Marketing Manager
The Marketing Manager is responsible for research, planning and execution of the organisation’s marketing activity.
This will cover all aspects from marketing, communications, digital and design, brining all the teams and departments together to ensure all parts link together.
Through careful research and experience, the Marketing Manager will advise the best marketing disciplines to use depending on the commercial results required by the business.
They will map out campaign timelines, resource requirements and budgets required for smooth delivery. If the organisation uses external agencies, the Marketing Manager will be part of appointing, managing and evaluating agencies. Marketing Managers tend to be able to think creatively, whilst also having commercial and analytical skills; able to look at research and results data to spot trends, as well as how to seek continual improvement. The role may also be client facing at trade shows and conferences.
Employers look for experienced marketers, either from an in-house or agency environment. They might also request previous experience within their market sector, ensuring candidates understand how to market within their space (retail, consumer, manufacturing, IT etc.).
Salary wise outside of London the role generally pays between £40,000 to £56,000 depending on regional variance and level of experience.
Greater Manchester
We couldn’t limit our ethos for being a recruitment company who do things the right way to one location. That just wouldn’t be fair!
We seek to work with everyone from independent start-ups to globally renowned businesses across Greater Manchester, supplying them with the best marketing, PR, Creative and Sales talent.
Mostly known it’s rich variety of creative and communication agencies - we’ve all heard of media city haven’t we?. Greater Manchester is a fantastic location for those looking to develop their career in the agency space. The city is also receiving high levels of recognition and investment from pioneering and established B2C brands mostly within the cosmetics, fashion and FMCG sectors. A city truly on the rise, we can’t wait to see how Greater Manchester grows.
Top skills in demand in Greater Manchester (well according to us anyway):
Greater Manchester holds strong demand for marketing, digital and communication skillsets. These are some of the most popular roles we work in partnership with clients on.
Marketing + Digital Marketing
Public relations
Web Development (Front, Back-end & Fullstack)
SEO
PPC/Paid Advertising
Product Management
Brand Management
What are salaries like in Greater Manchester?
Providing a benchmarker for salaries, our North salary survey is the perfect tool for those based in the Greater Manchester area to gain an idea of what the market is offering.
