Marketing & Communications Assistant Atherstone, England
Job description
Providing invaluable support to the Marketing & Communications Manager, you'll help ensure the Aldi personality is always unique, powerful and consistent in the marketplace.
Insightful and knowledgeable, you'll help in all areas of product advertising, marketing and PR. That makes it an exciting and fast-paced team to join. With the ability to think on your feet, react positively to a variety of challenges and cope with anything we throw at you, you'll keep Aldi growing.
We do things our own way at Aldi. But whatever we're doing, we must be getting it right. With a wave of impressive sales figures behind us, we're opening new stores at lightning speed. Which means our marketing and communications need to keep up.
As the UK’s 4th biggest supermarket, Aldi is committed to delivering high-quality products and exceptional value to our customers. Aldi is one of the fastest growing supermarkets in the UK grocery market, with over 900 stores and still growing.
Voted ‘Marketing team of the year’ Aldi has consistently raised the bar on its communications to be the most talked about Grocery retailer, with a brand power rating far ahead of our market share and now ahead of our competitors. Due to a maternity leave we are looking for a creatively minded individual with a self-motivated approach to work, used to working in a high pressure, time sensitive environment with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
This role will encompass the co-ordination and delivery of large-scale campaigns across multiple channels, ensuring the delivery and alignment of assets across all formats. You will manage the day-to-day workload with our agency partner, ensuring it is delivered on time, to the brief and in budget, whilst making sure creative is on brand and delivering key messaging.
In this role, you’ll be responsible for planning and delivering reactive campaigns that captures the attention of our customers. You will have the opportunity to use your creative skills to develop engaging copy and content. Working closely with the Marketing Manager, to deliver assets that will be utilised by multiple channels.
If you’re always striving to improve and want to join a really important part of the business, apply to join #TeamAldi today!
Your New Role
- Co-ordinating application of campaign concept for channels and delivery teams
- Channel and delivery team SPOC
- Stakeholder Communications
- Project Management
- Delivery of key presentations
- Management of delivery timelines
- Developing close relationships within the Marketing and wider MarComms function to ensure an aligned approach across campaigns
- Briefing and co-ordinating of unplanned activity/reactive
- Making proactive recommendations for reactive campaigns
- Managing delivery of our agency partners to reactive campaigns, to a high caliber and within budget
- Deal with day-to-day activities that arrive in the marketing department
- Strong understanding of the business KPIs and objectives
- Ad hoc reporting and analysis
About You
- A levels or equivalent
- Experience working in marketing, either for a marketing agency or in-house
- Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills - you need to not be afraid to challenge and ask questions
- Good understanding and experience of managing, delivering, and reporting of marketing campaigns
- A demonstrable record of managing delivery from agencies
- Strong written and spoken communication skills
- Excellent project management skills
- Highly organised
- Must be detail orientated, deadline driven and able to multi-task
- Excellent presentation skills
- Proficient with Microsoft Office packages
What You’ll get in Return
Salary starting £34,690 rising to £40,510- 15 month fixed term contract
- Monday to Friday, 8:00am to 4:30pm, with the opportunity of 2 days a week remote working
- 5 weeks’ annual leave plus Bank Holidays
- In office flexi-time
- Full training provided
- Pension scheme
- Private employee medical insurance after 4 years
- Company sick pay scheme
- Company maternity, paternity and adoption leave pay after 2 years
- Long service rewards
- Access to MyBenefits, where you can find a wide range of benefits, including our bike to work scheme, shopping and cinema discounts, health cash plan, a FREE will, travel and discounted gym memberships, as well as a host of benefits to support your financial and wellbeing needs
- Access to a free,24/7, confidential virtual GP service for all Aldi Colleagues and their children (under the age of 16)
Aldi is an equal opportunities employer. We’re committed to maintaining a diverse and inclusive workforce and are dedicated to promoting a culture of inclusion, providing an environment in which collaboration, respect and fairness are essential. We value diversity and are dedicated to treating all of our colleagues and prospective colleagues fairly and with respect.
If you’re looking for a career that gives you more, apply today!
