Join the dynamic team at World of Sweets, the UK's leading confectionery distributor, where we believe that work should be sweet as sugar!
We value creativity, collaboration and a commitment to excellence. Our salaries and unique benefits look to ensure our employees feel valued and inspired. If you're ready to make a sweet impact in the world of confectionery and roll with the best, apply now and help us delight customers everywhere - because here, every day is a candy-coated adventure!
We are looking for an Assistant Marketing Communications Manager to join our amazing Head Office Marketing team on an interim basis (12 months). We are hoping to find someone who is looking to bring their A-game and sprinkle a little magic into our vibrant and innovative environment. As part of our team, you'll have the opportunity to work with exclusive global brands and help create exciting new products that will leave our customers on cloud nine.
This interim role will be based at our Head Office in Loughborough and comes with the chance to work up to two days from home per week should you wish. We would like the successful person to start with us early January.
What will you do in this Interim Marketing Communications Manager role?
* Work with the Marketing Communications Manager to launch marketing campaigns and create best in class communication through digital channels, primarily email, social media and digital screens.
* Manage email content, database and plan.
* Manage seasonal campaigns including seasonal printed brochures.
* Assist the marketing and communications team in the delivery of projects and campaigns in line with the marketing strategy to help reach company goals and objectives.
* Communicate to target audiences and key customer segments with the aim of driving footfall and sales in stores, and sales through our online channels.
* Be accountable for monitoring campaign performance and period reporting.
* Be accountable for continuous improvement in approach, design, content creation and delivery.
* Undertake detailed ongoing analysis of marketing.
* Maintain an up-to-date customer database, understand, and embed new customer segmentation.
* Manage, create and deliver store customer journey kit and POS.
* Support with implementation and plan of exhibitions and trade shows.
Who would suit this Interim Assistant Marketing Communications Manager role? We are looking for someone who can offer as many of these skills as possible:
* Email marketing skills (Dotdigital preferred).
* High attention to detail.
* Experience in graphic design and marketing role preferred. Experience of B2B marketing within the food industry is desirable.
* Proficient in MS Office and using Adobe Creative Suite including InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator is essential.
* Able to translate briefs into effective creative and copywriting that is on brand for every channel.
* Able to analyse and interpret basic data (sales & margin, costings).
* Use Dotdigital to drive plans, monitor and report on campaign performance.
What can we offer you?
We have a relaxed culture with a truly fantastic mix of people and skills. On top of salary and pension offerings, there is life assurance along with a number of regularly reviewed benefits including access to not one but two Employee Assistance Programmes for you and your family (which include free doctors appointments and access to mental health professionals), a cycle2work scheme, discounts for a variety of different retailers and fitness/leisure outlets, regular in-house training which allows us to further educate our colleagues around subjects such as mental health and the menopause.
We also offer our colleagues the chance to study towards relevant qualifications which includes courses via the apprenticeship route.
Oh, and there’s sweets a plenty…truly tempting treats!
As an equal opportunities’ employer, World of Sweets is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.
We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join World of Sweets.
Job Types: Full-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 12 months
Pay: £28,000.00-£30,000.00 per year
Benefits:
* Casual dress.
* Company events.
* Company pension.
* Cycle to work scheme.
* Employee discount.
* Free parking.
* Health & wellbeing programme.
* Life insurance.
* On-site parking.
* Work from home.
Schedule:
* Monday to Friday.
Work Location: In person.
Expected start date: 06/01/2025.
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