Marketing Lead

Media & Digital publishing company

We’re hiring a Senior Digital Marketing Lead on a contract basis to support a global media and digital publishing brand. This is a hands-on leadership role focused on performance marketing, combining strategic oversight with delivery — driving improvements across paid media, CRM and channel performance through data-led decision making.

The Company

We’re partnered with a leading global media and digital publishing organisation with a large and highly engaged digital audience. Their platforms span content, subscription and commerce experiences, with a strong focus on driving growth through digital channels. They are continuing to invest in performance marketing, with an emphasis on efficiency, scalability and long-term audience growth.

The Role

This is a 3-month contract for a Senior Digital Marketing Lead to drive performance and provide direction across digital marketing channels. You’ll take ownership of paid media strategy and execution across platforms such as Google Ads and Meta, while also overseeing CRM, email strategy and customer segmentation.

Alongside hands-on delivery, you’ll lead and coach a team, bringing structure and clarity to how campaigns are planned and executed. The role is focused on improving performance, aligning activity to revenue goals, and ensuring a strong, consistent brand presence across channels.

You’ll work closely with senior stakeholders, using data and insights to guide decisions and identify opportunities to optimise and scale activity.

What you’ll be doing
-Leading and coaching a team across marketing and editorial
-Owning paid media performance across Google Ads and Meta
-Managing budgets, channel strategy and campaign optimisation
-Driving performance against KPIs such as CPA, CTR and conversion rate
-Using data and insights to inform strategy and decision-making
-Overseeing CRM, email strategy, segmentation and automation
-Establishing clear processes and ways of working to improve delivery
-Partnering with senior stakeholders across revenue and marketing teams

What they’re looking for
-Strong experience leading digital marketing and performance teams
-Deep hands-on expertise across paid media and campaign optimisation
-Proven track record of improving efficiency and scaling performance
-Strong analytical skills with confidence using performance data
-Experience across CRM, email marketing and lifecycle strategy
-Ability to prioritise and deliver in fast-paced environments
-Confident stakeholder management and communication skills

Contract Details

£430 per day (Inside IR35)
3-month contract - May-July
Hybrid – 4 days per week onsite (Adelphi)
Start date: ASAP

Contract

London

£430

Digital Marketing Manager

Media & Digital publishing company

We’re hiring a Digital Marketing Manager on a contract basis to support a global media and digital publishing brand. This is a hands-on role focused on performance marketing — driving improvements across paid media channels through testing, optimisation and data-led decision making. You’ll take ownership of campaigns across platforms like Google Ads and Meta, with a strong focus on delivering measurable results.

The Company

We’re partnered with a leading global media and digital publishing organisation with a large and highly engaged digital audience. Their platforms span content, subscription and commerce experiences, with a strong focus on driving growth through digital channels. They are continuing to invest in performance marketing, with a focus on improving efficiency, scaling campaigns and optimising user acquisition.

The Role

This is a 2-month contract for a Digital Marketing Manager to support performance marketing across key digital channels. You’ll take ownership of auditing, planning and optimising campaigns, working across platforms such as Google Ads and Meta. The role is focused on improving performance through structured testing, audience targeting and ongoing optimisation. You’ll work closely with internal stakeholders, using data and insights to guide decisions and continuously improve campaign effectiveness.

What you’ll be doing

Auditing and optimising paid media performance across key channels
Planning, launching and managing campaigns across Google Ads and Meta
Managing budgets, audience targeting and creative testing
Driving performance against KPIs such as CPA, CTR and conversion rate
Running A/B testing across creatives, audiences and landing pages
Turning performance data into clear, actionable insights
Collaborating with stakeholders across marketing and product teams

What they’re looking for

Strong hands-on experience across paid media and performance marketing
Proven track record of improving and scaling campaign performance
Confident working with analytics tools and performance data
Experience running structured A/B testing across campaigns
Ability to prioritise and deliver in a fast-paced environment
Comfortable working with CRM, CMS and marketing tools
Strong communication and stakeholder management skills

Contract Details

£300 per day (Inside IR35)
2-month contract
Hybrid - 4 days per week onsite in Waterloo
Start date: ASAP

Contract

London

£300

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Looking for a Senior Product Designer for a 3 month contract working on an investment product within a well known fintech.

Ideally 2 days a week in a London office.

You’ll need:
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• B2C product experience, ideally within fintech or financial services
• Native app and web experience
• A clean, well crafted portfolio that shows both thinking and execution

Working closely with Product and Engineering to shape and deliver customer facing journeys across a complex, regulated space.

£550–£650 per day, Inside IR35, 3 months initially.

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Senior Product Owner

fmcg

  • Location London
  • Salary £120,000
  • Type Permanent
  • Start Date ASAP
Nick Cochrane

Or email Nick Cochrane

nick@zebrapeople.com

We're working with this Top 3 Global FMCG business as they accelerate their digital commerce transformation and need an exceptional Product Owner to drive their e-commerce analytics capabilities across multiple markets.

