Marketing Manager

About us

Every day in the UK, bodies such as local councils, government departments and housing associations procure goods and services through the competitive tender process. This process requires organisations to create written bids (proposals), responding to various questions about their proposed approaches, in order to be awarded a contract.

Executive Compass is an independent bid writing company which exists to support these organisations to write high-quality, detailed, and persuasive proposals and maximise their likelihood of success. Based in Newcastle upon Tyne but supporting organisations across the whole of the UK, we now have a vacancy for a full-time marketing manager to join our team.

Working arrangements

As marketing manager, you will be based at our Hoults Yard office in Newcastle Upon Tyne, working as part of our team using a high-spec company PC and up to three flat-screen monitors. Our office hours are Monday-Thursday 8:25am to 5pm, and Friday 8:25am to 4pm.

Currently, around a third of our team of 30 work remotely and the majority are office-based in Newcastle. Those working at home have frequent and regular interaction with the team including a daily morning meeting and periodic office visits.

The role

You will receive one-to-one training covering our sales and marketing strategy and systems, alongside a broader introduction to the bid writing industry. As an independent bid writing consultancy, we support around 100 clients each month across a diverse range of industries and sectors.

Your primary role will be to drive forward all marketing strategies, to support the business’s overall aims and objectives.

You will be expected to have prior knowledge and experience of business and marketing, and be accustomed to dealing directly with business customers. Appropriate communication skills and a proactive approach will be required.

We work in a very fast-paced but generally quiet office environment and the role requires you to be hardworking with excellent attention to detail, as well as an ability to work independently and manage your own workload, but support is always available via the wider sales and marketing team and operational managers.

Main duties

Main duties for the role include:

• Managing marketing campaigns: overseeing the development, execution and budget of campaigns, in line with the company brand and strategy
• Full management of the company social media channels and production of all content
• Creating content for a variety of marketing campaigns such as newsletters, web articles, marketing brochures
• Liaising and working with our external marketing agency to support the online SEO and PPC strategies
• Liaising with the wider sales team to support with lead conversion, company turnover and profitability
• Organising promotional events, such as trade shows
• Leading the outbound email marketing strategies
• Analysing the marketing performance via a variety of metrics.

In line with your development and to meet business need, opportunities will be made available to incorporate additional duties, such as:

• Answering telephone calls and emails, and responding appropriately, when required
• Supporting the marketing and admin assistants
• Providing administrative support in holiday cover
• Being flexible to support with other tasks and assignments, including responding to requests from the operations team when required

Skills and experience

Successful candidates will be enthusiastic, diligent, and committed. Strong IT skills and outstanding organisational, written, and verbal communication skills are essential, and you should be educated to degree level or above.

Benefits

You will become part of a small but vibrant, thriving and supportive team, as well as benefiting from:

Salary increases following completion of probation (typically six months) and regular pay reviews in line with progress

• A generous bonus scheme (following qualifying period)
• Opportunities to undertake paid overtime in line with business need
• Pro rata 25 days holiday per annum plus bank holidays (rising to 30 days on completion of qualifying period)
• Additional birthday holiday day, once passed 6-month probation period
• Opportunities to progress via training and development (fully funded and time spent in training paid)
• Opt-in private healthcare and healthcare cash plan (post-probation)
• Regular socials and annual events such as summer barbecues, Christmas parties

We are an equal opportunities employer and value diversity and so encourage applications from all sections of the community.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: Starting at FTE £30,000 - £35,000