Marketing Director

Brighton & Hove | Hybrid (3 days in office) | Up to £110k DOE

Our client is hiring a Marketing Director to lead a talented, multi-disciplined team across brand, flagship event/show campaigns, partnerships, content, creative and digital activation.

After a year of change, this is a pivotal opportunity for an experienced, low-ego leader to embed smart ways of working, strengthen capability, and deliver integrated, insight-led marketing that supports clear commercial and growth goals.

What you’ll be doing:

• Set the marketing vision: goals, strategy, priorities and performance metrics
• Shape positioning and brand proposition and ensure a consistent voice across audiences year-round
• Lead integrated planning across brand, shows/events and partnerships to create a single view of audience engagement
• Build operational excellence: clear workflows, prioritisation, transparency and measurable impact
• Partner with Sales and operational leaders to position the organisation as an industry leader
• Drive insight: capture audience intelligence, translate data into decisions, and optimise performance

Oversee delivery across:

• Show/event marketing (acquisition + retention across exhibitors, buyers/visitors, speakers, press)
• Brand campaigns (consistent, high-quality execution)
• Partnership marketing (campaigns with strategic partners to extend reach)
• Content strategy (editorial, long/short form, distribution-led)
• Creative (on-brand multimedia output and on-site experience)
• Digital activation (web, social, email, apps, automation, innovation)

What we’re looking for:

• Proven experience leading a multi-discipline marketing function
• Strong commercial, analytical mindset, able to turn insight into priorities and results
• A calm, emotionally intelligent leader who builds trust, develops people and creates psychological safety
• Confident embedding new ways of working - steady improvement over constant reinvention
• Collaborative and diplomatic, able to influence across teams and with external partners
• Creative but data-led: balances intuition with measurement and optimisation
• Excellent communicator who simplifies complexity and adapts to different audiences

Why this role:

• Lead a skilled team with broad capability and real scope to shape direction
• High visibility across the business, with influence on strategy and growth

If you’re ready to lead a modern marketing function with clarity, kindness and impact, please apply now.