Freelance marketing advisor for small team

The Marketing Meetup; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 83,000 - 165,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote / flexible

Rate negotiable

Freelance

Job summary

Mr Jones Watches is seeking an experienced marketing professional to act as a sounding board and mentor to our small hands-on brand & marketing team while the Head of Brand & Marketing is on maternity leave (November 2026 - August 2027). This is a freelance, remote role with flexible hours.

You’ll participate in regular weekly calls, help shape marketing plans, advise on Shopify, Meta ads, email marketing and CRM, and provide practical guidance to the team to grow the brand and reach

Qualifications

• Has several years of hands-on marketing experience, ideally in small or medium consumer, ecommerce, lifestyle or creative business.
• Experience developing and delivering marketing strategy, not just executing others' plans.
• Practical experience with platforms such as Shopify, Meta Ads and email/CRM.

Responsibilities

• Regular calls with the Brand & Marketing Manager and wider team (1–2 hours/week) to discuss plans and challenges.
• Help shape marketing plans and priorities for upcoming weeks and months.
• Be a sounding board for ideas, launches and creative concepts and provide strategic guidance.

Skills

Marketing strategy

Mentoring

Strategic thinking

Hands-on marketing

CRM / Email marketing

Tools

Shopify

Meta Ads

Email CRM

Job description

Mr Jones Watches is looking for an experienced marketing person to act as a sounding board and mentor to our small, hands-on brand & marketing team of six people, while our Head of Brand & Marketing is on maternity leave (November 2026 - August 2027).

We're looking for someone who knows their stuff, enjoys working with a small creative business, and can be there for the team to bounce ideas around with, ask questions, and get a bit of experienced perspective when they need it.

What you'll be doing

You'll have a regular call with our Brand & Marketing Manager and the wider marketing team for around 1–2 hours a week, to talk through what's happening, what's coming up and anything they're struggling with internally.

This could include:

• Helping shape marketing plans and priorities for the weeks and months ahead
• Being a sounding board for ideas, launches and creative concepts
• Helping the team think strategically about how we're growing the brand and reaching customers
• Offering practical advice on things like Shopify, Meta ads, social media, email marketing and press.
• Sharing your experience and helping the new manager build confidence in making decisions
• Helping sense-check plans, briefs and ideas before they go live
• Bringing an outside perspective to the team and asking the questions we might not be asking ourselves

We're a small team, so there will inevitably be a mixture of strategic questions and very practical ones. One week it might be and the next it might be why on earth is Shopify doing this?

About you

We're looking for someone with several years of hands-on marketing experience, ideally in a small or medium sized consumer, e-commerce, lifestyle, design or creative business.

You'll probably be someone who:

• Has experience developing and delivering marketing strategy, not just executing someone else's plan
• Is comfortable getting stuck into the detail when needed
• Has practical experience with platforms such as Shopify, Meta Ads and email/CRM
• Can look at a business holistically and understand how brand, content, social, CRM and performance marketing fit together
• Has experience working with limited resources and small teams
• Is commercially minded but understands the importance of building a distinctive brand
• Enjoys mentoring and supporting less experienced marketers
• Is good at explaining things without making people feel silly for asking
• Can give honest, constructive advice while still leaving the team to make their own decisions

You don't need to be a specialist in every area, we're much more interested in someone with strong all-round marketing experience, good judgement and a practical, helpful approach.

The practical bits

• Freelance
• Approximately 1–2 hours per week
• Regular weekly call with the Brand & Marketing Manager and/or wider team
• Some flexibility to answer the occasional question or provide quick feedback between calls
• Rate: £ negotiable based on experience
• Remote / flexible

The company

Mr Jones Watches, established in 2007, is a small, passionate team of experts creating unusual watches that tell a story.

The company’s playful and eye-catching designs see watches move away from being a purely functional accessory, as most people now check the time on their mobile phones or smart devices. Designed, printed and assembled in its workshops in London, each watch tells a story or starts a conversation.

Regularly collaborating with talented artists and illustrators, Mr Jones Watches is committed to pushing the boundaries of watch design by creating new, unique and interesting watches. Its watches are sold worldwide through its website and at its shop in the heart of London’s Covent Garden.