Graphic Designer Salary: £28,000 - £30,000Location: ManchesterWorking Pattern: Full-time | Monday to Friday | Fully office basedAbout the Business We're partnering with a well-established business within the electrical wholesale and distribution sector to recruit a Graphic Designer. With a strong national presence and an extensive product portfolio, the company supplies high-quality electrical products to trade and commercial customers across the UK.As part of a growing marketing team, you'll play a key role in producing engaging creative assets across both print and digital channels, helping to strengthen the brand and support wider business growth.The Role Reporting to the Marketing Manager, this is an exciting opportunity for a well-rounded Graphic Designer who enjoys working across a variety of creative projects in a fast-paced environment.The role will have a strong focus on producing printed marketing collateral, particularly product catalogues, alongside digital assets for marketing campaigns. You'll collaborate with internal stakeholders to create high-quality creative that reflects the brand identity and supports commercial objectives.Key Responsibilities Design and produce high-quality product catalogues using Adobe InDesign.Create engaging print and digital marketing materials across multiple channels.Produce artwork including brochures, flyers, POS, advertisements, social media graphics and other marketing collateral.Ensure all creative output is consistent with brand guidelines and corporate identity.Collaborate closely with the Marketing Manager to develop creative concepts and campaign assets.Prepare artwork for print production, ensuring files meet production specifications.Manage multiple design projects simultaneously, delivering work to agreed deadlines.Contribute fresh creative ideas that enhance marketing campaigns and customer engagement. About You You'll be a creative and organised Graphic Designer with a passion for producing high-quality design across both print and digital media. You'll be confident managing multiple projects while maintaining excellent attention to detail.Key Skills & Experience Minimum of 3 years' commercial Graphic Design experience.Strong portfolio demonstrating both print and digital design work.Advanced proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, particularly Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign.Experience designing printed marketing collateral, particularly catalogues or brochures.Understanding of print production processes and artwork preparation.Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office.Excellent layout, typography and attention to detail.Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple deadlines.Confident communicator who enjoys collaborating with cross-functional teams.A Graphic Design degree is desirable but not essential. What's on Offer Salary of £28,000 - £30,000.Full-time permanent position.Fully office-based role in Manchester.Opportunity to join an established and growing business.Varied creative workload across print and digital projects.Supportive and collaborative marketing team. As an industry leading, nationwide Marketing, Digital, Analytics, IT and Design recruitment agency, we are continually receiving new assignments to work on, so keep a close eye on our website, Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter pages for a full list of current permanent and interim opportunities as well as marketplace news and fun stuff. Forward Role is operating as an employment agency.

Head of Marketing£70,000 - £90,000 + performance bonusStockport (3-4 days in office) | D2C RetailThe BusinessThis is a profitable, founder-led D2C retail scale up with a loyal customer base, a high-performing email programme and strong commercial momentum through its partnerships channel. The business is entirely self-funded so no PE/VC pressure / no corporate politics and is now at a pivotal point, investing seriously in marketing for the first time to drive its next phase of revenue growth. Think scrappy in the best possible way: fast decisions, real accountability, and genuine scope to shape the direction of the brand.Revenue is currently sub £10m and the ambition is clear. The founders know what they have built. Now they need someone to help them scale it.The RoleThis is a senior, hands-on leadership position reporting directly to the founders. You will own the full 360 marketing strategy - performance, retention and conversion - and be held accountable for revenue outcomes, not just activity. It is a player-coach role in the truest sense. You will lead a small capable team while remaining personally active in the ad accounts, the email platform and the analytics tools.Key priorities include: Building and scaling a profitable paid social engine from the ground up - diagnosing underperformance, fixing tracking and signal quality, and running a disciplined creative and offer testing programmeOwning customer acquisition cost, blended ROAS, payback period and contribution margin — real commercial metrics, not platform vanity numbersLeading integrated marketing across paid media, SEO, email/CRM, affiliates, PR and brandDriving website conversion on the store platform - funnel, landing pages, proposition and AOVCo-owning and growing the email and lifecycle programmeBuilding dashboards and reporting frameworks the founders can trust, with A/B and incrementality testing as standardEmbedding AI tools across the function to increase output without growing headcountManaging, coaching and developing the existing marketing team What We're Looking ForYou will have come up through performance marketing and know what it takes to drive profitable growth in a lean, resource-constrained business. Specifically: ESSENTIAL: Proven growth marketing track record in a D2C, ecommerce or consumer product environment at a similar stage of growth - ideally £5-15m revenue, founder-led or scale-upBroad results based marketing experience spanning both performance and brand, with deep hands-on expertise in paid social (Meta essential), SEO, email/CRM and conversion optimisationAble to discuss real numbers from paid social campaigns — budgets managed, CAC achieved, ROAS, how you scaled channels and where ceilings were hitSpecific, provable examples of website conversion improvements you have personally deliveredExperience with email and lifecycle marketing platformsCommercially obsessed and highly numerate — you think in contribution margin and P&L, not just campaign metricsA genuine builder and self-starter who thrives without big-agency infrastructure or large team supportAlready uses AI tools as part of day-to-day workflow and can demonstrate the difference it makes This is not a role for someone who manages agencies at arm's length or delegates the detail. The founders want someone who gets into the weeds, moves fast, tests, learns and iterates.If you have scaled a DTC brand from good to great and want genuine ownership of a marketing function at a business with real momentum, this is worth a conversation.As an industry leading, nationwide Marketing, Digital, Analytics, IT and Design recruitment agency, we are continually receiving new assignments to work on, so keep a close eye on our website, Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter pages for a full list of current permanent and interim opportunities as well as marketplace news and fun stuff. Forward Role is operating as an employment agency.

We're partnering with a leading UK business to recruit an Employee Relations Specialist to join their growing People team. Employee Relations Specialist South UK (Field-Based with some Travel) Permanent Up to £55,000 + Benefits This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced HR professional who enjoys combining complex Employee Relations work with wider engagement, wellbeing and culture initiatives. The Role As a trusted ER specialist, you'll play a key role in supporting managers and stakeholders across the business, ensuring best practice, legal compliance and a positive employee experience. You'll also contribute to strategic projects across engagement, wellbeing, diversity & inclusion and reward. Key Responsibilities Provide expert advice and guidance on complex Employee Relations matters. Support managers with disciplinary, grievance, absence and performance-related cases. Review and develop HR policies and procedures in line with employment legislation. Support Employee Engagement, Wellbeing, D&I and Reward initiatives. Deliver ER training and coaching to managers and HR teams. Manage Employment Tribunal cases and liaise with external legal partners. Analyse ER data and identify opportunities for continuous improvement. Provide on-site support for escalated ER matters across the business when required. About You Strong Employee Relations experience within a fast-paced or multi-site environment. Experience managing complex ER cases from start to finish. Employment Tribunal case management experience. Knowledge of Trade Union relationships and dispute resolution. Experience creating and delivering ER training. Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills. Highly organised, resilient and commercially minded. Full UK Driving Licence and willingness to travel. If you'd like to know more about this opportunity, please contact Alex Wright @ Forward Role Recruitment or click the link to apply. As an industry leading, nationwide Marketing, Digital, Analytics, IT and Design recruitment agency, we are continually receiving new assignments to work on, so keep a close eye on our website, Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter pages for a full list of current permanent and interim opportunities as well as marketplace news and fun stuff.Forward Role is operating as an employment agency.