Marketing Manager

The Marketing Manager is a senior leadership role with full accountability for shaping, delivering, and evolving the marketing strategy across the Fawkes & Reece group. With 7 established offices across the UK, this is a pivotal position that combines strategic vision, hands-on execution, and team leadership to ensure the business continues to grow its market presence, enhance its reputation, and strengthen its culture.

You'll be responsible for every aspect of marketing across the group: from managing the external brand, PR, and social media channels, to ensuring consistency of our employer brand, culture initiatives, job board strategy, and digital presence. Working closely with the Board, senior leaders, and regional managers, you will own the delivery of a best-in-class marketing function that supports both business growth and employee engagement.

This role offers the opportunity to influence the group's profile at the highest level, take ownership of a respected brand within the construction recruitment industry, and lead the development of a forward-thinking, dynamic marketing function.

The Role

• Own and deliver the group-wide marketing strategy, covering all offices.
• Partner with senior leaders to understand business priorities and translate them into impactful marketing plans.
• Define and protect the brand identity, positioning, and messaging, ensuring consistency across all offices, teams, and channels.
• Oversee brand positioning, messaging, and consistency across all channels and touchpoints.
• Represent Marketing at senior leadership meetings, contributing insight, analysis, and creative input to business planning.
• Lead the development of a clear employer brand strategy that supports talent attraction, retention, and employee engagement.
• Ensure all marketing activity is measurable, data driven, aligned with commercial goals and delivering ROI.

• Oversee the group's digital presence, including website, SEO, social media, and job board activity, ensuring strong visibility, engagement, and conversion.
• Lead the creation and delivery content for social media, websites, campaigns, and thought leadership pieces that engages clients, candidates, and employees.
• Oversee the management of job boards, digital platforms, and advertising campaigns, ensuring ROI and alignment with business needs.
• Manage media relations, press activity, and external communications to raise visibility in the recruitment and construction sectors.
• Evolve the employer brand to support talent attraction, culture, and retention strategies.
• Protect, develop, and enhance the Fawkes & Reece brand.
• Keep up to date with new technologies, tools, and innovations to optimise marketing efficiency and digital impact.

About you

• You'll come from a strong marketing background, with demonstrable experience.
• Be "hands on", creative and a brilliant eye for detail.
• Demonstrable history of briefing and managing creative resource.
• Experience managing and optimising online and offline marketing campaigns.
• Experience in owning and managing multiple projects.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to build credibility with all stakeholders.
• Good copywriting skills.
• Organised and happy to roll up your sleeves to get the job done.
• Ability to work well under pressure in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong work ethic.

If you are keen on finding out me, please reach out to Stephen @Fawkes&Reece for a brief conversation.