Marketing Manager in London

London, United Kingdom
Duration: To be defined
£30,000 /yr
Start date: ASAP
Apply by: 9 Nov 2026

Job Description 

TYPE OF CONTRACT Permanent
HOURS 35 hours per week (flexible working offered)
ANNUAL LEAVE 30 days + Public holidays
SALARY £30,000
REPORTING TO Head of Marketing
DESIRABLE START DATE November 2026

Shape global experiences through marketing that matters:

At International House London (IH London), we believe in the power of language to connect people and cultures. Since 1962, we’ve been bringing the world closer together through innovative language education, teacher training, and international programmes.

Located in the heart of Covent Garden, we are now looking for an ambitious Marketing Manager to join our team and play a key role in driving awareness, engagement, and revenue across our diverse portfolio of services.

 

🚀 The role

We are looking for an experienced, commercially minded Marketing Manager to join our dynamic team and drive brand awareness, customer engagement, and revenue growth across a diverse portfolio of products and services. Using customer insight, digital marketing expertise, and performance data, you will develop and optimise targeted campaigns that generate demand, support sales, and deliver measurable commercial results.

You will bring a strong understanding of marketing principles, a data-led mindset, and the ability to create and deliver effective campaigns. This role requires creativity, commercial awareness, and strategic thinking to support IH London’s revenue goals across a diverse range of services.

This is a full 360° marketing role. Alongside managing your own product portfolio, you will develop recognised expertise in one or more marketing disciplines, helping shape best practice across the wider team.

 

We are particularly interested in:

  1. Demonstrable experience delivering marketing campaigns with measurable commercial results
  2. Experience using marketing performance data and customer insight to optimise campaigns
  3. Strong understanding of customer journeys and conversion pathways
  4. Familiarity with platforms such as Google Analytics, WordPress, Mailchimp, Canva, Monday.com or similar marketing tools
  5. Experience creating and overseeing high-quality marketing collateral, including digital advertising, brochures, promotional materials and campaign assets

 

🌿 Who will thrive in this role?

  1. A commercially minded marketer who enjoys analysing data and improving performance
  2. Someone comfortable managing multiple projects and priorities
  3. A strong communicator who can adapt messaging for different audiences and cultures
  4. A marketer who enjoys combining creativity with measurable business impact

 

🌍 Scope and impact:

IH London offers a broad portfolio including language teaching and training, examinations, and accommodation. Each area serves distinct customer groups with differing needs.

As part of our commitment to development, product areas may evolve, giving you the opportunity to broaden your experience and take on new challenges.

 

📌 Role Responsibilities:

Own and deliver targeted marketing plans for your product area, working closely with the Head of Marketing and key stakeholders. Drive joined-up, multi-channel activity across the full customer journey.

Insight & planning

  1. Conduct market, customer, and competitor research
  2. Turn insights into clear, actionable strategies
  3. Develop targeted B2B and B2C marcomms and messaging

Campaigns & content

  1. Plan and execute multi-channel campaigns (digital, email, social, PPC, SEO)
  2. Create engaging, customer-focused content across channels
  3. Ensure messaging is clear, consistent, and culturally relevant

Performance

  1. Track performance against measurable KPIs
  2. Optimise campaigns using data and testing

Sales

  1. Partner with Sales teams to develop lead-generation campaigns
  2. Support conversion activity and strengthen customer acquisition strategies

Web & UX

  1. Improve web content, SEO, and web upkeep
  2. Support lead generation and conversion (MQL → SQL)

Collaboration

  1. Work closely with sales, marketing, operations, and external stakeholders
  2. Present plans, results, and insights to stakeholders

 

About the school and city

About the School

IH London opened in 1959. We are the no.1 language school in Central London, judged by the latest British Council inspections and reported in the EL Gazette (2019). Every year we train over 500 new teachers and enable them to embark on exciting new journeys across the globe to inspire and teach others.

IH London was started by John and Brita Haycraft, the founders of IHWO, and its classrooms saw the very first CELTA courses back in the 1960s. The premises is very centrally located in Covent Garden. The centre is now a charitable trust, and is most well-known for English language courses and teacher training. We have, from our beginnings, been a leading contributor in the ELT field and we strive to continue to make a significant contribution to the international language education community.

Life in and around London

You will never find yourself short of things to do in London – a capital of culture.

There are thousands of unique restaurants, trendy rooftop bars, concerts across the city, and free national museums and galleries. Whatever your interest, you’ll be able to indulge it in London.

Studying at IH London

We are based in the beautiful Covent Garden in central London, famous for its shops, cafes, restaurants and West End theatres.

Within a short walking distance you will also find the Royal Opera House (home to the Royal Ballet, as well as the Royal Opera), the British Museum (voted one of the top ten museums in the world by National Geographic) and The National Gallery (the story of European art, masterpiece by masterpiece).

In the school, the on-site café sells a wide range of delicious food, snacks and beverages, from breakfast until the evening. All food is prepared fresh each day.

There are 2 supermarkets at the nearby tube stations: Sainsbury’s and Waitrose. A meal deal lunch from the supermarket (sandwich, snack and drink £3.00 and a kilo of oranges is £2-3.

The school is minutes from two tube stations: Covent Garden and Holborn. We are only two tube stops away from Kings Cross St Pancras International if you take the Eurostar from Paris.

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Application deadline: 9 Nov 2026

Requirements

✅ Qualifications we’re looking for:

Essential qualifications
  1. Relevant marketing qualification or degree
  2. Proven experience delivering marketing campaigns with measurable commercial outcomes
  3. Strong understanding of digital and social media channels
  4. Analytical, customer-focused, with insight into buyer behaviour
  5. Knowledge of user journeys across multiple channels
  6. Experience with tools such as Google Analytics, WordPress, Mailchimp (or similar)
  7. Understanding of B2B and B2C marketing approaches
Desirable qualifications
  1. Exposure to PPC, SEO or paid media
  2. Design skills (Adobe or Canva)
  3. Strong visual awareness

 

💡 Skills we’re looking for:

Essential skills
  1. Clear communication and copywriting skills
  2. Strong organisation and time management
  3. Proactive, can-do attitude
  4. Collaborative team player
Desirable skills
  1. Interest in international audiences or education
  2. Additional language skills

 

Benefits

💡 Why join IH London?

  1. 🌍 Work in a reputable international organisation with global impact
  2. 🕒 Flexible working approach
  3. 🌿 30 days annual leave + 8 bank holidays
  4. 📈 Opportunity to grow your specialism and broaden your marketing expertise
  5. 🤝 Collaborative, supportive, and purpose-driven culture
  6. 📌 Enjoy working from our Covent Garden office in the heart of Central London
  7. 🚀 Great perks: Free language courses, Perks at Work, EAP, Eye Tests, Health Cash plan, Cycle to work scheme and access to the IH London staff portal

 

Apply Now

If you’re passionate about marketing and would like to contribute to a globally recognised education organisation, we would love to hear from you!

Applications will be reviewed by the relevant Hiring Manager, who will contact shortlisted candidates to arrange interviews.

Please note that if you are successful at the interview stage, all offers are subject to a right-to-work in the UK eligibility check and two satisfactory references.

We encourage fairness and equality in our recruitment and selection process. Our shortlisting and interviewing will be carried out by more than one person, and interview questions will be related only to the requirements of the role.

For more information, visit https://www.ihlondon.com/onboarding-with-ih-london/

International House London’s Values:

Ethical, Inclusive, Innovative, Passionate, Professional

 

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