The client

Our client is a Top 3 global FMCG business with a portfolio of iconic brands that are part of everyday life for billions of consumers worldwide.

This role sits within their Beauty & Wellbeing division – one of their fastest-growing and most dynamic business units. Right now, they’re at an inflection point: launching a new digital commerce strategy that will fundamentally reshape how they show up online, how they use data to drive decisions, and how they win in D2C, social commerce, and e-retail.

This is your chance to be part of something being built from the ground up:

  • New digital strategy backed by significant investment and C-suite commitment
  • Greenfield opportunity to architect analytics capabilities that will scale globally
  • Category leadership in prestige and mass beauty with brands consumers genuinely love
  • Entrepreneurial spirit within a global business – the agility of a scale-up with the resources of a major corporation
  • Purpose-driven approach that connects commerce with sustainability and social impact

This isn’t about maintaining what exists – it’s about defining what comes next. If you want to be the architect of digital commerce transformation at a business with the brands, the ambition, and the budget to do it properly, this is it.

The role

What You’ll Be Doing

Strategic Leadership:

  • Define the vision and long-term strategy for digital commerce analytics capabilities as part of the new digital strategy rollout
  • Conduct market research, competitive analysis, and customer journey mapping to identify opportunities across D2C, social commerce, and e-retail
  • Lead the design and architecture of scalable solutions that can be deployed across Content, Media, Performance, Digital Shelf and beyond
  • Track and report on KPIs that demonstrate real business impact – conversion, revenue growth, and customer satisfaction

Product Development & Execution:

  • Own and prioritize the product backlog, translating strategy into detailed user stories and technical requirements
  • Partner closely with Agile/Scrum development teams through all ceremonies – sprint planning, stand-ups, reviews, and retrospectives
  • Collaborate with UX/UI designers to create intuitive, data-driven experiences
  • Work across marketing, sales, operations, and customer service to ensure alignment and gather requirements

Stakeholder Management & Influence:

  • Build trusted relationships with C-suite executives and senior leadership, acting as the go-to advisor on digital commerce
  • Lead cross-functional steering committees to secure buy-in for major product initiatives
  • Communicate complex technical concepts and product strategy to diverse audiences with clarity and impact
  • Set up regional squads and communities to deliver actionable insights that drive business decisions

The candidate

Essential:

  • 15+ years in Digital, Technology, or Analytics product roles – you’ve been around the block and know what good looks like
  • 10+ years in e-commerce environments – whether that’s with pureplay platforms (Amazon, eBay), major retailers, consumer goods brands, tech platforms, or consulting
  • Hands-on experience with major e-commerce platforms (Shopify Plus, Magento/Adobe Commerce, BigCommerce, or custom solutions)
  • Proven track record of launching and scaling large digital products from concept through to global deployment
  • Exceptional business acumen – you naturally connect customer needs with commercial outcomes
  • Executive presence and influence – you’ve presented to and persuaded C-level stakeholders, and you know how to bring people along on the journey

The Ideal Profile:

We’re looking for someone who brings the best of both worlds – the strategic rigour and transformation expertise of top-tier consultancy combined with the operational execution and brand-building experience of working client-side.

Ideally, you’ll have:

  • Brand-side experience (FMCG, CPG, beauty, retail, or consumer brands) where you’ve lived the reality of executing digital commerce at scale, understood P&L accountability, and navigated the complexities of large matrix organizations
  • Consultancy experience (Big 4, strategy/digital consultancies, or specialist e-commerce agencies) where you’ve learned how to architect solutions, drive transformation programmes, and influence senior stakeholders across multiple clients

This blend means you can think like a consultant (strategic, structured, outcome-focused) but operate like a brand leader (pragmatic, commercial, delivery-focused). You know how to design the strategy and make it happen.

You’ll Stand Out If You Have:

  • Experience deploying digital capabilities across multiple international markets
  • Deep expertise in e-commerce analytics, digital shelf optimization, or performance marketing
  • Background in beauty, personal care, or wellness categories
  • Track record of building and leading high-performing product teams
  • Experience leading digital transformation or strategy shifts in large, complex organizations

Why This Role?

Ground Floor Opportunity – Shape a new digital strategy from the beginning, not inherit someone else’s legacy
Global Impact – Your work will be deployed across dozens of markets and touch millions of customers
Strategic Influence – Direct access to senior leadership who are genuinely committed to this transformation
Category Leader – Join a Top 3 FMCG business with household brands and significant investment in digital
Winning Division – Beauty & Wellbeing is outperforming, growing fast, and leading the company’s digital agenda
Innovation at Scale – Build cutting-edge analytics capabilities with the resources and ambition to do it properly
Career Progression – This is a senior, highly visible role with clear pathways into broader digital leadership

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