Job Posting Title
Head of Marketing Communications and Digital
Salary Band
£85, 000 - £105, 000
Grade: BL (Business Leader)
Job Description
About the Role
To support our growth ambition, we’re excited to introduce a brand new leadership role for our Newcastle and Manchester Building Society brands. We’re seeking a Head of Marketing Communications and Digital. This is a unique opportunity to shape the future of our brands, including the development of our Manchester Building Society brand across Greater Manchester.
You’ll develop and build a customer centric marketing communications & digital strategy aligned to our strategic priorities, commercial objectives and target audiences, delivering growth through the delivery of our proposition, products, services and experience.
This role is an integral part of the Brand & Marketing Leadership Team, so you can expect to shape thought leadership, strategic direction and build a high performing team, whilst working with critical senior stakeholders across the Society to deliver to our strategic ambition.
This role can be based out of our Newcastle Office (Cobalt) or Manchester Office (City Centre).
About You
We’re seeking a strategic marketing leader who can confidently influence and constructively challenge within a regulated environment. With a strong commitment to continuous improvement, commercial acumen and exceptional influencing skills, you’ll play a pivotal role in driving innovation and inspiring positive change across all levels of the Society through strategic plans and data driven insight.
You’ll bring a proven track record of shaping and executing multi-proposition, multi-channel marketing communication strategies at a senior level. Your leadership will be instrumental in building and nurturing high-performing teams, empowering colleagues across all levels through guidance, support, and inspiration.
To succeed in this role, you’ll have a strong background in Financial Services or experience operating within a regulated environment.
About Us
Newcastle Building Society is the North East’s largest Building Society whose purpose “Connecting our communities with a better financial future” inspires and directs our activities. We help people own their own home and plan and manage their finances and operate 31 branch network across the North East, Cumbria, Yorkshire. We’ve recently launched the Manchester Building Society in the North West and have ambitious plans to grow the brand.
The Marketing Communication & Digital team plays a key part in helping to connect with customers in a meaningful way by creating communications and activities that promote our brand, our purpose and products to existing customers and new prospects. The team is responsible for end to end product marketing planning and delivery, digital channels, integrated campaigns, customer data and performance measurement.
As an inclusive employer and member owned mutual, we aim to reflect the diverse communities we serve and encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds. We believe everyone should feel valued, respected, and celebrated for who they are, we want colleagues to feel this is a place they belong. A place to be you.
What do you get in return? As well as receiving a competitive annual salary based on above-market pay scales, our reward package includes:
Financial
- Corporate bonus scheme (on target 15%, up to a maximum 22.5%)
- Pension scheme (up to 9% employer contribution)
- Annual performance related pay reviews
- Colleague mortgage scheme
- Electric car salary sacrifice scheme
- Life assurance (4x salary) and income protection
- Access to our financial advisers
- Access to a range of high street and online discounts
Work/Life Balance
- A 35-hour weekly contract - We are happy to talk flexible working and welcome discussions
- 30 days’ annual leave + bank holidays
- The option to buy and sell up to 5 days’ holiday
- Hybrid working (typically 3 days’ home based)
- Above statutory family leave entitlement - 3 months full pay, 3 months half pay, regardless of gender or route to parenthood
Health and Wellbeing
- Private medical insurance
- Access to a health cash plan through a Medicash scheme
- Access to an employee assistance programme
- Free onsite gym at our Cobalt head office and access to discounted gym’s
- Two paid volunteering days’ each year
Recognising there’s no one-size-fits-all approach to recruitment, we’re committed to ensuring every candidate has the opportunity to showcase their full potential throughout the recruitment process. We strive to make our processes as accessible as possible, if there are any ways in which we can provide support or make adjustments, we would love to discuss this with you, you can contact your Recruiter for this vacancy at [email protected]
Company:
Newcastle Building Society