Marketing Campaign Manager

OpenWorks Engineering; North East; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A rapidly growing defence technology firm in North East England is seeking a Marketing Campaign Manager. This role is pivotal for strategic marketing activities, ensuring compliance with industry regulations while translating complex technical information into compelling narratives. The ideal candidate will excel in project management and possess experience in the defence sector. The firm offers competitive remuneration, including performance-related bonuses, generous holiday, and various employee benefits.

Benefits

Competitive remuneration package

Performance-related bonuses

25 days' holiday + public holidays

Free breakfast and freshly cooked lunches

Private healthcare

Life insurance

Paid team socials

Qualifications

• Proven experience in the defence and security sector.
• Ability to develop strategic campaigns from market understanding to execution.
• Familiarity with long sales cycles and complex decision making.
• Experience in a rapidly growing organisation.

Responsibilities

• Develop messaging and activities targeting specific groups.
• Translate complex capabilities into clear campaign narratives.
• Project manage campaign roadmaps, timelines, budgets, and KPIs.
• Ensure adherence to campaign messaging across execution.
• Identify campaign execution opportunities.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Creativity

Project management

Collaboration

Understanding of defence regulations

Education

Marketing qualification or working towards one

Job description

Our growing marketing and communications team is looking for a talented Marketing Campaign Manager. Our new hire will be the central point of positioning and project management for activities that serve specific geographic, end‑user and stakeholder groups. The ideal candidate will combine strategic thinking and creativity with an ability to translate big picture marketing and communications objectives into an integrated set of measurable tactics whilst ensuring compliance with defence regulations, security constraints and brand standards. The role will require significant collaboration across the whole marketing team, and in particular with our Digital Marketing and Content Manager and Brand and Engagement Officer. Significant co‑ordination with the wider Sales, Customer Support and People and Talent teams is also expected.

Responsibilities

• Work with internal stakeholders and external agencies to develop messaging and co‑ordinated activities that effectively target specific groups including those in a global, national, local and internal context.
• Translate complex technical and defence‑related capabilities into clear, compelling campaign narratives.
• Project manage campaign roadmaps, timelines, budgets, and KPIs.
• Ensure adherence to campaign messaging throughout all tactical execution, acting as the representative of the targeted stakeholder group within the marketing and communications team.
• Identify campaign execution opportunities that provide appropriate tools, initiatives, education and engagement opportunities that serve our customers and other stakeholders.
• Work with our business development team to understand and track competitor positioning.
• Collaborate with our Brand and Engagement Officer to develop campaigns around major events, including wide ranging thinking relating to engagements, PR, messaging and initiatives.
• Collaborate with our Digital Marketing and Content Manager to identify appropriate timing of initiatives, aligned to other campaign activities.
• Develop and Project Manage appropriate assets outside of brand and digital pathways to reinforce OpenWorks' positioning.
• Work with the rest of the team to share best practice.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in the defence and security sector, with an ability to understand the constraints that act upon organisations in this context.
• An ability to develop strategic campaigns, working from market understanding through to design and execution.
• Familiarity with long sales cycles and complex decision making.
• Experience in a rapidly growing organisation.
• Marketing qualification or working towards one.

Personal Attributes

• Highly organised and detail‑oriented.
• Comfortable working with sensitive information and within security constraints.
• Proactive, adaptable and able to operate with pace and ambiguity.
• A natural sharer, collaborator and teacher, able to support other team members whilst managing own responsibilities.
• Confidence in working with senior stakeholders.

About OpenWorks

OpenWorks is a rapidly growing business operating globally with a passion for exceptional engineering and building on a legacy of defence innovation in the North East of England.

Our products provide ultra‑high performance, real‑time detection, tracking, identification and targeting of dynamic aerial threats. They have been deployed internationally to protect high profile military and civilian assets, and contribute towards the defeat of nuisance, misguided and maliciously deployed drones during operations. We are very proud to have supported a wide range of law enforcement and military operators, protecting many of the most high profile sites and individuals around the world. The amazing things we do are only possible because of a dedicated and passionate team.

As a small, fast growing company (with over 70 people which is continually expanding), we offer the opportunity for a professional to have autonomy and responsibility. You'll directly see the impact of your efforts.

Be a world‑leading provider of autonomous technology for Surveillance applications and Defence.

Benefits

Competitive remuneration package, with performance‑related bonuses and clear progression opportunities. 25 days' holiday + public holidays, with long‑service rewards and the option to buy up to 5 additional days. Free breakfast and freshly cooked lunches every day, courtesy of Chef Mark and his team. Private healthcare through Aviva, keeping you feeling your best. Life insurance for peace of mind. Salary sacrifice schemes - including EV car and Cycle to Work options for easy, sustainable travel. Paid team socials - from quiz nights and football to board games and more; we love to have fun together.