Retail Marketing Executive in Suffolk

Established in 1981 with a single store in the Northwest of England, the JD Group is a leading omni‑channel retailer of Sports Fashion, Outdoors and Gyms with our colleagues working in stores across several retail fascias in many markets around the world. JD Sports Fashion Plc was listed on the London Stock Exchange in 1996 and has been a FTSE100 publicly quoted company since 2019 and continues to grow in the UK and internationally. We want to be the leading global omnichannel retailer in the sports and outdoor industry. To be a part of this successful company and help us to achieve this you will have the desire to ingrain our strategic goals of being a people‑led, innovative and customer‑focused organisation which provides operational excellence whilst identifying new areas of growth as part of our day‑to‑day objectives.

Responsibilities

• Support the Retail Marketing Manager to deliver tactical marketing strategies across the UK, ROI and EU.
• Monitor and review marketing promotional activity, providing analysis and learnings.
• Keep the Retail Marketing Manager updated on CPA progress throughout the campaign.
• Reach out to teams for campaign learnings and work closely and cross‑functionally with the Retail team to assess performance issues and develop tactical Retail Marketing solutions.
• Support briefing and roll‑out of campaigns.
• Review assets for brand consistency, proofread and provide feedback where necessary.
• Work closely with our external print company to ensure all retail marketing campaigns are delivered on time and to deadline, supporting smooth end‑to‑end execution.
• Review and support sign‑off distribution lists, comp sheets and print specifications with strong attention to detail, ensuring accuracy across all store formats and territories.
• Work cross‑channel with Visual Merchandising (VM) to ensure aligned, consistent execution of campaigns across POS, windows and in‑store environments.
• Write, compile and coordinate clear, concise campaign communications for VM to distribute to stores, ensuring guidance is easy to follow and supports effective in‑store implementation.
• Liaise with EU territory teams to source translations, ensuring all local language content is accurate, approved and consistently rolled out across all relevant touchpoints.
• Own football in‑store customization content, including maintaining and updating content sheets ahead of transfer windows and new seasons, working with Merch teams to source shirts to shoot, and coordinating with our external agency to ensure assets are supplied and uploaded to screens on time.
• Co‑own JD STATUS activity, collaborating with cross‑functional teams to gather requirements and brief POS and in‑store screen content across campaigns and key trading moments.
• Brief multi‑channel, creative and studio teams for POS, Social, CRM, Online and Paid media requirements.

Role Objectives and KPIs

• Cross‑department working relationships.
• Researching and briefing of projects.
• Execution of a campaign on time and on budget.

Competencies and Behaviours

• Working with People.
• Relating and Networking.
• Presenting and Communicating Information.
• Applying Expertise and Technology.
• Analysing.
• Creating and Innovating.
• Coping with Pressures and Setbacks.
• Achieving Personal Work Goals and Objectives.

Skills and Experience

• Great interpersonal, networking and negotiating skills.
• Demonstrates initiative and a can‑do attitude to solving problems.
• Works well in a fast‑paced environment.
• Understanding of Retail KPIs.
• Ability to travel to retail stores.
• Previous Retail Marketing experience.
• Strong attention to detail, ensuring accuracy and consistency across all retail marketing materials and store execution.
• Ability to respond quickly and work with agility, adapting plans at pace to meet changing trade and retail needs.
• Retail‑savvy, with a strong understanding of store environments and the realities of trading.
• Ability to think strategically while delivering tactically, understanding how day‑to‑day activity ladders up to wider business objectives.
• Self‑starter with a proactive mindset, comfortable taking ownership of tasks and driving them through to completion.

Benefits

• Staff discount on JD Group and other brands within the organisation.
• Personal development opportunities.