Marketing Manager, Foundry

Department: Marketing
Team: Industry Services & Solutions Marketing 
Location: London with hybrid working (2-3 days per week in office)
Position type: Contractor (umbrella - inside IR35) until 31st December 2026; Full-Time 

What the hiring manager says

This is an exciting opportunity to join a collaborative and fast-moving team focused on showcasing innovation across the mobile ecosystem. You’ll work across emerging technology areas including AI, Fintech, Quantum and Non-Terrestrial Networks, helping to deliver campaigns, events and industry engagement activities that bring innovation stories to life. No two days are the same — one day you could be supporting a global event campaign for MWC, the next developing content with partners or helping launch a new industry initiative. It’s a fantastic role for someone who enjoys combining creativity, organisation and digital marketing in a dynamic international environment.

Ioanna Nikolaou, Senior Marketing Manager, GSMA Foundry 
 

About the team

The GSMA Foundry is the GSMA’s innovation accelerator, bringing together mobile operators, technology companies, startups and industry leaders to develop, test and showcase digital solutions that deliver commercial and societal impact.

Part of the Technology Marketing team, the Foundry works across emerging technology areas including AI, Fintech, Quantum and Non-Terrestrial Networks (NTN), helping to accelerate innovation and collaboration across the mobile ecosystem. Through industry programmes, strategic partnerships, thought leadership and global platforms such as MWC and M360, the team showcases the latest technology trends and real-world innovation stories to a global audience.

Joining the team offers the opportunity to work in a collaborative, international environment at the forefront of mobile and digital innovation.

About the role

We are looking for a highly motivated and organised Marketing Manager to support the delivery of integrated marketing campaigns and strategic communications across the GSMA Foundry portfolio. 

This is a hands-on role focused on campaign execution, digital marketing, content development, reporting, operational coordination and event marketing. The successful candidate will work closely with internal stakeholders, external partners, agencies and suppliers to help deliver impactful campaigns that strengthen industry engagement and support programme growth. 

The role requires a strong combination of creativity, organisation, project management and digital marketing expertise, with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced and highly collaborative environment.

About you

You’ll be a highly organised and proactive marketer with demonstrable experience delivering integrated B2B marketing campaigns across digital, content and event channels. You’ll enjoy working in a collaborative environment and be confident managing multiple priorities, stakeholders and deadlines simultaneously.

You’ll need strong communication and project coordination skills to work effectively with internal teams, external partners, agencies and suppliers, helping to deliver campaigns and events to a high standard. You’ll be comfortable balancing creativity with operational delivery and able to adapt quickly within a fast-moving and evolving technology landscape.

You’ll bring experience supporting digital marketing activity across email marketing, social media, website management and content development, with the ability to use audience insights and performance data to optimise campaign effectiveness. Experience using WordPress, CRM platforms such as Salesforce or equivalent systems, marketing automation tools and social media management platforms will help you succeed in the role.

You’ll also have experience supporting event marketing activity, whether for webinars, exhibitions, workshops or industry conferences, and enjoy contributing to campaigns that engage global audiences and industry communities. An interest in emerging technologies, innovation ecosystems and the future of connectivity will help you thrive within the GSMA Foundry team.

This role offers the opportunity to further develop your experience across integrated marketing, strategic communications, global event marketing and innovation-focused campaigns while working at the centre of the mobile and technology ecosystem.

About your skills

•    Integrated Campaign Delivery
•    Content & Digital Marketing
•    Project & Stakeholder Management
•    Event Marketing & Coordination
•    Communication & Collaboration
•    Agility in Fast-Paced Environments 
 

Contract type

Short term Contractor

Worker type

Contingent Worker

What We Offer

Working at the GSMA offers you unparalleled access to the mobile industry. We offer a chance to truly shape the direction of mobile, whatever your role. By joining the GSMA, you will be exposed to a fast-paced rapidly evolving environment, working on global solutions, genuinely fascinating and industry-changing projects and a stimulating and dynamic environment designed to enable you to flourish.

In addition to architect-designed offices and competitive compensation, our benefits include fantastic learning & development opportunities, generous holiday allowances, four additional days off for professional development and many others.

To learn more about the GSMA, visit our career site, our LinkedIn page and our Twitter page.

Being You at the GSMA

We care deeply about diversity, equity and inclusivity and aspire to be the best at it. Your well-being and work/life balance is important, so flexi-time and remote working is available to all staff. We're keen to ensure everyone is equal, represented and connected so we particularly encourage applications from all demographics. The sucess of the GSMA year on year will continue to be contributed by people from all walks of life.

GSMA Values

Our values not only drive our culture – they shape how we work and interact inside and outside our global organisation.

Passionately driven

We approach everything we do with unparalleled capability, tenacity and commitment, knowing that the challenging scale, pace and complexity of our work is what leads to its world-changing impact.

Insightful leaders

We continually develop and engage our expertise, insight and creativity so that we’re always ready to respond to the changing landscape with authority, agility and nuance.

Stronger together

We lean on each other so the industry can lean on us, embracing our diversity by actively seeking out perspectives and skill sets beyond our own, fuelling each other’s successes and constantly asking how we can help.

Underpinning our values is our collective mindset to show up purposefully as good human beings every day, in every situation. When we’re at our best – we are collaborative, considerate and compassionate to others, and we create a safe space for one another to thrive, assuming positive intent in our colleagues. And if we aren’t at our best and the pressure is on – we feel free to be ourselves but still remain curious, lean into the tough stuff and we are always respectful to others and accountable for the part we play.