Marketing Manager

The Next Step Recruitment Company; Sydney; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

The Next Group, Sydney-based parent of The Next Step and The Safe Step, is seeking a hands-on Head of Marketing to lead digital campaigns, content development, and marketing processes across our brands.

You will partner with consultants and leadership to align marketing with sales, drive brand visibility, and deliver events and thought leadership that attract clients and top talent.

Qualifications

• Experience in a sales-driven environment, with a strong preference for recruitment industry experience.

Responsibilities

• Execute our marketing strategy with structure, creativity, and accountability - ensuring plans translate into outcomes that support the business.
• Drive marketing rhythms and routines that support consistency, visibility, and commercial impact.
• Partner with the business - working closely with consultants and leadership to align marketing efforts with sales and growth priorities.
• Develop high-quality content - across thought leadership, social media, job advertisements, and client communications, ensuring messaging is compelling and brand-aligned.
• Manage digital marketing activity - including LinkedIn campaigns, email marketing, website updates, and analytics, with a focus on performance and continuous improvement.
• Deliver marketing events (virtual and in-person) that drive client engagement, generate leads, and support sales initiatives.

Skills

Recruitment industry experience

Content creation

Digital marketing

CRM/ATS experience

HubSpot

JobAdder

Analytics

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

HubSpot

JobAdder

CRM

Job description

The Next Step Recruitment Company – Sydney CBD NSW

• Lead marketing for a collaborative, high-performing recruitment business
• Execute strategy that supports brand and business development
• Trusted business partner driving sales/relationship-focused marketing agenda

• Lead marketing for a collaborative, high-performing recruitment business
• Execute strategy that supports brand and business development
• Trusted business partner driving sales/relationship-focused marketing agenda

About Us

AtThe Next Group, we are passionate about one thing:Helping People Find Their People. As the parent company of two of Australia's leading specialist recruitment and search consultancies -The Next Step(HR recruitment) andThe Safe Step(HSE recruitment) - we connect quality talent with meaningful opportunities and help businesses build high-performing teams.

About The Role
This is a hands-on and broad role, responsible for driving digital campaigns, content development, and marketing processes across our brands.

Key Responsibilities include:

• Execute our marketing strategy with structure, creativity, and accountability - ensuring plans translate into outcomes that support the business.
• Drive marketing rhythms and routines that support consistency, visibility, and commercial impact.
• Partner with the business - working closely with consultants and leadership to align marketing efforts with sales and growth priorities.
• Develop high-quality content - across thought leadership, social media, job advertisements, and client communications, ensuring messaging is compelling and brand-aligned.
• Manage digital marketing activity - including LinkedIn campaigns, email marketing, website updates, and analytics, with a focus on performance and continuous improvement.
• Deliver marketing events (virtual and in-person) that drive client engagement, generate leads, and support sales initiatives.

About You

• Experience in a sales-driven environment, with a strong preference for recruitment industry experience.
• Confident and capable content creator, with excellent writing and editing skills tailored to varied audiences.
• Strong system and technical skills in digital and social media marketing, able to use CRM, ATS and integration tools (including Hubspot and JobAdder, or similar) to measure and optimise activity.
• Self-motivated, organised and outcome-focused, with a demonstrated ability to take ownership and deliver.
• Collaborative and able to work effectively across teams to ensure alignment between marketing, sales, and broader business goals.

Why Join The Next Group?

• Join a respected, values-led business with a clear purpose and strong market presence.
• Work with a passionate, engaged, and supportive leadership team.
• Enjoy flexibility, autonomy, and a workplace that truly values wellbeing.
• Help drive a business that's making a real difference by helping people find their people.

If you are ready to lead with purpose and bring to life our values of Trust, Be Open, Care, Aim High, Try New, and Enjoy, we would love to hear from you. For specific questions, email Katie Hislop at *******@thenextstep.com.au