Head of Digital

5 days ago

Brighton, Brighton and Hove, United Kingdom IT Recruitment Solutions Full time £60,000 - £65,000 per year

A fantastic opportunity has become available for an experienced Head of Digital to lead the digital strategy for a major international events company.

Please note this role is hybrid working - 3 days onsite in Brighton, and therefore we can only consider candidates who are based in a commutable location.

This Head of Digital role is all about shaping a unified approach to digital outreach—bringing together multiple channels, elevating campaign effectiveness, and ensuring audiences receive the right message at the right time.

You'll oversee a team of digital specialists, champion innovation, and ensure best-practice delivery across web, social, email, and app platforms. Partnering closely with technology and marketing teams, you'll help build a modern, data-driven digital ecosystem that supports engagement throughout the full event lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities Include:

  • Leading and developing a cross-functional digital team while creating a cohesive vision across all digital touchpoints.
  • Defining a strategic digital direction that clarifies the purpose and value of each channel across different audience segments.
  • Ensuring channel leads stay ahead of digital trends and consistently evolve their platforms and approaches.
  • Working with technology teams to enhance and optimise the systems that support digital delivery, including websites, social channels, email tools and mobile applications.
  • Overseeing SEO strategy, including adapting to new patterns in user behaviour such as zero-click interactions and AI-influenced search.
  • Implementing structured briefing and planning processes to support clear communication and aligned campaign execution.
  • Developing performance frameworks to track channel effectiveness, turning data into actionable insights for future improvements.

Skills & Experience Required:

  • Demonstrable experience leading and mentoring digital teams across multiple channels.
  • Strong people leadership skills, with the ability to build trust, support growth, and encourage collaboration.
  • Clear communicator with a calm, thoughtful approach to working with diverse stakeholders.
  • Solid understanding of website management, social media ecosystems, email marketing, and app-based engagement.
  • Experience creating and delivering integrated digital strategies across varied platforms.
  • Strong grasp of SEO, analytics, and emerging search behaviours influenced by new technology.
  • Confidence in analysing digital performance and building measurement models that support data-led decision-making.
  • Experience creating structured workflows for campaign planning and cross-team coordination.
  • Passionate about digital innovation and continually looking for new, evidence-based opportunities to enhance the digital mix.
  • Experience in events or exhibitions is a bonus.

For this Head of Digital position, they are offering a salary of up to £65,000 with great benefits and long-term career prospects. Their office is based in Brighton and the role is hybrid working with 3 days in their office.

They promote an amazingly diverse and inclusive culture which focuses on taking care of the wellbeing of their staff and well as providing great work challenges and fantastic career progression

If you are interested in this Head of Digital position, please send your CV to Jennifer Palmer at IT Recruitment Solutions.

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