Marketing Director

Due to ongoing growth we are seeking an experienced Marketing Director, who will be based from our Marlow office.

The Marketing Director will be part of the Senior Management team and will be responsible for planning, creating, implementing and driving Thomas International’s International and UK marketing strategies. They will also be required to plan, drive and manage all marketing activities globally and ensure direction is provided to all distributors on marketing, communications and public relations.

The Marketing Director will work closely with the senior management team and provide clear strategic direction based on market insight, competitor activity and brand potential, in order to achieve market leadership status.

The Marketing Director will also be responsible for Thomas International’s brand. This will include leading projects such as cause – related marketing and special events, as well as driving brand plans and growth.

Other key responsibilities include:

Communications – the Marketing Director will lead the communications strategy across all channels and will take responsibility for the achievement of marketing, communications, public relations, mission goals and financial objectives. They will also coordinate media interest in Thomas International and act as a key representative with the media.

Management and Development – the Marketing Director will have full responsibility for the performance of the brand as well as the Marketing team, and will be required to provide leadership and direction to the team. They will also develop, implement and monitor systems and procedures which are necessary to the smooth operation of the Marketing department.

Budgets and Reporting – the Marketing Director will work closely with Finance to produce market and product forecasts as well as driving, delivering and reporting on business performance in accordance with the marketing plan. They will also be required to monitor performance and ROI for all marketing programmes. 

Thomas International provides people assessments which empower business leaders to transform the performance of their teams and individuals – and deliver an immediate impact on their organisation.

We help our clients recruit, retain, develop and manage their people. We’ll give insight into staff – what motivates them, their core strengths and limitations, and their potential. And we’ll add a high level of certainty to all people-related decisions.

Thomas is different because our assessments are straightforward to understand and quick to use, with rapid results. Our client service teams will train and advise and provide practical assistance. Their aim is to empower managers to use people assessments to create maximum value for their organisation.

Thomas has been at the forefront of assessment innovation since 1981. We provide assessments in 56 languages and have a presence in over 60 countries. Today we are working with 32,000 companies and 250,000 trained Thomas users worldwide. Our clients span every type of business of all sizes and complete over 1.5 million assessments every year.

The Thomas Group of Companies also includes in Thomas Education and Thomas Sport.

 The Job Profile implies that the role requires a person who has drive, assertion and the ability to communicate with others in a logical manner. The incumbent should be prepared to meet opposition and resistance to ideas, and pressurise others when deadlines have to be met. The environment is likely to be one which is full of variety and change, but the person fulfilling the role should be prepared to work within the broad parameters of the organisation. A friendly approach and the ability to influence and persuade others are important to the function. The person should be a self-starter, competitive, imaginative, enthusiastic, self-confident, inspiring, logical, systematic and precise.