Junior Marketing Manager

Plates, founded by Keeley and Kirk Haworth is an ambitious, plant-led food group with divisions in London and South-West France. The restaurant was awarded its first Michelin star in May 2025, and has built a strong and steadily growing digital presence from the ground up, now reaching an engaged audience across the UK and beyond. Life at Plates is fast-paced, creatively rich and full of opportunities to learn and grow. As we continue to expand, we are on the lookout for a Junior Marketing Manager to manage our email marketing and our social channels (Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, YouTube, Linkedin) and support our wider marketing campaigns. We’re looking for a driven, detailed and passionate marketer with a pragmatic approach to their work, established in marketing for at least 3 years to join our growing creative food group. Responsibilities & duties

• Execute core marketing tasks across multiple channels, including social media, email marketing and website updates.
• Generate content ideas aligned with Plates’ brand positioning and wider marketing campaigns.
• Write clear, on-brand copy tailored to the different audiences across our business.
• Support campaign delivery for various creative projects from brief through to execution and reporting.
• Help maintain and build community engagement across all our channels to grow our online community.
• Take ownership of website updates (Wordpress) and create visual assets for newsletters and marketing emails.
• Assist with partnership and influencer outreach initiatives.
• Provide admin support to management and studio support when required.
• Manage your own plus one other general enquiries inbox.

Skills & profile (what we’re looking for):

• Motivated to make an impact from day one, and excited to contribute to the creative growth and engagement of audiences with the Plates brand.
• A driven, positive & proactive attitude.
• Experience of growing email lists, managing email marketing campaigns including designing email funnels, automation flows and personalisation.
• Experience of setting up and managing paid marketing campaigns.
• Knowledge of the current social media landscape and marketing requirements of a small business.
• Have a good personal social presence, be up to speed on current trends, and content creation tools.
• Comfortable moving between varied tasks in a fast-paced environment.
• An understanding of integrating A.I tools (e.g. Claude) into workflow (desirable).
• Have a good sense of style to help direct and coordinate styling for photoshoots.
• Passion for hospitality, food, and world-class dining experiences.
• Minimum of three year’s experience in a similar role.
• Curious, highly-organised and eager to learn every aspect of a small but multi-dimensional business.

Learning & Development Opportunities:

• Work closely with the founders to gain first-hand insight into running a growing hospitality and creative business.
• Rare exposure across the many departments and projects that make up the business.
• Deep insight into how marketing & comms support a world-leading Michelin-level hospitality brand.

Benefits: Our unique staff benefits package is built to support our employees career progression and health and wellness. This opportunity comes at an exciting part of our journey and offers a range of benefits, including:

• Competitive salary plus ‘Tronc’ (service charge from being part of a restaurant business).
• Professional growth and development plan
• R&D dining out allowance
• 28 days annual leave
• Daily staff food made by the kitchen team
• Innovative monthly wellness initiative
• Company provided MacBook

We’re not accepting applications from agencies, thank you. Start Date: October 2026