Marketing Manager

Job Introduction

We’re looking for a Marketing Manager to help us make a difference to our planet. 

As our Marketing Manager, the job may be suitable for hybrid working, which is where an employee works part of the week in the office and part of the week from home. This is a voluntary, non-contractual arrangement and the location advertised will be your contractual place of work. 

Our opportunity is full time, 37 hours per week, based in Exeter.

World changing work 

From science to technology, from meteorology to management, and from planning to communication, our expertise helps us stand out as the authority on weather accuracy and climate prediction. We help individuals, industries and government to make better decisions to stay safe and thrive. This is the Met Office. This is who we are. 

• We’re a force for good - focusing on our environmental and social impact
• We’re experts by nature - always learning and developing to do things better
• We live and breathe it - putting our purpose at the heart of decision-making
• We’re better together - understanding partnerships and inclusivity make us greater
• We keep evolving - pushing boundaries to make tomorrow better for our customers

Your world of expertise 

As a Marketing Manager within the Marketing and Insights team, you'll be involved in helping to continuously evolve the public weather service for all citizens of the United Kingdom. 

You will be part of the team acting as the voice of the customer, employing marketing activities and skills to frame our offering and position within the market. You will constantly improve the information, expertise and the way it is shared, with the public, responders and partners to help people stay safe and thrive.

Your key duties:

• Work across a range of market leading products and services for the Met Office.
• Stay up to speed on latest consumer and market trends and use insight to inform marketing decision making and strategies.
• Manage the full marketing mix with opportunities work on all marketing disciplines, such as business planning, product development, marketing communications, market and customer intelligence and proposition development.
• Work with cross-office teams to develop value propositions that meet the needs of customers and users. 
• Drive customer and user preference through the use of effective marketing tools and techniques.

Why join us 

Our work is life-changing, often life-saving and always life-enhancing. The Met Office is Great Place to Work UK certified. We are also featured on their ‘Best Workplaces in Tech’ 2023 and 2024 lists, as well as their ’54 Best Workplaces for Women’ 2023 list.

As our Marketing Manager, your total reward package will be up to £47,606 annually, which includes: 

• £33,794 base pay
• An outstanding Civil Service pension, with an average employer contribution of 28.97%
• Annual Leave starting at 27.5 days (plus Bank Holidays) rising to 32.5 days (plus Bank Holidays) after 5 years and option to buy or sell up to 5 days per year of annual leave

Essential Criteria, skills and experience: 

1. You're an expert by nature with detailed knowledge and practical experience of the marketing planning process across the full marketing mix, both at a strategic and tactical level.
2. You're able to develop and describe customer benefits of complex information and translate these into Unique Selling Points for customers.
3. You have a proven ability to use a range of market research and analytics tools to develop customer insight.
4. You live and breathe it with a demonstrable track-record of supporting the integration of marketing plans (with associated sales, business or corporate plans).
5. You have experience of working better together as part of a high performing marketing team.
6. You keep evolving with a business or marketing qualification, or willingness to work for a CIM qualification.

How to apply 

If you share our values, we’d love to hear from you! Click apply to begin your application. Please complete your career history and provide evidence against each of the essential criteria in the supporting statement questionnaire. We recommend candidates use the CARL method (Context, Action, Result and Learning) for presenting evidence of experience and skills. 

Closing date 07/07/2025 at 23:59 with first stage interviews commencing from 21/07/2025. You will hear from us once the closing date has passed. 

Using AI in your application

We welcome applications that use AI tools for support in drafting or refining, as long as they accurately reflect your own skills and experience. All hiring decisions at the Met Office are made by people, not AI. For more details, visit our approach to recruitment.

How we can help 

If you have any questions or would like to discuss this opportunity further, please contact us at careers@metoffice.gov.uk.  

If you’re considering applying and need support to do so, please get in touch. You can request adjustments either within your application or by contacting us. Should you be offered an interview, please be aware there may be a selection exercise which could include a presentation, written test or a scenario-based activity. You can select in your application to be considered under the Disability Confident Scheme. To be invited to interview/assessment under this scheme, your application must meet the essential criteria for the role.  

We understand that great minds don’t always think alike and as an equal opportunities employer we welcome applications from those with all protected characteristics. We recruit on merit, fairness, and open competition in line with the Civil Service Code. 

We can only accept applications from those eligible to live and work in the UK - please refer to GOV.UK for information. We require Security clearance, for which you need to have resided in the UK for at least 3 of the last 5 years to be eligible. You will need to achieve full security clearance within your first 6 months with us.