Mortgage Marketing Consultant

Mortgage Marketing Consultant (Maternity cover) – 9 – 12 Months FTC

Hodge are a financial services business focused on the commercial lending, savings and specialist residential mortgage markets. Working at Hodge is about making a difference. That starts with our purpose: we make life better for customers and society in the moments that matter.

For over 50 years, we’ve shared the same simple mission: to really make a positive difference for our customers and communities. This ethos is in our DNA, as we are 79% owned by a charity, the Hodge Foundation.

We have achieved significant growth over the last few years and have ambitious plans to expand further.

Hodge Bank is based in the heart of Cardiff city centre and provides Mortgages, Savings, Annuities and Commercial Lending products across the group. We offer a generous benefits package, which includes agile and smart working, a competitive annual bonus and a sector leading Hodge pension. We are developing a reputation as an employer of choice in Wales and the South West.

It’s all about ensuring we deliver for our customers, colleagues and company.

This an opportunity to join a high performing marketing team in a fast paced, growing business.

The successful candidate will work closely with the wider marketing and mortgages teams to deliver the mortgages marketing strategy.

Key role responsibilities:

• Support the implementation of the strategy and communications proposition for new and existing mortgage brokers and intermediary partners
• Create, deliver and optimise marketing activity in line with specified performance targets
• Develop plans and set campaign targets aligned to allocated budget
• Manage marketing budget against plan to ensure effective use of marketing spend
• Work with the wider marketing team and external agency partners to develop best in class marketing communications
• Contribute to best practice and incorporate latest developments and thinking in the delivery of our communications
• Help to define the proposition and alignment of the mortgage offering to the Banks brand, value proposition and tone of voice
• Work across the wider business and foster good collaborative working relationships with key stakeholders
• Measure the impact, ROI and effectiveness of all marketing activity delivered
• Challenge existing thinking and provide innovative marketing solutions
• Keep abreast of any existing or changes to, compliance, regulatory and company standards
• Ensure all campaigns meet the required brand guidelines, regulatory standards, and all Hodge specific requirements for compliance/ advertising approvals sign off

We are looking for enthusiastic, creative, highly organised and self-motivated individuals. Three to five years of marketing experience is desirable, ideally within financial services.

Our ideal candidate is someone who has broad experience of planning and delivering multi-channel marketing activity, right across the marketing mix from social media to 121 comms.

To be successful in this role you will need to have a passion for delivering high quality, integrated marketing activity to help drive the business forward. Excellent stakeholder management skills are crucial as is the ability to work collaboratively with a number of different groups of colleagues.  You will be a strong communicator with the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels. You will need to be a proactive self-starter and recognise when to challenge the status quo to ensure that the strategic objectives are being met.

What we offer:

• Full-time
• Salary: Up to £35,000
• Based in Cardiff City Centre operating in a Hybrid workspace.
• 28 days Holiday with the option to buy more.
• Subsidised Gym Membership.
• Private Medical & Health Insurance
• Extensive learning and development programme
• Generous, personalised benefits package
• Enhanced parental leave
• Company pension contribution up to 15%
• Flexible working options
• Opportunities to get involved in our charity and community work

Interested?

If this sounds like you, we’d love you to get in touch.

Please send your CV and a one page covering letter, shortlisted candidates will then be invited to attend an interview.

Hodge is an advocate of being an equal opportunities employer, We believe in promoting equality and diversity which is central to our lives today. We welcome applications from all sections of the community and recognises the value a diverse workforce brings to an organisation.

ESG and sustainability are at the heart of everything we do and serves as a reminder of the responsibility we have to our stakeholders, customers, colleagues and the communities we operate in to use our position wisely. We’re currently exploring different certifications available and have done an initial review of how we think we’d fare, as we see this as a real opportunity for Hodge given our social purpose.