Marketing Communications Manager

ENGINEERINGUK; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading not-for-profit organization in London seeks a Marketing Communications Manager to enhance engagement in engineering and technology programs. In this role, you will develop strategic campaigns aimed at schools, manage recruitment efforts for educational initiatives, and oversee digital communications. The position offers a hybrid working model, fostering flexibility while ensuring meaningful outreach to diverse audiences in the STEM field. Join us in making engineering careers appealing to the next generation.

Benefits

Competitive salary

28 days paid annual leave

Flexible working

Annual bonus opportunity

Cycle to Work Scheme

Life Insurance (4 x salary)

Qualifications

• Experience executing marcomms campaigns with monitoring and reporting.
• Ability to manage external agencies effectively.
• Commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion values.

Responsibilities

• Drive marcomms campaigns targeting schools and young people.
• Manage social channels and web edits.
• Coordinate recruitment campaigns for educational programmes.

Skills

Proven experience in marcomms campaigns

Experience in schools/teacher-focused marketing

Strong understanding of digital communication

Ability to think creatively and innovatively

Excellent communication skills

Education

Professional marketing or communications qualification

Tools

Google Analytics

SEO

Job description

AboutEngineeringUK

Ourpurposeis to drivechangeso more young people choose engineering and technology careers.

Ourvisionis that the UK has the workforce needed for engineering and technology to thrive, to improve sustainability and to achieve net zero.

Ourmissionis to enable more young people from all backgrounds to be informed, inspired and progress into engineering and technology.

In the UK, wedon’thave enoughengineersand demand is going up. So, we need more young people to realise there could be a future for them in engineering and technology. To really thrive, we need a stronger, morediverseand representative workforce and for that wehave todo things differently to make engineering moreappealing.

We are a not-for-profit working with hundreds of organisations across business, education, professional institutions and the third sector so we can all grow the future talent pool together. We drive that collective effort through research and evidence, leadership, activities for schools and advocacy, with a focus on long-term sustainability.

We guided by a series of values that we apply to all our activity:

• We areinclusiveand care about diversity. We understand that we havedifferent needsandcreate opportunities for everyone's voice to be heard
• We arecollaborative. We listen, share and work in partnership to achieve our vision
• We arecuriousand keen to learn. We challenge ourselves and others to innovate and experiment
• We areinsightful. We evaluate what we do and draw on research to make decisions and to improve our collective understanding
• We aredrivenby a strong senseof purpose. We are determined to make an impact and achieve our goals

About the role

The Marketing Communications Manageris responsible forthe strategic delivery of strong marcomms campaigns and content creation that help meet programme targets, raise the profile of our work and drive increased targeted engagement with our programmes and services.

Yourmain focuswill be on programmes to engage ourschoolsaudiences, including teachers,careersleaders and young people. You will also drive engagement with organisations that run STEM outreach activities to help make all schools outreach more impactful.

In your role you will manage recruitment campaigns and marcomms for EUK Education (our schools-facing brand) and associated programmes such as Big Bang.You will also managesocial channels, webeditingandsome designelements,as well as supporting on wider marketing communications to our corporate audiences.

The role is London based at our office at 10 Lower Thames Street, London EC3R 6EN and will involve frequent / may involve some travel in the UK (amend asrequired).We believe that hybrid working has many benefits and are pleased to offer flexible workingwith a minimum of 2 days (or 40%) a week in the office and the option for a flexible start and end to the working dayin our vibrant central London office overlooking the Thames. Further details on our flexible working practices can be discussed atinterviewor you can reach out to a member of our HR team.

Further details of the role can be found in the job description and person specification.

Person specification

Essentialskills/competencies

• Proven experience of developing,planningand executing effective marcomms campaigns, including monitoring, analytics and reporting against targets
• Experience of schools/teacher-focused marketing communications
• Strong understanding and experience of digital communication methods, including CMS, social, e-marketing platforms, Google Analytics, SEO
• Experience of creating digital marketing content and managing design and production processes
• Ability to think creatively and innovatively whilst working under pressure
• Strong attention to detail, ensuring high quality outputs are delivery on deadline and to budget
• Excellent relationship management skills and experience of successfully managing external agencies
• Ability to work independently and flexibly in a rapidly changing environment
• Excellent communication skills, both written and oral
• Commitment to our mission and values, you will be able to engage with our values and work in a way that supports our commitment to equity,diversityand inclusion

Desirable skills/competencies

• Experience of AEO/GEO and AI for marketing communications
• Strong analytical skills, turning data into insights
• Video editing skills

Education / level of experience

• A professional marketing or communications qualification is desirable but not essential for this role
• This role would suit candidates with several years of solid marketing communications experience, ideally including some experience at manager level

EngineeringUKis committed to being an inclusive workplace, where everyone feels they belong.This is supported by the dedicated work we are doing to ensure our policies and practices are inclusive and that our staff are trained to be able to fulfil this commitment.

We value the benefits of a diverse workforce and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and experiences.Our recruitment process is designed to be as accessible and inclusive as possible and to ensure people are individually assessed regardless of their backgrounds or characteristics. We are an equal opportunities employer and are open to flexible working, including job share.

Applying for this role

Applications

If you would like to request tosubmityour application in an alternative format to support accessibility, please let us know.

The deadline for applications is5:00pmonSunday1February2026.

Interviews

Applications will be assessed against the requirements for the post as set out in the Role Profile and Person Specification.

We are a Disability Confident committed employer. We guarantee an interview to any disabled people who meet theminimumrequirements of the role. Additionally, if there are any reasonable adjustments we can make to make this process easier for you then we are happy to do so. Just complete the relevant sections of the online application form.

We aim to notify candidates who have been shortlistedwithin2 weeks.If you have not heard from usbythistime, please assume that you have not been successful.

First interviews will be heldmid to late February

What can we offer you?

• Competitive salary
• 28 days paid annual leave (plus bank holidays), in addition we normally close for the Christmas week
• Competitive pension (10% employer contribution)
• Annual bonus opportunity
• Flexible working
• A vibrant office with terrace overlooking the Thames embankment and Tower Bridge
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Life Insurance (4 x salary)
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Long term illness/incapacity insurance cover (permanent health insurance or PHI)
• Annual private health check for all employees over 40 once they have completed their probationary period and to employees over 35 after 3 years’ service
• Discounted gym membership
• Yearly flu vaccination