Freelance Marketing Manager

Company Description Husk is a multi-mix marketing, comms and branding agency dedicated to enhancing brand visibility and helping companies stay ahead in competitive markets. We specialise in crafting comprehensive marketing strategies, impactful advertising campaigns, business development solutions and engaging content to elevate our clients' brands. By listening to challenges and collaborating closely with clients, we design results-driven approaches that enable real growth. We're good people, we do good work, and we don't work with A-holes.

This Role 3 Days Per Week | Freelance / Contract | Hybrid with Dorset + London travel when needed Must be able to work from Poole office This is a mid-level role. circa £40k pro rata We’re looking for a freelance Marketing Manager to join Husk. This is not a “post a few graphics and schedule some content” role. We need someone commercially aware, creatively sharp, organised under pressure and confident enough to sit in front of clients and represent the business properly. You’ll work across a mix of brands and sectors from private equity and property to logistics, IT, lifestyle, FMCG and hospitality supporting on everything from social content and creative execution through to client comms, events and campaign support. You need to be the sort of person who gets stuck in. If something needs doing, you do it. If you don’t know something, you go and find out. If a client hasn’t sent what’s needed, you chase it. If you see an opportunity to improve something, you speak up. We care far more about attitude, initiative and creative instinct than polished corporate CVs.

What you’ll be doing:

• Managing social media accounts across LinkedIn, Meta, Youtube and TikTok
• Creating high-quality content in Canva and to a strong visual standard. (We have artworkers and strategic designers but we need someone who can build out designs in canva once they have templates)
• Designing social graphics, event invites, LinkedIn headers, email creative and wider digital content in Canva
• Writing captions, posts and light copy across different brand tones
• Scheduling, monitoring and managing social content calendars
• Supporting on marketing strategy and campaign thinking
• Managing day-to-day client communication and account handling
• Joining client meetings and representing Husk professionally
• Supporting on events, shoots and wider marketing projects when needed
• Keeping projects moving and proactively chasing actions internally and externally
• Thinking beyond the brief and bringing ideas to the table
• Interpreting client needs and briefing work clearly to our wider specialist team including developers, designers, paid ad specialists and PR
• Managing workflow and communication between clients and specialists to keep projects moving smoothly

What we’re looking for:

• A good person, who's an all round lovely, nice person
• Strong Canva skills are non-negotiable
• You must be able to create content that looks polished, on-brand and commercially strong annnnd fun/engaging/interesting
• Experience working within a marketing agency or in-house marketing role
• Someone proactive who doesn’t wait to be told what to do
• Confident communicator with strong customer-facing skills
• Able to brief creatives and specialists clearly and confidently
• Organised and capable of managing multiple moving projects at once
• Good eye for creative, branding and social content
• Strong work ethic and pride in output
• Comfortable writing copy in different tones of voice
• Friendly, personable and good to have around clients and events
• Someone commercially aware who understands that good marketing is about outcomes, not just aesthetics
• Someone who can handle both the exciting creative work and the less glamorous day-to-day tasks that keep projects running properly

You do not need to be a graphic designer. You do need creative judgement, attention to detail, and the ability to produce good work at pace. This role would suit someone who enjoys variety, likes autonomy, and wants to be part of a growing agency where they’ll actually have influence and responsibility.

To apply, include in your CV:

• A short intro about yourself
• Examples of Canva/social work you’ve created
• Relevant experience
• Your day rate / retainer expectations
• Availability