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Marketing Manager (Maternity Cover)

Location:
Harwell, Didcot
Location Type:
Hybrid (1-2 days per week WFH)
Type:
Maternity Cover (12 Months Fixed Term)
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About the role

As Marketing Manager, you will be responsible for managing and maximising the awareness of OPD’s brand.

About you

We’re looking for a skilled Marketeer with an interest in design who has experience in growing brand awareness.

Role Responsibilities

  • Developing and executing an annual marketing strategy and plan, and monitoring its effectiveness
  • Managing and creating SEO optimised content for the OPD website
  • Building a social media marketing strategy
  • Growing OPD’s brand presence and awareness within the design industry and targeted market sectors
  • Communicating with colleagues and clients to produce compelling stories about OPD’s work
  • Looking for PR opportunities to maximise the reach of OPD
  • Co-ordinating events attendance
  • Storyboarding and creatively supporting video content development
  • Using an analytical approach to critically evaluate the effectiveness of our marketing activities

Role Requirements

  • Knowledge and an interest in product design
  • An understanding of how to maximise the impact of a brand in a marketplace
  • Degree in marketing, product design or a related subject
  • Good design and presentation skills
  • Several years’ experience of working in marketing roles
  • Entitlement to work in the UK

Working at OPD

At Oxford Product Design (OPD) we’re on a mission to make things better. Better for the products we design, the clients we work with, our people working here, our planet, and everyone we connect with along the way.

Our exceptional team of professional problem solvers work with both start-ups on ground-breaking new ideas, as well as some of the world’s leading brands on category-defining products that improve how we humans live and work.

As innovators we are curious, experimental, creative and passionate. But our pragmatic, precise approach and highly technical expertise mean that manufacturability and risk management are at the core of everything we do.

We are based in a beautiful historic barn in Harwell, Oxfordshire. There is plenty of on-site parking and the studio is well connected by bus and rail links.

Company benefits

  • 01
    Ten days training per year (pro rata)

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  • 02
    Employee benefit schemes available
    • Employee Assistance Programme
    • Pension scheme
    • Sabbatical scheme
    • ECV car scheme
    • Season ticket loan
  • 03
    Private healthcare
  • 04
    Paid leave for those extra special days
    • Your birthday
    • Your wedding day
    • The day you’re moving house
    • Your child's first day at school
  • 05
    Cycle to work scheme
  • 06
    Holiday options

    We provide purchase and buy back options for your annual leave.

  • 07
    Generous holiday allowance

    You’ll have 25 days holiday (pro rata) plus bank holidays.

How to apply

Use the form below to send us a copy of your CV, cover letter and portfolio letting us know why you’re a good fit for the role. Or you can email us at jobs@opd.uk.com

Direct applicants only please, strictly no recruitment agencies.

My CV
My Cover Letter
My Portfolio / Examples of my work (optional)
Location:
Harwell, Didcot
Location Type:
Hybrid (1-2 days per week WFH)
Type:
Maternity Cover (12 Months Fixed Term)
apply now