Head of Marketing & Communications

Join CarTrawler as the Head of Marketing & Communications, where you will set the strategic direction for marketing, brand, and external communications. You will lead the delivery of CarTrawler's flagship annual conference, industry events, and sponsorships, while also acting as a trusted advisor to senior leaders on external messaging and media engagement. This role requires strong strategic judgment, the ability to influence senior stakeholders, and the leadership capability to empower a high-performing team.

• Lead the development and execution of CarTrawler’s marketing and brand strategy, ensuring alignment with company priorities and commercial objectives.
• Provide strategic leadership and oversight of CarTrawler’s flagship annual conference and industry events, ensuring exceptional execution and measurable business value.
• Own and lead CarTrawler's external corporate communications and PR strategy, including proactive media engagement and corporate reputation management.

• Proven ability to operate effectively in complex, evolving organisational environments, navigating ambiguity, managing competing stakeholder priorities and exercising sound strategic judgement
• Demonstrated ability to advise, influence and communicate credibly with C-suite executives and senior leadership teams, exercising discretion and sound commercial judgement
• Proven ownership of large-scale flagship conferences or complex industry events, from strategic concepts and content through to delivery and evaluation
• Excellent people leadership skills with a track record of building, developing and empowering high-performing teams and delivering results through others
• Strong strategic brand capability, including positioning, narrative development and governance across multiple channels and complex stakeholder environments
• 10+ years’ relevant experience in across marketing, strategic events, communications, PR and/or brand leadership
• Proven experience leading corporate communications, media relations and reputation management, including reactive issues and sensitive or high-profile announcements
• Strong commercial acumen, stakeholder management, agency leadership, creativity and attention to detail