Head of Marketing

We are currently seeking a talented and motivated individual to join our team as Head of Marketing. You will support our fight against animals suffering by ensuring our brand, storytelling and campaigns inspire, excite and motivate the people of Scotland to think and act differently. To support this search, we have partnered with recruitment specialists Eden Scott. Please see below for full details on the role and the skills required. If you are interested in applying, ensure you read the full advert carefully and submit your application directly through Eden Scott.

You will use your expertise to shape and evolve their brand, building and developing a high-performing team and getting the very best from agency partners. You will work closely with fundraising, communications and operations to turn attention into action, driving fresh thinking and meaningful change. 

Key responsibilities of the role: 

1. OWN THE BRAND

You will be responsible for shaping, steering and protecting one of the best known and loved charity brands in Scotland. You will obsess about ensuring the brand is a brilliant platform for taking their Charity purpose to market.

2. CAMPAIGNS AND AGENCIES

Your Marketing Strategy will translate into high-profile, big budget campaigns against agreed strategic aims. You will lead on selecting, managing and bringing the best out of their agency partners.

3. STORY GENERATION

You will foster a culture and a process for shining a light on everyday moments of brilliance and ensuring they are given exposure to the outside world. 

4. TEAM AND BUDGET

You will manage and develop your team, and work across teams such as Communication, to ensure paid, earned social, own and user generated messaging is aligned and amplifies each other against agreed budgets and timescales.

5. DIGITAL SERVICES

You will lead on ensuring the Charity’s website and digital channels become the primary way for communication engagement, driving data capture and ongoing permission-based marketing.

6. WIDER IMPACT

You will help drive a customer-centric mindset, supported by effective marketing materials, to everything they do including how they maximise animal adoptions world for an animal to call home. 

Key skills and experience required: 

You will be an experienced marketing professional, most likely already been a Head of Function, preferably have demonstrable charity experience. 

You will have experience of writing a strategy, agency briefs, developing design and production processes and making everything clear and simple for colleagues.

You will be able to demonstrate how you develop audience frameworks and can align compelling content and campaigns to these defined target markets.

You Dunfermline based. Hybrid working

This role offers an excellent competitive salary within the range of £54,017 - £60,168 depending on experience.

Eden Scott is dealing exclusively with the Scottish SPCA on this vacancy so to be considered for this exciting opportunity with a truly unique and best in class employer, please submit your CV to sally.rae@edenscott.com or use the below link. 

https://www.edenscott.com/job/head-of-marketing-226536

Closing date for applications: 12 noon, Friday 8th May 2026

First stage interviews: Thursday 14th May 2026