Marketing Manager

Job Title: Marketing Manager

Location: York

Salary: Up to £40,000 Depending on Experience.

Job type: Full time, Permanent. 8.00am-5.00pm, Monday-Friday. 40 hours per week.

You may not have heard of Stage One, but you will have seen our work. We deliver exciting and innovative projects within the creative industries, from Olympic Cauldrons to TV sets, from giant artworks to jaw-dropping structures. End clients include Google, The BBC, The Brits, Amazon, Netflix and even governments of rarely visited nations.

Our work can be seen around the world and falls into the following categories: large-scale events, theatre and TV sets, ceremonies, art installations and architectural pavilions. Stage One is a unique and innovative company to work for. Our clients come to us for help solving complex design challenges, turning their concepts and visions into things of beauty.

We are a multi-disciplined manufacturing facility spread over 14,000Sqm of estate. We are based in four giant hangars that house engineering, fabrication, woodwork, finishing and a specialist manufacturing facility.

The Role:

The Marketing Department helps to drive the promotion of Stage One and as a team, delivers high quality marketing content across a varied platform, including website management, photography, videography, email marketing, social media, print marketing, digital marketing and internal communications.

The Marketing Manager will be responsible for implementing the Marketing Strategy set by the Managing Director. This will involve managing the company’s marketing activity from brief to execution as well as overseeing the production of all promotional materials and marketing campaigns.

Key Responsibilities:

• Execute against the Marketing Strategy in the form of Marketing Campaigns.
• Be responsible for identifying, briefing and managing external marketing agencies.
• Research the marketing activity of competitors.
• Work with the internal marketing team to deliver marketing output.
• Approve and oversee the creative development of promotional materials, website content, AdWords, print collateral and social media channels.
• Provide bespoke marketing collateral for the sales team in respect of specific project opportunities.
• Track all marketing data and creates detailed written reports and verbal presentations to the MD.
• Work within a defined marketing budget.
• Maintain administrative duties such as diary entries, timesheet authorisation by 10am on a Monday morning, GIA of goods received, filing of paperwork, etc.
• Undertake training as required and train others, ensure all refresher training is kept up to date. To provide on-going support and mentoring to department staff.
• Promote a positive environment and motivate your team to support you in order to meet the demands of the department and in line with Company Values.
• Complete return to work interviews with staff after absence.
• Check schedules and approve and book holidays for staff.
• Assist with annual performance reviews.
• Other HR and personnel duties as required.
• Communicate clearly and professionally, verbally or in writing, with Department Supervisors, Production Staff & other departments all relevant information including job briefs, progress and any issues.
• Adhere to all Health & Safety Regulations and promote a safe working environment by actively incorporating H&S into everyday activities.
• Ensure that all accidents and near misses are reported.
• Ensure that anyone working in the department has been inducted and completed the necessary training.
• Follow all HR and Company procedures.
• Respect confidentiality of projects as required.

Person specification:

Qualifications

• Degree in Creative Writing, Marketing, Media, English Literature or related subject. (Essential)

Knowledge

• Knowledge about Marketing practices and channels. (Essential)

Personal Attributes

(Essential)

• Positive attitude to work.
• Loves to write.
• Enthusiastic about Marketing and communications.
• Interested in creative industries, social media and general Marketing.
• Keen attention to detail.
• Highly organised and able to work flexibly, under pressure and to tight deadlines.
• Ability to prioritise workload.

Skills, Experience, Abilities & Competencies:

(Essential)

• Experience of copywriting and content editing.
• Experience of gathering content from various sources and collating information.
• Ability to multitask and work on lots of projects simultaneously.
• Ability to work to tight deadlines and ad hoc requests.
• Ability to communicate effectively with a wide range of people.

(Desirable)

• Experience of using Adobe packages.
• Experience of delivering marketing campaigns within a manufacturing or technical environment.
• Experience of using website CMS, specifically WordPress.
• Experience of photography and video editing.

Please click on the APPLY button to send your CV and Cover Letter for this role.

Candidates with the relevant experience or job titles of: Head of Marketing, Brand Manager, Marketing Campaign Manager, Marketing Supervisor, B2B Marketing, Senior Marketing Coordinator, Digital Marketing, Marketing Strategy Manager, Group Marketing Manager, Marketing Specialist, may also be considered for this role.