Digital Marketing and Communications Manager

We're looking for a Digital Marketing and Communications Manager who can elevate and grow our digital presence while bringing creativity, structure and strategic thinking to a highly innovative, fast-scaling business.

As our Digital Marketing and Communications Manager, you'll shape and grow OpenWorks Engineering's entire digital presence. Working closely with the Head of Strategic Marketing and Communications and teams across the business, you'll contribute to brand marketing, global campaigns, recruitment and our local profile. This role blends technical know-how with creative thinking — developing plans, producing compelling multimedia content, managing agencies and driving brand-led digital activity in a regulated, high-impact industry.

Who We Are
OpenWorks is a rapidly growing business operating globally with a passion for exceptional engineering and building on a legacy of defence innovation in the North East of England.

Our products provide ultra-high performance, real-time detection, tracking, identification and targeting of dynamic aerial threats. They have been deployed internationally to protect high profile military and civilian assets, and contribute towards the defeat of nuisance, misguided and maliciously deployed drones during operations.

We are very proud to have supported a wide range of law enforcement and military operators, protecting many of the most high profile sites and individuals around the world.

The amazing things we do are only possible because of a dedicated and passionate team.

Why You'll Love Working With Us
Join a high-energy, collaborative team based in the beautiful Northumberland countryside - where great ideas thrive, challenges are embraced, and people genuinely love what they do.

Here's what our benefits have to offer:

• Competitive remuneration package, from £35,000 + depending on experience, with performance-related bonuses and clear progression opportunities.
• 25 days' holiday + public holidays, with long-service rewards and the option to buy or sell up to 5 additional days.
• Free breakfast and freshly cooked lunches every day, courtesy of Chef Mark and his team.
• Private healthcare through Aviva, keeping you feeling your best.
• Life assurance for peace of mind for you and your loved ones.
• Salary sacrifice schemes - including EV car and Cycle to Work options for easy, sustainable travel.
• Paid team socials - from quiz nights and football to board games and more; we love to have fun together.
• Pension plan with up to 4% employer-matched contributions to help you plan for the future.
• A culture that empowers - we enable change, encourage challenge, and celebrate personal growth.

What you'll be doing:
Developing and managing the OpenWorks
website
, driving technical improvements and enhancing user experience

Translating marketing strategy into clear
digital objectives
and delivering a coordinated action plan across key segments

Leading
social media activity
(LinkedIn, Instagram), including content creation, scheduling (Hootsuite) and performance reporting

Creating multimedia content
in-house - graphics, short videos and social posts using tools such as Canva, Adobe InDesign and Photoshop

Working with agencies
to produce high-quality specialist assets such as animations and longer-form video

Advancing SEO, SEM and exploring emerging
AI-driven optimisation
opportunities

Managing external
digital placements
(online profiles, directories, digital ads) and the associated content

Owning digital newsletters
, internal/external templates
and wider digital asset libraries

Supporting
internal communications
in collaboration with our Brand and Engagement Officer

Event attendance
to capture our brand interactions in the UK, and occasionally overseas

Bringing forward
new ideas
, proposals and creative concepts that strengthen our digital and brand presence

What we're looking for:
Qualifications:
CIM qualification or equivalent preferred

Digital Expertise:
Experience managing websites, SEO/SEM, and analysing digital performance data

Multimedia Skills:
Ability to create social content, edit short videos, and produce graphics using tools such as Canva or Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Photoshop) or similar

Social Management:
Confident using social scheduling platforms such as Hootsuite

Regulated Marketing Awareness:
Able to balance creativity with sensitivity and compliance in a regulated environment

Sector Experience:
Industrial or regulated industry background desirable (defence experience not required)

AI Interest:
Curious about the role of AI in modern marketing and how to apply it responsibly

Creative Mindset:
Proactive and idea-driven, comfortable proposing new approaches and seeing them through

Autonomous Working Style:
Thrives independently while contributing to the delivery of the mid-term marketing plan

More about us:
Vision
Help protect the territory and airspace of NATO countries and their allies.

Mission
Be a world-leading provider of autonomous technology for Surveillance applications and Defence

Values
Be a Good Egg:
Earn respect, have mutual trust and be honest

Do cool stuff:
We develop cool tech with an awesome team, and we get stuff done

Be empowered:
We are autonomous, reliable and take personal responsibility

We are one team:
Look out for each other and the team

Things go wrong:
Fail fast, learn and move on

Have fun:
We're doing amazing things with passionate people