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Campaign Manager

Key things to know

  • Salary: £32,000 - £42,500 p/a
  • Job Type: Full-time
  • Location: Cardiff
  • Closing Date: 16/10/2026

The role

We’re looking for an organised, curious and creative Campaign Manager who can see the bigger picture and keep every detail on track. 

You’ll bring strategic insight and the confidence to ask the right questions, challenge a brief constructively and work with clients to agree what success looks like. You’ll turn an understanding of their objectives and audiences into campaigns that make an impact. 

You’ll be brilliant at building relationships, communicating clearly and keeping multiple projects moving alongside your clients and colleagues. From the first conversation to the final results, you’ll take ownership of delivering work on time, on budget and to a high standard. 

In return, you’ll get to work with meaning with some remarkable people on brave creative campaigns for causes we believe in. 

Cowshed is a Real Living Wage employer, a Disability Confident Employer, and an Autism Aware Business. We strive to be culturally competent in all aspects of our work and work environment and are proud to have a silver award in Diverse Cymru’s cultural competency scheme. 

We actively encourage candidates from under-represented and diverse backgrounds to apply. 

If you need any assistance with your application, please contact us and we can make suitable adjustments. Our office is fully accessible. 

Please apply by 5pm on Friday 16th October by emailing your answers to the following questions and your CV to fiona@wearecowshed.co.uk.  

Q1. Please tell us why you are applying for this role. 

Q2. Please outline your experience against the core skills, including relevant examples.  

Please keep written responses to 500 words per question and video or audio applications to under 2 minutes. 

What we need from you

The Day to Day

  • Day to day client liaison ensuring projects are being delivered beyond their satisfaction, and building strong, open and honest relationships.   
  • Attending and leading client meetings – ensuring actions are shared and then delivered within a reasonable timeframe.  
  • Rigorous project management, delivering multiple projects and campaign elements for your clients, on time and within budget.  
  • Briefing specialist teams to deliver stand out insights, creative and paid media, keeping teams on schedule and ensuring outputs exceed expectations.  
  • Creating and maintaining relationships with stakeholders for your campaigns.   
  • Regularly searching for new innovations to improve our team performance (client reports, time management etc.)  
  • Proofing copy and content – this means a keen eye for detail, excellent grammar and writing skills and knowledge of what makes strong, engaging content. 
  • Working with your team and across the agency to build relationships and collaborate on creative solutions for your clients. 

Key Responsibilities

  • Developing strategic campaign plans that work against specified audiences and objectives. Always asking the right questions to ensure we create the most effective campaigns for our clients. 
  • Ensuring that projects are carried out creatively, enthusiastically, on time, on budget. 
  • Supporting in the management of a team and their workloads to support you in the successful delivery of campaigns, providing guidance, feedback and identifying opportunities for their development.  
  • Strong abilities in leadership and teamwork. You are expected to guide and collaborate with various teams and individuals across the organisation. 
  • Reporting results to the wider team and clients on a weekly, monthly and quarterly basis. 

Core Skills

All applicants who demonstrate the core skills listed below will be invited for an interview.

  • Experience of working in the medium of Welsh, delivering bilingual campaigns is highly desired. 
  • Ability to manage clients and campaigns right through from conception to evaluation. 
  • Exceptional account management and leadership – organisational and planning skills as well as interpersonal skills which mean you are fantastic at communicating with clients and the wider internal team.  
  • Ability to manage multiple projects competently, tracking time and progress of project against scope of work. Prioritising and driving efficiency in way of working.  
  • Strategic thinker with ability to judge creative and campaign work against a client brief, giving constructive feedback. Also able to provide strategic counsel to clients.   
  • Has excellent knowledge of social trends, media landscape, platforms, influencer landscape and algorithms.  
  • Ability to analyse complex data and input into a variety of systems for evaluation of campaigns.  
  • Curiosity to understand the different industries and sectors we work with to interrogate briefs. 
  • Excellent numerical, written, verbal and presentation skills.  

Personal Attitude

We are looking for people who share in our purpose to work with meaning.  

  • You will care about creating a positive impact on society  
  • You will be self-motivated, dedicated, and curious   
  • You’ll take responsibility for getting the job done for your clients 
  • You’ll contribute to our inclusive work culture  
  • You’ll enjoy creative problem solving to generate ideas for your clients and Cowshed 
  • You’ll be honest and expected to be treated professionally and with respect, treating others in the same way