Social Media Specialist (Brand & Growth)Central London - 3+ days in office £35,000 - £45,000 + benefits  Forward Role is recruiting for a fast-growing, premium consumer brand - well-regarded and has built its name so far without any paid marketing. Growth has come from word of mouth and a genuinely engaged following. They're now looking for the first person to properly own social. There's no strategy to inherit and no playbook to follow - Instagram is already working VERY well and has real momentum; TikTok is untouched, and building it from nothing is entirely down to you! What you'd be doing:✨Owning Instagram strategy day to day and pushing it further✨Building a TikTok presence from zero, including tone, format and content style✨Writing creative briefs and directing an in-house design team✨Planning and managing the content calendar around campaigns and key moments✨Running community management across DMs and comments✨Growing the brand's audience and reach while keeping its identity intact✨Setting the metrics that matter and reporting on them honestly✨Supporting real-world events alongside the online presence✨Working closely with the wider brand and commercial team What they're looking for:✨Genuine knowledge of the luxury, fashion, retail industry and a strong sense of what's actually good✨Comfortable with data and honest reporting on performance✨Happy to be hands-on - briefing creative one minute, replying to a DM the next✨Strong writing and a good sense of tone✨Confident making decisions quickly, often without a precedent to lean on Bonus if you've got a trusted freelancer network, have worked across more than one market or have launched a channel from zero before. This is a genuine ownership opportunity. You'd have full control of the brand's social presence from day one, a clear path of progression, and the chance to build a team underneath you as the function grows, backed by a wider group with real investment behind it. Hybrid - minimum 3 days a week in a London office, sometimes more.  Send your CV AND Portfolio to ariana@forwardrole.com 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.

Lead Data Engineer (National Security) Salary: £80,000–£120,000 Clearance: Active eDV required Location: Key National Security hubs | Hybrid / secure-site working depending on programmeThere comes a point where another pipeline isn’t enough.You want to shape the technical direction, influence the customer and have a say in what actually gets built.I’m supporting a specialist Data & Geospatial SME that has recently secured strategically important National Security work ahead of significantly larger competitors — largely on the strength of its technical capability and credibility in the space.This is a senior role, operating around SFIA 5–6, with genuine ownership.You won’t be disappearing into a large delivery team. You’ll be expected to shape solutions, guide technical direction and work directly with senior customer stakeholders, including C-level contacts.What you’ll be working across PythonAWS and cloud-native data servicesModern data platformsETL / ELT and scalable pipelinesData modelling and architectureDistributed data processingCI/CD and Infrastructure as CodeTechnical design and solution ownership The role is still hands-on, but the value is in the influence you’ll have around it.You’ll be close enough to the customer to understand the real problem, senior enough to challenge the approach, and technical enough to help shape the solution properly.Why it’s worth a look This should appeal if you want: Greater technical ownershipDirect access to senior customer stakeholdersMore influence over architecture and deliveryA specialist engineering environment rather than a huge primeStrong learning and developmentThe chance to work on strategically important National Security programmes The business is in a genuine growth phase, and this role sits close to that expansion rather than being another hire into an established delivery machine.Clearance Active eDV clearance is required for this opportunity due to the nature of the live programme.If you’re already operating at Senior / Lead / Principal level and want a role where your technical judgement actually carries weight, this is well 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.

Senior Platform Engineer (National Security) Location: Cheltenham / Gloucester area Hybrid: Flexible depending on programme Salary: £75,000–£95,000+ Clearance: Active DV / eDV requiredIf you’re spending more time maintaining platforms than improving them, this could be worth a look.I’m supporting a small, engineering-led National Security SME that’s built a strong reputation for doing things differently from the larger consultancies and primes.The team is technically strong, low-ego and trusted to get on with the job. You’ll have real ownership, direct input into technical decisions and the freedom to improve how things are built rather than simply inherit someone else’s process.What you’ll be working with AWSKubernetesTerraformDockerLinuxCI/CDPython / BashInfrastructure as CodeMonitoring, automation and platform reliability The role sits firmly in Platform Engineering rather than traditional infrastructure support.You’ll be building and evolving secure cloud platforms, improving deployment and automation, and working closely with Software and Cloud Engineers across live National Security programmes.Why it’s worth a look The strongest feedback I hear from engineers in environments like this is usually about the same things: More ownershipLess red tapeBetter technical conversationsStronger team cultureModern toolingProgression without needing to move into management It’s the kind of place where good engineers are trusted rather than micromanaged.Clearance Active DV or eDV clearance is required due to the nature of the live programmes.If you’ve been wondering what life looks like outside the larger consultancies or primes, I’m happy to talk you through the role and give you an honest view of the wider market too.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.