Marketing Executive - #2149083

Marketing Executive (FTC)

Salary: £26,500-£27,500 per annum

Location: Bradford, West Yorkshire

We’re looking for a creative, organised and digitally confident Marketing Executive to join our team on a 12-month fixed-term contract (maternity cover) and help deliver marketing activity across our recruitment and training brands.

This is a varied, hands-on role covering digital marketing, content, campaigns, brand activity and events. As a Marketing Executive, you’ll work across both business and consumer audiences, gaining broad experience while progressively taking ownership of your own projects.

Driver Hire is the UK’s leading specialist logistics recruiter and training provider. Annual turnover is £130m+, and we’re proud to support thousands of businesses and drivers nationwide.

The Role

Working with colleagues across the Marketing team, the Marketing Executive will help plan and deliver a varied mix of activity across digital and traditional channels, with both B2B and B2C audiences. This will include content creation, social media, email marketing, website updates, paid campaigns, printed materials and support for events. You’ll contribute ideas, coordinate activity and use results and feedback to improve future campaigns.

Key Responsibilities

Campaigns and content

• Support the planning and delivery of integrated marketing campaigns across digital and traditional channels
• Create engaging written, visual and video content for different business and consumer audiences
• Help produce campaign materials, including digital content, presentations, brochures, posters and other marketing collateral
• Coordinate activity to ensure campaigns are delivered accurately and on schedule

Digital marketing

• Update and improve website content, with consideration for user experience, conversion, SEO and emerging AI search
• Support paid search, paid social and organic social media activity, working with colleagues and agency partners where appropriate
• Build and deliver targeted email marketing campaigns

Brand and events

• Help maintain a consistent and professional brand across marketing materials and communications
• Support the planning, promotion and delivery of company events, exhibitions and internal marketing activities

Data & Optimisation

• Monitor key metrics and use data insights to improve results
• Report on outcomes, key learning and recommended next steps

Working with others

• Work closely with colleagues across the business and with external agency and supplier partners
• Support the wider Driver Hire network with marketing activity, resources and best-practice guidance
• Share ideas, findings and useful learning with the Marketing team and wider business

About You

Essential

Creative, with strong written and verbal communication skills and the ability to adapt content for different channels and audiences. Highly organised, with excellent attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously. Commercially minded, curious and analytical, with a strong ability to use data to improve performance. Proactive, collaborative and keen to learn, with a positive approach to developing new skills and contributing to team success.

Desirable

One year’s experience working across a range of marketing programmes, with knowledge of PPC advertising, paid social and SEO. Experience using CMS platforms and email marketing tools, alongside familiarity with AI tools and their application within marketing workflows. A degree in Marketing or a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience.

Why Join Driver Hire?

We offer a supportive and flexible working environment, with benefits designed to help you thrive.

As a Marketing Executive, you’ll have the opportunity to develop experience across a wide range of marketing disciplines while working alongside an experienced and supportive team.

Our benefits include:

• Competitive salary
• Pension
• Healthcare scheme
• 33 days’ holiday (including Bank Holidays)
• Flexible hybrid working (home and office-based)
• Free parking
• Quarterly social events and free lunch at monthly All-Hands day
• An extra paid day off on your birthday
• An optional paid day each year to volunteer in your local community

Plus, a friendly environment in a company committed to your development. You’ll have the opportunity to develop across a range of marketing disciplines, building the experience and confidence to take ownership and progress into a more senior marketing role over time. There may also be opportunities to progress within Driver Hire should suitable roles become available.

We regularly benchmark ourselves against our competitors, and in our most recent staff survey (December 2025), 96% of employees said they are “proud” or “very proud” to work for Driver Hire. We have also previously ranked 43rd in the UK’s Best Workplaces for medium-sized companies.

Apply Now

If you’re looking for a varied marketing role where you can develop your skills, contribute new ideas and take increasing ownership of your work, we’d love to hear from you.

This Marketing Executive position offers the chance to gain broad, practical experience across digital, content, campaigns, brand and events within an established national business.

As a Marketing Executive, you’ll be given the opportunity to make a genuine contribution while developing the experience and confidence needed to progress your career in marketing.

We review all applications and will contact shortlisted candidates within 14 days.