Assistant Marketing Manager- Marketing Specialist Lichfield, England
Central Coop
Full Time
Lichfield, England
30000 - 35000 GBP ANNUAL Today
Job description
What will you be doing?
You’ll be supporting the Marketing Manager to deliver our marketing plans as well as core business projects. You’ll be making a real difference to our members & customers by offering them more choices of how they shop with us and promoting our Central Co-op points of difference and value in everything we do.
As a Marketing Specialist, you’ll be developing and implementing the operational marketing strategy, key marketing campaigns and stakeholder engagement plans to deliver against key business objectives.
You’ll be responsible for all instore comms (including POS, digital screens, radio, social/email activity plan etc.) and creating store comms that give clear guidance to ensure effective implementation of campaigns.
You’ll manage the production of retail promotional material ensuring quality and accuracy across all aspects of production and distribution with a focus on continuous improvement, providing pre & post campaign analysis, campaign ideation & delivery.
In this varied role, you’ll take responsibility for helping to manage the budget and recommend areas for improvement & efficiencies, as well as making recommendations to Senior Managers on opportunities for sales and service growth.
Working with the digital team, you’ll help plan and create commercial social media work and you’ll approve and oversee the creative development of a range of marketing materials and channels.
Supporting the Marketing Manager, you’ll need to deputise as required, in cross departmental stakeholder meetings, as well as completing any other adhoc duties or projects as required.
In this hybrid role, you’ll be working a mix of at the Support Centre in Lichfield (2 full days per week) and from home. There will be a requirement for you to make regular visits to our stores as well as our competitors. You’ll also need to attend relevant trading and marketing forums.
We believe in our colleagues and want them to grow and thrive. This role could also provide you with the opportunity to broaden your knowledge and experience with the potential option of additional training fully funded by us (i.e. Level 6 Marketing Manager apprenticeship)
How will I know if I am right for this role?
We are looking for a confident self- starter with a ‘can do’ attitude, who can work and thrive in a very fast paced environment and who is forward thinking- able to use their creativity and be hands on with the full end to end delivery of projects. With the ability to work autonomously.
Due to the nature of the role, you’ll need to be able to work well under pressure, possess problem solving, time management and organisational skills, to make sure deadlines are met. We need someone who is proactive and confident in working independently.
Experience of overseeing and/or coordinating projects is desirable, as well as being passionate about customer experience and will need experience working with print suppliers.
You’ll be knitting areas of the business together and therefore require strong communication skills and be confident in collaborating with various stakeholders. You’ll be working closely with several different teams to develop marketing campaigns, marketing materials and successfully implementing these.
Bringing previous marketing experience in a similar role, you’ll be qualified to a Marketing degree (or equivalent) level. You’ll be experienced with social media planning and creation and hold a good knowledge of Microsoft Packages. We are ideally looking for someone with a minimum of 1-2 years’ experience.
Part of this role will involve visiting our stores within retail and gaining feedback from our colleagues. Ideally you will be able to provide evidence of previous experience in this field. As you will be visiting our stores, it is preferrable that you hold a full driving licence and have a willingness to travel as required.
Previous experience of managing a budget & PO/Invoice management will be advantageous, as well as experience in identifying efficiencies that can be made.
Experience using Canva and Adobe Creative Cloud would be desirable.
What is in it for me?
What is in it for me?
In addition to our competitive salaries, our colleagues also benefit from:
- Fantastic colleague discount- including a discount of up to 20% on our products.
- Retail discounts- our new hub offers colleagues access to hundreds of exclusive retail discounts, save money on days out and take advantage of holiday discounts.
- Holiday buy- colleagues can buy up to a week extra of annual leave each year to enjoy the things that matter to them outside of work.
- Colleague recognition- we make sure we celebrate our colleague’s achievements both personally and professionally
- Enhanced family friendly policies- we want to help you feel fully supported during any significant life events.
- Share of the profits- we pay a share of our profits to our colleagues as a thank you for their contribution to our success.
- Paid time for volunteering- we encourage our colleagues to spend three days per year taking part in volunteering, fully paid for by us.
- Give as you earn- as a caring society, we want to help you support charities which mean something to you.
- Wellbeing Benefits- an annual health check and access to a virtual GP to support your health and wellbeing
- Healthcare Cashplan- your wellbeing is important, so you are able contribute to a voluntary plan that helps pay towards a range of healthcare expenses.
- Cycle 2 work- Colleagues can hire a bike through our cycle 2 work scheme and add accessories on at the same time.
- Company Pension- Colleagues can access a company pension scheme with us and receive an employer contribution when they too contribute. We also offer Pension wellbeing information to help you plan for retirement.
- Life Assurance- You’ll get free life assurance cover, that pays your nominated beneficiary if you die while you’re working for us.
- Personalised learning and development- with easy access to a wide range of training programmes
Who are we?
As a progressive Society, we want the people in our communities to thrive, for generations to come. Our people are the energy behind this positive change. We’re looking for like-minded people who want to support our communities and know the needs of the people who live in them, to help us reach our goal of creating a sustainable society for all.
To find out more about working for us, visit our website www.careers.coop
Central Coop
www.centralcoop.coop
Seattle, United States
Catherine Willis Cleveland
Unknown / Non-Applicable
51 to 200 Employees
Company - Private
Grocery Stores
1978
