Marketing Director

McBride Sport is proud to be supporting the search for a Marketing Director on behalf of Arena Racing Company (ARC) one of the UK’s leading racecourse and greyhound venue operators, with a national portfolio of 20 venues. This is a senior strategic appointment with full responsibility for group-wide marketing leadership, commercial performance, and brand growth. The Marketing Director will:

• Lead the development and execution of ARC’s overarching group marketing strategy
• Drive measurable growth across ticketing, hospitality, sponsorship, retail and non-raceday events
• Oversee national campaign planning across major revenue-generating fixtures
• Champion data-led decision making and best-in-class ticketing functionality
• Own and control the full group marketing budget, forecasting and ROI measurement
• Lead and develop a high-performing central marketing team
• Align marketing activity with Sales, PR, Sponsorship, HR, Racing and Executive stakeholders
• You will also manage key external partnerships across agencies and industry bodies, ensuring innovation and competitive advantage across ARC’s diverse venue portfolio.

Reporting at senior management level, this role requires a commercially sophisticated leader capable of building scalable marketing structures, systems, and capabilities, creating a culture of accountability, creativity and performance and translating strategy into measurable commercial outcomes. Driving collaboration across a complex, multi-site organisation, the ideal background will be someone from either multi-site leisure, sport, hospitality or live events, high-volume ticketed environments, or data-led customer acquisition and retention strategies.

This is a rare opportunity to shape the commercial and brand trajectory of one of the UK’s most significant sports and entertainment venue groups. For a confidential conversation, please contact McBride Sport directly -