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Managing Director / COO wanted for next phase of growth. Including launch of SaaS product in the marketing space. All the opportunity of a start-up with all the credibility of an established business. Background to Watertight Marketing  Established in 2008, Watertight Marketing has grown from a simple time-for-money consultancy into growing community of thousands of experts and peers using library of thinking tools – designed and refined over more than a decade and across 2000+ organisations. The business is headed by founder, Bryony Thomas, in Bristol. Bryony is the author of the best-selling Watertight Marketing book which acts as the entry point into a rich library of resources, and a network of deep expertise. This is used to support scaling seven-figure businesses to enable world-class marketing performance that underpins healthy sales flow. The tools, skills, and processes are transferred into an organisation so that it is truly owned by them the end of a transformation programme A varied hands-on role that give you all the challenge and opportunity of a start-up with the credibility and brand of an established business.  The opportunity  The business has now embarked on a period of transformation that will see the Watertight Marketing infrastructure embedded within a SaaS product, providing the opportunity for businesses to own and control their own journey, with the support of a Watertight Marketing Certified Practitioner. Selling via an extensive partnership platform and directly, the ambition is to take the business global at a rapid pace. To achieve this ambition Watertight Marketing is seeking a Managing Director. This individual will work closely and complement Bryony. Bryony offers an incredible talent for ideation, sales and marketing, and is an established and in-demand spokesperson for press and events. The MD will take this opportunity and turn it into a commercial success, ensuring the business is managed robustly and to a high standard. Watertight Marketing is a proven process, an established and credible brand, and has healthy sales flow. As we enter into this new phase it brings the feeling of a start-up, with a 5-year head start in proof-of-concept, audience and brand building. All of the fun, challenge and opportunity of a start-up, but the credibility of an established business. What you’ll be doing  This is a wide-reaching role that will take accountability for almost all business matters that sit outside of product development, sales and marketing. This isn’t a role for a CEO that wants to be the face of the company, on a stage and out selling. We’re seeking somebody to be the other side of that coin. This role calls for someone who is all about the detail, financially astute, focused on commercial success and that will enjoy scaling a business whilst tackling the challenges will naturally arise within a high growth business model. Operations & Finance Ownership and management of all internal operations and processes. Ownership of P&L. Ownership of businesses finances (supported by external FD). Ownership of all legal and compliance matters. MI Reporting    People Scoping and recruitment of the team. Ownership of all people matters (HR, wellbeing, culture, reviews, development plans etc.) Recruitment of Watertight Marketing certified practitioners. Customer Success and Partner Management  Development of commercial models and agreements (licensing, JVs, partner types etc.) Ownership of partner relationship success and enhancement.    Ensuring appropriate legal agreements for IP usage by third parties. Technology / Product Development  Ownership of the SaaS product delivery and its ongoing development .   Priortising and commercialising product development and pricing models.  Managing external development team. Managing internal project manager.  Reporting product / customer MI and analysis.  What experience will set you up for success?   You’ll have led a business with a seven-figure budget to commercial success. A proven track record of recruiting and managing people across multiple business functions. Experience of working within either a SaaS environment or a marketing / product development agency. A proven understanding of the SME market with a £5m – £20 million t/o. Comfortable working with senior leaders and decision makers. An empathetic, human-centred approach with strong values and grounded. You’ll understand the personalities and characteristics that help create a winning team with a family feel. An innate understanding that being in start-up calls for all of us to roll our sleeves up. And if you have any of the following it would be lovely Investment and exit management. Commercialisation of predictive analytic, data and insight, and digital products. An understanding of learning design and training. What you’ll get in return for your talents and commitment  This is a big challenge, here’s what you’ll get in return… Whilst we are an established business, we have invested deeply in the creation of intellectual property assets, and are now investing heavily into our growth. This means that we’re unable to offer a big salary up front. We’re seeking an MD who will share the risk, and through their brilliance, time and commitment more than have that repaid. The reward model is up for discussion; including equity. There is no ceiling to the size of the opportunity. We believe we can take Watertight Marketing into a world-class global technology at rapid pace. The right person will quickly realise the potential and take the rewards that come with such an achievement. How to apply You can find out more about Watertight Marketing via the website, you can also watch Bryony share her thoughts about the opportunity here    All CVs and applications will be directed to Nick Dean at ADLIB.  

