Journey Further

Discovery-led growth consulting for brands

Marketing Manager - Brand Activation & Events

Brand & Creative MarketingConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-time£38k - £47k

About the Job

Requirements

B2B marketing experience, ideally within a digital marketing agency, creative agency, or professional services environment.
Proven ability to create and deliver premium B2B events and experiences, from executive roundtables and dinners to larger-scale industry and owned events.
Strong understanding of how events, content, public relations, social media, partnerships and client marketing can work together to create greater brand and commercial impact.
Ability to identify opportunities to create distinctive moments that build awareness, authority and relevance rather than simply delivering a marketing activity plan.
Ability to coordinate multiple concurrent projects, align cross-functional teams and meet strict marketing deadlines.
Comfort using HubSpot and marketing analytics.
Ability to bridge creative, copy, public relations, account managers and executive leadership to align campaign objectives.
Experience building, optimising and tracking multi-channel distribution calendars that drive measurable audience growth.
Demonstrated experience partnering with account management or sales teams to deliver targeted, high-intent client expansion or cross-sell campaigns.

Responsibilities

Lead the end-to-end strategy and delivery of owned and sponsored events across the UK and US.
Bring the company’s propositions to life through integrated brand activations across the UK and US.
Connect events with content, public relations, social media and client activity to create impactful moments.
Identify opportunities to increase the company’s visibility and distinction in places and conversations relevant to its audiences.
Partner with Client Experience to plan and execute targeted account marketing campaigns, including exclusive event opportunities and curated insights for existing clients to support retention and revenue growth.
Design and distribute high-value client communication channels, including the corporate client newsletter.
Integrate the owned influencer agency, Saulderson, into brand activations, client cross-sell campaigns and event opportunities.
Translate go-to-market concepts into technical production briefs for the creative team.
Work closely with Content, Public Relations and Communications, and Business Development teams.
Share accountability for checking paid, email and event touchpoints for consistent tone, visual execution and compliance with brand guidelines.
Build relationships with agency experts and identify ideas, expertise and perspectives that can strengthen their personal profiles and the company’s authority.

Desired Qualifications

B2B marketing experience within a digital marketing agency, creative agency or professional services environment is preferred.

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Journey Further · Leeds, United Kingdom (Hybrid) · Full-time · Posted 2026-10-21

Salary: GBP 38,000–47,000

Workplace: hybrid

Department: Marketing

Description

The Marketing Manager is responsible for bringing Journey Further’s GTM narrative to life through high-impact events, strategic brand activations and marketing moments that build our profile, engage our audience and create opportunities for growth. By leading the operational strategy for sponsored and owned events, this role ensures our strategic messaging matches our audience’s physical and digital footprints. Ultimately, you will maximise the proliferation of our expert thought leadership across both UK and US markets, drive predictable pipeline velocity and scale targeted client marketing initiatives to fuel revenue growth and account expansion.

What you will do

Lead the end-to-end strategy and delivery of Journey Further’s owned and sponsored events across the UK and US
Bring Journey Further's propositions to life through integrated brand activations across the UK and US
Connect events with content, PR, social and client activity to create moments and maximise impact
Identify opportunities to make Journey Further more visible and distinctive in the places and conversations that matter to our audiences
Partner directly with Client Experience (CX) to plan and execute targeted account marketing campaigns, delivering exclusive event opportunities and curated insights directly to existing clients to safeguard retention and increase revenue
Design and distribute high value client communication channels, including the corporate client newsletter
Proactively account for and integrate our owned influencer agency, Saulderson, into broader brand activations, client cross-sell campaigns, and event opportunities
Translate GTM concepts into technical production briefs for the creative team
Work closely with Content, PR & Comms and Business Development teams
Hold shared accountability for checking every paid, email, and event touchpoint to ensure tone and visual execution are consistent with brand compliance guidelines
Build strong relationships with experts across the agency, helping identify the ideas, expertise and perspectives with the greatest potential to build both their personal profile and Journey Further’s authority

Requirements

B2B marketing experience, ideally within a digital marketing agency, creative agency, or professional services environment
Proven ability to create and deliver premium B2B events and experiences, from executive roundtables and dinners to larger scale industry and owned events
Strong understanding of how events, content, PR, social, partnerships and client marketing can work together to create greater brand and commercial impact
Ability to spot opportunities to create distinctive moments that build awareness, authority and relevance rather than simply delivering a marketing activity plan
Outstanding organisational capability with a track record of coordinating multiple concurrent projects, aligning cross-functional teams, and hitting strict marketing deadlines
Comfortable using HubSpot and marketing analytics
Exceptional interpersonal skills with the ability to bridge gaps between creative, copy, PR, account managers, and executive leadership to align campaign objectives
Experience building, optimising, and tracking multi-channel distribution calendars that drive measurable increases in audience growth
Demonstrated experience partnering with account management or sales teams to deliver targeted, high-intent client expansion or cross-sell campaigns

Benefits

Pension - Matched up to 4%

Health - Private medical insurance

Family - Enhanced maternity, paternity & adoption pay

Flexibility - 25 days annual leave, Christmas shutdown and home working allowance

Salary

Leeds - £38,000 - £44,000

London - £41,000 - £47,000

Fixed Term Contract Length

We ideally would like to bring someone in early December 2026 and the contract would run until early February 2028 (14 month contract). This would enable some time for a proper handover.

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About the Company

Journey Further

Discovery-led growth consulting for brands

Journey Further provides growth partnerships that start with discovery-led strategy. They map the market landscape, generate actionable insights, and translate them into concrete growth actions while measuring outcomes. With 200 specialists across Leeds, London, Manchester, and New York, the firm pursues sustainable, scalable growth for brands that won’t settle. Their approach combines terrain mapping, global collaboration, and an award-winning track record to turn insights into measurable, long-term growth opportunities.

Company size: 51-200
Company stage: Not listed
Total funding: Not listed
Headquarters: Leeds, United Kingdom
Founded: 2017

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