Senior Digital Marketing Manager

Manchester, UK (On-site)

£50K/yr – £55K/yrSenior LevelFull time

Posted 5 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own and evolve the digital marketing roadmap for a B2B property/tech ecosystem with a sharp focus on lead generation, CAC control, and cross-channel performance across PPC, SEO, Display, Paid Social, and CRM.

  • Growth ownership: translate regional targets into data-driven campaigns and ensure agency partners deliver strategic value, not just execution.
  • CRM and lifecycle integration: evolve CRM strategy and automate cross-sell/up-sell flows to move prospects and customers through the funnel.
  • Cross-functional influence: act as the digital SME, embedding best practices, driving UX/content improvements from Voice of the Customer, and reporting to leadership with clear impact signals.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • As the strategic lead for Bruntwood SciTech’s digital function, you’ll be responsible for the vision and commercial performance of our digital marketing activity.
  • Partner with regional marketing and commercial leads to translate high-level business targets into sophisticated digital campaigns, focused on driving lead generation and quality of enquiries
  • Lead the relationship with our Digital Agency, moving beyond day-to-day management to strategic stewardship—setting rigorous performance benchmarks and ensuring they are delivering cutting-edge innovation, not just execution.
  • Own and drive the strategic roadmap for PPC, SEO, Display, Paid Social and CRM campaigns alongside our agency.
  • Working closely with in-house Head of CRM and Lifecycle Management, develop and evolve our CRM strategy. Look to automate cross-sell/up-sell workflows that move both prospects and customers through the funnel.
  • Act as the business-wide SME for our digital activity, advising on and embedding digital best practices across the wider Marketing and Regional teams to ensure a consistent, data-led culture.
  • Collaborate with the CX team to turn Voice of the Customer data into digital action. Use sentiment and behavioral insights to influence UX/UI improvements and ensure content strategy solves real-world pain points for our workplace community.
  • Elevate reporting from what happened to why it matters. Provide Board-level insights and weekly performance narratives that give stakeholders clear visibility into digital’s impact on our business objectives

Requirements

  • Proven experience building and scaling paid social campaigns - specifically across Meta and LinkedIn
  • A sound knowledge of CRM (MarketingCloud preferable but not essential), working closely with our IT team to brief commercial objectives and create content
  • PPC/SEO/Display/CRO are all outsourced to our agency partner, however a solid understanding of these channels is crucial to be able to manage/support/challenge our agency partner effectively
  • A background in B2B Marketing / lead generation preferable but not required
  • Good grasp of all digital platforms, Google Analytics, Adwords, Facebook Campaign Manager, LinkedIn
  • As a client side organisation you’ll be comfortable representing digital marketing across the business, working with key stakeholders to drive projects and provide statistics to senior stakeholders
  • You’ll manage one Digital Marketing Executive, so managerial experience is advantageous, but it’s more important to be able to lead digital and support/develop our Executive
  • A passion for placemaking/commercial property/innovation

    Benefits

    • 28 days holiday plus you get your Birthday off work - and if that’s not enough you can also buy & sell holidays too
    • Company bonus - paid annually
    • 24 hours a year volunteer time - there are endless opportunities for you to get involved in supporting the causes that matter most to you
    • Sabbatical of up to 12 months so you can take a career break after five years with us
    • Healthcare cash plan for all colleagues, so you can claim back medical expenses like optical, dentist & physiotherapy. We also offer free private healthcare cover on an opt in basis too
    • Life assurance cover for all colleagues
    • Up to 8% matched pension scheme
    • Discounts & cashback at leading retailers
    • Enhanced maternity / shared parental leave - 26 weeks fully paid leave
    • Interest free loans to pursue your passions and apply for up to £2000 towards learning a new skill
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    Bruntwood SciTech

    3.4 Glassdoor

    📍 Powering economies through innovation in our cities 💡Driving #science #technology and #innovation sector growth ➡️ Office, labs, innovation support & more.A joint venture between Bruntwood, Legal & Generaland Greater Manchester Pension Fund, Bruntwood SciTech’s unique experience of working in strategic partnership with city councils, universities and NHS Trusts drives inclusive, sustainable economic growth through investment in science and technology infrastructure.

    Founded in 2018
    Manchester, England, GBR
    245 employees (56 in marketing)
    64% recommend to a friend
    83% CEO approval

    Traffic Signals

    Monthly Visitors
    37.4K
    Monthly Google Ads Budget
    $1.2K
    Traffic Source Mix
    Search
    56.5%
    Direct
    29.8%
    Referral
    9.7%
    Social
    2.3%
    Paid
    1.5%

    Headcount Trend

    Current headcount: ~245

    Marketing Team

    Marketing Team Size
    16 (7% of company)
    Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
    1

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