Responsibilities
Creative and Campaigns * Drive marketing campaigns from idea to delivery, owning and effectively sharing the results * Design brand and marketing assets in Canva to a high standard * Capture photography and video that bring the product, the science and the team to life * Set and hold the creative bar across everything we put out * Carefully produce and present campaigns and content, ahead of time, on a monthly basis Strategy and Leadership * Lead the marketing function and deliver against our 2026 marketing strategy * Coordinate the internal team across comms, events and PR * Build and manage a trusted freelance roster for specialist delivery * Set priorities, keep momentum, and report on what is working and what to stop Story and Content * Run our two core narratives: a brand and consumer story that creates demand, and a manufacturer story that eases supply * Build the case-study engine, capturing every pilot and launch as a documented story * Lead authentically on real science, real founders and real seaweed, with no greenwashing * Position our yellow film as a strength for eco-brands * Channels and Demand * Own our PR programme, our biggest driver of enquiries, working with trade press and our PR support * Lead LinkedIn and wider social, building toward 50,000 impressions a month by end 2026 * Oversee the new SEO-led website and our segmented monthly newsletter * Support events and conference presence, from ChemUK and SEPAWA to PLMA and European Bioplastics * Produce educational content on PVOH, regulation and why seaweed Measurement * Track qualified inbound, share of voice and brand awareness in target segments * Use Pipedrive, Mailchimp and Microsoft Forms to manage activity and pull insight * Report quarterly on performance, ROI and priorities Skills and Experience Essential * An exceptional communicator, in writing and in person, able to make technical material clear and compelling * Genuinely creative, with a strong eye and a portfolio that proves it * Hands-on design skills in Canva * Photography and video skills, comfortable shooting and editing your own content * A track record of driving campaigns and owning results * Confident managing multiple channels and setting priorities across them * Experience briefing and managing freelancers or agencies * Self-starting, organised and able to lead with minimal supervision Desirable * Experience in sustainability, which matters to us, especially for how we handle language and claims * Science or technical communication, translating complex material for non-expert audiences * B2B and FMCG marketing, the world our customers and pipeline live in * Investor and corporate comms, useful as we grow and gear up for our next stage Why Join PlantSea * Lead marketing at a company creating a genuinely new category in the packaging space * Real ownership and a direct line to the founders * Purpose-led work with tangible environmental impact * The chance to shape how a science-led story reaches the world Pay: £35,000.00-£45,000.00 per year