Marketing Manager - Altrincham, Greater Manchester

A new and exciting position is available to lead and reshape Trafford Leisure's Marketing department. Leading a small team and managing the relationships with external partners including PR and Marketing Agencies. This role will drive the business in an exciting time of change as we transition to our new outward facing move brand.

There is much to do to build an effective team to drive our growing business into the future. Developing reporting suites, using your experience and knowledge of marketing drivers including PPC, SEO you will be on the pulse of the business, constantly reviewing the struggling areas of the business and identifying commercial opportunities to promote our products.

Understanding our customer and brand is key, working closely within the commercial team, using colleagues to gain a deep understanding of our customers both current and those we haven't reached. Looking for potential to connect with all customers so we can have an active community within our centres and wider in the Trafford Community.

This person will identify and align with our values and put them at the forefront of everything that they do and be strategically driven in their everyday decision making.

Building relationships across the business, to understand what is needed to operationally support both our refurbished and existing sites.

The ideal candidate will embody the Trafford Leisure Values of Making a Difference, being Open and Honest, Valuing Diversity and bringing Energy & Empathy into all ways of working.

Trafford Leisure is looking for an outstanding person to join our team, in the role of Marketing Manager. We promise a challenging but rewarding role within a Community Interest Company (CIC) that would be adding real value to the Trafford and wider Greater Manchester residents.

Trafford Leisure is a community interest company, we exist to benefit the Trafford community and we are committed to being a responsible and sustainable employer. We are the largest operator of sport and leisure facilities in Trafford, operating eight indoor facilities, one golf course and driving range and 31 outdoor football pitches, attracting over 2 million visits per year and employing a workforce of over 300 people. Our team support, guide and motivate people and communities to get healthy and be active and we want YOU to become part of this fantastic team.

The new brand , which embodies our purpose and will ultimately help us achieve our Vision of making Trafford the most active place in England, can now be seen and experienced at Urmston for the first time and we look forward to rolling out these positive changes to the rest of the Trafford Leisure estate., Trafford Leisure employs a team of over 500 friendly, fully qualified staff who can ensure that whatever your leisure goal, you can achieve it in an enjoyable way. Trafford Leisure is all about, 'More People, More Active, More Often' and with the vast array of leisure activities we provide we have something to offer everyone from toddlers through to seniors to achieve this.

Trafford Leisure currently operates the major leisure facilities in Trafford, and is a non-profit distributing organisation, meaning any surplus that is generated is reinvested back into the facilities it operates. This reinvestment allows the company and the facilities to constantly grow and improve to the benefit of our users.

The cornerstone of the Trafford Leisure operation is its provision of excellent customer care, through you the customers, our expert staff and continual monitoring of the products and services we offer, we are ever progressing to meet your ever changing needs.

Our business is led by a small, passionate and professional group of individuals. We work together to support and lead our dedicated teams across the organisation which despite its size and number of locations has a fantastic family feel. We are excited to be welcoming a new team member into the business and relish this opportunity to develop and grow as individuals, a team and a business.

In addition to a fantastic working environment and the opportunity to make a real difference to the residents across Trafford you can also expect to be rewarded with;

• £ 42,000 per annum


• A progressive, structured and supportive environment in which to work


• Pension scheme


• 32 days holiday, raising incrementally to 38 days after 5-years' service, (including 8 bank holiday's and 2 Trafford Leisure days)


• Company sick pay


• Health and Ride 2 Work schemes


• Complementary Fitness Membership for you saving you up to £450 a year


• Heavily discounted Fitness Membership for up to 5 of your Family & Friends saving each person up to £300 a year


• 24/7 access to a GP


• Employee health scheme - including Confidential Counselling


• Employee Assistant Programme which as an employee could claim back up to £1150 per year of healthcare costs


• Access to a Perks at Work scheme for discounts


• Access to Manchester Credit Union for savings and loans