Marketing Manager - Stealth start up

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

Job summary

A growing startup is looking for a Marketing Specialist to shape the brand's proposition and product. You will craft compelling communications and collaborate with cross-functional teams. Ideal candidates have proven marketing experience, strong writing skills, and an analytical mindset. The role offers a salary of £40,000 - £50,000, and a hybrid work model in a supportive, fast-paced environment.

Benefits

Real impact from day one

Room to grow and learn

Creative freedom

Collaborative culture

Fast-paced startup energy

Qualifications

• Proven marketing experience ideally in a startup or fast-paced environment.
• Strong writing and communication skills that resonate with different audiences.
• Comfortable using data to guide decisions and optimize performance.
• Good eye for layouts and visuals.
• Proactive and resourceful with an ability to work in ambiguity.
• Thrives in a fast-paced and constantly evolving environment.

Responsibilities

• Shape the brand's proposition and product through robust research.
• Translate the brand’s distinctive look and tone into product and communications.
• Write clear, compelling copy for various marketing assets.
• Develop confidence in the brand’s launch platform and growth levers.
• Collaborate with product, engineering, and design teams.

Skills

Proven marketing experience

Strong writing and communication skills

Analytical mindset

Design sense

Self-starter

Adaptability

Job description

Our client is a growing startup with big ambitions. Their mission is to turn managing your home services from a chore into a delight.

By bringing essential services like energy and insurance under one roof, we’re going to make managing life admin simpler, fairer and friendlier. They’re a small, growing team with a big job on their hands. They want self-starters, people who question established procedure, those that move fast but thoughtfully, and want to bring joy to the mundane. Every member of our team has the opportunity to take ownership, shape our direction, and put real work into the world.

What you'll do

• Shaping the brand's proposition and product, including sign-up & app, with the help of robust research and judgement.
• Ensuring the brand’s distinctive look, feel & tone of voice is effectively translated into the product, website & customer comms.
• Writing clear, compelling copy for member communications including emails, landing pages and other marketing assets.
• Figuring out the brand’s launch platform and developing confidence in the available growth levers, including a waitlist and broader Go-To-Market strategy.
• Collaborating with product, engineering and design teams to deliver cohesive work.

Who you are

• Proven marketing experience (ideally in a startup, scale-up, or fast-paced environment).
• Strong writing and communication skills – you can craft messages that resonate with different audiences.
• Analytical mindset – comfortable using data to guide decisions, shape products and optimise performance.
• Design sense – A good eye for layouts, visuals, and making things look polished (you don’t need to be a designer, but you know what “good” looks like).
• Self-starter – proactive, resourceful, and comfortable working with ambiguity.
• Adaptability – able to thrive in a fast-paced and constantly evolving environment.

Salary: £40,000 - £50,000 DOE
Logistics: Paddington office, hybrid

Why join this start-up?

• Real impact from day one – Your work won’t get lost in layers of approvals; you’ll directly shape our growth.
• Room to grow – We’re scaling fast, and so will your career. You’ll gain exposure to building, shaping and marketing a product from the ground up
• Creative freedom – We trust our people to experiment, try new things, and find what works.
• Collaborative culture – Work with a driven, supportive team who value transparency, learning, and building together.
• Fast-paced startup energy – If you love figuring things out, wearing multiple hats, and moving quickly, you’ll thrive here.