Strategic Marketing & Profile Raising Trustee

Trustee required to drive Strategic Marketing & Profile Raising


Have you a track record in strategic marketing and a flair for elevating profiles? Amisfield
Preservation Trust (Amisfield.org.uk), a registered charity which has restored and manages
the UK’s largest volunteer-led walled garden as a community wellbeing resource for East
Lothian, is looking for a trustee to join the Board and help raise our profile, increase our
membership and visitor numbers, and underpin a sustainable funding model.


About Us – Based just outside Haddington in East Lothian, Amisfield Preservation Trust is
dedicated to preserving and enhancing an eight-acre historic walled garden that offers a
serene retreat and wellbeing resource to locals, volunteers and visitors alike.


The Role – As a Trustee with a strategic marketing focus, you will help:

  • Shape Strategic Direction: Provide high-level insight into marketing,
    communications, and public engagement to elevate the Trust’s profile.
  • Boost Stakeholder Engagement: Cultivate relationships with key partners, donors,
    and the local community to strengthen our brand and secure our future.
  • Drive Visibility: Develop and implement strategies that spotlight our unique story
    and community impact.
  • Champion Innovation: Bring creative, out-of-the-box thinking to guide our
    messaging and broaden our reach in unprecedented ways.

Who We Are Looking For – We seek someone who:

  • Has proven experience in strategic marketing, communications, or a related
  • discipline.
  • Has a track record of crafting narratives that resonate and build strong brand
  • recognition.
  • Is happy to contribute time and expertise in a non-paid trustee capacity.
  • Has excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work collaboratively with a board
  • of passionate, like-minded individuals.

Why Join Us? – This is an opportunity to leave a lasting mark by helping ensure the long-term viability of the garden. Amisfield deserves to be more widely known and visited and to have long-term secure funding.

If you’re ready to bring your strategic marketing prowess to a role that could make a deep,lasting impact, we would love to hear from you.

How to Apply: To express your interest and learn more about this opportunity, please contact the Board Chair at frank.kirwan@gmail.com with a short CV and an outline of whatyou could bring to our board.

We look forward to welcoming a new trustee ready to help shape the future of Amisfield Preservation Trust.