Sean Reilly
Digital leader, founder & occasional adventurer
I'm a digital marketing leader, entrepreneur, and investor based in the UK. I've spent over 18 years building and scaling digital businesses across luxury hospitality, luxury goods, ecommerce, and SaaS.
I run CanMarket, a marketing consultancy helping brands with digital strategy, performance marketing, and martech. Alongside that, I run several other ventures in hosting, running coaching, and investment.
What I Do
- Digital marketing strategy for luxury hospitality, ecommerce, and SaaS
- Performance marketing - SEO, PPC (Google and Meta), Paid Social, CRO
- CRM, loyalty, and first-party data strategy
- Martech architecture - selection, integration, and optimisation
- Advanced web analytics - GA4, Tag Manager, Looker Studio, server-side tagging
- Ecommerce and CMS platforms - Shopify, WordPress, Magento, bespoke systems
Career
Previously, I was:
- Head of Digital Marketing at Hand Picked Hotels
- Co-founder of Email Marketing Tools (Email Heatmaps and Link Shortener)
- Head of Ecommerce at Authentic Bespoke (Ally Capellino, Budd, Tusting, Sterling & Burke)
- Digital Marketing Manager at Watchfinder
- Head of Marketing at ExtraDigital
- Marketing Manager at View city guides
Selected Achievements
- Strategy Panel Speaker: Digital Marketing World Forum, London
- DMA Silver Award: Best Use of Programmatic
- Winner: Online Retail Awards, Jewellery and Watches
- Finalist: Ecommerce Awards for Excellence
- Finalist: E-Tailer of the Year
- Finalist: Kent Digital Awards
- Awards Judge: Field Marketing and Brand Experience (FMBE) Awards
- Winner: Online Retail Awards, Jewellery and Watches
- Finalist: eCommerce Awards for Excellence
- Finalist: Internet Retailing Awards
- Finalist: Digital Magazine Awards
- Finalist: Kent Digital Awards
- Finalist: Digital Business of the Year, Lloyds National Business Awards
- Digital Marketing Mentor and Guest Lecturer: Canterbury Christ Church University
- Number 1 website for entertainment and nightlife by Hitwise, Experian
Outside of work, I'm a husband, father of two, and local Scout leader. I spend my spare time on strength training, aviation and flight simulation, sailing, and tinkering with digital privacy and cybersecurity.
Speaker Bio
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Sean Reilly is a digital marketing consultant and founder of CanMarket, helping brands with digital strategy, performance marketing, and martech. With over 18 years' experience in digital marketing across luxury hospitality, ecommerce, and SaaS, Sean has held senior digital roles at Hand Picked Hotels and Watchfinder, and won multiple industry awards including the DMA Silver Award for Best Use of Programmatic and the Online Retail Award for Jewellery and Watches.