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This role will focus on creating, driving and delivering the Customer centric strategic marketing plan to drive Retention results in our Places Leisure business. You'll ensure Business Partners' objectives and challenges are clearly understood so marketing and communication campaigns delivered by the Planning Team are relevant, cost-effective, and successful. Together with the wider Marketing Planning team, you'll oversee all department activities through a central tracker. You'll lead and develop a team of marketing and business partner experts, managing external suppliers as needed, and collaborate across the Comms team to coordinate delivery. You'll lead the annual and quarterly planning cycles, act as the main contact for Senior Leaders in your business area, and manage marketing priorities in a fast-paced environment. Using your experience and judgement, you'll make key decisions on resource prioritisation and create targeted content where it adds the most value.

The Essential Criteria for this role is listed below.

• Proven ability to lead a team of specialist marketing professionals to successfully deliver briefs requiring collaboration across multiple disciplines, including Internal Communication, External Communication, Digital, Content, and Creative teams. Line or team management experience is preferred.
• Over four years' experience in developing and executing sales and marketing strategies focused on acquisition and retention, with a track record of implementing and monitoring these strategies for successful outcomes.
• Skilled at translating business objectives, challenges, and problems into clear, actionable marketing briefs that enable fast and commercially effective marketing responses. Strong planning and project management skills are essential.
• Experienced in building and maintaining a network of relationships across a large, matrix-structured organisation, providing guidance and advice to senior stakeholders.
• Proficient in data analytics and reporting, using insights to ensure campaigns and marketing activities meet required acquisition targets.

More about you

You'll lead a team of specialist marketing professionals, coordinating multiple disciplines like Internal and External Communications, Digital, Content, and Creative teams to successfully meet briefs—line management experience is preferred. With over four years' experience, you'll develop and deliver sales and marketing strategies focused on retention, monitoring their success effectively. You'll translate business challenges into clear marketing briefs, using strong planning and project management skills. Building relationships across a large, matrix organisation, you'll provide guidance to senior stakeholders. You'll be skilled in data analytics to drive campaign success, able to multitask and prioritise under pressure, and confidently present complex marketing concepts and recommendations to audiences at all levels, including Directors.

The 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 – up to 35 days annual leave (including bank holidays) 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 

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.

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

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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. 

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