Marketing Manager

Villa Bologna is home to three brands that share one setting in Attard, and this role works across all of them. Villa Bologna Pottery has been making handmade, hand-painted ceramics since 1924. Our small team of artisans works in earthenware clay to produce tableware, lamps and decorative pieces, sold across Malta and shipped to customers and retailers worldwide. Villa Bologna Restaurant serves classic Italian cuisine with friendly service in the gardens of Villa Bologna, and is one of Malta’s leading restaurants. Villa Bologna Arts Club is our creative studio, where guests of all ages paint their own pottery.

The role

We are looking for a hands-on Marketing Manager to tell our story and grow our audience. You will shoot and edit everyday social content, run our social channels and newsletters, update our websites, and design the printed pieces that sit in our shop and go home with our customers.

You will work closely with the pottery, restaurant and Arts Club teams. Your goal is simple: build awareness of all three brands and drive footfall.

We value authentic, phone-shot content over polished productions: the artisans at work, the kitchen and dining room behind the scenes, the shop, the studio and the people who make pottery, restaurant and arts club what it is.

Key responsibilities

• Shoot, edit and post engaging low-fi photos and short-form video on a smartphone for reels, stories and feed

• Create and send regular newsletters and campaigns in Klaviyo

• Track followers, engagement and newsletter results, and report monthly on what is working

• Keep our websites up to date

• Design postcards, brochures, flyers, menus and in-shop signage in Canva or similar

• Write copy and keep every channel consistent with the Villa Bologna brands

About you

• 2+ years managing social media for a brand or small business

• A good eye for photography and composition, and confidence filming on a phone

• Comfortable editing short video and designing in Canva

• Clear, warm writing in English

• Organised and self-directed: you can plan a month of content and deliver it

• Experience with Shopify or another website builder

• Print design experience (postcards, brochures, menus)

What we offer

• A leading role at a Maltese heritage brand with nearly a century of craftsmanship

• A beautiful historic setting to work and shoot in

• A collaborative, supportive team in a growing business