National Conference & Events Marketing Manager - Fixed Term

Job title: National Conference & Events Marketing Manager

Based at: Aintree/Newmarket/Cheltenham or Sandown Park.

Contract type: Fixed Term

Hours: 22.5 hours per week

About the role

We have a fantastic opportunity for a National Conference & Events Marketing Manager within our Marketing team, working closely with the National Marketing Director, National Sales Director, and Regional Heads of C&E Sales to the ensure the successful delivery of marketing activity for C&E across the group.

About The Jockey Club

The Jockey Club stages thrilling sporting occasions and live events nationwide including The Grand National, The Cheltenham Festival & The Derby. Owning & operating 15 course’s, millions of people every year enjoy the special experiences we offer through racing, music, food and entertainment on raceday’s and beyond.

As the largest commercial group in British racing, we are guided by our mission to act for the long term good of the sport. Every penny we make goes back into racing to promote excellence within Britain’s second biggest spectator sport. Our people are what makes this possible

At The Jockey Club people are at the heart of what we do and drive our success. We are inclusive and actively seek to attract people with unique backgrounds and perspectives. Diverse, collaborative teams are pivotal to our success and support the potential and growth of all our people.

The National Conference & Events Marketing Manager will

• Own the development of Jockey Club Venues marketing strategies for the whole group across both the East and West courses.

• Have ownership of all JCV and racecourse marketing spend plans and budgets, liaising closely with the National Sales Director and Head of C & E sales to develop and implement plans and optimise ROI.

• Ensure the development of clear activity briefs, communicating these clearly to the supporting group marketing teams and evaluate activity proposals developed by the group marketing teams.

• Liaise closely with the social media team, CRM team and Digital marketing team to ensure the development and execution of content plans for C&E

• Lead the C&E team and ensure delivery of marketing activity for both East and West regions are planned and delivered.

• Take a lead on agency and industry partner relationships.

About you

• Good experience in the development and execution of multi-channel marketing strategy and plans

• Good understanding of all key areas of the marketing mix, including proposition development, creative development, media planning and digital marketing

• Experience and understanding in the use of data to drive insight, develop customer strategy and step-change marketing results.

• C&E Marketing experience and understanding of the conference industry.

• Understanding of B2B marketing across a wide field, and knowledge of trends in marketing technique

What we offer in return

• All colleagues can go along to any of our race day or music events free of charge - along with 3 friends or family with our TeamPass Ticket scheme.

• An award-winning pension scheme provider with a generous employer contribution

• A healthcare cash back plan enabling you to claim money back on health & wellbeing services.

• 25 days annual leave (pro-rated)

• Access to a suite of Learning & Development training resources from renowned providers

• A whole host of other benefits including free eyecare vouchers, a ride to work cycle scheme & discounts across varying retailers & services.

If you think you have everything we’re looking for and more, then we’d love to hear from you. Don’t hang around, our closing date for this vacancy is June 9th but we reserve the right to bring this forward if we have many applications.