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NICKY PRYCE

NICKY PRYCE

London & SE Kent,United Kingdom

Summary

Experienced Marketing Director bringing expertise in tourism, hospitality and retail. Forward-thinking and decisive leader with open and clear communication style.

Now looking to share that wealth of experience in a NED role, ideally with an SME needing strategic guidance on brand alignment and product development


Overview

35
35
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work history

Chief Commercial Officer (Board position)

TeamSport e-Karting
Farnham, Surrey
08.2023 - 04.2025

UK's largest indoor go-Karting business with +40 sites across the UK now expanding into German and Dutch markets.

  • Led digital transformation with new website, new CRM platform, new SEO test & learn programme.
  • Created new pricing strategy, delivering £1.2m in year one, moving customers from peak into shoulder periods with dynamic pricing.
  • Grew top-line revenue through new promotional strategy, using 3rd party online platforms to reach untapped consumer base.
  • Realigned product direction into coherent brand proposition & away from generic leisure centre philosophy.

Group Marketing Director (Board position)

Stonegate Pub Group
London, City of London
01.2016 - 11.2022

Led Sales & Marketing function across UK's largest Pub Co, industry leading CAGR, ROCE and all digital KPIs.

  • Created brand architecture for all high-street brands incl. Slug & Lettuce, re-aligned brand strategy.
  • Delivered new customer engagement platform - Rep.Com - establishing customer-centric culture & growing NPS by 10pp.
  • Grew top-line revenue via new centralized sales team, booking platform & contact-centre, generating £175m revenue in 2019.
  • Drove digital transformation through new tech-stack & team recruitment, bringing pre-booked sales, consumer retention & customer lifetime value onto company's agenda for first time.

Global Marketing Director

Merlin Entertainments Group
London, City of London
01.2004 - 11.2015
  • Responsible for growth of Midway brands, across 94 attractions incl. London Eye, Madame Tussauds, SEA LIFE, The Dungeons, Legoland Discovery Centres, across 25 countries, 4 continents.
  • Development, delivery and marketing of new customer experiences via £40m+ capital PA with ROI of 20+%, pivotal to Midway's double digit CAGR.
  • Grew online revenue from £40m to £110m, from 8% to 18% of total admissions revenue in 3 years.
  • Matrix-managed regional teams, across multi-culture, multi-national brand plans adapted for each local market.
  • Co-founder of The SEA LIFE Trust, board trustee, secured partnership with Whale & Dolphin Society which led to total brand reposition.

Marketing Manager

Selfridges & Co
London, City of London
11.2002 - 11.2004
  • Joined new team created to transform brand into market disruptor, repositioning customer profile and product offering.
  • Launched new Manchester and Birmingham stores via OOH campaigns & experiential marketing including their first ever TVC generating uplift of 12% revenue.

Marketing & Promotions Manager roles

Hospitality & Travel
London & South-East
03.1990 - 02.2002

-World Duty Free (subsidiary of British Airports Authority)

-Whitbread Pub Partnerships

-Hoverspeed Fast Ferries


  • Secondment based in USA, turned around sales in border store between US & Mexico.
  • Created marketing strategy for Leased & Tenanted Division across 420 pubs in South-East.
  • Drove duty-free sales through product development, pre-visit customer campaigns, won Travel Retailer of the Year, 1995.

Education

BA - Business Studies with Marketing

Sussex University

Diploma - Business Studies

Canterbury College of Technology

Skills

A digital and brand champion with two C-Suite roles under her belt, now looking to move into non-executive role

Currently completing NED accelerator qualification with NEDonBoard institute Experienced across hospitality, tourism, leisure & retail

Certification

- NEDonBoard Accelerator

- Women on Boards membership

- The Marketing Society

- Travel, Tourism & Hospitality Group

- CMO Network

- Digital Business Leaders

Timeline

Chief Commercial Officer (Board position)

TeamSport e-Karting
08.2023 - 04.2025

Group Marketing Director (Board position)

Stonegate Pub Group
01.2016 - 11.2022

Global Marketing Director

Merlin Entertainments Group
01.2004 - 11.2015

Marketing Manager

Selfridges & Co
11.2002 - 11.2004

Marketing & Promotions Manager roles

Hospitality & Travel
03.1990 - 02.2002

BA - Business Studies with Marketing

Sussex University

Diploma - Business Studies

Canterbury College of Technology
NICKY PRYCE