Brand Strategy & Business Development Manager

Brand Strategy & Business Development Manager

Salary circa 32-35k dependent on skills and experience + pension

Full time

Showroom based - Dorking RH4 - car driver essential - travel between showrooms

What's on offer:

• 28 days holiday (including bank holidays) plus your birthday off
• Company pension
• Strategic, high-impact role with autonomy and influence
• Opportunity to shape one of the UK's most respected garden design brands as it expands
• Beautiful working environment and collaborative culture
• Travel opportunities for events and international showroom development

Are you the kind of person who sees opportunity everywhere? in a conversation, a campaign, or a community partnership?

Are you ready to Shape the Future of a Global Landscaping Brand?

If so, then we have a new, exciting opportunity for you to join a forward thinking, growing landscaping business.

Gardenscapes is an award-winning landscaping and garden design company known for creating outdoor spaces that blend beauty with precision. And now, we're preparing for our next chapter which includes expanding locally and beyond the UK into international markets.

We're looking for a dynamic and experienced Brand Strategy & Business Development Manager to lead that growth. Someone with vision, commercial acumen, and creative drive. Someone capable of elevating our brand and opening new doors.

This is a senior, hands-on role that combines creativity, strategy, leadership and business development. You'll work directly with the Director to drive brand visibility, launch campaigns, and build partnerships that propel the company forward - both at home and abroad.

Your mission If You Accept It:

Lead our marketing, business development, and brand strategy taking Gardenscapes from a respected UK leader to a globally recognised name in landscaping and outdoor living.

What you'll do:

• Oversee all digital media from socials, YouTube, email, and Google Ads
• Coordinate with partners on marketing campaigns and website development
• Manage our showroom branding, launch events, and PR
• Develop and design brochures, signage, and vehicle branding
• Represent the company at trade shows, charity events, and networking opportunities
• Identify and develop new growth streams (e.g. living walls, green roofs, international partnerships)
• Support recruitment, set up new systems, and help build the company's next phase of expansion

You'll excel if you:

• Have experience leading marketing and business development in design, property, or construction within a B2C role
• Are equally comfortable at a networking event or in a boardroom
• Can manage campaigns end-to-end from idea to execution
• Have strong creative instincts and a results-driven mindset
• Are comfortable managing people, budgets, and brand presence
• Have the ambition and curiosity to help shape a local brand into global growth

If you're ready to take a respected brand and make it remarkable send your CV and cover letter outlining why you would be perfect for this role.

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