Navigator is a creative and marketing partner for ambitious luxury travel and lifestyle brands. We are expert storytellers who define and amplify brands, using data-driven insights to inform everything we do, from websites, SEO and paid, to copywriting, socials and print magazines.

Navigator International is seeking an experienced and commercially driven Performance Director to lead and evolve our performance marketing offering. This is a senior leadership role responsible for driving growth across key performance channels while balancing brand and performance in the luxury sector.

You will oversee a multidisciplinary Performance team spanning Paid Media, SEO, and CRM, ensuring best-in-class execution, strategic alignment, and measurable results for our clients.

• Proven experience in a senior performance role with accountability for delivering successful outcomes
• Strong leadership and people management skills, with experience building and developing high-performing teams
• Deep understanding of the luxury market and the nuances of balancing brand and performance investment
• Highly confident in client-facing environments, with the ability to influence and advise senior stakeholders
• Experience planning and managing both media budgets and team resources at scale
• Commercially minded, with a strong grasp of performance metrics and growth levers
• Working experience in leveraging AI tools and emerging technologies to enhance performance strategy, optimisation, and operational efficiency; uses of ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini
• Experience working within a scale-up agency environment is a strong advantage
• Strategic thinker with hands-on knowledge across Paid Media, SEO, and CRM

• Lead and manage a high-performing team across Paid Media, SEO, and CRM, fostering collaboration, development, and accountability
• Take full ownership of performance outcomes, ensuring campaigns deliver against client objectives and commercial targets
• Develop and implement integrated performance strategies that balance brand building with measurable ROI, particularly within the luxury market
• Act as a senior client advisor, providing strategic guidance to drive growth and long-term success
• Present performance insights, strategies, and results confidently to clients and senior stakeholders
• Lead planning across both team structures and media budgets to ensure efficiency, scalability, and impact
• Be at the forefront of AI technology; most notably how different tools will enhance processes and outcomes for our clients
• Play an active role in new business pitches, contributing strategic thinking and performance expertise
• Continuously identify opportunities for innovation, optimisation, and growth across all channels

• 25 days annual leave, plus a duvet day and Christmas shutdown
• Hybrid working model: 3 days per week in our Central London office
• Opportunity to shape and lead a growing performance function
• Collaborative, ambitious, and fast-paced agency environment

This is an opportunity to take on a pivotal leadership role within a growing agency, working with premium brands and shaping the future of performance marketing in a luxury context. You’ll have the autonomy, influence, and support to make a real impact.