Partner Brand Marketing Executive - Nike in Manchester

Overview

Role overview: Advance the JD brand by managing & delivering world-class, industry & category leading marketing initiatives, positioning JD as the Partner of Choice for the world’s hottest & most iconic sports, fashion & lifestyle brands as well as the freshest emerging brands worldwide. Use your brand management skills to unleash the power of our Partner brands to gain front-of-mind-space with the consumer. The JD Marketing team puts the consumer at the heart of what we do developing campaigns, content, activations & events that elevate the JD brand and maximise consumer impact. The partner brand team is responsible for delivering these campaigns in a cohesive and consistent way across JDs channels and beyond, driving growth through a close strategic partnership with the brands and key internal stakeholders. We are looking for a passionate brand marketer to support the development of our Partner Brand marketing strategy aligned to the JD brand’s global vision. The successful candidate will be responsible for supporting the team on how the brand is presented, working with our multichannel (Social, Paid, CRM, Digital, Trade), retail, buying, merchandising teams and agencies to bring the assigned brand and product to life. The role is both strategic and hands-on, candidates must be commercial driven with a passion for brands, sports lifestyle and youth culture.

Responsibilities

• Support the Partner Brand Marketing Manager on the development & success of assigned Brands campaigns across all JDs channels.
• Work closely with key internal stakeholders, buying, merchandising, retail, VM and multichannel teams to optimise budget and deliver engaging campaigns.
• Support on the delivery of consistent presentation of assigned brand at JD Co-creation and active management of assigned brand’s calendar/schedule of activity.
• Management of all briefs and project management of all brand activity.
• Work hand in hand with Partner Brand Marketing Team in execution of all brand campaigns and activations.
• Support regional/local markets as required to maximise efficiency of relationship to JD.
• Consider global and regional/local market needs.
• Understand JD commercial goals for assigned brand to deliver the right initiatives and track results.

Skills and Experience

• Able to navigate complexity and thrive in a fast-paced environment, able to work under pressure.
• Good project management, managing internal stakeholders, agencies, and other external partners.
• Strong problem-solving skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills including in brief & presentation writing.
• Highly proficient with all relevant computer software MS Office, Keynote etc.
• Fluent English, additional language skills are desirable.
• An understanding and interest in sports lifestyle & youth culture preferred, coupled with a good understanding of the JD brand.
• Retail experience is an advantage.

Benefits

We know our colleagues work tirelessly to make JD Sports the success it is today and in turn, we offer them some amazing benefits including staff discount on JD Group and other brands within the organisation and personal development opportunities to learn and develop at work.