Channel Marketing Manager – Digital Imaging

Sony; Weybridge; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative company is seeking a Channel Marketing Manager to elevate its presence in the retail sector. This role involves crafting comprehensive marketing strategies, collaborating with retail partners, and ensuring optimal product visibility online and in-store. You'll manage both digital and offline marketing initiatives while leading a team to achieve sales goals. Join a vibrant workplace that values creativity and inclusivity, offering opportunities for personal development and a supportive environment. If you are passionate about marketing and ready to make an impact, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

Onsite canteen

Gym facilities

Electric car charging points

Cycle-to-Work scheme

Volunteering days

Learning & personal development programs

Qualifications

• Experience in Channel Marketing within the retail sector.
• Excellent project management and coordination skills.

Responsibilities

• Define and implement marketing targets and action plans.
• Coordinate all in-store and digital marketing initiatives.

Skills

Channel Marketing Experience

Digital Marketing

Project Management

Analytical Skills

Negotiation Skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Marketing or related field

Tools

Microsoft Office

CRM Systems

Job description

• Do you come from the tech industry, and have a passion for pro photography products?
• Have you both online and offline marketing, translating data to drive strategies?
• Are you organised with exceptional relationship skills to drive success with Field Sales & Account Management?

If so, great! Apply now and start your journey to begin working with the best in the camera business!

Job Purpose:

In the role of Channel Marketing Manager, you are responsible to lead our efforts in maximising Sony UK online and offline sales and in-house share across key categories, markets, and customer segments. You will collaborate with our retail partners leading initiatives to elevate Sony’s presence. You will play a vital role in crafting and driving a comprehensive 360° marketing strategy that guides consumers through their entire journey—from initial awareness to orientation, conversion, and long-term retention.

You will:

• Define and implement targets and action plans for communication via our retail partners, including a detailed timeline and strategic approach.
• Be responsible for and coordinate all in-store and digital marketing initiatives within the designated channel.
• Ensure best online visibility and user experience on retailer websites by presenting products and campaigns compellingly and providing relevant content to the retailers to drive conversion.
• Event planning and coordination, collaborating with a range of stakeholders both internally and externally.
• Event evaluation and follow up with internal presentations to internal customers.
• Experience managing/ leading teams.
• Partner with the rest of the Marketing and Sales team to set goals and develop activation plans, designing and implementing strategies to enhance Sony's sales with assigned business partners.
• Work with cross-functional teams in both UK and Sony Europe to implement and ensure compliance with product communication strategies for achieving desired outcomes.
• Communicate effectively with all internal and external collaborators and achieve targets consistently.
• Follow up on results, create engaging presentations and report internally to invested audiences.

You will bring:

• Experience in Channel Marketing within the retail sector, including Digital Marketing
• Excellent project manager and coordination skills with a structured approach
• Good analytical skills, attention to detail, and driven by facts and figures
• A commercially driven mentality, self-motivated, with honed negotiation skills
• Proficient in Microsoft Office, CRM, and other relevant information systems
• A proactive attitude that drives results

Your new office

Based at the Weybridge office, you will enjoy a vibrant and friendly working environment. We have an onsite canteen with a wide range of options available, and a barista style coffee shop. There is a well-provisioned onsite gym run by our own Sony Wellbeing Coordinator, with classes on set days in the mornings, at lunch and after work hours. We have a staff car park which includes electric charging points, an undercover and secure bike rack (useful if you’ve made the most of the Cycle-to-Work scheme), or if you will use public transport we have a shuttle bus service that regularly runs between train station and the office at peak times.

Take a look at our video tour of the Weybridge site here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lwbMOzjoVA

Life at Sony

We ensure competitive salaries and benefits by using established benchmarking. We encourage healthy work-life balance supported by hybrid and flexible working policies. We are a positive community who dream big together, respect each other, and enjoy a collaborative culture.

We like to celebrate our colleagues who make a real difference using our recognition platform. We also provide access to numerous services and platforms for all aspects of wellbeing. We listen to our people through conversations and surveys, respect their suggestions, then act on them. We also provide allowances for volunteering days so that our staff can support the causes they are most passionate about.

You can build your career around you with our fantastic range of learning & personal development programs to enhance your skills. We also encourage our staff to try exciting new roles, in a wide range of countries, with a supportive mobility team to support you if you take that leap!

Bring your uniqueness to Sony

We are passionate about creating a culture that promotes equity and cultivates inclusion, diversity, and belonging. We want employees with diverse backgrounds and perspectives that will stimulate innovation and have a direct impact on our creation of social value to fulfil Sony’s purpose – ‘to fill the world with emotion, through the power of creativity and technology’. We want you to bring your unique self to work and help shape our culture.

We are Sony Europe

Our people collaborate in an environment of respect, integrity, and open-mindedness. Diverse teams from all over Europe are the driving force for our business, and we embrace the differences that make each of us original and unique.

With offices in 28 European countries, Sony Europe caters to consumer, professional, semiconductor and healthcare markets with innovative electronics products and solutions. Our European laboratories research and develop new technologies and capabilities that contributes to the Sony Group and important issues on a planetary scale.

Bring your passion, creativity and ambitions to Sony Europe. Apply now, and let’s create the future together.

Equal Opportunity

Sony Europe is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment regardless of race, colour, religion, gender, citizenship, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, medical condition, or any other protected characteristics.

Disability Accommodation for Applicants to Sony Europe

Sony Europe will provide reasonable accommodation for any qualified individuals with disabilities in the application process. For reasonable accommodation requests, please contact us by email at [e-mail] or by mail to: Sony Europe B.V, Human Resources Department, the Heights, Brooklands, Surrey, KT13 0XW, UK. When contacting us please indicate the position you are applying for, and the accommodation required.

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