Marketing Print & Display Executive

We\’re the feel-good fashion brand making style accessible and fun for over 55 years, on our website, mobile app and over 300 stores in the UK.

By living our values – we play to win, customer obsessed, we are one and it starts with me – we deliver That New Look Feeling for our customers and each other.

The Role:

We\’re looking for someone who thrives in a creative, fast-paced and fun environment with lots of cross-functional working. This role is the glue between Support Centre and store – and every team in-between – so you\’ll be at the forefront of everything we\’re doing (as well as making A LOT of new friends!).

There are plenty of technical tasks, but this role opens up a world of brand discovery and the opportunity to make your mark and drive new initiatives.

WHAT\’S IN IT FOR YOU:

• 40% staff discount plus friends & family discounts throughout the year
• Access to our reward platform for external discount and offers
• Virtual GP access for you and your children – it allows you to speak to a doctor at a time and date that suits you
• All employees are covered by our life assurance policy from day one
• Unlock extra leave with our buy more holiday scheme.
• Celebrate YOU! Enjoy an extra paid day off on your birthday each year
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave, and shared parental leave.
• Spread the cost of your commute with interest-free season ticket loans
• Do your bit for the environment and save money with our Cycle2Work scheme
• We\’re proud to partner with the Retail Trust and Fashion & Textile Children\’s Trust

What you\’ll be doing:

• Collaborating with Creative, Trade and Operations to deliver campaign communications with informed and detailed guidance. Delivering effective processes to support key trade activity to deadlines.
• Communicating all weekly and seasonal marketing actions to stores, ensuring all activity and events are understood and embraced by the store teams.
• Working alongside the Marketing Operations and Creative Design Manager through planning, briefing and the distribution of in-store POS, window messages and store assets.
• Control of technical briefing and studio scheduling, directly liaising with the Studio Manager and Production teams to ensure all requirements and agreed deadlines are met.
• Reviewing all assets supplied to confirm copy, creative and trade-specific details have been included and that specification is correct.
• Managing the internal finance system for POS and windows, building strong relationships with the Finance team. Ensuring all requisitions and purchase orders are effectively controlled, and invoices are processed correctly.
• Liaising with all functions to ensure marketing and campaign activity is aligned creatively and commercially for a seamless omni-channel experience.
• Building a strong and positive rapport with external suppliers, working through the tender of all assets and ensuring all activity is delivered within budget.
• Maintaining an accurate store and window database, working collaboratively with print suppliers and Property and Field teams to support accurate allocations.
• Sustaining a strong POS library, which aligns to the marketing strategy and agreed display principles. Managing the graphic requests and POS-ordering system to ensure items are always available and all store requests are effectively reviewed.
• Creative development of POS and window assets, testing new materials and assisting the Marketing Operations and Creative Design Manager in driving new initiatives.
• Digital and international project and asset management, working with our franchise partners and internal teams to drive creative consistency and supporting to deliver cross-functional requests.
• You\’ll be joining a passionate, fun creative team, so we\’re looking for someone with lots of ideas, a can-do attitude and a team spirit. In turn, we offer a competitive salary, a focus on development and a truly inspiring environment to work in – oh, and not forgetting the discount and 4pm finishes on a Friday.

Who you are:

• Creative with a great eye for detail
• Proven ability to be adaptable and flexible in rapidly changing circumstances
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and effectively re-prioritise
• Strong analytical skills
• Excellent interpersonal, presentation and communication skills – both written and verbal
• Approachable and effective communicator across all levels of the business
• Experience in a customer-focused role (fashion retail would be a bonus)
• Proven understanding of in store communications, POS and windows
• Proven understanding of retail marketing and customer experience
• Basic knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite
• Previous experience of managing suppliers
• Experienced in project management
• Degree level or similar
• A knowledge of marketing campaign planning, creative and production
• A minimum of 2 years+ experience working in marketing, production, POS or print buying
• Proficient at Excel, PowerPoint and InDesign

Why New Look?

We care about you and the planet and believe fashion should be a force for positive change. We celebrate inclusion and diversity in everything we do. We\’re proud of our inclusive culture and our talented team members who embrace our shared purpose, behaviours and values.

We prioritise development, offering training to support your progression, so you can be your absolute best and achieve your goals.

We pride ourselves on being a flexible employer, 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.

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