Marketing Manager

Razorblue Group Ltd; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - GBP 49,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology company in the UK is seeking a Marketing Manager for a one-year maternity cover. This role involves developing marketing strategies, managing a team, and identifying opportunities for lead generation. The ideal candidate will possess a marketing-related degree, experience in marketing management, and strong interpersonal skills. The position offers a base salary of £42,000, hybrid working arrangements, and various employee benefits including health insurance and professional development opportunities.

Benefits

Base salary of £42,000 per annum

Hybrid working (50% in the office/ at home)

Flexible working

25 days holidays per annum

Private Health Insurance

Your birthday off

Enhanced maternity/paternity leave

Fully funded training and accreditations

Discounted Broadband

Life insurance

Quarterly team social fund

Cycle to Work scheme

EV Scheme

Qualifications

• Experience in all aspects of developing and managing marketing strategies.
• Experience with relevant software applications.
• Experience with online analytics, AdWords, design, print and PR.

Responsibilities

• Identify opportunities and produce leads meeting the businesses prospect criteria.
• Supporting the creation and ongoing changes to the marketing strategy.
• Oversee the day to day marketing activities completed by the Marketing Executive.
• Provide detailed marketing pack for monthly board meetings.
• Manage and deliver the company's attendance at events.

Skills

Excellent Interpersonal Skills

Excellent communication skills

Ability to persuade, influence and negotiate

Excellent telephone skills

Computer literate

Ability to build strong working relationships

People centric approach

Conversational fluency in English

Education

Business or marketing-related degree

Tools

MS Office

Photoshop

InDesign CS

Job description

Marketing Manager – Maternity Cover

We are looking for a Marketing Manager to join our growing team of like-minded tech people. This role is a one-year maternity cover position.

Lead Generation

• Identify opportunities and produce leads meeting the businesses prospect criteria
• Build and maintain strong, long-lasting relationships with prospects
• Develop creative pitches and propositions aimed at specific industry sectors
• Proactively follow up leads generated, working with the new business team on converting these opportunities
• Use of initiative to identify and follow up opportunities with companies who are not already on the database
• Manage the database to a high degree of accuracy to ensure targeted marketing activity can take place to generate new business
• Identify and grow opportunities and collaborate to ensure growth attainment
• Ensure all sales opportunities are logged in PipeDrive and are kept up to date
• Attendance and participation at internal sales meetings
• Attend partner prospecting meetings with a view to obtaining warm leads/introductions

Marketing Strategy

• Supporting the creation and ongoing changes to the marketing strategy in conjunction with the Head of Marketing, CCO, and CEO, keeping the business in line with their objectives
• Supporting the Head of Marketing with the budget of the marketing department ensuring the budget spend is delivering a return on investment

People Management

• Oversee the day to day marketing activities completed by the Marketing Executive ensuring tasks are completed in line with the businesses strategy, quality & timeframes
• Complete bi-annual performance review process and development planning for all members of their team
• Carry out weekly one-to-one meetings with each team member
• Provide regular informed training to the team
• Work with Head of People to recruit, interview, select, hire, and employ an appropriate number of employees when applicable.
• Coach, mentor, and develop team members, including overseeing new employee onboarding and providing career development planning and opportunities.
• Maintain transparent communication. Appropriately communicate company information through department meetings, one-on-one meetings, and appropriate email and regular interpersonal communication.

Marketing Activities

• Managing the overall performance of the marketing function which includes third parties for services such as AdWords, design, print and PR
• Identify, plan and deliver with the marketing team personalised marketing campaigns to different sectors, highlighting the services and experience razorblue offer
• Manage the marketing team to design and production of marketing materials, such as websites, brochures and collateral materials used by the team
• Delivering with the team content used for blogs, social media, advertising platforms such as business magazine and PR
• Manage prospect database, ensuring inbound leads are tracked and up to date information updated at all times, new opportunities/prospecting data added on a monthly basis and ensuring database is consistently cleansed
• Manage the businesses sponsorship & charity agreements

Reporting

• Provide detailed marketing pack for monthly board meetings
• Work with marketing staff to develop detailed marketing plans covering all marketing channels
• Establish marketing goals based on past performance and market forecasts
• Research and analyse market trends, demographics, pricing schedules, competitor products, and other relevant information to form marketing strategies

Event Organisation & Networking

• Manage and deliver the company’s attendance at events, such as trade shows, partner networking events, conferences, and balls
• Manage the businesses networking schedule ensuring participation in relevant events with preparation before and post review required

Razorblue Requirements

We know it's unrealistic to find someone who ticks all of these boxes (extra points if you do), which is why we seek those eager to develop over time through our development resources and peer learning. If this aligns with your own personal growth mindset, we would love you to apply.

