Head of Marketing Operations

Harrogate, North Yorkshire, UK (On-site)

Salary Not AvailableSenior LevelFull time

Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Own the core marketing agenda for a cancer charity, combining planning, governance, and operations to deliver on-time campaigns that meet objectives while keeping people affected by cancer at the heart of all content and donor-facing activities.

  • Marketing planning & governance: align plans to business needs and oversee the Marketing Operations team to ensure risk-managed delivery.
  • Campaign delivery & performance: optimise workflows, processes, and tech, measure outcomes, and report to leadership for continuous improvement.
  • Brand, donor growth, and content focus: collaborate with Fundraising and Brand & Communications to reinforce the brand and grow committed donors and fundraised income.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • develop the charity’s marketing plans in response to business need
  • manage the marketing department's operations, prioritising workload and overseeing processes, technologies and team performance to ensure campaigns are delivered on time, within budget and meet charity governance requirements.
  • analyse results and data to measure campaign effectiveness, drive continuous improvement, and report results to the charity’s leadership team
  • Place the needs of people with cancer and supporters at the heart of marketing content and activity
  • Lead and motivate the Marketing Operations team to deliver first-class campaigns and marketing activity
  • Plan and prioritise the work of the Marketing Operations team
  • Develop and communicate the marketing roadmap to senior leaders, the Board of Trustees and charity employees and volunteers
  • Work closely with peers who represent the Fundraising and Brand and Communications teams to ensure marketing activities reinforce the brand, increase the number of committed donors and generate fundraised income
  • Recommend budgets and resource requirements to support the charity’s Marketing Operations.

Requirements

  • significant experience of managing or leading a marketing team.
  • significant experience of developing integrated marketing campaigns that deliver against core objectives and Key Performance Indicators.
  • experience of leading projects and campaigns to deliver customer or supporter benefits.
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Yorkshire Cancer Research

Yorkshire is one of the regions hardest hit by cancer. Together, we can change this. Yorkshire Cancer Research is a charity dedicated to funding research so that you and those you love live longer, healthier lives.With your help, the charity funds vital cancer research and pioneers innovative new services for people with cancer. These life-giving medical breakthroughs are helping more people survive cancer – in Yorkshire, and beyond.

Founded in 1925
Harrogate, England, GBR
179 employees (18 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
15.1K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$40
Traffic Source Mix
Search
58.1%
Direct
33.8%
Referral
5.6%
Social
1.6%
Paid
0.9%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~182

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
18 (10% of company)

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