Marketing Director

Job Description

The OpportunityThis is a fabulous opportunity to join a new growing business. The company already includes one established business and two new ventures. It is well-funded and has ambitious plans to grow in the UK and then Internationally.To bolster its growth plans, our Client is seeking a creative, ambitious and motivated Marketing Director to take responsibility for setting and delivering the sales and marketing agenda to deliver the growth goals of the business and build the Brand. Therole will report to the CEO and, will be a key part of the Leadership Team of the business, in conjunction with the CEO and the Head of Operations.This role provides an excellent opportunity for an experienced early stage / growth stage Marketing Director / Senior Marketing Manager to join this dynamic business with ambitious and well-funded growth plans.The role will be well remunerated with a competitive base salary, excellent benefits and bonus calibrated against the financial growth targets of the business. Achieving OTE provides the opportunity to double base salary. The Role The Marketing Director position is a proactive role, working to an attractive budget, following a recent new investment in the business. The key focus of the Marketing Director will be to build the brand and ethos of the business.Specific responsibilities will include:

• Building the Business Brand, alongside the business founders and the CEO
• Working to, and managing against, an agreed business plan and budget
• Designing and implementing a social media strategy including management of Social media channels
• Enhancing and developing the website in accordance with the brand vision and the agreed social media strategy
• Building relations with 3rd party influencers
• Developing and implementing an ongoing programme of promotions in line with financial objectives and the brand vision
• Developing and delivering a programme of workshops and events, in conjunction with the CEO
• Developing a reporting dashboard to ensure the production of regular and effective reports to the Board which demonstrate the success and business impact of all sales and marketing activities
• Achieving success in industry Awards
• Delivering client database growth

Working with the CEO and the Head of Operations to ensure that the business has high customer attraction and high customer retention rates The PersonTo apply, candidates must have a demonstrable track record of success as a Marketing Director / Senior Marketing Manager in an early stage / growth stage services-based business. In addition to having an impeccable business and professional pedigree, candidatesmust be able to demonstrate that they have been able to translate these skills and experience to rapidly growing entrepreneurial businesses.Candidates must be able to cover the full range of brand vision, strategic marketing insight and the ability to convert this vision and these insights into actionable activities with a minimal reliance on third parties.Specifically, to be considered for the role, candidates must be able to demonstrate:

• A minimum of 8 years experience in a broad-based marketing role, involving a combination of brand building and development and sales and marketing - both traditional and digital, of which at least 3 must have been at Director level or 5 at Senior MarketingManager level
• Demonstrable experience of successful business development
• Demonstrable experience of building and developing the brand of an early-stage company to deliver real market impact
• The ability to drive business from Day 1
• Creativity
• Demonstrable experience of SEO, Social Media, Website Development and optimisation and WordPress
• Strong programme and project management skills in terms of hitting goals, milestones and KPIs whilst keeping to budget and ensuring quality standards are maintained
• Top quality communications, networking and stakeholder management skills
• Tireless drive, energy and motivation to deliver above and beyond targets and plans
• Strong presentation and inter-personal capabilities
• The ability to be hands-on and cope with the wide range of tasks and challenges that come with the establishment of a new business.

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