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Marketing director jobs · permanent, interim and fractional

Marketing director jobs are senior roles that own a company’s marketing strategy and the function that delivers it, usually reporting to the CEO or managing director. The board below lists the marketing director roles on our board, permanent roles first where the posting says full-time, with head of marketing roles beside them.

We recruit permanent, interim, fractional and part-time marketing directors. On every brief we send a shortlist of 3–5, each with pay or day rate, availability and IR35 position set out, after five-stage vetting.

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How a brief runswhat we undertake

01Brief30-MINUTE SCOPING CALLDay 0
02Shortlist of 3–5VETTED · RATE BENCHMARK · IR35After the brief
03InterviewsYOU MEET THE SHORTLISTYour diary
04Scoped startFIRST-MONTH OUTCOMES AGREEDYou set the date
05Fractional, interim and permanentIR35 POSITION SET OUTOn every brief

Shortlist3–5

3–5

Shortlist · with pay or day rate, availability and IR35 set out

£79,500

Marketing director salary, median · 50th percentile, full-time

Robert Half, 2026

£70,000–£90,000

Marketing director salary, 25th–75th · full-time

Robert Half, 2026

£500–£900

Interim marketing director, SME · a day, to £30m revenue

Exec Capital

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Permanent Marketing director jobs

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Full-time Marketing director roles, posted by the employer as full-time and listed as the posting states them. We recruit permanent Marketing directors as well as fractional and interim. Marketing director recruitment.

Current marketing director and head of marketing roles

Fractional recruitment works differently from a permanent search — shorter, scoped by days a week, and priced on the engagement. Send a marketing director brief and we come back with a shortlist of three to five vetted candidates.

01/ the role

Marketing director jobs: the seat and what the board lists

A marketing director owns where the company competes and how it is seen: the marketing strategy, the brand, the budget and the team that runs campaigns, content, digital channels and research. In a mid-sized business the marketing director is the most senior marketer and sits on the leadership team. In a larger one the seat may report to a CMO and run a division, a region or a brand.

The board below lists marketing director roles, with head of marketing roles beside them, because employers advertise overlapping seats under both titles. Where a posting says full-time we list it as permanent and show those first; interim and fractional roles follow under their own labels. When there are few, the board widens to marketing leadership roles and says so.

For what the seat involves day to day, see what a marketing director does; for the documents employers write, the marketing director job description.

02/ scope

How to get a marketing director job

1. Show strategy and a budget, with results

Most marketing directors come up through marketing manager and head of marketing seats; the National Careers Service sets out the routes into marketing management. For the full career path, see how to become a marketing director. When you apply, lead with the strategy you set, the budget you held and what it returned, in numbers a referee can confirm.

2. Carry the credentials

CIM’s Chartered Marketer status (graded membership, two consecutive years of CPD and an online assessment) is the profession’s own mark. The Marketing Society, a membership body for senior marketers, is where to meet the people who hire for the seat. If the role takes a board seat, the IoD’s Chartered Director programme covers what the board will expect of you.

3. Prepare for the interview

Expect a case on the employer’s own market, a budget question and a compliance question. A marketing director answers for what the company says: the CAP Code enforced by the Advertising Standards Authority, and the ICO’s direct marketing and PECR guidance for email, text and calls.

03/ comparison

Marketing director vs head of marketing vs CMO

Three marketing seats that overlap. Read the scope and the reporting line, not the title. Medians are Robert Half’s 2026 full-time figures.

Head of marketingMarketing directorCMO

Usually ownsThe marketing plan, team and budgetMarketing strategy, brand and the functionMarketing across the business, at executive committee level

Usually reports toThe CEO, a marketing director or a CMOThe CEO or managing directorThe CEO

Full-time median, 2026£66,250£79,500£147,000

04/ vetting

How we vet marketing directors

What we undertake on every brief, before a candidate reaches you.

01
Qualification screen
Verify marketing director tenure, sector context and stage fit.
SOURCING
02
Mandate fit
Match to your situation — stage, board dynamics, timing.
MATCHING
03
Reference deep-dive
We take references ourselves, from recent past clients — real outcomes, not titles.
VERIFY
04
Shortlist
Three to five candidates with day rate, availability and IR35 position set out.
SHORTLIST OF 3–5

05/ vacancies

Marketing director vacancies: what the title does and does not mean

Marketing director vacancies use the word "director" loosely. Some are board appointments; many are senior job titles with no seat on the board. A company director is legally responsible for running the company and its filings at Companies House, so ask at interview whether you would be appointed as a director and what that means for your duties.

Read the scope as well as the title. A marketing director in a business with no CMO sets the strategy; one below a CMO usually runs a brand, a region or a channel. If the vacancy is mostly team and campaigns, it is closer to a head of marketing seat; see head of marketing salary for how the pay compares.

06/ permanent jobs

Permanent marketing director jobs: what the seat pays

Robert Half’s 2026 salary guide puts a full-time marketing director at £70,000 at the 25th percentile, £79,500 at the median and £90,000 at the 75th. Its median for a head of marketing is £66,250 and for a CMO £147,000. These are base salaries; bonus and benefits vary by employer.

On day one your employer must give you a written statement of employment particulars, covering job title or a description of the work, pay, hours and holiday. For the full pay picture, see marketing director salary.

07/ jobs by type

Marketing director jobs by type

Fractional. A marketing director for part of the week: see fractional marketing director jobs, or hire a fractional marketing director. For every part-week marketing role, fractional marketing jobs.

Interim. Cover for a departure, a turnaround or a launch: interim marketing director jobs. Exec Capital publishes £500–£900 a day for an interim marketing director at SME and scale-up level (to £30m revenue), £800–£1,400 mid-market and PE-backed, and £1,200–£1,800 at large corporate or brand-led businesses.

Part-time. Set days a week on an employment contract: part-time marketing director jobs.

Pay. Marketing director salary, with the head of marketing and CMO figures beside it.

Hiring the seat. Marketing director recruitment, the marketing director job description and what a marketing director does.

08/ questions

Marketing director jobs FAQ

The questions people ask before bringing in a marketing director.

Senior roles that own a company’s marketing strategy, brand, budget and team, usually reporting to the CEO or managing director, or to a CMO in a larger business.

Robert Half’s 2026 guide puts a full-time marketing director at £70,000 to £90,000 (25th to 75th percentile), median £79,500. See marketing director salary.

Lead with the strategy you set, the budget you held and what it returned, with a referee who saw it. CIM’s Chartered Marketer status is the profession’s own mark. For the full career route, see how to become a marketing director.

Not by title. Many marketing director vacancies are senior job titles with no board appointment. A company director is legally responsible for running the company and its Companies House filings, so ask whether the role includes an appointment.

Yes, where the employer’s posting says full-time; those are listed as permanent and shown first. Interim and fractional roles follow under their own labels, and head of marketing roles sit beside them.

Exec Capital publishes £500–£900 a day at SME and scale-up level (to £30m revenue), £800–£1,400 mid-market and PE-backed, and £1,200–£1,800 at large corporate or brand-led businesses. We set out each candidate’s day rate on the shortlist. See interim marketing director jobs.

Brief us on the scope, the reporting line and whether the role is permanent, interim, part-time or fractional. We send a shortlist of 3–5, each with pay or day rate, availability and IR35 position set out, after five-stage vetting. See marketing director recruitment.

It depends on how the engagement runs in practice. Where the person works through their own company, a medium or large client decides the status; for a small client outside the public sector, the worker’s own company decides (HMRC). Our IR35 guide sets out the tests.

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