Junior Marketing Manager

Plates, founded by Keeley and Kirk Haworth is an ambitious, plant-led food group with divisions in London and South-West France. The restaurant was awarded its first Michelin star in May 2025, and has built a strong and steadily growing digital presence from the ground up, now reaching an engaged audience across the UK and beyond.

Life at Plates is fast-paced, creatively rich and full of opportunities to learn and grow. As we continue to expand, we are on the lookout for a Junior Marketing Manager to manage our email marketing and our social channels (Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, YouTube, Linkedin) and support our wider marketing campaigns.  

We’re looking for a driven, detailed and passionate marketer with a pragmatic approach to their work, established in marketing for at least 3 years to join our growing creative food group.

Responsibilities & duties

• Execute core marketing tasks across multiple channels, including social media, email marketing and website updates.
• Generate content ideas aligned with Plates’ brand positioning and wider marketing campaigns.
• Write clear, on-brand copy tailored to the different audiences across our business. 
• Support campaign delivery for various creative projects from brief through to execution and reporting.
• Help maintain and build community engagement across all our channels to grow our online community. 
• Take ownership of website updates (Wordpress) and create visual assets for newsletters and marketing emails.
• Assist with partnership and influencer outreach initiatives.
• Provide admin support to management and studio support when required. 
• Manage your own plus one other general enquiries inbox. 

Skills & profile (what we’re looking for):

• Motivated to make an impact from day one, and excited to contribute to the creative growth and engagement of audiences with the Plates brand. 
• A driven, positive & proactive attitude. 

• Experience of growing email lists, managing email marketing campaigns including designing email funnels, automation flows and personalisation. 
• Experience of setting up and managing paid marketing campaigns. 
• Knowledge of the current social media landscape and marketing requirements of a small business.
• Have a good personal social presence, be up to speed on current trends, and content creation tools.
• Comfortable moving between varied tasks in a fast-paced environment. 
• An understanding of integrating A.I tools (e.g. Claude) into workflow (desirable). 
• Have a good sense of style to help direct and coordinate styling for photoshoots.  
• Passion for hospitality, food, and world-class dining experiences.
• Minimum of three year’s experience in a similar role. 
• Curious, highly-organised and eager to learn every aspect of a small but multi-dimensional business. 

Learning & Development Opportunities:

• Work closely with the founders to gain first-hand insight into running a growing hospitality and creative business.
• Rare exposure across the many departments and projects that make up the business. 
• Deep insight into how marketing & comms support a world-leading Michelin-level hospitality brand. 

Benefits: 

Our unique staff benefits package is built to support our employees career progression and health and wellness. This opportunity comes at an exciting part of our journey and offers a range of benefits, including:

• Competitive salary plus ‘Tronc’ (service charge from being part of a restaurant business)
• Professional growth and development plan 
• R&D dining out allowance 
• 28 days annual leave 
• Daily staff food made by the kitchen team
• Innovative monthly wellness initiative
• Company provided MacBook 

To apply:
Please send your up-to-date CV and a covering letter detailing why you are the perfect candidate for this role to [email protected].

Applications without a covering letter will not be accepted. 

We’re not accepting applications from agencies, thank you.

Start Date: October 2026