Major, well established employer. The office is based in Wiltshire, we can offer some remote working post pandemic.  Exciting time to join the business with solid growth plans in place.  I am delighted to exclusively represent a fantastic Client of mine with recruitment of Category Manager.  What you’ll be doing The successful candidate will report into the Head of this business unit and they will work alongside two other Category Managers. They will also liaise with a wide net of stakeholders daily. In a nutshell, you’ll be responsible for increasing the category growth and raising brand awareness. You will achieve that by utilising consumer, market and competitor data and insight available to you to define consumer segments and relevant proposition. A big part of this role will be to work on NDP initiatives, new product launches and defining go to market strategies at the same time maximising profitability of existing products. In collaboration with stakeholders, you will develop and execute compelling marketing plans within your category, this will include managing production of all relevant assets such as advertising creative, media planning, PR, POS as well as presence across TV, print, retail and digital.   What experience you’ll need to apply Previous experience working within the Category, Product or Brand function. Background in Beauty, Personal Care or premium consumer goods will be hugely beneficial. Ability to work in an agile, fast paced and commercial environment. Solid knowledge of traditional and digital media, experience working with media agencies. What you’ll get in return for your experience Attractive salary, bonus & benefits. What next? Please apply now or get in touch with Ania for more info. 

Join a very talented cross-functional, agile team. Work with React, Redux, Node, AWS, IaC, TDD/BDD. Awesome working space, remote friendly. An intuitive software solutions provider has been extremely successful in recent years earning 2 million users for just one of their products with customers in 180+ countries. With a new owner and inspiring CEO on a global shift they are hiring for a Full-Stack JavaScript Developer with experience in the AWS ecosystem to work on their cloud-native platform.    What skills you’ll need Full-Stack JavaScript experience with modern libraries like React/TypeScript/Node.  Cloud-native experience. Knowledge of AWS or a similar platform with desire to learn AWS. Understanding of build tools like Webpack/NPM.  Advocate for BDD/TDD principles. Appreciation of DevOps.  Any experience with mobile apps, specifically using React Native, would be handy.  What you’ll be doing You’ll join a small, flat structured development team with a focus on creating new features & functionalities for their cloud-native web products. The role will involve a lot of collaboration with the product and UX teams to create user stories alongside other developers in your team. You’ll be implementing new features to existing web apps, writing readable, maintainable and testable code and validate new features with data-driven analytics. This role needs someone who has a drive to adopt cloud computing with an appreciation for DevOps/IaC; their approach involves continuously integrating & deploying your work to production through their CI pipeline.  What you’ll get in return for your talents You will be joining a very successful entrepreneurial company with brilliant leaders and inspiring team members working on great products that customers love. As well as a salary in-line with your experience you will get (generous) 29 days holiday + bank holidays, flexible working hours, remote working for those who need it. You’ll also be in an awesome space in a hub of innovation, free lunches on Wednesday, amazing technology and training and the opportunity to grow your own team. What’s next? Sound good? Give Joe a call to find out more!

