Vice President of Marketing, Zen Educate & Zen Locum
4+ days a week in office (Oval, London)
Education & healthcare recruitment platform
Job no longer available
Education & healthcare recruitment platform
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
4+ days a week in office (Oval, London)
1001+ employees
Company mission
To make a positive impact and bring about meaningful change within the education recruitment sector.
Role
Who you are
- 5+ years of hands-on leadership in Marketing, ideally with a focus on paid marketing
- Deep knowledge and passion for how to build a world class Marketing Function – we’re looking for someone keen to roll their sleeves up and get stuck in
- Growth mindset – dedicated to growing your skills as a professional and ready to step in and own the entire People function
- Passion for the education sector and commitment to the company’s success
- Strong bias to action
What the job involves
- You’ll be joining Zen in a key position leading a high performing Marketing team of 8
- Marketing is at the heart of how we are helping to transform the supply and recruitment experience for schools and generate savings in the education system, using innovative channels to find and match our schools and teachers
- The Head of Marketing role is a crucial enabler to our growth and delivery
- You’ll play a significant role in the development of the company and team and this is a great opportunity for someone looking to apply themselves for a great cause and with great responsibility and autonomy to shape the company for years to come
- Strategic Planning & Execution: Develop and lead exciting marketing strategies that align with our commercial goals, focusing on growth channels, school and educator acquisition, and brand awareness
- Growth & Channel Development: Identify, plan, and execute key growth channels for the business, evaluating and scaling opportunities in paid marketing, schools marketing, and brand marketing
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with US and UK commercial teams to translate business objectives into marketing initiatives. Collaborate with finance and commercial teams to align on budgets, projections, and key performance metrics
- Long-Term Planning: Plan marketing requirements and resource needs for the next 6 to 12 months, including technology, hiring, and budget forecasting
- Drive Key Deliverables: Drive and meet paid marketing targets, schools marketing objectives, and brand marketing goals, ensuring each aligns with overall business growth strategies
- Budget Management: Partner with the finance team to review and adjust marketing models, ensuring multi-million pound annual investment in marketing aligns with commercial projections and delivers optimal ROI
- Team Leadership: Directly manage a high-performing Marketing Team of 10 (including team leads you’d be managing), supporting their performance, growth and development
- Get your hands dirty. Like any true start-up, no two weeks will be the same and a general interest in ‘mucking in’ and just getting the job done is crucial
Application process
- Upload a CV and short introduction for why you would be a great fit on our careers page (https://jobs.lever.co/zeneducate)
Salary benchmarks
Our take
With UK schools under immense financial pressure, Zen Educate is providing a smarter approach to education staffing. Recruitment in schools often relies on inefficient and expensive practices. Zen Educate is focused on tackling the pain points in the industry and providing a way to ensure schools get the best teachers possible.
It provides an online platform as an alternative to recruitment agencies, which is the only online platform accredited by the UK's Department of Education, helping schools fill staffing needs quickly and cost-effectively. Schools using the platform have reportedly saved 20-30% on supply cover costs.
Zen also operates Zen Locum, a service aimed at solving similar problems for pharmacies and opticians. This has already seen high uptake with over 500 new joiners a month. The company has also raised significant funding to support acquisitions in the UK and the US, plus the expansion of its operations and offering.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
May 2024
$37m
SERIES B
Oct 2022
$26.3m
SERIES A
Total funding: $86.3m
Company benefits
- Macbook and tech equipment provided
- Regular "lunch 'n' learns" every month on a range of topics
- Investment in your professional development
- Regular socials
- Ownership in the company
- Pension scheme
- 25 days of holidays + all UK public holidays off
- Central London dog-friendly office with perks like fresh fruit, bike parking, showers, and an on-site gym and café
- Life insurance
- Vitality health insurance and benefits
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Electric Car Scheme
Company HQ
Lambeth, London, UK
Leadership
Slava Kremerman
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously a member of the Leadership Team at Nutmeg a FS startup, they also worked at Barclays and Aon.
Oren Cohen
(Co-Founder & Chief Customer Officer)Ran the UK office of Optimizely, a Silicon Valley tech company. Prior to this, they worked at G-STAT and Intel.
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