Senior Brand & Marketing Manager

Role Summary & Purpose:

Join us in a pivotal leadership role where you'll shape the future of our brand. As Senior Brand & Marketing Manager, you’ll drive bold, insight-led strategies working closely with wider brand comms team, to grow brand authority and visibility across both trade and homeowner audiences. You’ll lead on key brand channels including social, PR, influencers, and partnerships—using your strategic vision to shift perceptions, build equity, and generate real business impact. This is an exciting opportunity to take ownership, drive change, and play a defining role in one of the UK’s most recognisable brand.

What You'll Do:

Lead Brand Impact
Own and elevate our social media, PR, influencer, and partnership strategies, driving bold, unified communications that boost brand visibility and reputation across trade and homeowner audiences.

Create Insight-Driven Strategies
Use customer insights and market trends to shape campaigns that resonate, perform, and shift perceptions. You'll translate data into action that delivers measurable brand growth.

Build Strategic Partnerships
Develop high-impact collaborations, across sponsorships, influencer marketing, and content partners like On The Tools, to extend our reach and influence.

Deliver Standout Campaigns
Drive fully integrated campaigns from strategy to execution, working with internal teams and agencies to bring our brand to life across social media, PR and wider comms channels.

Amplify Through Advertising
Collaborate with wider channel leads to shape national advertising and brand response campaigns that deliver results and amplify our message at scale.

Inspire & Develop Talent
Lead and grow a high-performing team, championing innovation, collaboration, and continuous development to drive future-ready brand marketing.

What We Need From You:

Brand & Campaign Leadership
Proven experience leading multi-channel brand campaigns, with a strong grasp of national advertising, social media, PR, influencers and partnerships.

Insight-Led Thinking
You know how to turn customer insight and performance data into strategies that resonate and deliver results.

Strategic Vision
A big-picture thinker who can shape and drive brand positioning across earned, owned, and paid channels.

Influential Leadership
You’re a confident team leader with a collaborative style, comfortable inspiring teams, aligning stakeholders, and navigating complex projects.

Partnership & Influencer Expertise
Experience managing partnerships and ambassador programmes that add real value and cultural relevance to the brand.

Creative, Commercial Mindset
You bring energy, originality, and accountability to the table—balancing bold ideas with a results-driven approach.

Bonus Points
A CIM qualification or Mini MBA would be a welcome plus, showing your commitment to staying sharp in your marketing craft.

Join us and make an impact. If you're ready to lead transformative brand strategies that resonate with and take on the exciting challenges of a fast-paced industry, apply now to become our Senior Brand & Marketing Manager.

What we can offer you:

• Competitive salary and annual company bonus
• Excellent pension scheme (company contribution of up to 12%)
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays
• Subsidised lunch at our onsite restaurant
• Staff Discount
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Exceptional Reward and Recognition events

How to apply:

Good luck with your application.  Before you apply, please speak to your manager, so that they are aware of your interest in this role.  You will also need to attach a CV as part of your application.  Please take note that this advert is a summary of the main duties and responsibilities and may be subject to change.  If you have any questions or need further support or information, please contact the Hiring Manager, Craig Pearce, or Holly Gibbins, Recruitment Advisor.

What we can offer you:

• Competitive salary and annual company bonus
• Excellent pension scheme (company contribution of up to 12%)
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays
• Subsidised lunch at our onsite restaurant
• Staff Discount
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Exceptional Reward and Recognition events

About Howdens:

Howdens Joinery is a highly successful FTSE 100 business, with more than 800 depots nationwide and more than 11,000 staff. Last year our sales reached circa 2.3bn, and we continue to experience significant growth and success. Despite our scale, Howdens remains a local business with traditional values. 

We are the UK’s number one trade kitchen supplier providing thousands of products across kitchens, joinery, and hardware.  We have over 800 depots throughout the UK and Europe – making us the first choice for more than 460,000 loyal trade professionals. 

As well as the opportunity to develop within a high-profile FTSE 100 company, you will be part of a rewarding organisation recognised for excellence in the workplace in the  Best Companies to Work