Marketing Manager

Northampton, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom (Hybrid)
£50,000 per year
Full-time
Permanent
Job description

As a Marketing Manager, you’ll guide each campaign with a commitment to impact, bringing strategic focus, steady leadership and thoughtful direction. You thrive on shaping meaningful engagement, guiding teams through complex projects and turning insight into action. You’ll help people understand why our work matters, and ensure every message has purpose and direction.

Joining the Motor Neurone Disease Association, you’ll support our ambition to reach more people, strengthen our brand and create marketing that drives real change. As a Marketing Manager, you’ll work at the heart of our Brand and Marketing team, helping to deliver activity that informs, inspires and moves people to act.

Key Responsibilities

  • Develop and deliver integrated marketing campaigns that reflect organisational priorities
  • Lead the Association-wide marketing planning calendar to coordinate activity effectively
  • Create and embed an Audience Segmentation Framework
  • Set objectives, KPIs and channel plans for flagship campaigns across key directorates
  • Shape the future direction of our ‘Thumbprint’ magazine
  • Translate new organisational strategies into clear, engaging communications
  • Strengthen briefing and project management processes and oversee workflow
  • Build our ‘hub and spoke’ marketing model and support colleagues across teams
  • Manage and develop the Marketing Coordinator
  • Contribute to annual marketing budget planning and ensure value for investment

About You

  • Experience leading impactful and diverse marketing projects and integrated campaigns
  • Strong expertise in audience segmentation and profiling
  • Experience managing small teams and improving processes
  • Skilled at building trusted relationships across functions
  • Confident creative leadership and workshop facilitation
  • Strong brand stewardship and influencing skills
  • Excellent organisational and project management ability
  • Experience managing significant marketing budgets
  • Calm, focused approach when managing changing priorities
  • Excellent attention to detail and commitment to ongoing development

Hybrid working expectations: office attendance one day per week

Further information about MND Association and full job description is available in the attached Candidate Pack.

We are committed to equality, diversity, and inclusivity. We work to remove barriers for everyone affected by MND, employees, volunteers, and stakeholders.

As part of the Disability Confident Scheme, we guarantee interviews for disabled applicants who meet the role's requirements.

What We Offer

  • 28 days holiday, increasing to 33 days after 5 years, plus Bank Holidays
  • Access to UK Healthcare, including dental, eyecare, health screenings, and therapies
  • 24/7 GP access via phone and video
  • Life assurance and confidential counselling helplines
  • Salary sacrifice schemes (Cycle to Work, Buy/Sell Annual Leave)
  • Access to Benefit Hub for discounts on everyday shopping
  • Enhanced pension scheme
  • Opportunities for training and personal development
  • Hybrid working

About Us

Motor Neurone Disease moves fast. It takes away time, it takes away independence and it has no cure. Every day we support people affected by MND. We fund ground-breaking research. We campaign for better care. We’re here for everyone who needs us. Because with MND, every day matters.  

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Organisation
MND Association View profile Organisation type Registered Charity Company size 101 - 500

We support people affected by Motor Neurone Disease, campaign for better care and fund ground-breaking research. Because with MND, every day matters.

Posted on: 23 March 2026
Closing date: 07 April 2026 at 23:59
Job ref: MH1530449NorMM
Tags: Campaigns, Communications, Marketing, Project Management, Business Development, Operations, Brand, Business Intelligence, Content Writing / Copywriting, CRM, Data Analysis, Database Management, Delivery, Design, Insights, Partnerships, Direct / Supporters, Digital Fundraising

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