Long established digital marketing / eCommerce consultancy in their next phase of growth. Excellent career progression and lots of autonomy. Easily commutable from Wiltshire, Bath and surrounding areas. A long established, award-winning digital marketing consultancy in Wiltshire is looking for an experienced Digital Account Director or Senior Account Manager ready to step up a level. This is a 9 month maternity cover role but as they're winning lots of new business and growing steadily, there is a decent chance that a new permanent role could be created in the future. This is the ideal opportunity for a talented Senior Account Manager or Account Director with a Digital Marketing / eCommerce background to play a strategic, client facing role and solve a variety of problems for some exciting eCommerce brands.  What you’ll be doing  The Account Director will own the client relationships and oversee the delivery of a range of digital marketing campaigns via a team of digital specialists. You’ll also manage two Account Executives and have input in to their career development. Typical campaigns will be sales-driven digital campaigns for Retail / eCommerce business utilising a combination of SEO, PPC, email, Social & PR, and CRO.  What experience you’ll need to apply Experience working as an Account Director, Customer Success Manager, Senior Account Manager or similar in a digital marketing or eCommerce agency. We're also keen to hear from candidates that have worked in-house in for an eCommerce business or similar. Excellent project management and multi-tasking ability. Comfortable being the main point of contact for clients. Excellent relationship-building skills.  What you’ll get in return for your talents This is a great role offering a competitive salary. in the region of £45k basic.  You’ll also receive and excellent benefits package which includes designated personal development time each month to help with career progression.  What's next? If you have the required experience and are interested in finding out more, then click to apply now. 

Executive Assistant / PA role with an amazing Creative Marketing Agency. Lovely working environment, an amazing senior management team. Flexible working - can be either a 4 or 5 day per week role, or 4 days spread over 5. We’re looking for an Executive Assistant / EA / PA with experience working for a Creative Agency, Marketing Agency or similar. You must have worked in this kind of role before, in a very similar agency environment.  You’ll support two very busy, but absolutely lovely Directors and the wider senior management team in a business of 40 people which is set to grow. They’re very well established in marketing agency sector and work with some very exciting, global brands.  What you’ll be doing  Executive Assistant / PA to the Directors providing full life management and assisting in general operations and office management.  Lots of opportunity to get involved in the wider business. This is a great opportunity for somebody who is experienced and proactive, and who wants to take on other projects as the business evolves and grows. What experience you’ll need to apply Previous experience in an Executive Assistant / PA role. It is essential that you’ve worked in a similar role in a marketing / creative / digital / design agency or similar. What you’ll get in return for your experience  A competitive salary in the region of £30k + benefits Flexible working with some working from home.  Can be 5 days a week, part-time (4 days) or 4 days spread over 5. What's next? If you’re an experienced Executive Assistant or PA and you love the sound of this role, please apply right away. 

Two Product Owner opportunities joining a large tech business. eCommerce business, working on projects launching in to global markets.  Salary based on experience and a host of generous benefits on offer, including a company bonus. We’re searching for two experienced Product Owners to join a global innovator based in the heart of Bristol. What you’ll be doing Working as part of a large agile product team you will be reporting in to the Head of Product and managing web-based products. With the customers at the heart of the business your focus will be on market shaping activity to give them the best experience possible throughout the full lifecycle; as soon as they land on to the website, putting together bundles, checking out, payment through to post-payment. The company are known for innovation and will be disrupting the market with new ways of reach customers, from customisation of products through to using virtual experience and much more. The budgets are multi-million pound and you will be managing stakeholders internal and externally, it's a truly exciting digital programme of work and you will play a key part of the team developing the product roadmap, prioritising the product backlog, using insights from user testing and continuinuously improving their digital products (also app based).   What experience you’ll need You will bring experience of working in product as either a Product Owner or a Product Manager. eCommerce experience is essential. B2C, customer experience, user testing, user centered design/ customer centric approach. Website/web based product experience. If you have experience working with global markets/ multi-lingual products that would be amazing but isn't a strict requirement. You will know your way around processes and implementing governance. Ability to translate product concepts and ideas into functional requirements.  Agile experience.  Excellent written and verbal communications skills, able to communicate in business and technical terms Experience in working in a fast-paced environment managing multiple projects simultaneously.  Strong interest/ exposure to strategic product development. What you’ll get in return for your talents A competitive salary is on offer which will come down to experience, plus an extensive benefits package, an excellent working environment with stacks of onsite facilities and great opportunities for the future. What’s next? If this sounds like the perfect role for you then please don’t hesitate to apply with an up to date CV for immediate consideration.  

