Head of Marketing (maternity cover)

​​​​​​​​East London
circa £50,000 - £55,000 per annum + benefits
Full time, 12-month maternity cover contract, starting mid-July or as soon as possible
Closing date: As soon as possible

​Organisation:
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​Leading national disability campaign

​Role:

In this role you will:
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• ​​​Lead on delivery of the charity’s integrated marketing communications strategy ensuring all activity is derived from their corporate and brand strategy, enhancing audience engagement and creating a shared view across the organisation
• Lead the marketing team (wider team of 16) to service the organisation with best in class marketing and communications activities and collateral at a team level
• Lead the strategic direction of their new brand ensuring high standards and processes across tone of voice, visual identity, proposition and brand architecture
• Cultivate a culture of creativity encouraging the team to continually innovative creative processes (signing off all creative concepts)
• Line manage the team (4 direct reports) and participate in the senior leadership team, supporting the Executive Director where required.

​Candidate:​
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• ​​Demonstrable experience of strategically leading an in-house marketing/brand team of similar size and heading large-scale integrated marketing communications campaigns within the charity/non-profit sector
• Solid understanding of the marketing mix, across all online and offline channels, and ability to effectively brief and manage creative and media agencies
• Strong creative acumen and copywriting skills, able to critically assess and feedback on others work
• Experience of working in a fast-moving environment, with an ability to handle numerous projects with competing deadline and priorities
• Strong line-management skills, able to effectively lead through managers. 

To be considered for this role, please email your CV to tim@whitonmaynard.com
​Please be advised that our client will interview on an on-going basis. Please apply as soon as possible.