Sr Director, Digital Merchandising
Versant Media · Los Angeles, California, United States · 1 wk ago
HybridAdvertisingFull-time
Job Description
We are seeking a strategic, data-driven Digital Merchandising Director to lead on-site merchandising and promotional execution across our entertainment portfolio, including:
- Fandango.com
- Fandango at Home (athome.fandango.com)
- RottenTomatoes.com
Key Responsibilities
1. Strategic Merchandising Leadership- Own the top funnel execution for leadership determined merchandising strategy across homepage and high-impact surfaces for all assigned properties.
- Balance strategic priorities across; AVOD, TVOD and Ticketing businesses.
- Ensure our most valuable placements and promotional inventory are consistently aligned to company-level goals (revenue, margin, audience growth, partner commitments, etc.).
- Create clear prioritization frameworks across brands and business lines to guide placement decisions.
- Balance short-term revenue opportunities with long-term audience and brand objectives.
- Identify cross-property opportunities to create cohesive user journeys (e.g., discovery on Rotten Tomatoes → ticket purchase on Fandango → at-home transaction).
- Work directly with business leaders to resolve trade-offs efficiently and transparently, clearly articulating rationale grounded in data and business impact.
- Create and socialize merchandising calendars that reflect enterprise-level prioritization.
- Create decision frameworks and documentation that bring clarity and consistency to cross-functional stakeholders.
- Partner with senior leadership to align merchandising plans with quarterly and annual company objectives.
- Monitor and optimize KPIs including conversion rate, revenue per visit, ticket sales, PVOD/streaming transactions, engagement, and attribution.
- Work with product when appropriate, to conduct A/B testing and iterative experimentation to improve performance across surfaces.
- Translate analytics into actionable merchandising recommendations for leaders.
- Deliver regular performance recaps and executive-ready summaries linking placement strategy to business outcomes.
- Work with leaders to help implement merchandising plans around major theatrical releases, home entertainment launches, awards season, tentpole events, and seasonal campaigns.
- Ensure accurate, timely, and high-quality execution across platforms.
- Partner with Studio Relations, Marketing, Editorial, Product, and Ad Sales to ensure alignment and flawless delivery.
- Act as the steward of our highest-traffic digital surfaces, ensuring clarity, consistency, and optimal user flow.
- Leverage audience segmentation and personalization opportunities where appropriate.
- Continuously evaluate UX, competitive benchmarks, and industry trends to elevate the customer journey.
Key Competencies
- Enterprise mindset with strong commercial instincts
- Clear and decisive prioritization skills
- Data-informed decision making
- Cross-functional leadership and influence
- Structured problem solving
- Executive-level communication
Qualifications
Basic Qualifications
- 4–7+ years of experience in digital merchandising, e-commerce, or content-driven commerce.
- Experience managing high-traffic consumer-facing websites.
- Demonstrated ability to prioritize across competing stakeholders and business objectives.
- Strong analytical skills; experience with tools such as Google Analytics, Adobe Analytics, or similar.
- Proven track record of driving measurable revenue or engagement growth.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to articulate tradeoffs and influence stakeholders.
Preferred
- Experience in entertainment, media, ticketing, or streaming industries.
- Familiarity with CMS and experimentation platforms (Optimizely, Adobe Target, etc.).
- Experience working in matrixed, multi-brand organizations.