About Mark Darlington

Managing Partner

Integrated Marketing

Central London - Flexible working arrangements/WFH

£90,000-£120,000

Are you a Business Director or CSD looking for more autonomy and less red tape? We're working with an independent B2B marketing agency in central London you might like...

The agency

Having been established for almost twenty years, this agency specialise in B2B marketing communications for clients in Sports, Tech, Manufacturing and Engineering. They produce 'top of funnel' campaigns and support some of the world's largest brands across strategy, advertising, design, copy, direct marketing, visual identity and lots more…

Based in the heart of the West End, they offer a flexible, collaborative working environment that people enjoy being part of. They now need a managing partner to join their team.

What will the Managing Partner do?

· Manage and contribute to the overall culture, tone and style of the agency.

· Ensures that the right people, systems and resources are in place to allow commercial creativity to flourish.

· Ensure pride in the agency and its work

· Set the strategy and overall direction for client development and retention.

· Take the lead on important new business pitches, working closely with the Strategy Partner, and supported by the CEO.

· Oversee the work of the support functions, including HR, IT, Finance, Marketing, Business Development and Office Management.

· Work closely with the company accountants and CEO to monitor company performance

· Acts as a mentor and listening ear for the CEO.

What experience will you need?

· Management: ability to motivate others to produce great work.

· Communication: able to explain complex ideas to others in straightforward language and empower them to do their jobs without hand holding.

· Willing to involve themselves thoroughly within the agency, building strong and cordial relationships with both senior colleagues and junior staff.

· Vision: capable of seeing the whole picture, learning from the past and able to take realistic and strategic decisions about the future of the agency.

· Finance: adept, and able to keep control of agency expenditure and build a sound financial base for future activity.

What's in it for you?

Aside from what is obviously a rare opportunity to join an agency at senior level, you can expect the following benefits;

• Flexible working arrangements/WFH
• £90,000 - £120,000
• 28 days holiday plus Bank Holidays and your birthday off
• Contributory pension scheme
• Bonus
• Share options
• Private healthcare

If you would like to know more about this position, then please click on the link to apply OR reach out directly to Mark Darlington at Stonor Recruitment

Senior Research Consultant - Employee Research
WFH 4 days a week OR remote
£40,000-60,000 Full time OR Part-time

A forward thinking and flourishing agency is looking for a Senior Research Consultant OR Research Consultant to join their team. They work with some of the world's largest and best companies, have a strong and experienced support network and enhanced development prospects. They are all about people and culture!

The Business
They are an Employee Research agency that sit at around 120 people at the moment after doubling in size over the last 2 years. What they do is help some of the best companies in the world build more inclusive and connected cultures through social affairs. In a nutshell they want someone who is passionate about data and insights, love client relationships and can see past the numbers to create a story to help their clients understand their cultures and how best to support their employees.

The Role

Reporting to the Principal Consultant and working with a strong team of Analysts and Project Managers, as a Senior Consultant you will be giving genuine advice and consultancy - right the way through from designing the research programmes, through to designing question sets, shaping research questions, shaping and presenting reports to back to board-level clients. It's an ideal opportunity for a mid-senior insights professional who is looking to develop in their career. Responsibilities will include:

• Leading client projects, working with their talented team of data scientists, analysts, writers, designers and project managers
• Shaping, designing and executing a range of solutions for clients based on your understanding of their specific needs
• Pitching new ideas and proposals to new and existing clients to support their business growth
• Working as the Account Director for specific clients, addressing challenges, influencing client behaviour and ultimately purchasing decisions
• Continually improving our overall proposition, by contributing to our proposition development agenda

Experience

• A strong understanding of research techniques and their applications within organisations
• Relevant experience in a similar role ideally in the employee engagement space, with a specific focus on employee research
• Strong stakeholder management skills, both internally and with clients
• Good understanding of employee engagement

What's in it for you?

· An opportunity to join a fast growing business with a clear mission
· Salary of £40,000-£60,000
· Bonus scheme
· 25 days holiday
· Private Health Care
· Flexible time off policy due to culture founded on trust
· Mobile phone and laptop
· Flexible working, mix working from home & London office (1 day in office)
· Work with a fun team, with focus on continual learning and development
· Flexible benefits package including additional holiday purchase, cycle to work scheme, access to a wide range of high street discounts, car lease and financial loans and savings at preferential rates

If you would like to know more about this Senior Research Consultant position, then please click on the link to apply OR contact me directly.

