Are you a marketing all-rounder who genuinely believes great strategy isn’t just for big businesses?
If so, keep reading – because this role might be exactly what you’ve been looking for.
A bit about us
Activ Marketing is a marketing franchise on a mission to change how small businesses access great marketing. We support franchise partners and SMEs across the UK with digital marketing solutions – from social media and email to paid ads, SEO, and everything in between.
We’re a small, ambitious, distributed team, and we’re growing. That means the people who join us now have a real opportunity to shape what we become.
The opportunity
We’re looking for a Marketing Manager to join our Cardiff-based team, reporting directly to our CEO.
This isn’t a role where you’ll be handed a neat playbook and left to execute it quietly. You’ll be working with the CEO to own and evolve our marketing strategy, leading our client retainer relationships, and making sure the quality of everything we do – internally and externally – stays high.
You’ll oversee our marketing activity across social, email, PR and CRM. You’ll compile and distribute quarterly campaign toolkits for our franchisee network. You’ll be the safe pair of hands that clients and franchise partners trust with their marketing. And you’ll do all of this while keeping a distributed team organised and focused.
There will be hands-on tactical work where it’s needed.
What we’re looking for
We need someone with 3-5 years of marketing experience, ideally from an agency or client-facing background, who holds a formal marketing qualification (CIM or equivalent degree). But beyond the CV, we’re looking for someone who genuinely gets it – who understands why marketing matters for businesses that don’t have an extensive marketing team, and who brings that conviction to their work every day.
Specifically, you’ll need to:
- Know the full digital mix – social, email, SEO, paid ads – and understand how it all connects strategically
- Be confident with Meta Ads and GA4
- Be commercially astute and outcome-focused
- Have experience managing marketing calendars, budgets and performance reporting
- Be genuinely organised and systematic, able to keep multiple work streams moving without things slipping
- Be comfortable on camera and excited (not cautious) about AI and technology
- Have experience with Go High Level or a similar CRM, and ClickUp or a similar project management tool
We’re also looking for a lovely person. Yes, really. We’re a close-knit team, and we want someone who brings energy, ideas, and genuine care to what they do – not just someone who ticks the skills boxes.
The details
Job title: Marketing Manager
Location: Cardiff Head Office (hybrid, approximately 2 days/week in office – flexible for the right person)
Hours: 37.5 hours per week (open to discussion)
Reports to: CEO
Salary: Dependent on experience
What we offer
- 20 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays
- Your birthday off
- Flexible working hours
- UK travel to events and networking opportunities
- Bonus scheme (discussed at offer stage, dependent on the individual)
- Real progression potential – this is a role you can genuinely grow in
How to apply
If this sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you. Apply using the link below and tell us a bit about yourself and why you’re the right fit.
Initial interviews will be held online on 18th June, with in-person second stage interviews in Cardiff on Monday 29th June.
Activ Marketing Group is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from candidates of all backgrounds.
