Marketing Assistant London, England
Job description
Summary
Marks and Spencer is a unique British heritage brand with a history of ‘firsts’ and there has been quite a revolution happening inside our Omnichannel & Online team. We manage our entire digital proposition front-to-backend with a dedicated in-house agile product team, which enables us to relentlessly innovate. We experiment, we make big and small changes, and we enjoy the fact that everything we do has the potential to impact and delight over 29 million customers daily.
Our international business is being invested in heavily and the results are starting to show as we outgrow competitors. We have a new team in place who share some impressive international experience and have created a clear strategy which will deliver ambitious goals. We have the benefits of being a smaller team, we’ve removed unnecessary rules and we want entrepreneurial thinking. There is a lot to do, and we’d like your help. This is why we will continue to hire individuals who bring the right DNA, positive attitude, and analytical expertise to M&S.
What’s in it for you?
Being part of M&S is exactly that – becoming a part and playing your part. We’re an inclusive, dynamic, exciting, and always evolving business built on core values.
Here are some of the benefits we offer that make working for M&S just that little bit more special…
- 20% Colleague discount on most things from furniture, fashion and food.
- An outstanding introduction to M&S with a tailored induction and a wide range of training schemes to help with your learning and development. Having options to progress is something we’re proud of at M&S.
- 29 days holiday including bank holidays!
- Amazing perks and discounts via our M&S Choices website. Including GymSave – that offers up to 25% off Gym Memberships and the option to become an M&S Shareholder using our ShareSave & ShareBuy Schemes
- Charity Volunteer Day – A paid day away from work to support your chosen charity.
- A very generous Defined Contribution Pension Scheme and Life Assurance
- Every colleague at M&S has access to a phenomenal range of wellbeing support – this includes access to our 24/7 Virtual GP, PAM Assist to support you & your family & free access to the UnMind App as well as many other schemes
What you'll do
Our International Business exists to “Sell M&S to the world” and we have an exciting ambition to double the size of our business over the next 5 years, linked closely to the M&S Group strategy. Our international business model is one of partnership – we operate in 106 global markets and with over 20 franchise JV and marketplace partners in c. 35 countries across the world to sell M&S to the world via a capital light, partnership model.
- Full ownership of finance-related tasks, including raising purchase orders for marketing suppliers, processing invoices, managing goods receipts, and addressing any finance queries, ensuring seamless financial operations for the marketing team.
- Support the Digital Channel and Campaign Managers by ensuring the paid marketing activity planner remains consistently up to date.
- Lead on briefing paid marketing activity and assets to our media agencies with Digital Channel Managers support, driving effective collaborations and the success of our campaigns.
- Assist Digital Channel Managers on reporting on a weekly/monthly/quarterly basis with actionable insights and data-driven brilliance to shape our future campaigns.
- Work closely with the Merchandising team to deliver an optimum customer journey by ensuring that products, promotions, and content align.
- Own the competitor research analysis for the Trade and Marketing team to identify opportunities and challenges in different international markets.
Who you are
- Budget Management
- Have a collaborative way of working and be highly organised with an eye for detail
- Strong communication and influencing skills
- Takes initiative and proactively solves problems
- Enthusiasm for digital marketing
- Good business acumen
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M&S is ready to push boundaries to lead the retail industry into a greener, speedier, more inspiring digital era. That’s why we’re revolutionising how we work and offering our most exciting opportunities yet. There’s never been a better time to be part of our team. Marks & Spencer aims to be an inclusive organisation, trusted and admired by our colleagues, customers and suppliers. Join us and make an immediate impact.
We are committed to an active Inclusion, Diversity and Equal Opportunities Policy, which starts with our recruitment and selection process, and we are happy to talk flexible working.
If you consider yourself to require reasonable adjustments to any part of our recruitment process, we invite you to share those requirements with us when completing your application. We will make every effort to ensure your needs are met to provide a fair and transparent process of assessment.
