Commercial Field Marketing Manager Salary: Up to£50,000 base, plus £5k car allowance and benefits Location: Principally will be travelling to different UK sites 2/3 days a week, 1 day from home and 1 day from a site based in Welwyn Garden City Does require travel 2-3 days per week to visit sites around the country. So you do need to have a valid driving license. This is a brand new role within a growing UK organisation centred around providing services to young families. Its part of the marketing team, responsible for creating local marketing plans and strategies for each venue these tactical local/regional marketing and activation campaigns will be multi-channel in nature, and can include out of home, digital display media, direct response marketing, retail marketing and digital too - all with the principal focus of driving local brand awareness of the venue, which in turn generates new customer enquiries. To be successful in this kind of role, youve got to the be kind of person who enjoys being out in the world, speaking with people, spotting patterns, joining the dots and giving local managers who run venues the kind of practical ideas that make a measurable difference to how they attract new customers with practical, workable marketing toolkits theyre able to implement at a local level. It is a rare mix. Field based. Creative. Commercial. And full of variety. What you will be doing Youll spend a good chunk of your time visiting sites based around the UK as far north as Shropshire, as south as London. Sitting with managers of the venues. Understanding why enquiries are flowing or slowing. Figuring out what will help them attract more families. Turning interest into engagement, and engagement into bookings taking things from ideas and project managing through a central marketing team, there to support through to implementation. Some days it will be about improving visibility in the local area. Maybe that involves small scale creative campaigns - poster placements, partnerships with nearby employers or clever community outreach ideas that get people talking. Other days might involve supporting open days and events. Helping managers find and organise specialist partners. Creating a network of experts they can draw upon whenever they want something a bit different. What makes this interesting There is a lot of freedom to experiment. Fresh thinking is welcomed. The organisation values someone who can take a challenge, break it down, and recommend something practical that fits the local context rather than relying on cookie cutter solutions. You wont be stuck behind a screen all week. Youll travel. Youll meet a huge variety of people. Youll get to see first-hand the impact your ideas have. And youll work with a central marketing team that appreciates clear insight from the field. If you can bring them a sharp brief, theyll bring it to life. Who this suits Someone with a solid background in marketing who enjoys being out on the ground rather than confined to strategy docs in an office all day. Experience within Retail Marketing, Marketing/Brand Activation, Local Marketing, Shopper Marketing, Field Marketing (B2C / D2C) environments Someone who can switch effortlessly between creative problem solving and commercial reasoning. Someone who likes people. Because youll be meeting a lot of them. Someone with the confidence to advise managers who dont come from a marketing background. Someone organised, adaptable and comfortable travelling to different parts of the UK each week. Experience in field marketing, local marketing, community engagement or multi-site environments will all translate well. A full UK driving licence is essential as is the right to live and work in the UK. Want to Apply? Heres how: You can share your Linked-in profile or email me a CV it doesnt have to be up to date, we can work on that once you decide you want to take this forward. Or, for a chat and more information please contact me on: Colin Doree Recruiter | Blue Pelican 01892 507122