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Digital Marketing Executive

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Digital Marketing Executive 

Rugby 

£30,000-£35,000 + Progression to Marketing Manager + Brand Ownership + Monday-Friday + Company Pension + Employee Discount + Free Parking 

Are you a Digital Marketing Executive, Performance Marketing Executive or Paid Social Executive with experience running paid campaigns and creating engaging digital content, looking for a role offering genuine progression into Marketing Management? 

On offer is the opportunity to join a growing ecommerce business that develops, launches and manages its own consumer brands. You'll take significant ownership of digital marketing across paid advertising, organic social and email, working directly with senior leadership and joining at a stage where you'll have the opportunity to develop into a managerial position as the business expands. 

In this role, you'll build, manage and scale campaigns across Meta, TikTok, YouTube and LinkedIn, taking responsibility for advertising spend, ROAS, CPA and conversion performance. Alongside paid acquisition, you'll create organic social and video content, including appearing on camera where required, while managing email campaigns and automated customer journeys designed to increase retention and repeat purchases.  

This role would suit a commercially minded digital marketer who combines strong paid social knowledge with creative content skills. You'll be comfortable analysing campaign performance, testing creatives and audiences and using data to drive revenue, while having the ambition to take greater ownership and ultimately progress into a Marketing Manager position. 

Responsibilities

The Role

  • Build, manage and scale paid campaigns across Meta, TikTok, YouTube and LinkedIn.
  • Manage advertising spend, ROAS, CPA and conversion performance.
  • Create organic social and video content across multiple platforms.
  • Develop email campaigns, automated flows and customer segmentation.
  • Test audiences, creatives and advertising copy to improve performance.
  • Work directly with leadership on digital growth strategy.
Requirements

The Person

  • Digital marketing / paid social experience.
  • Strong Meta Ads and wider paid media knowledge.
  • Email marketing experience using Klaviyo, Mailchimp or similar.
  • Comfortable creating video content and appearing on camera.
  • Commercial understanding of ROAS, CPA and conversion.
  • Portfolio or case studies demonstrating previous results.
Benefits

Progression

Progression to Marketing Manager

Brand Ownership

Take control of in house brand.

Discou

Employee discount on products.

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We take the time to understand what a business needs and what a candidate wants - not just what's on the brief. The right match takes more than a keyword search.

We care about outcomes, not volume.

For SMEs, every hire matters. Our success isn't about volume, it's about making the right hire that delivers real impact. That means being selective, honest, and focused on long-term fit from the start.

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We support SME businesses across a range of roles, including engineering, technical, sales, and broader commercial positions. Our focus is on making the right match, not filling volume, so we're selective about the roles we take on.

We work with SME businesses building things that matter. No recruiter games, no endless CVs, just a straightforward, quality-first approach focused on finding the right long-term fit.

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