Marketing Executive – Planning

Marketing Executive – Planning

  • Location:
    Linked to nearest Local Office
  • Salary:
    Competitive + Benefits + Bonus
  • Employment Type:
    Permanent
  • Hours per Week:
    36.25
  • Grade:
    6
  • Closing Date:
    26 January 2026
Reporting Group:
  • Leisure - Central Support Office

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At Places Leisure, we hire people, not just numbers. If you're interested in one of our roles, we encourage you to apply—you could be exactly who we're looking for. While experience matters, we're most interested in individuals who live our People Promises: those who do the right thing, are enthusiastic and eager to grow, believe in community spirit, show respect, and enjoy their work. As part of one of the UK's leading social enterprises, we're dedicated to creating active, healthy, and inclusive communities for both our customers and colleagues. We value kindness, honesty, and teamwork, and we strive to make Places Leisure a supportive and enjoyable place to work for everyone 

So, what are you waiting for? Join a community that cares about you!   

 

More about your role   

The purpose of the role is to work with the Senior Marketing and Marketing managers, (acting as the Business Partner) to coordinate the end-to-end planning process to meet business targets and marketing objectives within the allocated business area.   

 

The role takes data, insight and information from the allocated Business Area and uses it to shape effective briefs and requests for both BAU and Campaigns/Projects. It works with the Centre of Excellence (Marketing and Comms experts) teams to coordinate the delivery of impactful communication plans across a range of offline and online marketing channels; measuring, analysing and reporting on the performance to enable the identification of actionable business insights.    

The role also supports with the coordination (and in some cases production) of localised Business Area support, using marketing toolkits and centralised collateral. 

 

Essential Criteria  

  • Strong planning, coordination, and communication skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities effectively. 
  • Experience in a marketing or communications role, supporting the delivery of campaigns or marketing activity. 
  • Demonstrable experience delivering marketing activity that drives commercial and/or customer-focused outcomes. 
  • Experience planning and coordinating marketing campaigns in line with business plans and strategic objectives. 
  • Ability to evaluate marketing campaign performance and present insights clearly to stakeholders. 
  • Knowledge of marketing and communications across B2C or B2B audiences. 
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office and familiarity with project management and marketing analytics tools (e.g. Monday.com, Google Analytics). 

 

More About you   

You're an organised and proactive marketer with experience in marketing planning and campaign coordination, confident managing timelines, prioritising workload, and keeping multiple workstreams on track. You work collaboratively and build strong, professional relationships across commercial teams, site teams, and specialist marketing functions. You're comfortable using data and insights to support decision-making and optimisation, with strong communication skills, attention to detail, and a structured approach to planning. You'll ideally be familiar with marketing operations, performance tracking tools, and proficient in Microsoft Office and project management platforms such as Monday.com. 

This role offers flexible working, with the option to work from home. Travel to Places Leisure offices or sites will be required, and candidates should be within reasonable travel distance of one of our office locations; such as Leeds, London, or Preston. 

 

 

Benefits    

We are a large diverse and ambitious business, which will give you all the challenge you could wish for.     

We know that there's always more we can do to make you smile, that's why we offer a comprehensive benefits package with each role, yours will include:     

  • Competitive salary, with a salary review yearly    
  • Pension with matched contributions up to 7%   
  • Excellent holiday package – 35 days annual leave with the option to buy or sell leave   
  • Cashback plan for healthcare costs – up to £500 saving per year   
  • A bonus scheme for all colleagues at 2%   
  • Training and development   
  • Extra perks including huge discounts and offers from shops, cinemas and much more.

What's next?

If you meet the criteria and are ready to make the next step in your career then apply following our simple 5 minute application process, upload a CV and a supporting statement which demonstrates how you meet the requirements of the role. If you have any questions please email the recruitment team recruitment@placesforpeople.co.uk 

As part of our commitment to diversity and inclusion, we offer a guaranteed interview to candidates who are disabled, neurodiverse, or have served in the Armed Forces, provided you meet the essential criteria for the role. If you would like to be considered under this scheme, please indicate this in your application. 

We are committed to creating an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. If you require any reasonable adjustments to support your application or interview experience, please let us know. We're happy to work with you to ensure you have the opportunity to perform at your best.

If you are a Places for People customer and you're looking for support with your application, please contact our skills and employment team on skillsemployment@placesforpeople.co.uk

Please note that we may bring the closing date forward, if we receive a large number of quality applications. If you are interested in this role we would advise applying immediately to avoid disappointment.

If you are using a mobile device such as an iPad then ensure your CV is stored in the cloud, we currently support Google Drive, OneDrive and Dropbox.

We understand the importance of a supportive and inclusive work culture so please talk to us at interview about flexibility you may need. We can't promise to give you exactly what you want, but we promise not to judge you for asking. For this role we are open to discussing the possibility of reduced hours, flexible start and finish times or compressed hours.  

If you are a recruitment agency please note we operate a PSL and do not take cold calls

Safeguarding

At Places for People, safeguarding is everyone's responsibility. We are committed to creating safe communities for our customers and colleagues by protecting children, young people, and adults at risk from harm, abuse, and neglect. 

We follow robust safeguarding policies and procedures, ensuring all employees, volunteers, and contractors uphold the highest standards of safeguarding and accountability. Our recruitment process includes pre-employment checks, including Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks where applicable, to promote a safe and secure working environment. 

By joining Places for People, you are expected to contribute to our safeguarding culture, following our policies and reporting concerns to protect those in our communities

 

 

 

Armed Forces - We are proud to support the Armed Forces Covenant. Places for People will guarantee an interview for any candidate who is serving or has formerly served in the Armed Forces, as a reservist, armed forces veteran (including the wounded, injured and sick), cadet instructor and military spouse/partner and who meets the essential criteria for the vacancy.

Disability Confident - We are proud to be a member of the Disability Confident scheme certified as Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. This helps us to successfully employ and retain people with disabilities and health conditions. Disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for a vacancy will be guaranteed an interview. The Equality Act 2010 (Disability Discrimination Act 1995 for NI) defines a disabled person as someone who has a physical or mental impairment that has sa substantial and long-term negative effect on their ability to do daily activities.

Neurodivergent – Neurodiverse individuals have highly valuable skills, and we recognise that a traditional interview process sometimes works against them and doesn’t allow them to self-advocate. Neurodiverse applicants who meet the criteria for a vacancy will be guaranteed an interview.

 
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