Marketing Assistant

Booker; High Wycombe; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Booker colleague card with discounts

Tesco discount benefits after 3 months

Save As You Earn share scheme (after 3

Pension

Health & wellbeing support

Job summary

Booker is seeking a Marketing Assistant (Promotions) to join our Retail Marketing team in a fast-paced environment. You’ll support promotional campaigns, produce collateral, and coordinate deadlines across various stakeholders to bring promotional plans to life.

You don’t need a marketing background, but a keen interest, willingness to learn and strong attention to detail are essential to develop within a commercial marketing environment.

Qualifications

• Exceptional attention to detail with proofreading skills.
• Strong organisational and timelines management skills.
• Customer focused mindset with attention to colleagues and customers.
• Genuine passion for marketing and desire to build a career in marketing.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Support the delivery of marketing campaigns across Booker's Symbol retail brands.
• Produce and proofread marketing collateral and promotional leaflets.
• Coordinate multiple tasks and deadlines to ensure on-time delivery.
• Collaborate with internal teams and external partners on marketing requests.
• Act as a primary contact for print and production agency.
• Provide administrative support to the wider Marketing team.
• Build strong relationships with stakeholders across the business.
• Ensure all marketing materials are accurate, consistent and customer focused.

Skills

Attention to detail

Organisational skills

Customer focus

Marketing interest

Communication

IT skills (Excel, PowerPoint)

Team collaboration

Proactive attitude

Ability to learn

Job description

Are you passionate about marketing and looking for an opportunity to build your career in a fast-paced commercial environment?

We're looking for a Marketing Assistant (Promotions) to join our Retail Marketing team; this is a fantastic opportunity for someone who is highly organised, customer focused and enjoys working with lots of moving parts to deliver successful marketing campaigns.

Working closely with the Marketing Manager and a wide range of stakeholders across the business, you'll support the delivery of marketing activity for Booker's Symbol retail brands. From helping produce promotional materials and consumer marketing collateral to coordinating deadlines and working with external agencies, you'll play an important role in bringing our promotional plans to life.

You don't need to come from a marketing background, but you will need a genuine interest in marketing, a willingness to learn and a passion for building a career in this area. We're looking for someone with the right attitude, behaviours and attention to detail who is excited by the opportunity to develop within a commercial marketing environment.

About the role

Are you passionate about marketing and looking for an opportunity to build your career in a fast-paced commercial environment?

We're looking for a Marketing Assistant (Promotions) to join our Retail Marketing team; this is a fantastic opportunity for someone who is highly organised, customer focused and enjoys working with lots of moving parts to deliver successful marketing campaigns.

Working closely with the Marketing Manager and a wide range of stakeholders across the business, you'll support the delivery of marketing activity for Booker's Symbol retail brands. From helping produce promotional materials and consumer marketing collateral to coordinating deadlines and working with external agencies, you'll play an important role in bringing our promotional plans to life.

You don't need to come from a marketing background, but you will need a genuine interest in marketing, a willingness to learn and a passion for building a career in this area. We're looking for someone with the right attitude, behaviours and attention to detail who is excited by the opportunity to develop within a commercial marketing environment.

You will be responsible for

• Supporting the delivery of marketing campaigns and promotional activity across our retail brands.
• Producing and proof reading marketing collateral, consumer point of sale material and promotional leaflets.
• Coordinating multiple tasks and deadlines to ensure marketing activity is delivered on time.
• Working with internal teams and external partners to manage marketing requests and queries.
• Acting as a key contact for our print and production agency.
• Supporting the wider Marketing team with administrative and ad-hoc activities when required.
• Building strong relationships with stakeholders across the business.
• Helping to ensure all marketing materials are accurate, consistent and customer focused.
  

You will need

• Exceptional attention to detail with strong proof-reading skills and the ability to spot errors and inconsistencies.

• Strong organisational and timeline management skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and work to tight deadlines.

• A customer focused mindset, always considering the impact of your work on both colleagues and customers.

• A genuine passion for marketing and a desire to build a career within a commercial marketing environment.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with an eye for detail.

• Practical IT skills, including Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.

• A proactive, positive and "can do" attitude.

• The ability to build effective working relationships and work collaboratively with a range of stakeholders.

• A willingness to learn, adapt and thrive in a fast-paced environment.

• Experience of working within a marketing team would be beneficial but is not essential.

• Experience working in a fast-paced environment and balancing multiple deadlines would be advantageous.

• Experience of working in a retail or wholesale environment would be beneficial.

• Experience using Excel functions such as VLOOKUPs would be advantageous.
  

Whats in it for you?

At Booker, along with being a great place to work and giving you an opportunity to get on in your career, we also offer the following fantastic package of benefits:

• A Booker colleague card with 10% off purchases at Booker and double discount events up to three times a year.
• After 3 months service, a Tesco colleague discount card with 10% increasing to 15% off most purchases at Tesco for a 4 day period after every four-weekly pay day, ie. thirteen times a year. In addition to 10% off at Tesco Cafe and 20% off all F&F purchases.
• 10% off pay monthly & SIM only deals with Tesco Mobile for yourself, along with further great deals through-out the year.
• Up to 30% off car, pet and home insurance at Tesco bank. Terms and conditions apply.
• Free eye test when you spend £50 or more. You can also save 30% when you spend £50 or more on glasses, prescription sunglasses and contact lenses.
• 50% off health checks at Tesco Pharmacy.
• Exclusive access to discounted RAC breakdown cover rates
• An exclusive deals and discounts website saving you money on everyday purchases including a cycle to work scheme.
• After 3 months service, you can join our annual Save As You Earn share scheme which allows you to buy Tesco shares in the future at a discount.
• Retirement savings plan (pension) - save up to 5% and Booker will match your contribution.
• Life Assurance - You are covered for death in service life cover of up to three times annual pay
• Health and Wellbeing support and resources including our 24/7, confidential Employee Assistance Programme and Virtual GP for you and your family.
• A great holiday package
  

About Us

Booker is the UK's leading food & drink wholesaler. We are privileged to serve independent retailers, caterers and small businesses, from locations across the country. We operate over 190 cash and carry branches, 8 distribution centres, 5 Best Food Logistics sites, as well as 6 support centre locations across the UK.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DE&I) at Booker means that whoever you are and whatever your background, we always want you to feel represented and that you can be yourself at work. In short, we’re a place where Everyone’s Welcome.

We know life looks a little different for each of us. That’s why at Booker and Best, we always welcome conversations about flexible working. Some people are at the start of their careers; some want the freedom to do the things they love. Others are going through life-changing moments like becoming a carer, nearing retirement, adapting to parenthood, or something else. So, talk to us throughout your application about how we may be able to support you.

We’re proud that Booker is aDisability Confident Committed Leader and we’re committed to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. For further information on the accessibility support you can expect, please [e-mail]

Please note

We can only accept candidates over the age of 18 if the role requires working before 6:15 am or after 9:45 pm or involves working in areas such as the warehouse, beers, wines & spirits, and driving roles.

On the occasions where we have high volumes of applicants, some roles may close earlier than the advertised end date in order for us to manage all of the applicants appropriately. We will only be able to offer individual feedback to those candidates who attend an interview.

*Booker Group is part of Tesco plc, however, is operated separately from the core Tesco business and as such the benefits offered will be different from those offered at Tesco*

For more information about us please visitwww.bookergro upjobs.co.uk