Marketing Director

Eden Scott is delighted to be working with Buccleuch. With a fascinating history and an exciting future, Buccleuch is a diverse enterprise focused on maintaining and enhancing its unique portfolio of heritage assets for future generations.

Their four unique heritage destinations, Boughton House & Estate, Bowhill House on Borders Estate, Drumlanrig Castle the Queensberry Estate, and Dalkeith Country Park & Palace, welcome thousands of visitors annually. Each includes a magnificent historic house set in a beautifully maintained design landscape. 

They have now created a new role and have an exciting opportunity for a Marketing Director to join the team - a creative, strategic leader to direct marketing activities across a wide ranging portfolio of assets and capabilities. 

The Director of Marketing will be responsible for: the appraisal of income-generating opportunities across the organisation with a view to increasing revenue; the attraction and retention of customers to their visitor destinations; the development and implementation of comprehensive marketing strategies; and reputation management, including enhanced visibility for important stewardship or community related work. 

This role requires an innovative, strategic thinker with strong commercial acumen and the ability to lead a multi-site team, articulating clear marketing objectives for a diverse range of businesses, projects and activities.

Key Responsibilities: 

• Strategic planning
• Budget management
• Team leadership
• Stakeholder engagement
• Brand positioning
• Market insight & data analysis

Skills and experience required:

Applying candidates should have a CV that details:

• A minimum of 3-6 years of senior-level marketing experience, ideally within the hospitality or tourism sector, with a proven track record of leading and developing high performance teams.
• Strategic Thinking - Able to translate business goals and aspirations into effective marketing strategies.
• Commercial Acumen - Can demonstrate the capability to creatively assess existing strategies and identify new income generation opportunities.
• Digital Marketing - Strong knowledge of digital marketing principles and strategies.
• Communication Skills - Possess exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, utilising these to lead and inspire teams and engage with cross-functional stakeholders.
• Analytical Skills - Proficient in data analysis, translating insights into actionable marketing strategies.
• Stakeholder Engagement - Promote activities and contributions to appropriate stakeholders to safeguard and enhance reputation and represent the organisation with authority, credibility and influence.
• A full driving license is required.
   

Excellent salary is on offer circa £60,000- £80,000 plus various company benefits including 34 days holidays, private healthcare, a bonus scheme of up to 10% of annual salary and £10,971 Car Allowance.

Eden Scott is dealing exclusively with Buccleuch on this vacancy.

For an informal chat and/or to receive the full candidate pack please call Alasdair Murray at Eden Scott: Alasdair.Murray@edenscott.com or 07949 304727

Closing Date for CV’s is 5pm on Friday 31st October 2025.

Interviews scheduled for 24th â€“ 26th November.