Marketing & Commercial Development Manager

Marketing & Commercial Development Manager

Showsec is looking for a Marketing & Commercial Development Manager to lead the organisation’s marketing, communications and commercial development activity, ensuring the brand is effectively positioned to support growth, bid success, new markets and new services. The role is outward looking, commercially focused and accountable for aligning marketing activity with business objectives.

• Develop and deliver the marketing, communications and commercial development strategy, aligned to the business plan objectives.
• Develop and deliver marketing strategies, campaigns and assets to support entry into new regions and the launch of new service offerings, in line with agreed business objectives.
• Establish, manage, and report on departmental KPIs and budgets, and develop the annual departmental plan.
• Provide line management, leadership, and development for the Marketing and Commercial Development team.
• Maintain professional knowledge by keeping abreast of developments in marketing and communications, and the live events industry.
• Own bid strategy, messaging and response quality standards.
• Oversee bid writing activity and review submissions prior to submission.
• Ensure tender resource libraries, case studies and standard responses remain current.
• Support sales enquiries and ensure effective follow up processes are in place.
• Monitoring of tender opportunities through our tender notification platforms.
• Lead brand development and ensure consistent application across all channels. Report on brand reputation.
• Oversee website strategy, content direction and new website development projects.
• Develop and lead campaigns for new service offerings.
• Lead external PR, industry awards strategy and media copy.
• Represent the organisation externally at exhibitions, sponsor ships and industry events.
• Drive improvements to the company’s digital media content and the quality of content. Oversee and implement guidelines as to communications content.
• Oversee complaints handling communications and reputational management.
• Development of the CRM system to ensure marketing and sales alignment, plus post-roll-out training for users. Ensure CRM data quality and reporting support commercial insight.
• Report on marketing performance, sales pipeline and commercial impact to senior leadership.
• External and internal stakeholder management, including sourcing and managing relationships with agencies and contractors such as graphic designers, video producers and website developers.
• Engage the casual workforce through a programme of proactive communication covering key information, news and developments within the company and wider industry.

• Salary of £48,750 per annum
• 37.5 hours a week
• Employer pension contributions of 7% (Royal London)
• Additional “holiday payment” equivalent to 2% of annual salary*
• Access to BUPA private medical cover*
• A range of valuable medical and practical support services through our Employee Assistance Programme
• Non-contractual Bonus
• Car Allowance of £7,070
• 24 days + 8 days annual leave + your birthday day off
• Long service recognition reward
• 6 free concert tickets a year

• * Upon successful completion of probationary period

• Right to Work in the UK**
• Proven experience in marketing leadership with strong commercial awareness.
• Experience supporting bids, tenders or business development activity.
• Strong copywriting and messaging skills.
• Strategic thinker with the ability to lead delivery.
• Confident stakeholder manager across operational and commercial teams.

• Criteria marked with
  ** will need to be evidenced at the interview stage.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if a suitable candidate is found—so apply early. We will only be able to respond to applicants shortlisted for an interview. Candidates must have the right to work in the UK. No agencies, please.