Marketing Manager – Brand & PR Stark a leading building materials distributor in Northern Europe, is looking for a Marketing Manager – Brand & PR who is as passionate about great service as we are. We provide a fulfilling and enjoyable work environment with ample opportunities for career growth, along with a competitive salary, staff discount, life assurance, and 34 days of holiday (inclusive of bank holidays ). What you’ll be doing : The purpose of this role is to support the portfolio of STARK UK business brands from an operational marketing perspective, to drive awareness, engagement, loyalty, sales and enviable market share, so that the company achieves its ambition to be the UK’s leading builders’ merchant. You will be required to: Help manage delivery and management of the refreshed Jewson brand proposition; this includes Jewson branches of the future, and the associated PR Manage our ongoing brand roll out alongside the business PR strategy. Management of key agency partners and budgets Where other STARK UK brands have proposition refreshes, help ensure the programmes are delivered well at regional and local level. Help systemise and embed a branch marketing services framework that supports each team regarding regional/local campaigns and activations, promotions, PR, issues and crises management, branch theatre and vehicle branding management (including POS and Marketing Playbook), quality control, and marketing capabilities. Help establish and manage a hyperlocal Jewson, JP Corry and Normans branch-run marketing framework across social that empowers and supports branch teams to manage their own local activities to drive engagement and sales. Help develop, implement and measure an integrated social media and PR strategy and plan that is fully operationalized at branch/depot/store level, to optimize our visibility in the market. Ensure a top-level overview of the PR plan and calendar of activities. Support the trading calendar so that the right digital assets (along with POS) are produced and surfaced at the right time, ensuring the posts are signed off by business stakeholders who own the “content ”. Report on PR performance on a monthly basis (or more regularly as ), in line with pre-set KPIs, ensuring activity is driving engagement and sales. Support to the wider marketing and communications function Work closely with National Campaigns to support optimizing of social media in programmatic work. Ensure all STARK UK press releases at both operational and central levels are legally compliance, with particular emphasis on terms and conditions for promotional work. Support, where other team areas when times are busy Support the Head of Marketing – Operations in business partnering the Regional Directors and their teams. Support the branch/depot/store community so they are aware of key regulatory updates and thought leadership topics for local activations and customer conversations, so that all STARK UK brands are seen as the “go-to” for key information and inspiration that drives trust and brand loyalty. Work in close collaboration with Corporate Communications to optimise local wins and spotlight people and pockets of brilliance What you’ll need to have: Bachelor’s and/or post-graduate degree or related qualification in Marketing, Commerce, Communications, Public Relations, Brand or similar. Minimum 5 years’ marketing experience, the majority of which will have been in B2B. Comfortable to manage and work with pace and focus during a period of significant transformation, using own initiative. Ability to manage high volumes of work and multiple, competing priorities in a professional and efficient manner. Experience in marketing to traditional and hard-to-reach B2B audiences, via traditional and digital media. High proficiency with data analysis and how to apply this to decision making and impact measurement. Skilled in the building and management of multi-channel PR and brand activation/roll-out plans that align with business priorities. Proficiency with digital and traditional marketing communication channels. Social media experience as an advantage Brand management and development experience · Solid knowledge of customer relationship and stakeholder management, and content management systems. Will need to be available for ad-hoc out of hours work. Substantial UK travel .