We are Canvas8, the global leader in behavioural insights operating out of London, New York, and LA. We help organisations grow through a better understanding of people. Primarily focused on media, communications, and product development, our insights inspire clients including Nike, Meta, Google, Twitter, Ogilvy, and MTV.

Independent, profitable and with consistently high growth we’re an ambitious company and we’re looking for an equally ambitious Marketing Manager to join us on our journey.

As a Marketing Manager, you will provide direction and tactical campaign planning to grow brand awareness, digital presence and lead generation. Covering growth and accounts based marketing you will own all commercial content and digital marketing to generate more opportunities for the business.

DAY-TO-DAY

• To manage all the marketing campaigns utilising an integrated, multi-channel approach to promote, drive and increase audiences and revenues as well as to enhance brand value and engagement

• Managing campaign content and sales collateral production and monitoring our web pages.

• Liaising with our marketing partners to achieve success, from PR partners, SEO/PPC agencies.

• Communicating marketing plans and goals across teams and ensuring we hit deadlines.

• Managing marketing executives, and collaborating with designers and content creators.

• Reporting on KPIs and reviewing plans to continually deliver high standards and results.

• Develop and deliver an annual plan of agreed marketing strategies and tactics across our portfolio. Specifically direct marketing, digital marketing events, conferences, PR, awards, and brand building.

As Marketing Manager you will spearhead a new marketing department for a fast-growing business. Responsible for putting in place the strategy and infrastructure for marketing success and business growth. Develop brand reputation and authority within the industry using a blend of marketing strategies and tactics. This is a senior role with the view to growing into a leadership position.

ABOUT YOU

• Marketing generalist - all rounder who has knowledge across all marketing disciplines.

• Operational and organised - strong project management and communication skills

• Able to lead a team and prioritise and lead a team to success across concurrent campaigns across different audiences and channels.

• Tried and tested marketing B2B marketing growth strategies

• Acquisition + growth marketing tactics

• Management experience of marketing execs and marketing partners (from PR to PPC agencies)

• A passion for insights – interested in human behavior and answering the ‘why’

BENEFITS

• 25 days paid holiday + bank holidays

• Flexible and Hybrid Working

• A workplace pension with the company match above minimum requirements

• Life insurance

• Access to physical and mental wellbeing support

• Cashback private health plan and cycle scheme

• Summer Fridays, other seasonal benefits and staff socials

• Working with a friendly and welcoming team (included a dog called Oscar)

If you think you’re a good fit and share our values please apply below outlining why and attaching your CV. Thank you for your interest. We’re excited to meet you.

Get to know us!

We are Canvas8, the global leader in behavioural insights operating out of London, New York, and LA. We help organisations grow through a better understanding of people! Primarily focused on media, communications, and product development, our insights inspire major clients such as Nike, Accenture, Google, Twitter, Ogilvy, and MTV.

Our work is about investigating the hidden insights in consumer’s everyday life – from the psychology of boredom to teenage make-up rituals – and making them meaningful for brands.

Our team is a blend of different disciplines and skills – from psychology to journalism, and anthropology to behavioural economics. What unites them is a desire to understand people and a passion for delivering outstanding work.

Our flagship product is Canvas8 Membership including the Canvas8 Library, an online platform of over 28,000 trend reports and case studies spanning 15 industries and 9 markets. The Library is complemented by our bespoke research projects – where we answer a client’s business challenge through mixed research methodologies to deliver compelling thought leadership.

The day-to-day

• Proactively finding new Media and Marketing Agency opportunities - companies with Employees 1-50 (excluding our 10 largest key agencies).

• Generating leads, building and managing your sales pipeline.

• Face-to-face and remote meetings and business presentations to prospective clients.

• Building and maintaining relationships with prospective clients.

• Managing the sales process end-to-end, from pitching to trialing to closing.

• Responding to consultancy briefs and investigating the details.

• Writing proposals, negotiating contracts, and closing deals.

Joining our sales team, you’ll be expected to get hands-on from the start and develop your own profile among communications agencies, media owners and brands. The Canvas8 approach is developing partnerships, establishing a dialogue between our capabilities and our client’s needs - we offer consultative solutions to our clients, similar to a SaaS, AdTech solution.

Motivated and engaged, you’ll have a smart and consultative approach to sales, able to speak with gravitas and confidence about our products and design the best solution for each client, both face-to-face and remotely.

As a quick learner, you’ll be comfortable working autonomously and identifying new sales opportunities.

About you

• 2-3 years experience in an account management, client services role within a Media/Marketing, AdTech or SaaS sales environment.

• A keen interest in human behaviour, cultural trends and strategic insights.

• Strong business and commercial acumen, comfortable with negotiating contracts, develop leads and build relationships to grow partnerships with clients.

• Ability to show experience in generating new business sales and achieving targets.

• Not daunted by the prospect of building and presenting a sales plan.

• Comfortable working autonomously as well as within a collaborative, diverse and strong team.

• Confident in your ability to move into a BDM role on the journey to key accounts sales.

Benefits

Competitive commission structure

• Huge potential to increase overall salary package through bonus

• Daily free breakfast for the team

• Cycle to work scheme

• Pension scheme

• 100% covered health insurance

• Competitive dental insurance

• 21 days holiday (not including the usual public holidays)

• Savings Support via Payroll

• Season ticket loan

• Summer Fridays, other seasonal benefits and staff socials

We believe in supporting our colleagues to do work that fascinates them: we’re a group of intelligent and kind people who want to see each other succeed.

If you think you’re a good fit, please apply below outlining why and attaching your CV. Thank you for your interest. We’re excited to meet you.

We are Canvas8, the global leader in behavioural insights operating out of London, New York, and LA. We help organisations grow through a better understanding of people! Primarily focused on media, communications, and product development, our insights inspire major clients such as Nike, Accenture, Google, Twitter, Ogilvy, and MTV.

Our work is about investigating the hidden insights in consumer’s everyday life – from the psychology of boredom to teenage make-up rituals – and making them meaningful for brands.

Our team is a blend of different disciplines and skills – from psychology to journalism, and anthropology to behavioural economics. What unites them is a desire to understand people and a passion for delivering outstanding work.

Our flagship product is Canvas8 Membership including the Canvas8 Library, an online platform of over 28,000 trend reports and case studies spanning 15 industries and 9 markets. The Library is complemented by our bespoke research projects – where we answer a client’s business challenge through mixed research methodologies to deliver compelling thought leadership.

Requirements

We’re always looking for freelance journalists and researchers to contribute to Canvas8’s Library.

The Library covers 15 markets and 9 locations, and we’re open to pitches from sector specialists and local experts who can identify a new story and explain behavioural change in a way that informs and inspires our members.

Canvas8’s Library research challenges expectations around human behaviour, examines local nuances, and signposts strategic opportunities for brands and businesses.

You will be keen to pitch new ideas whilst writing reports and case studies that inspire members including the brands mentioned above.

If interested, please apply now, or feel free to introduce yourself to our commissioning editor Max to say hello and send over an example of your writing.