Marketing Manager

We're partnering with an established consumer brand that's looking for an experienced Marketing Manager to join the team on a 12-month maternity cover contract.

Leading a team of four, you'll take ownership of the marketing function, shaping strategy, delivering integrated campaigns and working closely with agency partners to drive brand awareness and commercial success.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys balancing strategic thinking with hands-on delivery and is looking to join a well-known consumer brand with an exciting product range.

As Marketing Manager, you'll be responsible for shaping and delivering the overall marketing strategy for a well-established consumer brand, ensuring activity supports both brand growth and commercial objectives.

This is a digitally focused role, so you'll need a strong understanding of how channels such as paid media, social media, email marketing and digital advertising work together to deliver results. Working alongside specialist agency partners, you'll help plan campaigns, manage budgets, monitor performance and identify opportunities for continual improvement.

Alongside the digital strategy, you'll oversee wider marketing activity, working collaboratively across the business to ensure campaigns are delivered effectively and new initiatives are brought to market successfully.

You'll also lead and develop a team of four, providing direction, support and coaching while managing priorities across a busy marketing function.

You'll already be working in a Marketing Manager or Senior Marketing role within a B2C business and be confident leading both people and projects.

You'll also bring:

• Strong strategic digital marketing experience across channels including paid media, social media, email marketing and digital campaigns.
• Experience managing external marketing or creative agencies.
• Previous experience leading and developing a marketing team.
• Excellent communication, organisation and stakeholder management skills.
• A genuine interest in photography and camera technology. Industry experience isn't essential, but you'll be excited by the products you'll be marketing.

This role is based in Bedford and you need to be able to drive to the office three days a week.

The rest of the time, you can work from home if you choose to. This makes the role easily commutable from other parts of Bedfordshire and the surrounding counties in places like Milton Keynes, Cambridge, Luton, Northampton, Hitchin, St Neots, Stevenage, and Huntingdon.

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