Jobs at Cambridge Design Partnership (Now Hiring) — 2 open

We are looking for a Digital Campaign and Communications Specialist to join our marketing team on a 12-month maternity cover contract. This is a full-time, Cambridge-based role working a minimum of three days a week at CDP HQ, at Bourn Quarter just outside Cambridge.

You will be part of a close-knit team where collaboration and trust sit at the heart of how we work. This is a role for someone who takes ownership, communicates openly with colleagues and stakeholders, and adapts quickly when priorities shift. You will shape and deliver content-led campaigns that support our sectors and help drive the sales funnel, working closely with colleagues across Markets, Sales Enablement, and Sales Operations to ensure the client is always front of mind.

The team delivers multi-channel campaigns, and your role will include managing our LinkedIn presence, delivering emails via HubSpot, and helping to ensure our marketing operations run smoothly. It is a hands-on role with plenty of ownership, and an opportunity to help turn ideas into activity that makes a measurable impact.

Job Duties and Responsibilities:

Campaign Management

• Plan, build, and deliver digital content-led marketing campaigns across email with the marketing, market teams, and services teams.
• Manage campaign workflows, ensuring activity is launched on time and to a high standard.
• Report clearly and honestly on campaign performance, sharing insights with sectors to support continuous improvement shaped by evidence-based reporting.
• Deliver Healthcare marketing assets and campaigns through relevant channels.
• User journeys

Email Marketing

• Plan, build, and execute HubSpot email campaigns end-to-end, to include scheduling, A/B testing, sending, and post-campaign review.
• Track performance metrics and share meaningful results with sector teams.
• Manage contact lists, exclusions, unsubscribes, and bounces in HubSpot accurately and responsibly.
• Develop the content

Digital: LinkedIn

• Own the organic social media content calendar for CDP, including creating and scheduling social media posts using multiple formats and highlighting all areas of the business aligned to the strategy and content pillars.
• Work with sector and capability leads to create content that reflects our brand and purpose.
• Support content creation, photography, asset uploads, and updates across key channels.
• Support Markets and Services with best practices in social media (LinkedIn) execution.
• Promote people, events, case studies, and insights,

Marketing Operations

• Own the marketing calendar, ensuring it stays accurate, achievable, and up to date with events, content, campaigns, and other activities.
• Support sectors with conferences and events that they sponsor, including event logistics, pre- and post-communication plans, and ensuring campaign leads are collected and reported upon.
• Use WordPress to make edits and updates to the company website, including migrating all Healthcare Insights/content to the new website with SEO optimisation to drive US ranking.

Administrative Tasks

• Work alongside designated agencies, designers, and external partners to ensure marketing activity is briefed and delivered as expected and on time.
• Create purchase orders and track spend/order materials, and keep track of subscriptions as required.
• Contribute to and analyse performance reporting, including monthly and quarterly meetings with internal stakeholders.

Success in this role will look like

• Wrapping your hands around the operational aspects of the team and programmes to ensure we deliver on time.
• Proactively leading campaigns and projects through delivery and performance review, utilising the full capability of the team.
• Being a trusted Marketing advocate across the organisation.

We are looking for someone organised, proactive, and confident in communicating with people at all levels of the business. You will be comfortable managing multiple priorities and presenting results honestly to senior stakeholders.

Skills and Attributes:

• Interest in campaign management and digital marketing, with motivation to keep developing.
• Understanding of HubSpot and WordPress platforms, or the ability to learn quickly.
• Strong marketing, analytical, and creative thinking when planning and improving campaigns.
• Excellent attention to detail, including proofreading.
• Confident communicator with good stakeholder‑management skills.
• Practical experience using Microsoft Office and creative tools such as Canva or Adobe products.
• Comfortable using AI tools such as ChatGPT, Claude, or Copilot to support day-to-day tasks, including copy drafting and research.

Experience and Education:

• Experience working in a fast-paced marketing environment with multiple senior stakeholders.
• Familiarity with B2B consultancy or technical/innovation sectors is an advantage.
• Degree or qualification in marketing, communications or a related field (preferred).

Cambridge Design Partnership (CDP) is an end-to-end innovation partner, propelling global brands and ambitious start-ups to success. We build breakthrough products and services – from insight to ideas, prototypes to production – bringing innovation to life. Our teams are multi-disciplinary, uniting scientific rigor, design ingenuity, and engineering excellence for consumer and healthcare clients. People-centred, deeply collaborative, and – above all – expert, we’re uniquely positioned to shape the future for consumers, patients, and industry. Even our ownership model is innovative: We’re 100% owned by our employees, ensuring an open culture and a total commitment to our projects’ success. As part of our benefits package, we offer:

• flexible working
• a discretionary bonus
• excellent learning and development opportunities
• a 12% non-contributory pension
• private healthcare
• electric vehicle lease salary sacrifice scheme
• share incentive plan
• 33 days holiday inclusive of bank holidays