Product Director opportunity to join a leading digital agency. Join an employee owned business.  Work with their government clients on large scale projects. We’re working with an established digital agency that, due to growth are now searching for a Senior Product Owner to work within their public sector client base, owning the product vision and leading on projects.  What you’ll be doing As Product Director, you will come in take a step back and be responsible for designing, developing and owning the product roadmap and prioritising development efforts to enable the businesses to drive proactive and very targeted growth within your client base. You’ll be translating features and developments in the product roadmap into details technical specifications and will oversee the delivery of this through guiding the activity of the development functions with the support of Delivery Managers. This is an end to end role, you will be doing everything you’d expect from Agile rituals, through to creating user stories and test cases, through to managing and reporting on the backlog and progress against the roadmap.  This role is strategic, you will set the vision for your clients on product and digital strategies in collaboration with your clients and the wider team and you will be responsible for the quality of the products, the go to person for any strategic product advice, able to help your colleagues and support them by being the point of escalation driving positive outcomes.  What experience you’ll need  You will currently be working as a Product Manager/ Senior Product Manager/ Product Director/ Head of Product within the public sector or in a similar role crossing over into product such as a UX Designer, UX Lead, Developer, Tech Director or even Delivery Manager/ Senior Digital Project Manager. Understanding of GDS framework and have delivered projects encompassing GDS (Government Digital Service) assessments and tollgates within that.  You will understand the complexities, challenges and solutions that have worked for you. Strong technical understanding, experience working on projects across user experience, integrations, content management and content strategy.  A natural leader, that can mentor, coach and lead on projects, coming up with solutions and being the go to person for all product related questions from strategy through to delivery. Analytical mind and passionate about customers and building the best possible user experience, monitoring your metrics and see whether you’re delivering.  Strong communication skills as this role is client-facing and involves a lot of stakeholder management. Agile experience.  Experience in strategic product development as you’ll own the direction of your clients digital products. What you’ll get in return for your talents A competitive salary is on offer in the range of £45k - £70k, which will entirely come down to experience. In addition to this you’ll receive a company bonus, pension, healthcare and the opportunity to join an employee owned business where you have autonomy and contribute to the direction of the business.  What’s next? If you have public sector experience and meet the above criteria then click apply or email an updated CV through to francesca@adlib-recruitment.co.uk for immediate consideration.  

Join a fast-growing tech business with a suite of products and global reach. Beautiful offices in central Bristol close to Temple Meads train station, with remote working options. Generous package on offer - work for an employer who look after their staff and work with them to reach professional goals. An intuitive software solutions provider has been extremely successful in recent years gaining 2 million users for just one of their products with customers in 160+ countries. They are hiring a Senior Product Manager. What you’ll be doing As Product Lead you will design, develop and own the product roadmap and prioritising development efforts to enable the business to drive proactive and very targeted growth for their customers. You will be working in cross-functional teams on shaping and growing the products for new features and functionalities whilst evaluating which markets to enter which in turn will enable the business to drive proactive and very targeted growth for their customers. You will be working closely with your customers to conduct interviews, offer market guidance and identify and implement improvements in an ongoing fashion. This is an end to end Product Manager role, so you will be doing everything you’d expect from Agile rituals and creating user stories and test cases, through to managing and reporting on the backlog and progress, against the product roadmap. This company has gone from strength to strength since their initial product launch in 2012, to now boasting customers in over 160 countries, and have with exciting new plans to develop more products, so there really has never been a better time to join the team. What experience you’ll need You will be an experienced Product Lead, Senior Product Owner or Senior Product Manager and ideally, your experience will be gained for a start-up or a company with an innovative approach to work, constantly wanting to challenge the market and push boundaries. Strong communication skills as you’ll be working closely with the development, UX, project teams and managing stakeholders. Agile experience. A passion for tech, agile methods, updated technologies and a keen interest in implementing knowledge into the team. A natural leader, a good communicator and able to be the go-to person. What you’ll get in return for your talents You will be joining a very successful entrepreneurial company with brilliant leaders and inspiring team members working on great products that customers love. As well as a salary in-line with your experience you will get a very generous 29 days holiday + bank holidays, flexible working hours, free lunches on Wednesdays, amazing technology and training and running club with a pro-running coach! What’s next? This one isn’t likely to be around for long so if it’s of interest don’t hesitate to contact Fran at ADLIB with your CV for immediate consideration.   

