Marketing Manager

MacGregor Black; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

MacGregor Black is partnering with a fast-growing, founder-led prestige skincare business to hire a Marketing Manager in London. This hybrid role reports to the Chief Marketing Officer and leads a small creative team, driving brand and trade marketing across retail and wholesale channels.

You will work closely with the founders and CMO on brand strategy and campaigns, turning ideas into fast-paced execution while managing budgets and timelines with pace and confidence.

Qualifications

• 7–9 years of marketing experience, with strong exposure to prestige beauty or skincare.
• Experience in founder-led or founder-adjacent businesses.
• Strong grounding across both brand and trade marketing.
• Experience managing people and leading a creative team.
• Commercially minded with the ability to connect brand strategy with execution.
• Confident communicator, able to influence senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a small creative team, providing clear briefs and reviewing work to ensure delivery against prestige brand standards.
• Own trade marketing planning and execution across retail and wholesale channels.
• Partner directly with the CMO and founders on brand strategy, campaigns and key marketing initiatives.
• Translate strategic and creative ideas into effective execution, working at pace within a fast-moving environment.
• Bring a strong, informed point of view to brand and creative decisions, influencing stakeholders.
• Manage marketing timelines, budgets and priorities across a lean and agile function.
• Work collaboratively across internal and external stakeholders to ensure campaigns are delivered effectively and on time.
• Help shape the continued development and growth of the brand with strong commercial execution.

Skills

Brand marketing

Trade marketing

People management

Stakeholder influence

Commercial mindset

Presentation to leadership

Job description

Do you have a strong track record across brand and trade marketing within prestige beauty or skincare?

Are you commercially minded, hands-on and confident working directly with founders and senior leadership?

Ready to take real ownership within a fast-moving, founder-led beauty business where ideas move quickly from strategy to execution?

MacGregor Black is partnering with a fast-growing, founder-led prestige skincare business on the search for a Marketing Manager. This is a hybrid position based in London, reporting to the Chief Marketing Officer.

This is a hands-on marketing role for someone who wants to build, not simply maintain. You will play a key role in driving brand and trade marketing forward, leading a small creative team, owning trade marketing execution across retail and wholesale channels, and partnering closely with the CMO and founders on brand strategy and campaign development.

Working within a lean, entrepreneurial environment, you'll need to be comfortable turning ideas into action quickly, bringing a strong point of view to brand and creative decisions, and managing multiple stakeholders, timelines and budgets with pace and confidence.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and manage a small creative team, providing clear briefs and reviewing work to ensure delivery against prestige brand standards.
• Own trade marketing planning and execution across retail and wholesale channels.
• Partner directly with the CMO and founders on brand strategy, campaigns and key marketing initiatives.
• Translate strategic and creative ideas into effective execution, working at pace within a fast-moving environment.
• Bring a strong, informed point of view to brand and creative decisions, confidently influencing stakeholders and challenging where appropriate.
• Manage marketing timelines, budgets and priorities across a lean and agile function.
• Work collaboratively across internal and external stakeholders to ensure campaigns and initiatives are delivered effectively and on time.
• Help shape the continued development and growth of the brand, balancing brand-building activity with strong commercial execution.

What We're Looking For:

• 7–9 years' marketing experience, ideally with strong exposure to prestige beauty or skincare.
• Proven experience working within a founder-led or founder-adjacent business.
• Strong grounding across both brand and trade marketing.
• Previous experience managing people and leading a creative team.
• A confident, ambitious and hands-on marketer who brings ideas, initiative and energy rather than waiting for direction.
• Commercially minded with the ability to connect brand strategy with strong execution.
• A confident communicator who is comfortable presenting ideas, giving an honest point of view and influencing senior stakeholders.
• Agile and action-led, with the resilience to operate effectively when priorities move quickly or plans change.
• Comfortable working with pace, autonomy and a high degree of ownership.

For more information, please contact Jess Murphy.