Commercial Marketing Manager

UK (Hybrid)

£45K/yr – £55K/yrManagerFull time

Posted 5 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own end-to-end marketing for a training provider, driving apprentice recruitment, employer engagement, and commercial training while building a data-driven org.

  • Own marketing strategy and team for growth across recruitment, training programs, and employer branding.
  • Lead cross-functional alignment with Sales/Education/Operations to improve lead gen and ROI.
  • Measure and present performance to senior leaders to guide investment decisions.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Take ownership of the organisation's marketing strategy, driving growth across: Apprentice recruitment, Employer engagement, Commercial training, Skills On-Demand, Brand development, Employer branding and recruitment marketing
  • Lead and develop a talented in-house marketing team.
  • Create innovative campaigns that deliver measurable commercial outcomes.
  • Build strong relationships across Sales, Education, Operations and People.
  • Develop recruitment marketing campaigns that help attract exceptional talent.
  • Introduce new ideas, challenge convention and continuously improve how we market.
  • Measure everything - from campaign performance through to event ROI - using data to drive smarter decisions.
  • Present marketing performance and commercial insight to senior leaders.
  • Lead an established marketing team while helping influence wider commercial strategy across the organisation.

Requirements

  • Significant experience leading marketing within a commercial organisation.
  • Experience managing and developing marketing teams.
  • A proven track record of delivering measurable business growth.
  • Strong commercial awareness and experience reporting against lead generation, revenue and ROI.
  • Experience managing marketing budgets.
  • Strong digital marketing knowledge across SEO, PPC, CRM, marketing automation and analytics.
  • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Preferred

  • Experience within education, apprenticeships, training, engineering, construction or technical sectors would be advantageous, but it isn't essential.

Benefits

  • Home/hybrid working
  • Competitive salary and company bonus
  • 33 days of annual leave, plus Christmas closure (3 days)
  • Enhanced pension contributions
  • Family friendly working hours
  • Life assurance 3 x salary
  • Refer a friend scheme
  • Development and progression opportunities
  • Funded qualification opportunities
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Skills for Security

4.3 Glassdoor

Skills for Security is the UK’s leading Fire & Security training provider, specialising in apprenticeship and technical course delivery, helping close the industry Skills Gap, and upskilling teams across the UK. Operating from technology-filled regional training centres, Skills for Security aims to make training accessible for learners and employers alike. Additionally, through its Skills On-Demand platform, training can now be accessed anytime, anywhere. Skills for Security is also the organising partner of the WorldSkills UK Electronic Security and Fire competitions.

Founded in 2006
Warrington, England, GBR
87 employees (3 in marketing)
100% recommend to a friend

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
2K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
51.9%
Direct
35.6%
Referral
7.1%
Social
4.2%
Paid
1.1%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~87

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
3 (3% of company)
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
1