Communications Manager - Defence

Reading, UK (Hybrid)

Salary Not AvailableMid LevelFull time

Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Own the marketing and communications strategy for a professional services context, leading integrated campaigns, ABM, and stakeholder relationships to drive measurable business outcomes.

  • Lead end-to-end campaigns across PR, digital, and campaigns teams to plan, execute, and optimize for impact.
  • Collaborate on strategic bids and client engagement using data-driven insights to inform strategy and identify opportunities.
  • Manage ABM for top accounts and build strong senior-partner relationships to strengthen market positioning.

Job Description

  • Developing and delivering an annual marketing and communications strategy aligned to business objectives.
  • Leading the end-to-end delivery of integrated campaigns, from planning through to execution, measurement, and optimisation.
  • Supporting strategic bids and capture plans with targeted marketing and communications activity.
  • Managing account-based marketing (ABM) for key strategic clients.
  • Building and maintaining strong relationships with senior stakeholders, clients, and external partners.
  • Collaborating across communications functions (PR, internal communications, campaigns, and digital) to deliver aligned activity.
  • Using market insights and analysis to inform strategy and identify opportunities.
  • Partnering with digital and creative teams to deliver impactful, content-led campaigns.
  • Using data, reporting, and dashboards to measure performance and continuously improve outcomes.
  • Managing budgets to ensure effective allocation of spend and return on investment.
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Mace

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Mace is a global company of delivery consultants and construction experts. Through its two engines – Consult and Construct – it brings to life iconic skyscrapers, state-of-the-art data centres, life science facilities, social infrastructure and regeneration projects that support communities across the world. The company has an annual turnover of £2.36bn and employs over 7,400 people across four global hubs in the UK & Europe, the Middle East and Africa, the Americas and Asia Pacific. Mace is driven by its purpose to redefine the boundaries of ambition. Founded out of a belief that the industry could be more efficient, innovative and responsible, since 1990 Mace has built a reputation and track record for delivering projects safer, faster, greener and better than ever before.

Founded in 1990
London, England, GBR
9.8K employees (484 in marketing)
83% recommend to a friend
91% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
171.1K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
50.3%
Direct
34.7%
Referral
7.6%
Social
6.1%
Paid
1.1%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~9.8K

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