analysis, and landing page optimisation.

Experience that will put you ahead of the curve

• Experience scaling multi-million-pound performance marketing budgets with strong Return on investment.
• Expertise in paid acquisition channels (PPC, social, display), CRO, and landing page optimisation.
• Experience leading high-performing teams across acquisition, CRO, and marketing analytics.
• Experience with CAC:LTV and retention-driven growth.
• Balance short-term acquisition wins with long-term subscriber growth strategy.
• Experience in US market growth.
• Stakeholder management skills, with experience presenting at executive level.

What's in it for you

The expected base salary range for this role is £75k+ depending on experience

This is a Hybrid role from our Bath or London Office, working three days from the office, two from home

… Plus more great perks, which include;

• Uncapped leave, because we trust you to manage your workload and time
• When we hit our targets, enjoy a share of our profits with a bonus
• Refer a friend and get rewarded when they join Future
• Wellbeing support with access to our Colleague Assistant Programmes
• Opportunity to purchase shares in Future, with our Share Incentive Plan

Internal job family level P3

Who are we…

We’re Future, the global leader in specialist media. With over 3,000 employees working across 200+ media brands, Future is a prime destination for passionate people worldwide looking to consume trusted, expert content that educates and inspires action - both online and off - through our specialist websites, magazines, events, newsletters, podcasts and social spaces.

We’ve got ambitious plans that further build on our growth momentum and unlock new opportunities – and we’re looking for driven people who want to be a part of it!

Our Future, Our Responsibility - Inclusion and Diversity at Future

We embrace and celebrate diversity, making it part of who we are. 

Different perspectives spark ideas, fuel creativity, and push us to innovate. That’s why we’re building a workplace where everyone feels valued, respected, and empowered to thrive.

When it comes to hiring, we keep it fair and inclusive, welcoming talent from every walk of life. It’s not just about what you bring to the table — it’s about making sure the table has room for everyone.

Because a diverse team isn’t just good for business. It’s the Future.

Please let us know if you need any reasonable adjustments made so we can give you the best experience!

Find out more about Our Future, Our Responsibility on our website.

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