Marketing Manager

Disrupt Talent; West Midlands; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Disrupt Talent is recruiting a Senior Marketing Manager to lead an international portfolio of B2B exhibitions. You will guide a team of marketing executives, run campaigns hands-on, and take commercial accountability for results across pharma, beauty, automotive, and food & beverage sectors.

Expect international travel and a fast-paced SME culture with ownership and visible impact. This role requires a doer-leader mindset, agency/digital/SEO experience, and comfort with regular travel.

Qualifications

• Experience leading marketing executives and hands-on campaign delivery.
• Ability to run campaigns and demonstrate measurable ROI.
• Strong digital marketing and SEO background is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Lead and direct marketing executives across an international show portfolio.
• Run campaigns hands-on and drive attendance and growth with the sales team.
• Shift strategy dynamically to maximise attendance and repeat attendees.
• Bring 360-degree marketing experience across digital, print and strategy.
• Travel internationally several times a year to deliver exhibitions.

Skills

Marketing leadership

Campaign management

Digital marketing

SEO experience

ROI analytics

Team leadership

International travel

Job description

Do you love marketing that actually moves the needle? Ready to lead, not just execute? And genuinely excited by international travel opportunities?

About Our Client

Our client runs a portfolio of established B2B exhibitions across multiple regions, each with its own dedicated marketing team. It's a small, fast-moving SME with a collaborative and hard-working culture: minimal red tape, maximum ownership, and a genuinely strong, sociable team that's stuck around for years.

The Opportunity

They're looking for a Senior Marketing Manager to take the reins of one of their international portfolios, several established exhibitions spanning sectors including pharmaceuticals, beauty, automotive, and food & beverage, with more in the pipeline. This is a hands-on leadership role: you'll guide a team of experienced marketing executives, roll your sleeves up on campaigns yourself, and take real commercial accountability for the results.

What You'll Be Doing

• Leading and directing marketing executives across an international show portfolio, stepping in hands-on where it counts
• Running campaigns yourself, this is an operator's role, not a delegate-only seat
• Driving event attendance and marketing-led sales growth, working closely with the sales team
• Shifting strategy dynamically to maximise attendance and repeat-attendee rates
• Bringing broad, 360-degree marketing experience, digital, print and strategic, to a growing portfolio
• Travelling internationally several times a year to deliver exhibitions in person, with scope for the travel footprint to expand further

What We're Looking For

• A genuine "doer and leader" - someone who can execute marketing tactics personally as well as manage a team
• Agency, digital marketing or SEO experience translates brilliantly into this kind of role
• SME or fast-paced environment experience, you thrive on change, quick pivots, and getting stuck in
• Commercially driven, accountable, and able to point to measurable ROI from your past work
• Genuine comfort with regular international travel, this is a non-negotiable, not a nice-to-have
• Based within a reasonable commute of the office (roughly 40 minutes/40 miles)

What's On Offer

• Bonus: 10% annual bonus, historically paid out every year
• Office pattern: 4 days in-office initially, reducing to 2 days a week after probation
• Culture: A close-knit, high-retention team with monthly socials and real recognition for great work
• Impact: Genuine ownership of a growing international portfolio, with the autonomy to shape how it grows

If you want a role where your work is visible, your ideas count, and international travel is part of the job, this is it.