Strategist (B2B Marketing), Central London/WFH
£35,000 - £50,000

The agency

Having been established for almost twenty years, this agency specialise in B2B marketing communications for clients in Sports, Tech, Manufacturing and Engineering. They produce 'top of funnel' campaigns and support some of the world's largest brands across strategy, advertising, design, copy, direct marketing, visual identity and lots more…
Based in the heart of the West End, they offer a flexible, collaborative working environment that people enjoy being part of.

They work on worldwide campaigns for some of the biggest names in tech across some very cool projects including the Olympics.

This is the opportunity to join as a Strategist reporting directly to the Head of Strategy.

The role

* Developing brand communications strategies
* Writing the creative brief that will be used by the agency's creative teams to produce the creative ideas from the Client brief.
* Conducting brainstorming sessions with the whole team, evaluating all ideas against consumer insights, research, the strategic framework, and the underlying client business need.
* Striving to make the complicated simple for our clients and for each other, by exploring the business context, to gather insights, and to establish a clear ambition for each campaign and project. - this will include: desk research, structuring and conducting interviews with client contacts, interviewing target audience customers directly, and briefing and working with researchers and other planners.

You'll need:

* Minimum of 5 years in a strategic planning role within an integrated agency, ideally B2B
* Experience in differentiating core advertising ideas from their executional treatments, and astute in assessing when these meet the brief and how they will influence behaviour.
* Proven track record of guiding and nurturing creative work that meets clients' briefs.
* Experienced in building a depth of knowledge about client's businesses, including where and how advertising and marketing contributes to success.

Why?

On top of the generous salary you can expect the following:

• Annual personal development plan and training budget for your growth
• Work from home 3 days a week
• A positive, fun working environment where your opinion counts and you're encouraged to give it!
• Home office budget
• Perkbox
• Company funded days/nights
• 25 days holiday plus your birthday off
• A healthy respect for work-life balance
• Annual bonus

This is an exciting role with plenty of room to progress.

If you would like to know more about this Strategist position, then please click on the link to apply OR contact me directly.

Head of Strategy - Inbound Marketing Agency - Berkshire - £60 - 80k bonus

The Company

Passionate about their work and well respected in their sector, this Berkshire based marketing agency has been delivering award-winning B2B marketing strategies for over a decade. With a long-standing client base covering the UK, Scandinavia, Central Europe and the United States, their rates of retention are outstanding - something they are particularly proud of. Based out of easily accessible offices in an attractive Berkshire location, they offer onsite parking and flexible/hybris working. Their growing team enjoy a relaxed atmosphere with absolutely no politics and their low staff turnover reflects this. Their ambitious plans now mean they are ready to hire a dedicated Head of Strategy - ideally someone who has previously worked within a B2B Marketing environment

Broad outline of responsibilities and skills required:

Your main aim will be to lead the strategy team and drive the company to become an unstoppable, insight-driven force helping B2B technology and professional services companies

* An experienced strategic marketer - you will have created and presented multiple marketing strategies
* Experience and fluency with B2B social platforms (organic and paid), website CMS systems (eg HubSpot), CRM systems (eg HubSpot), Google platforms (eg Search Console, Adwords, Analytics) and SEO management tools (eg ahrefs)
* Excited to join the HubSpot community, go to inbound and speak at events
* Comfortable handling clients directly, and identifying opportunities for our AMs to grow our relationships
* Strong understanding of the inbound marketing process/methodology
* Strong presenter, able to deliver ideas and talk knowledgably to clients about the benefits of an Inbound or ABM campaign
* Own the companies inbound strategy process, building on their best practice
* Help clients set meaningful objectives and ensure they meet them every single time
* Be a champion of HubSpot and inbound excellence, both to their clients and the wider business
* Enhance and improve their client reporting, drawing on data from HubSpot, Hotjar, Google Analytics etc
* Be a trusted adviser to their clients, with their best interests in mind
* Represent strategy to new business opportunities and sign off on estimates internally

This is an exceptional opportunity to join a successful business at senior level. You can expect to receive an generous basic, profit linked bonus, private healthcare dental, 28 days holiday Bank hols, free parking, lifestyle and culture perks and the flexibility to work from home 2-3 days.

Click and apply to hear more about this Head of Strategy position