Marketing Manager in Manchester

The purpose-led independent law firm and certified B Corp. As a Marketing Manager in our Marketing Programmes & Planning team, you’ll be the driving force behind our marketing roadmap — shaping strategies that elevate our brand, fuel growth, and bring our three‑year vision to life. Reporting to the CMO, you’ll lead and inspire two Marketing Managers while delivering high‑impact, multi‑channel programmes across key sectors, services and audiences.

What you’ll do

• Lead the strategic marketing agenda for multiple sectors and programmes, creating smart, insight‑driven plans that deliver against commercial goals.
• Bring market, client and competitor insight to life, ensuring our campaigns speak directly to audience needs.
• Prioritise and orchestrate activity that maximises impact, ensuring every initiative ladders up to business and marketing objectives.
• Champion joined‑up marketing — collaborating with digital, comms, brand and events teams to deliver fully integrated, high‑performing campaigns.
• Influence senior stakeholders, including Practice Group Heads and sector leads, acting as a trusted advisor and strategic partner.
• Work hand‑in‑hand with Commercial Business Partners, BD and client development to achieve shared growth ambitions.
• Elevate our brand positioning and ensure consistently high‑quality marketing outputs.
• Own and optimise marketing budgets.
• Measure and report ROI, using data to drive continual improvement and smarter decision‑making.
• Enhance team processes, encourage knowledge‑sharing and create a culture of continuous learning.
• Manage key external partners and stay ahead of marketing and digital trends to identify opportunities for innovation.

What you’ll bring

• A strategic, commercially minded marketer with the ability to thrive in a fast‑paced, multi‑stakeholder environment.
• Strong leadership skills and the confidence to influence at senior levels.
• Excellent communication, organisation and project management abilities.
• A sharp eye for detail and a passion for high‑quality output.

How you work

• Growth mindset — always learning, improving and pushing for better.
• Proactive, solutions‑focused and able to anticipate needs.
• Collaborative, calm under pressure and trusted to make effective decisions.
• Confident partnering with senior leaders and bringing clarity to complex challenges.

Benefits

Our successful candidate will have an incredible opportunity to develop a rewarding and successful career with an award-winning law firm in a flexible and agile working environment. We provide a competitive salary and benefits package, including 25 days’ holiday (increasing to 32 days through our loyalty recognition programme) plus the option to purchase an extra five days each year. We also offer a pension scheme, private medical insurance, life assurance and income protection insurance, as well as plenty of opportunities to get involved in our colleague committees to make a real impact in the local community.

About Brabners

Brabners is a purpose-led independent law firm. A certified B Corp with award-winning environmental credentials, we seek to demonstrate that business can bring about positive change by being innovative, diverse and sustainable. With over 200 years of history, we’re proudly anchored in the North but serve businesses and individuals across England and Wales. We have won awards for being innovative at the Legal 500 Northern Powerhouse Awards and diverse as Manchester Law Society’s Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Champions. We are also recognised as one of the 25 best large companies to work for in the UK and have won The Legal 500 Future Lawyers awards for job satisfaction, quality of work, social life and work/life balance. We have a number of colleague-led affinity groups including for LGBTQ+, REACH, physical and mental health and social mobility, as well as a sustainability, environmental and green group. It’s all part of how we make the difference.