Marketing and Creative Lead
Job Description:
Lead Marketing Executive will take ownership of our day-to-day marketing execution, driving campaigns, maintaining our digital presence, and ensuring alignment across all channels. You will play a central role in executing the marketing strategy, with responsibility for the website, SEO, content, social media, and regular performance reporting.
You'll work closely with cross-functional teams, including Sales and our Marketing and Sales Engagement Specialist to ensure our marketing efforts are aligned, data-driven, and effective.
Objectives of the Role:
- Establish positioning, identify target audiences, and develop marketing plans with specific objectives across different channels and segments
- Lead the execution of marketing programs from start to finish, leveraging internal support and driving collaboration
- Analyze customer insights, consumer trends, market analysis, and marketing best practices to build successful strategies
- Create, maintain, and conduct analytics reporting across multiple platforms and extract key insights for future campaign development and go-to-market strategies, complete with formal proposals and recommendations on tactics
- Evolve lead-nurturing tactics
Key Responsibilities:
1. Marketing Strategy & Execution
- Support the development and execution of marketing strategies that align with company goals.
- Identify target audiences and market segments; tailor messaging and tactics accordingly.
- Manage campaign planning, activation, and optimisation across digital and offline channels.
- Collaborate with internal teams to ensure marketing aligns with product, sales, and service goals.
2. Website & SEO
- Own the day-to-day management of the company website, ensuring all content is up-to-date, user-friendly, and aligned with brand messaging.
- Regularly review and implement SEO best practices to drive visibility, traffic, and conversion.
- Liaise with developers or use CMS tools to manage site updates and campaign landing pages.
3. Social Media & Digital Channels
- Manage and grow the company's presence across platforms like LinkedIn, Facebook, and others where relevant.
- Plan and schedule content that supports campaigns, brand messaging, and thought leadership.
- Monitor engagement, respond to interactions where appropriate, and report on channel performance.
4. Brand Development:
- Lead efforts to build and strengthen the company's brand identity.
- Develop and enforce brand guidelines across all marketing channels.
- Ensure consistency in messaging and branding across various platforms.
5. Event Marketing
- Plan and support the execution of events, conventions, webinars, and customer-facing sessions.
- Coordinate pre- and post-event marketing, including digital promotion, collateral, and follow-ups.
- Work with internal and external stakeholders to ensure events are aligned with brand objectives and well attended.
6. Content Strategy:
- Develop and execute content marketing strategies to engage and educate the target audience
- Collaborate with the appropriate teams to create compelling and relevant content for various platforms.
- Ensure content aligns with brand messaging and resonates with the target demographic.
7. Lead Generation & Sales Support
- Develop and execute lead generation campaigns that feed into the sales pipeline.
- Work closely with the Sales team to ensure strong alignment, proper handoff, and tracking of leads.
- Support lead nurturing through marketing automation and targeted communication.
8. Analytics & Reporting
- Track KPIs and campaign performance using tools such as Google Analytics, Search Console, and native social platform analytics.
- Deliver regular reports to management with insights, trends, and data-backed recommendations.
- Continuously assess and refine marketing activities based on performance outcomes.
9. Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Partner with Sales to ensure campaigns support commercial goals and provide necessary sales enablement materials.
- Collaborate with the Marketing and Sales Engagement Specialist to ensure marketing content and strategy reflect customer feedback and product insights.
- Ensure learnings from customer interactions and frontline feedback inform content, messaging, and campaign direction.