Marketing Manager

Retford, Nottinghamshire, UK (On-site)

£45K/yr – £50K/yrMid Level5+ years expFull time

Posted 3 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own and execute the marketing function by developing plans, messaging, content, and campaigns to drive growth.

  • Own the marketing plan and digital presence
  • Develop propositions and campaigns across channels

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Own the marketing plan: Develop and deliver a focused plan aligned with our commercial priorities, target markets and product roadmap.
  • Position complex technology: Create clear propositions, messages and value arguments for our products, capabilities, customer segments and use cases.
  • Support sales: Produce presentations, product briefs, brochures, case studies, demonstration narratives and comparison material that help opportunities progress.
  • Deliver campaigns: Plan and run coordinated activity across the website, email, LinkedIn, public relations, events, exhibitions and partner channels.
  • Create strong content: Write and produce accurate, persuasive material for technical, commercial and senior audiences, including articles, customer stories, product content, photography and video.
  • Own the website and digital presence: Improve content, customer journeys, search performance and conversion, using data to determine what is working and where effort should change.
  • Develop market insight: Build our understanding of customer needs, competitors, buying behaviour, market structure and emerging opportunities.
  • Measure and build: Establish practical performance measures and define the specialist capabilities, processes and resources required as the marketing function grows.

Requirements

  • Relevant experience: Around five years or more in marketing, with evidence of increasing responsibility and commercially useful delivery.
  • B2B marketing: Experience marketing products or services to business, government or institutional customers through a considered sales process.
  • Technical or complex markets: Experience in technology, software, security, aerospace, engineering, industrial systems or another sector where products require explanation and evidence.
  • Product and campaign marketing: Evidence of developing propositions, messaging, sales enablement and coordinated campaigns with clear objectives and measures of success.
  • Outstanding communication: The ability to turn technical information into accurate, concise and persuasive content in excellent written English.
  • Digital capability: Practical experience of website management, content systems, email marketing, search optimisation, social channels and analytics.
  • Commercial judgement and ownership: An understanding of sales pipelines and opportunity progression, combined with a record of completing work to a high standard without waiting for detailed instruction.

Preferred

  • Marketing to defence, security, law enforcement, critical infrastructure, aviation or public sector customers.
  • International B2B marketing or support for distributors, resellers and strategic partners.
  • Supporting bids, tenders, proposals or account based marketing for high value opportunities.
  • Managing agencies, freelancers, events, product launches or a small internal team.
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Drone Defence

Drones will change how we monitor, manage and move across our fragile planet. Drone Defence combines proprietary innovation with cutting-edge DefTech to deliver a smart, secure and assured airspace.

Founded in 2014
Retford, England, GBR
16 employees (1 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
4.4K

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~16

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
1 (6% of company)
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
1

Funding

Total Funding
$1.7M
Last Raise
$400K
Grant, 4 years ago

Funding History

  • Sep 2022
    Grant • $400K
  • May 2022
    Grant • $150K
  • Nov 2020
    Grant • $502.2K

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