Conference & Events Marketing Manager (part-time)

Job title: Conference & Events Marketing Manager (part-time)

Based at: Cheltenham Racecourse

Contract type: Permanent

Hours: 22.5 hours per week

About the role

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Conference & Events (C&E) Marketing Manager to join our Cheltenham team creating marketing strategies and plans that increase the awareness, engagement and sales leads for our C&E business.

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 Conference & Events Marketing Manager will.

• Drive C&E marketing strategy to hit revenue targets and grow the customer base.

• Create campaigns to showcase the Racecourse for conferences, exhibitions, and events.

• Leverage customer insights to remove purchase barriers and guide campaigns.

• Optimize the Racecourse website for C&E events with the digital team.

• Manage the marketing budget and allocate spend to meet goals.

• Collaborate with creative teams to deliver high-impact marketing.

• Track performance, refine plans, and maximize ROI.

• Build an industry membership strategy to boost C&E leads and engagement.

• Ensure strong collaboration with C&E managers for a unified approach.

• Lead national projects across events, website, advertising, and performance marketing.

About you

• Experienced Marketing Manager confident in the development and execution of sophisticated multi-channel marketing strategy and plans proven in delivering commercial outcomes.

• Knowledgeable in all key areas across the marketing mix, including proposition development, creative development, media planning and digital marketing.

• Knowledgeable about C&E marketing and well connected within the industry, especially within the Midlands and Southwest.

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

• Outstanding relationship builder with collaborative and supportive approach, capable of building highly positive, constructive relationships across the business.

• Thrives in a process-driven environment with ability to flex style to suit the needs of diverse stakeholder.

• Effective communicator confident leading a team to deliver results.

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

• 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 23rd September but we reserve the right to bring this forward if we have many applications.

This role may be subject to a criminal record check, standard or enhanced DBS check or BHA Suitability Check. By applying you confirm that you are happy for these checks to be carried out.