About the Role
Wild is seeking a senior performance marketing leader to own the next chapter of its growth, managing a larger budget, expanding into new markets, and diversifying the channel mix. This role involves fusing media buying, affiliates, partnerships, and UGC into a unified acquisition engine, focusing on sharper measurement, enhanced creative execution, and world-class operational efficiency while maintaining the brand's fast-paced, entrepreneurial spirit.
Responsibilities
- Own Wild's performance marketing strategy and budget across all markets and channels, accountable for CAC, payback, and revenue contribution.
- Set the paid media strategy across Meta, TikTok, Google, YouTube, and emerging channels, managing senior platform relationships and ensuring platform excellence.
- Lead the creative operating model for performance marketing, defining how content is produced, tested, and scaled globally.
- Lead the affiliates and partnerships strategy, focusing on efficient channel growth, commercial negotiations, and evolving the partner portfolio.
- Champion an AI-first operating model, setting the long-term vision for AI integration across media buying, creative, and partnerships.
- Own the roadmap for measurement maturity, including incrementality testing, attribution, and reporting, and translate insights into investment strategies.
- Connect paid media decisions directly to Wild's LTV, retention, and unit economics in leadership discussions.
- Act as a senior voice in the marketing leadership team, deputizing for the Performance Marketing Director when necessary.
Requirements
- Senior performance marketing leadership experience (Lead, Head of, or equivalent).
- Experience running acquisition across multiple markets, including the US.
- Deep hands-on expertise across Meta, TikTok, and Google, with a strong understanding of platform evolution and scaling large budgets.
- Commercial acumen, connecting paid decisions to LTV, retention, and unit economics.
- Experience owning or closely collaborating with content or UGC functions, understanding performance creative.
- Proficiency in incrementality testing (Geo, in-platform lift, or similar) and understanding measurement trade-offs.
- AI integration in work processes and team management.
- Experience in fast-growth consumer brands, comfortable with pace, ambiguity, and iterative shipping.
- Experience with affiliates, influencer, or commercial partnerships is a strong plus.
- Proven track record as an excellent people leader, building, developing, and retaining high-performing teams.
Skills
- Performance Marketing Strategy
- Budget Management
- Paid Media (Meta, TikTok, Google, YouTube, Emerging Channels)
- Affiliate Marketing
- Partnerships
- UGC Management
- Creative Operating Models
- Measurement & Analytics
- Incrementality Testing
- Attribution Modeling
- AI Integration
- Commercial Negotiation
- LTV & Retention Analysis
- Unit Economics
- Team Leadership
Location
- London, UK
Work Type
- Hybrid
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Lead
- Head of
Benefits
- 25 days holidays + bank holidays
- 9 extra remote working days
- Hybrid working (3 days/week in office)
- Enhanced maternity, paternity & parental leave
- 4% Company Pension
- Mental well-being support through Spill
- Private healthcare through Vitality
- Weekly early finishes
- Social events
- Annual L&D budget
- Free breakfast
- Free & discounted Wild products
- 2 x team volunteering days
- 2 x personal volunteering days
About the Company
- Wild is a fast-growing personal care brand focused on eliminating single-use plastic, known for its refillable, natural deodorant.
- The company has expanded from a UK direct-to-consumer brand to a global, omnichannel business with major retail partnerships and collaborations.
- Wild is now part of the Unilever family, combining start-up agility with global backing.
Equal Opportunity
- Wild is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace where all employees feel valued and empowered.
- Diversity is recognized to encompass a broad spectrum of backgrounds, experiences, perspectives, and abilities.
- Individuals from all backgrounds are encouraged to apply.
- Adjustments can be made to assist candidates during the application process.
