Marketing Manger

Marketing Manager

We’re looking to hire a Marketing Manager into our Operations team based in Nottingham, to lead the delivery & execution of marketing activity across our brands at Forsyth Barnes.

This is a varied, high-impact role focused on turning goals into consistent, high-quality outputs, improving inbound performance through SEO and website optimisation, and supporting commercial growth through reliable, measurable marketing delivery.

Who are we?

Forsyth Barnes is a high-performance talent partner, built on a simple belief: recruitment works best when it’s specialist, human, and rooted in long-term partnerships. Over the last decade, we’ve grown through consistency, reputation and results, and we’ve been recognised by the as one of Europe’s fastest-growing companies.

With offices in Nottingham, London, New York and Dubai, we deliver senior and executive hiring across Technology, Data, Product, Transformation and Commercial leadership within Etail, Fintech and Sport, supporting businesses through pivotal growth.

The Role

As Marketing Manager, you will deliver, execute and continuously optimise the global marketing strategy across all Forsyth Barnes brands, ensuring marketing activity drives measurable commercial impact.

This role focuses on shaping & executing the marketing approach that enables Forsyth Barnes to achieve its marketing & events goals. You’ll have ownership for developing the plans, selecting the channels and delivering the activity that drives high-quality, high-ROI marketing output, supports sales, strengthens brand presence and delivers commercial outcomes across our brands.

Marketing Planning & Delivery

• Execute the global marketing strategy across all brands
• Build and deliver quarterly marketing plans
• Ensure activity aligns to brand and commercial goals

Digital Growth & Performance

• Lead SEO, website optimisation and inbound performance
• Own website analytics and ongoing optimisation
• Deliver digital growth opportunities across brands

Content, Social & Market Presence

• Own content strategy and standards across the business

Email Marketing & Nurture

• Deliver and optimise email campaigns and nurture journeys
• Improve engagement and conversion

Personal Branding & Market Engagement

• Drive personal branding and LinkedIn activity across the business
• Support consultants with content, messaging and sales assets

Trends & Continuous Improvement

• Stay ahead of marketing and platform trends
• Improve tools, processes and workflows

What Success Looks Like (First 3–6 Months)

• A clear, repeatable marketing rhythm established across all brands
• Stronger brand consistency across website, email and social presence
• Visible improvements in inbound performance through SEO + optimisation
• Consultants visibly improving personal brand output and market presence
• Marketing operating like a high-performance function: structured, proactive and accountable

The Person

Required Experience

• Experience in a Marketing Manager role (or a strong Senior Executive ready to step up)
• Strong execution across digital marketing, campaigns and content delivery
• Confident writing and communication skills (you can produce quality content quickly)
• Strong organisation and ability to manage multiple priorities at pace
• Commercial mindset, understands how marketing supports revenue and growth
• Experience owning website performance (content, structure, conversion)
• Working knowledge of SEO and ability to implement an SEO plan (on-page + basic link building)

Nice to have:

• Recruitment experience
• Strong SEO expertise (technical SEO / keyword strategy / backlink campaigns)
• Experience coaching stakeholders on personal branding

Skills & Behaviours

• High ownership: proactive, accountable, delivery-focused
• Commercial thinking: outcomes over activity
• Attention to detail: high standards in everything we put out
• Confidence: able to lead, challenge, and influence stakeholders

What You’ll Get

• Ownership across 3 strategic brands
• High autonomy, visibility and real influence across the business
• A fast-moving, ambitious environment with high standards
• Opportunity to shape the next phase of Forsyth Barnes’ growth and market presence

Benefits

• Career progression path from day one
• 23 days annual leave + bank holidays + buy up to 5 days
• 1 day extra annual leave per year of service
• Pension scheme
• Mental health support
• We pay 50% of your gym membership
• Cycle to work scheme
• Tech scheme
• Bright, open plan office
• Award winning office tech
• Incentives including 5* all-inclusive holidays a year
• Monthly breakfast club
• Close knit, fun culture