Opportunity to work as Digital Project Manager for a leading Creative Agency. Get stuck into a variety of high profile clients and creative projects ranging in size and budget. Commutable from Swindon, Oxford, Newbury, Stroud, Cirencester. Now this is an exciting one! I have an urgent requirement for a long-standing client of ours to help find an impressive Digital Project Manager to join a well-respected, established creative digital agency. This presents an opportunity to work with a list of high-profile clients, as part of a hugely talented team. What you’ll be doing This company truly knows how to create outstanding content and market it in the right way so as Digital Project Manager your priority is to guide the design and delivery of multiple exciting projects that counts film, animation, learning, digital and design at its core. Strong experience of design and build projects are a necessity as you will act as the lynchpin between very talented creative teams and a broad range of clients to ensure that projects are delivered successfully. Your Project Management skills will encompass managing budgets and schedules, creating project plans and identifying risk, whilst managing a small yet high functioning team to guarantee steady progress through large, complex projects. You will work closely with other Project Managers, senior management and the account management team to nurture and drive client relationships, providing constant support and advice to the client, identifying surplus work opportunities wherever possible. What experience you'll need You could be working as a Digital Project Manager or Digital Producer at the moment. Ideally, your experience will be gained from a creative, marketing or digital agency. Demonstrable experience of managing design and build projects such as web apps, mobile apps, creative campaigns. An understanding of Digital inside out, act as Digital Lead when required. Comprehensive knowledge of a range of tools and platforms. Strong track record of efficiency and process. First-rate client management skills with the ability to manage expectations. Enthusiasm for project management methodology and the ability to manage multiple projects at one time. What you'll get in return for your talents In return you can expect a competitive salary, excellent training and development opportunities and a whole host of perks within a friendly, inclusive environment. What’s next? Get in touch with Sam today if you meet the criteria!

Marketing Project Manager opportunity to join one of the South West’s finest creative agencies. Permanent role paying up to £40k.  Work with international FMCG brands.  This is a brand-new opportunity for an experienced integrated marketing and brand Project Manager to join an award-winning agency in Bristol where you’ll play a lead role in the delivering significant campaigns are delivered in line with their vision and objectives. What you’ll be doing  As Project Manager, you’ll work closely with the client services team cross-functionally across a variety of accounts, including multi-million-pound FMCG brands. We are talking high profile, strategic, brand led international campaigns for you to get your teeth into from day one. The projects will primarily be packaging design projects but also include branding.  You will maintain a clear and concise project brief, ensuring communications are delivered timely to ensure all projects meet the brief for the wider business, clients and stakeholders. As Creative Producer, you will naturally have the ability to foresee where risks may lie ahead and mitigate them where possible. You will manage the resource, budget targets, managing systems and working closely with internal teams from client services, digital producers and creatives to review the size and scope of projects. What experience you’ll need  Ideally you will have gained your experience in a creative, branding and packaging agency as a Project Manager or even a Studio Manager/ Traffic Manager with client facing responsibilities.  As this role is client facing it’s important that you possess strong communication skills and the ability to work with stakeholders at all levels.  Experience of managing projects throughout the full lifecycle from taking the brief, documentation, budget management, resource management, through to delivery.  You will have the ability to work in a cross functional fast paced environment Have a proven background of delivering creative led campaigns and assets – branding or packaging are highly desirable.  The role will initially be fully remote but will likely involve going into their Bristol studio 1-2 times per week, so you need to live within commutable distance. What you’ll get in return for your talents  As Project Manager you can expect a salary in the region of £30k - £40k along with the opportunity to work with a portfolio of globally recognised brands. What's next? If this sounds of interest, please get in touch with Fran at ADLIB for further information. They are looking to interview ASAP, apply today and you could be in the role within the next few weeks!