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Group Marketing Communications Manager [16 Months Maternity Cover]

 
Vacancy Number:  28408
Category:  Marketing
Job Type:  Full-time
 

Position Description

ESB is seeking an experienced Group Marketing Communications Manager to join our Marketing & Customer Insights Leadership Team, playing a critical role in how we engage customers and markets as we deliver our Net Zero by 2040 ambition.

 

This is a senior leadership role with responsibility for translating strategy into high impact, insight led marketing communications across ESB and Electric Ireland. You will lead a large, talented team and partner closely across brand, media, product and compliance to deliver standout communications in competitive and regulated markets. You will also contribute to the evolution of a best in class marketing function, ensuring ESB is equipped to deliver marketing effectiveness now and in the future.

 

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead ESB’s centralised marketing communications function (excluding ESB Networks).
  • Develop and deliver integrated communication strategies across mass, digital and direct channels, ensuring strategic and effective brand management.
  • Lead best in class creative and media strategies that drive brand engagement and business results.
  • Embed marketing effectiveness, insight and measurement into planning and investment decisions.
  • Manage significant marketing budgets and agency partnerships with strong governance, including tender processes and audits.
  • Lead, inspire and develop a team of circa15 marketing professionals

 

Experience and Qualifications

Essential

  • Minimum 10+ years experience, with five years senior level experience in marketing communications within a complex or regulated environment.
  • Creative flair with a track record of delivering impactful integrated advertising campaigns.
  • Proven leadership of large, multidisciplinary marketing teams and influencing stakeholders.
  • Strong technical experience across creative development, media strategy and digital marketing.
  • Commercial acumen, strong stakeholder skills and disciplined budget management.
  • A relevant third‑level qualification in Marketing, Business or a related discipline.

 Desirable

  • Qualifications in Marketing or Advertising.
  • Training and development on people management.
  • Personal Development training.

 

Location

This position will be based between our offices in Swift Square, Santry, Dublin 9 and Fitzwilliam Street, Dublin 2

 

Smart Working at ESB is designed to make ‘in-person’ time together as purposeful as possible while also enabling the effective use of digital tools and hybrid arrangements to preserve our commitment to flexibility. The successful candidate may work flexibly within the jurisdiction where they have been employed, with attendance at the workplace for in-person collaboration at least two days per week. All Smart Working arrangements are subject to regular review based on the operational requirements of the role, the team, and the business.

  

Reporting To

Head of Marketing & Customer Insights

 

Why Work with Us?

  • Opportunity to lead Ireland’s transition to net zero carbon future
  • Career development through mentoring and training 
  • Corporate Social Responsibility Opportunities
  • Sports and Social Clubs
  • Networking opportunities
  • Credit Union
  • Generous Pension
  • Access to staff well-being programmes
  • Generous parental leave entitlements
  • Strong values-based and inclusive culture
  • Strong commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion
  • Great team environment working to our Core Values: Courageous, Caring, Driven and Trusted

 

Salary
€86,300 - €101,600 per annum (depending on experience)


Closing Date

21st May 2026

 

Your application will be held in reserve for 6 months should you be suitable for the role.

 

 

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Statement

ESB is committed to being an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all sections of society and ensure that no one is discriminated against on the grounds of race, religion or belief, ethnicity or nationality, disability, age, citizenship, marital status, domestic or civil partnership status, sexual orientation or gender identity, or any other basis as protected by law. 

Applicants who anticipate requiring assistance or reasonable accommodations for any part of the application or interview process may contact, in confidence, recruitment@esb.ie.  

About ESB

Join us in our mission to achieve a net-zero electricity system by 2040. ESB is Ireland’s leading energy utility, with activities spanning electricity generation, transmission and distribution, energy supply, energy services and international consultancy. Operating in Ireland, Northern Ireland and Great Britain, we invest over €1 billion each year to deliver a new energy future based on reliable, affordable zero-carbon electricity.
 

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