Job Title: Marketing Manager
Location: Colwyn Bay
Hours of Work: 35 hours per week
Line Manager: Commercial Director
What You’ll Do
- Establish and lead a new marketing and fundraising function
- Develop and deliver the annual marketing and fundraising plan to grow guest numbers, increase revenue
- Apply data and insights to track performance, improve ROI, and maximise the impact of all marketing and fundraising activities
- Provide monthly and quarterly performance reports for the leadership team and Board Marketing
- Deliver creative campaigns across digital and print to increase visits and income
- Plan and deliver engaging onsite events with colleagues to drive awareness, footfall, and donations
- Manage digital channels – website, SEO, social media, email, and paid ads – producing and scheduling content directly
- Create engaging materials (maps, guides, signage, video, imagery) that connect guests.
- Collaborate with Guest Services teams to promote events
- Act as brand guardian, ensuring consistent tone and identity
- Build strong PR, tourism, and community partnerships to expand reach and attract new audiences
- Manage marketing budgets and external suppliers (digital, PR, print).
Guest Experience and Compliance
- Support excellent guest service across all marketing and fundraising activity
- Advise on escalated guest complaints where appropriate
- Deliver all activities within budgets, ethical fundraising codes and policies (H&S, Security, Finance, People, GDPR and Volunteering)
- A willingness to work occasional evenings or weekends (to attend network meetings or deliver fundraising events), and to cover Weekend Duty Management duties on a management rota when required.
What You’ll Bring: Qualifications
- Marketing or business-related degree or equivalent experience
- Professional qualification in marketing (CIM) - desirable
- Full UK driving licence
- Ability to plan and deliver creative marketing campaigns to successfully deliver revenue targets and conservation messages
- Skilled with digital tools: CMS, SEO, social media, email, and advertising platforms
- Strong copywriting and editing across digital and print channels
- Confident with budgets, data, and reporting to evidence results
- Highly organised, deadline-driven, and able to manage multiple projects
- Experienced in managing suppliers (inc PR, printers, distributors)
- Strong relationship-building with guests, supporters, colleagues, volunteers, and partners Knowledge
- Marketing campaigns, content and audience engagement
- Key metrics - CTR, CPC, CPA, ROAS
- Fundraising essentials - grants, giving, legacies and corporates
- GDPR, ethical fundraising, and brand management
- Local tourism networks and partnerships Experience
- Proven track record in marketing or fundraising to deliver revenue growth
- Experience securing income through grants, corporate partnerships and individual giving campaigns
- Experience of creating engaging content for print and digital channels
- Background in managing budgets and working with agencies/suppliers
- Experience leading a small team
- Flexibility to work some unsocial hours to deliver fundraising activities
- Evidence of working collaboratively across teams or departments
- Enthusiasm for inspiring guest support Key behaviours (competencies) for the role
- Leading and deciding
- Creating and conceptualising
- Analysing and Interpreting.