Olympus Recruitment

Junior Restaurant Manager - NO EVENINGS! Salary: Up to £34,000 + Fantastic Work-Life Balance Location: Brentford, West London Daytime Hours Finish by 6pm Alternate Weekends Love hospitality but ready to say goodbye to late nights? Imagine building your management career in hospitality without sacrificing your evenings and every weekend! We're recruiting for an exciting Junior Restaurant Manager opportunity with a highly respected, family-run business in the beautiful surroundings of Brentford. This is a fantastic opportunity for an ambitious Assistant Manager, Deputy Manager or experienced hospitality leader who's ready to take the next step in their career. You'll be joining a busy, high-volume restaurant and coffee operation, working alongside an experienced team with the opportunity to develop your skills, make a genuine impact and progress your career. Why You'll Love This Role No late nights! Enjoy daytime-only hours, finishing by 6pm. Alternate weekends off - a rare opportunity to enjoy a better work-life balance in hospitality. Salary up to £34,000 - a competitive package for an exciting management opportunity. Fantastic family-run business - join an established, people-focused company that genuinely values its employees. Stunning working environment - work in the beautiful surroundings of Syon Park. Career development - an excellent opportunity to grow your leadership skills and take the next step towards senior management. Make your mark - help shape and develop a busy restaurant with exciting plans for the future. What We're Looking For We're looking for a passionate, hands-on hospitality professional who loves leading a team and delivering exceptional customer experiences. You'll ideally bring: Experience as an Assistant Manager, Deputy Manager, Junior Manager or strong Supervisor within a busy hospitality environment. A background in branded restaurants, pubs, cafés, coffee shops or bakeries. Confidence leading, motivating and supporting a team in a fast-paced environment. A genuine passion for delivering excellent food, service and guest experiences. An understanding of day-to-day restaurant operations, including stock, labour and cost control. A proactive, positive attitude and the confidence to lead from the front. Some kitchen or food preparation experience, with a willingness to support wherever needed. You don't need to have managed your own restaurant before! We're equally interested in ambitious Assistant Managers who have the drive, personality and potential to take that next step. Ready for a Better Work-Life Balance? If you're currently working long evenings, late finishes and every weekend, this could be the opportunity you've been waiting for. Join a successful, family-run business where you'll have the chance to develop your career, work in a fantastic location and still have time to enjoy life outside of work. Apply today and take the next step in your hospitality management career - without the late nights!

Head of Brand & Marketing Reporting to: Chief Commercial Officer The Opportunity We're working with an ambitious, fast-growing premium casual dining group with exciting plans for continued expansion. We're looking for a commercially driven Head of Brand & Marketing to shape the brand, strengthen customer engagement and lead marketing through its next phase of growth. This is a hands-on leadership role. You'll set the strategy while staying close to execution - developing briefs, challenging creative, reviewing performance and working with the team and agencies to deliver. What you'll own Define and evolve the brand and marketing strategy. Lead campaigns across brand, digital, CRM, social and customer communications. Drive customer acquisition, retention, frequency and loyalty. Use customer and commercial insight to guide decisions. Partner with operational teams to support performance across locations. Manage the marketing budget, KPIs, agencies and external partners. Lead and develop a high-performing marketing team. Identify partnerships and new opportunities to grow the brand. What we're looking for You'll be an experienced marketer with strong brand instincts and commercial acumen, ideally from hospitality, leisure, retail, consumer or another multi-site customer-facing business. You'll bring: A track record of delivering measurable commercial growth. Experience across brand, campaigns, digital, CRM and customer engagement. Strong understanding of customer acquisition, retention and proposition development. Confidence using data and insight to inform decisions. Experience leading teams, agencies and budgets. The ability to move comfortably between strategy and practical execution. The Person You'll be commercially curious, organised and comfortable working at pace. You'll know when to empower your team and when to get involved in the detail to help deliver the best result. Why this role? This is an opportunity to join a growing business at a pivotal stage, with genuine ownership and the chance to shape both the brand and marketing function as the business scales. If you're looking for a role where you can influence strategy while staying close to the work, we'd love to hear from you