Marketing Manager

Searchlight Ventures is the group company for The Light Cinemas, Light Entertainment and All Star Lanes. We operate a growing network of cinema, entertainment and hospitality venues across the UK, bringing together film, leisure activities, food and drink to create memorable experiences for our guests.

At Searchlight Ventures, we believe that exceptional experiences start with exceptional people. That’s why we’re always looking for talented, versatile, and passionate individuals to join our team and help us deliver unforgettable moments to our guests.

As our business continues to expand, with strong pipeline of new sites to be open – this is important stage for our business development so we are looking for an experienced and innovative Marketing Manager to lead and execute marketing strategies that drive brand awareness, customer acquisition and retention across our leisure offerings.

The Role:

This is a key role within the marketing team, responsible for leading and delivering marketing activity across both The Light and All Star Lanes.

A core part of the role will be shaping how we bring our leisure offer to life. This includes a mix of established activities and newer experiences, each with different audiences, occasions and growth potential.

You will work across multiple brands, audiences and propositions, ensuring activity is well planned, joined up and delivered to a high standard, while helping to build stronger awareness and engagement across our leisure offer. You will be expected to take ownership of key areas of activity, working across teams to drive plans forward and ensure delivery.

What you will be doing:

• Plan and deliver marketing across key trading periods
• Lead campaigns end-to-end, from concept to review
• Ensure leisure is consistently represented across all activity

Leisure support

• Develop and promote leisure offers, boosting awareness and engagement
• Tailor experiences to different audiences and occasions
• Shape positioning, packaging and messaging

Performance & insight

• Monitor campaigns and activities
• Use data to identify improvements and optimise performance
• Feed insights into future planning

Customer experience

• Take a joined-up view of the customer journey
• Improve discovery, booking and overall experience with digital and site teams

Collaboration

• Work closely with operations, sales and digital teams
• Build strong relationships with site teams
• Ensure consistency across all marketing channels

What you need to succeed

• Experience in a marketing role within a multi-site or customer-focused business
• Strong campaign planning and delivery experience
• Able to manage multiple projects and priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to use data and insight to inform decisions
• Confident working with different teams and stakeholders
• Good judgement and attention to detail
• An interest in experience-led, leisure or hospitality environments
• A proactive mindset and willingness to take ownership
• Curiosity to understand customers and how they engage with different experiences
• Ability to balance creative thinking with practical delivery

In return we offer:

• Competitive salary,
• Employee perks, social events and discounts across venues,
• A genuine work/life balance,
• Private medical insurance
• Life insurance
• Wagestream – access to your earned £££ whenever you need
• Up to 33 days holidays
• Flexible working,
• The opportunity to be part of a new and exciting business venture,
• Employee assistance programme
• Career development opportunities in a growing company

If you dream in campaign ideas, thrive on the audience buzz and live to see your work take a spotlight Apply NOW and join forward-thinking company.

Our dedicated Recruitment Team will review every application, and get in touch to arrange a chat with suitable candidates.

If we don't feel like you are the right match for now, we will make sure to let you know, however detailed feedback won't be provided at this stage.