Ellwood Atfield is delighted to be partnering with a globally respected membership body at the forefront of maritime innovation to recruit anIntegrated Communications Manager.

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For more than 160 years, the Royal Institute of Naval Architects (RINA) has advanced the art and science of naval architecture through technical excellence, thought leadership and global collaboration. Today, it brings together professionals across more than 140 countries working across everything from green propulsion and AI to warship resilience and autonomy.

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This is a newly created role at the heart of a fast-moving marketing and communications team during a significant period of organisational transformation and growth.

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The Integrated Communications Manager will lead integrated email marketing, CRM-led communications and cross-organisational campaign planning -helping grow membership, increase readership of The Naval Architect, expand specialist newsletter audiences and support wider business development activity.

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This is not a traditional hard-sell marketing role. RINA’s approach is “helpful first, selling second”: using high-quality content, audience insight and carefully targeted communications to build trust, engagement and long-term member value.

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The successful candidate will combine strong copywriting and campaign instincts with hands-on experience across CRM and email marketing. Maritime experience is not required, but curiosity, commercial instinct and an ability to engage credibly with technical subject matter are essential.

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Key responsibilities include:

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• Leading integrated email marketing andcommunications campaigns across membership, publications and businessdevelopment

• Managing CRM segmentation, automation andaudience targeting

• Creating and overseeing an organisation-wideemail communications calendar

• Supporting cross-sell and upsell campaigns andconversion journeys

• Working closely with content, events andpublications colleagues to maximise audience engagement

• Tracking campaign performance and usinginsight to improve effectiveness and conversion

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We are particularly interested in speaking with candidates fromintegrated communications, CRM, membership marketing, publishing, subscriptionor B2B content-led environments.

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RINA offers a highly flexible and collaborative working culture,with significant scope for creativity, experimentation and visible impact.

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Closing date: Friday 12 June

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, so earlyapplications are encouraged.

We will only be able to considerapplications submitted via the online link attached and not sent via email.

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Ellwood Atfield is the leading headhunter for corporate affairs,communications, policy, and advocacy. An employee-owned boutique search firm,we help you hire the most senior leaders and everyone who reports to them. Wepromise to connect talented people, smoothly and efficiently.
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