About Us

Peninsula Employment Services Limited (“Peninsula”) is a provider of outsourced human resources solutions, including employment relations advice, health and safety advice and legal assistance to small and medium-sized businesses located throughout Canada. Peninsula currently operates in the U.K., Ireland, Australia, New Zealand and Canada, and employs over 1,500 people globally. Peninsula opened its first Canadian office in September 2017 and has quickly become one of the fastest growing companies in Ontario, Alberta, and British Colombia.

Job Purpose

To manage effectively and own the digital marketing strategy and tactics of the business, focusing on activities which drive new customer acquisition, customer retention and revenue growth. To improve digital marketing activities and implement best practice marketing automation. To deliver a digital marketing program which exceeds our prospects’ expectations and provide support to our growing customer base across Canada.

Job Overview

You will lead our PPC, SEO, marketing automation and digital copywriting functions, and will work with a variety of stakeholders across other departments. The ideal candidate will have a proven record of working within digital marketing and be skilled in driving lead generation, devising and implementing sales campaigns. You will also work closely with our sales teams, seeing through the lead cycle end to end.

Day-to-Day Responsibilities

• Build digital marketing strategy with plans and how this will be implemented to ensure the business has an optimised online presence. The focus being on website management, lead generation and supporting channel activity
• Develop, own, implement and measure online and offline marketing plans which drive the company’s annual growth goal
• Ensure the effective management campaigns to maximise new opportunities for the company
• Support sales with campaigns, programs, and initiatives
• Manage the PPC specialist, SEO manager, automation manager and copywriter to ensure their focus is in the right areas and marketing efforts aligned
• Work with stakeholders and the marketing team to effectively manage our marketing budget and drive better ROI, campaign efficiency and cost management
• Work closely with the sales team on lead generation strategies and be a key contributor in driving leads through multi-channel marketing campaigns across mail, email, paid digital, events, amongst other sources

What you bring to the team

• Minimum 4 – 5 years’ experience in a B2B marketing or equivalent marketing experience
• Experience of leading a team preferred but not essential
• A highly motivated self-starter, with a proven track record of driving commercial growth through execution of a robust marketing strategy in a fast paced, results-driven environment
• Excellent communication and presentation skills to senior stakeholders.
• Commercially astute with a proven track record of growing online sales in a large organization.
• Broad understanding of multiple website platform skill sets including, SEM, e-mail, re-targeting, SEO, CRM
• Measurable success in a customer acquisition, loyalty & retention focused role.

Experience working on managing and monitoring marketing ad campaigns ROI

• Experience using analytics tools to measure and optimise performance

Why Work for Peninsula?

Peninsula has been voted one of the best companies to work for two (2) years in a row by the Glassdoor Awards. Peninsula is a rapidly growing global company and expanded its operations to western Canada in 2019. Peninsula is a highly motivated enterprise that promotes an entrepreneurial culture. Peninsula is committed to an inclusive, equitable and accessible workplace where all employees are valued. Accommodations are available upon request for candidates participating in our selection process.