Sean Reilly is a UK-based digital marketing leader, entrepreneur, and investor with a track record of delivering data-driven growth across luxury hospitality, luxury goods, ecommerce, SaaS, and digital businesses.
He is currently Head of Digital Marketing at Hand Picked Hotels, a £100m luxury hotel group, where he leads digital strategy across performance marketing, CRM & loyalty, web development, and analytics.
Alongside his corporate role, Sean runs multiple ventures:
- Founder and Marketing Consultant at CanMarket Limited — integrated marketing campaigns, project management, and marketing consultancy services.
- Founder and Director of CanHost — providing high-performance web hosting services for small businesses and specialist sites.
- Co-founder & Marketing Director of Email Marketing Tools Limited — SaaS tools and content-driven properties including Email Heatmaps and Link Shortener.
- Co-director of Run and Race Ltd — a running coaching business.
- Founder of CanInvest Limited — building a diversified portfolio of property and stock investments with a goal of generating passive income through sustainable, cash-generative assets.
- Organiser of Digibury — a community event series for digital and creative professionals in Canterbury.
Previously, Sean served as:
- Head of Ecommerce at Authentic Bespoke
- Digital Marketing Manager at Watchfinder
- Head of Marketing at ExtraDigital (rebranding from Cornish Web Services)
- Marketing Manager at View City Guides
Sean brings deep expertise in performance marketing, CRM & loyalty, SEO, paid media, web analytics, and martech architecture. He is passionate about building scalable, cash-generative businesses.
He is also a husband, father of two, and local Scout leader. Outside of work, Sean enjoys strength training, aviation and flight simulation, sailing, and digital privacy & cybersecurity.
Key Digital Marketing & Leadership Skills
- Digital marketing strategy for luxury hospitality, luxury goods, ecommerce, and SaaS
- Performance marketing — SEO, PPC (Google & 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 & CMS platforms — Shopify, WordPress, Magento, bespoke systems
- Business leadership — team building, coaching, commercial and financial strategy
- Entrepreneurship and growth marketing — SaaS, property, and investment sectors
Achievements
2017
- Strategy Panel Speaker: Digital Marketing World Forum, London
2016
- DMA Silver Award: Best Use of Programmatic
- Winner: Online Retail Awards, Jewellery & Watches sector
- Finalist: Ecommerce Awards for Excellence
- Finalist: E-Tailer of the Year
- Finalist: Kent Digital Awards
2015
- Winner: Online Retail Awards, Jewellery & Watches sector
- 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
2014
- Digital Marketing Mentor & Guest Lecturer: Canterbury Christ Church University
2011
- Number 1 website for entertainment and nightlife by Hitwise, Experian