Qualification

• Business or marketing-related degree or equivalent professional qualification

Experience

• Experience in all aspects of developing and managing marketing strategies.
• Experience with relevant software applications (MS Office, Photoshop, InDesign CS)
• Experience with online analytics, AdWords, design, print and PR.

Skills

• Excellent Interpersonal Skills
• Excellent communication skills – both verbal and written
• Ability to persuade, influence and negotiate effectively at all levels within and outside the organisation
• Excellent telephone skills
• Computer literate
• Ability to build strong working relationships (internal/external)
• People centric approach & service
• Excellent conversational fluency in English is required to clearly explain complex technical issues

Continuous learning and development are central to our culture, and we heavily invest in elevating our people, not just hiring those already at an expert level.

Razorblue Gives

Working for an IT partner isn’t for the faint hearted, it requires drive, passion for technology, collaboration, and a drive to innovate. If you want to learn more about the IT domain as a whole or specialise in one particular area, you can do that here. We are not looking for the most qualified people, but people who have a true drive to learn and a passion for the technology sector. Our learning and development opportunities, combined with our team's drive for growth, result in a high volume of promotions granted year after year. We operate a hybrid working policy across most roles and often get asked why we haven’t made the decision to go fully remote… For us, natural learning opportunities are invaluable and office working enables this and has also inspired our collective culture of teamwork.

Our Other Benefits Include

• Base salary of £42,000 per annum depending on skills and knowledge
• Hybrid working (50% in the office/ at home)
• Flexible working to suit your work life fit
• 25 days holidays per annum + public holidays + the ability to purchase 10 more
• Private Health Insurance with Vitality Health
• Your birthday off
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption leave + baby bonus
• Fully funded training and accreditations to expand your skillset
• Two paid charity volunteering days per year
• Discounted Broadband
• Life insurance
• Quarterly team social fund
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Gear up with the latest tech toys through our partnership with Currys
• Cruise around in an eco-friendly electric car with our EV Scheme

We're committed to creating an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. Please don't hesitate to reach out if you require any reasonable adjustments to participate in our application or interview process. We're here to support you.

Agencies/Recruiters Please Note

To maintain an efficient and direct application process, we ask that recruitment agencies refrain from contacting us regarding our vacancies. We encourage individual candidates to apply directly through our website, as it enables us to manage our hiring process more effectively. Razorblue does not accept unsolicited speculative CVs. We take no liability for fees or commissions if hiring someone who applied directly or was sourced through other means. Any emailed disclaimers indicating otherwise will not supersede this policy. Candidates must be submitted only in response to specific requisitions from our talent acquisition team. Your cooperation in this matter is greatly appreciated and contributes to our efforts in finding the best possible fit for our team. Rest assured; we'll reach out if we ever need assistance from agencies. Thanks for understanding!

Our story began in the early 2000’s with one employee, 17 year old, (now CEO) Dan. We’ve grown a bit since then, razorblue now has over 170 employees across the UK, 7 offices, 500 clients across the UK, and a trophy cabinet bursting with awards. Our astonishing 35% year-on-year growth can be attributed to the powerful impact of the ongoing wave of digital transformation and to the dedication of our amazing team. We stay ahead of the curve, adopting the latest technologies and working in partnership with industry leading suppliers. Our Managed IT Services provide 24/7 proactive support for our clients with a specialist in-house service team based in the UK. We are all about finding expert technology solutions for complicated business problems using our unique and comprehensive, end-to-end product portfolio. We have the best people working for us, and we want them to grow and flourish. We invest heavily in our internal teams giving them plenty of opportunities to develop and progress. As a result of people development, our employees stick around. #teamrazorblue use their expertise in innovative ways to help our clients grow and succeed through new technologies.