Job Description
Role: Marketing Manager– (11 month FTC)
Location: Wakefield
Salary: £45k- £50k per annum DOE
Hybrid: 4 days in the office 1 day from home
Position Overview:
Elevation Recruitment are collaborating with a leading company in Normanton, Wakefield.
Reporting to the Managing Director the Marketing Manager is responsible for leading all aspects of corporate marketing to enhance brand visibility, support the sales team within the organisation, and drive commercial growth. The role includes directly managing a marketing team and providing indirect leadership to the design studio through its Studio Manager. The Marketing Manager oversees the production of marketing collateral, catalogue management, event delivery, promotional activity, and corporate communications, ensuring strategic alignment across the organisation.
Responsibilities:
Leadership & Team Management
* Directly manage, coach, and develop a marketing team of three.
* Provide strategic guidance and prioritisation to the Design Studio Manager, ensuring effective workflow management and the delivery of high-quality design output.
* Promote a collaborative, proactive, and high-performing department culture.
Corporate Marketing Strategy
* Develop and execute a comprehensive corporate marketing strategy aligned to business goals.
* Oversee the company brand, ensuring consistency across all communications and touchpoints.
* Maintain the marketing calendar and ensure all planned activity is delivered to a high standard.
Collateral & Catalogue Production
* Oversee the development and production of all corporate marketing collateral, both print and digital.
* Manage the planning, content development, design oversight (via the Studio Manager), proofing, and printing of catalogues.
* Ensure all materials are accurate, compelling, and brand-aligned.
Events Management
* Lead the planning and delivery of exhibitions, seminars, conferences, trade events, and customer-facing activities.
* Coordinate logistics, budgets, stand design (with the studio), and event communications.
* Ensure events effectively support sales objectives and customer engagement.
Promotions & Sales Support
* Develop and manage promotional campaigns, including product promotions, seasonal campaigns, offers, and sales mailer marketing.
* Work closely with the sales team to provide effective tools, resources, and campaign materials that support acquisition, retention, and revenue growth.
* Support new business development with tailored marketing content.
Digital & Campaign Marketing
* Support ongoing updates to the website, social media channels, and other digital corporate platforms.
* Analyse and report on campaign performance to optimise ROI.
* Ensure consistent messaging across all digital and offline channels.
Stakeholder Collaboration
* Build strong working relationships with senior leadership, sales, product, procurement, and operational teams.
* Manage agency relationships, printers, and creative suppliers, ensuring cost-effective and high-quality delivery.
Minimum Skills & Experience Required
* Previous experience in a senior marketing role with team-leading responsibility within a B2B setting.
* Strong understanding of corporate marketing principles, campaign management, and brand development.
* Experience in promotional & digital marketing, events management, overseeing catalogue development either inhouse or outsourced,
* Excellent communicator with strong organisational and project management skills.
* Able to balance strategic leadership with hands-on delivery.
* Commercially aware, with the ability to support revenue growth.