Marketing Manager in Blackburn

Marketing Manager covering 2 sites - Ewood Park - Blackburn Rovers Football Club and Deepdale Stadium - Preston North End Football Club on site role £32,000pa + excellent benefits 40hrs pw 5/7 Free parking, free onsite meals.

At Sodexo Live!, we bring unforgettable moments to some of the world’s most exciting venues. We are now looking for a dynamic and creative Marketing Manager to lead the marketing strategy across two iconic football venues: Ewood Park and Deepdale Stadium. This is an exciting opportunity for a results-driven marketer to drive both B2B and B2C marketing campaigns, elevate brand presence, and deliver revenue growth across conferences & events, hospitality, and retail operations. Working closely with the sales, operations, and central marketing teams, you’ll play a pivotal role in bringing our venues to life through compelling campaigns, digital strategy, and customer engagement. We’re seeking a creative, commercially minded marketing professional who thrives in a fast-paced hospitality and events environment. If you’re passionate about marketing, events, and creating unforgettable experiences, we’d love to hear from you.

What You’ll Do

• Develop and execute the annual marketing plan across both venues.
• Drive B2B and B2C marketing strategies to support Conferences & Events, hospitality, and retail sales.
• Deliver creative digital and traditional marketing campaigns that grow revenue and improve customer engagement.
• Work closely with sales teams to create compelling campaigns, promotions, and collateral.
• Lead and manage social media strategy, content planning, and campaign performance reporting.
• Collaborate with the central Sodexo Live! marketing team to ensure alignment with brand standards and best practice.
• Analyse campaign performance and optimise activity based on data and insights.
• Develop seasonal promotions and marketing support across food, drink, and retail outlets.
• Monitor competitor activity and local market trends to identify opportunities and maintain a competitive edge.
• Maintain strong collaboration with venue client marketing teams to maximise exposure across shared platforms.

What You Bring

• Experience delivering multi-channel marketing campaigns (digital and traditional).
• A strong understanding of B2B and B2C marketing strategy.
• Proven ability to analyse campaign performance and make data-driven decisions.
• Up-to-date knowledge of digital marketing trends, tools, and analytics.
• Experience working collaboratively with sales, operations, and external partners.
• Excellent communication, organisational, and project management skills.
• A passion for hospitality, events, sport, or live entertainment.
• A marketing degree or equivalent experience is desirable.

What we offer

• Unlimited access to an online platform offering mental health and wellbeing support.
• Employee Assistance Programme to help with everyday issues or larger problems where you may need additional support, including legal and financial advice, support with work related issues or personal issues such as bereavement.
• Access to a free health and wellbeing app that provides rewards for maintaining a healthy lifestyle and includes access to a 24hr virtual GP and various other services.
• The Sodexo Discounts Scheme, offering great deals 24/7 (also open to friends and family) and/or the prepayment cashback card.
• Money Insights and financial benefits via the Salary Finance Platform.
• Save for your future by becoming a member of the Sodexo Retirement Plan.
• A Death-in-Service benefit for colleagues who pass away whilst employed by Sodexo.
• Opportunities to enable colleagues to grow and succeed throughout their career at Sodexo, including a variety of learning and development tools.
• Cycle to Work Scheme to help colleagues to do their bit for the environment whilst keeping fit.
• Volunteering Opportunities to enable all colleagues to help support worthwhile causes in our communities.
• Flexible and dynamic work environment.

Ready to be part of something greater? Apply today!

Sodexo reserves the right to close this advertisement early if we are in receipt of a high volume of applications.

About Sodexo: At Sodexo, our purpose is to create a better every day for everyone to build a better life for all. As the global leader in services that improve the Quality of Life, we operate in 55 countries, serving over 100 million consumers each day through our unique combination of On-Site Food and FM Services, Benefits & Rewards Services and Personal & Home Services. We are committed to being an inclusive employer. We are a forces friendly employer. We welcome and encourage applications from people with a diverse variety of experiences, backgrounds, and identities. We encourage our employees to get involved with our Employee Networks such as Pride, Sodexo Parents & Carers, Sodexo Disability, Ability network, So Together, Generations and Origins. We’re a Disability Confident Leader employer. We’re committed to changing attitudes towards disability, and making sure disabled people have the chance to fulfil their aspirations.