From our first store in the 1960s, a little Taunton shop with great clothes and even better prices, to an omni-channel business serving millions of customers… we're New Look.
Our purpose is always to inspire That New Look Feeling and we believe that starts with us. Our values motivate us every day: we play to win, we’re customer-obsessed and we work as one.
It's a busy and exciting time for the brand and we’re on the hunt for a CRM Manager to join our growing CRM Team. This is a 12 month FTC.
The Role
As the CRM Marketing Manager, you will play a pivotal role in developing and executing comprehensive customer relationship management strategies to drive customer loyalty, engagement, and revenue growth. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless integration of CRM initiatives across various channels, leveraging data-driven insights to optimize customer experiences.
1. Develop the end-to-end CRM loyalty strategy, delivering an absolute best on class loyalty lifecycle programme driven by insight, customer research, data and personalisation stewardship.
2. Embed RFM and attitudinal segmentation into the end-to-end life stage nudging and encouraging customers to move up the value pyramid and talking to customers in the right way at the right time.
3. Project managing the loyalty programs within a matrix framework building timely and relevant reporting of KPI’s and acting on weekly trading rhythm and routines.
4. Be Insight driven and Customer First, driving innovation through solid insight application driving loyalty decision making.
5. The role is within the CRM team but will work cross-functionally with tech, performance marketing, brand, UX teams, and the in-house design studio to create and implement loyalty initiatives and lead seasonal planning.
6. The successful candidate will take the lead on delivering the new New Look program across all channels, and with the support of a CRM assistant/Exec will have a 'hands-on' approach to this task as well as a strategic one. They’ll be passionate about delivering the best loyalty experience for our customers, whilst also leveraging new technologies in order to drive loyalty and ultimately competitive advantage.
Role Responsibilities
The New Look CRM Loyalty and App manager will be responsible for:
End to End CRM loyalty program
Developing the CRM loyalty strategy and responsible for delivery, execution, and key performance KPI’s
7. Designing, managing and deploying the global Customer Loyalty strategy, creating timely cross channel loyalty programs that will increase loyalty, retention and encourage segment migration, ultimately resulting in improved RFM metrics and customer lifetime value
8. Optimise and deploy the Loyalty benefits associated with the Loyalty strategy. Have ownership over Push and Email communications and collaborate closely with the SEO & Performance marketing teams to ensure Loyalty activities are deployed across all digital marketing platforms
9. Develop bespoke programs for top customers in conjunction with the CLV and data strategy team
10. Seeing the loyalty customer communication plan through to delivery and optimisation by consistently advocating the use of customer data
11. Driving insight driven innovation and best in class plans and execution
12. Collaborating with the wider CRM team to deliver a robust execution plan whereby results and next steps are regularly shared back to key stakeholders.
13. Reviewing the performance of CRM initiatives weekly and generate actionable insights using a suite of in-house tools.
14. Manage the Loyalty Marketing budget and understand customer financials to build cost-effective programs. Work with the CRM senior manager during the forecasting, planning & budgeting processes in order to meet agreed KPIs & targets
15. Work with the Digital Design team to create the suite of assets required for Loyalty campaigns.
16. Manage complex campaign delivery through team prioritisation and resource planning
17. Research and recommend new strategic Loyalty opportunities.
Reporting & Testing: Managing the delivery of the testing plan and analysing results by:
18. Work with the analytics team to define Loyalty KPIS and measure customer segment performance and identify improvements – build and analyse relevant reports, oversee test/control design and execution, evaluate commercial and technical performance
19. Work with the Customer Lifecycle & Retention Product owner to define the Loyalty product roadmap and create the requirements for the technology needed to support Loyalty initiatives
20. Developing an ongoing testing strategy that allows for iterative improvement utilising data and customer insight to fuel deep and meaningful incremental opportunity across the lifecycle
21. Applying critical insights, testing results and industry best practices to continually optimize and refine campaigns
22. Supporting in the creation of weekly performance analysis packs & monthly in-depth performance review and recommendations.
23. Managing ad-hoc reporting requests from other teams.
Relationship & Stakeholder Management: Be the owner and POC for loyalty strategy and initiatives and development by:
24. Maintaining strong relationships with our agencies, receiving regular updates on projects in progress.
25. Maintaining strong relationships with internal stakeholders across product, ecom and marketing to enable the delivery of the loyalty program.
Key technical and behavioural Skills
26. 4+ years experience in a CRM role with a digital focus which demonstrates previous loyalty experience
27. Deep experience in driving CRM app strategy and usage with demonstrable results
28. A real passion for online fashion retail
29. An experienced candidate who is comfortable identifying opportunities to maximise application of customer segmentations
30. Passionate about the customer and understand the commercial benefit to be gained via increasing relevancy of communications
31. A confident communicator who is able to both influence at senior levels, commercially astute and challenge the norm
32. Excellent organisational skills and the ability to prioritise competing, ambiguous demands
33. Outstanding work planning and time management skills: ability to prioritize
34. Ability to build performance reports and build business cases and perform thorough sense checks on numbers
35. Able to appropriately combine attention to detail with the longer term big picture/strategic thinking
36. Intermediate/advanced excel, experience with Google Analytics or Omniture
37. Experience working with an Email service provider (preferably Emarsys or similar tier 1 platform)
38. Proficient in Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint
39. Experience working with analysts or a data agency desirable
40. Experience in Personalisation tools such as Kick Dynamics
41. Build and work within brand guidelines
42. Comprehensive understanding of the Campaign management process, briefing, designing, proofing and delivery management
43. Educated to a degree level or other equivalent qualification
44. Excellent written and verbal English
Why New Look?
The amazing people, the fashion – there are so many reasons to love working at New Look. We prioritise development, offering training to support your progression, so you can be your absolute best and achieve your goals. You’ll also receive these amazing benefits, to name only a few:
45. 40% staff discount
46. Monthly 25% off privilege vouchers for family and friends to enjoy
47. Season ticket loans
48. Pension - A contributory private pension scheme
49. Virtual GP access
Apply now to find out more.
We pride ourselves on being a flexible employer. Although this is a full-time role, our colleagues work a range of patterns. If you have a specific pattern in mind, we're keen to discuss this with you in line with the output needed for the role.