Marketing Assistant - Cheadle

Pets at Home Limited; Cheadle; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading pet care retailer is seeking a Marketing Assistant to join their team in Handforth. This hybrid role supports the Local Marketing Manager in delivering multi-channel campaigns, including branding updates and community marketing for pet care centres. Ideal for someone early in their marketing career, it offers exposure to various aspects of marketing in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• 1–2 years' experience within an administrative role.
• Commercially astute.
• Demonstrable ability to communicate effectively at all levels.
• Team player with strong collaboration skills.
• High levels of attention to detail.
• Intermediate level Excel skills and PowerPoint.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Deliver and implement marketing toolkits end-to-end.
• Organise and manage POS materials and stock levels.
• Create and update web pages for vet practices.
• Manage online content for social media pages.
• Ensure timely delivery of all marketing materials.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Attention to detail

Team collaboration

Effective communication

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Overview

We’re looking for a Marketing Assistant to join our team on a hybrid basis—working from our Support Office in Handforth (Cheshire) on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. This is a generalist role, offering exposure to all areas of marketing—from campaign coordination and creative input to essential admin and reporting. You’ll support the Local Marketing Manager in delivering multi-channel campaigns that bring our brand to life across the UK, as part of our ambitious Estate Interventions programme. This includes branding updates, refurbishments, extensions, relocations, new openings and competitor launches across our Pet Care Centres and Vet Practices.

• Delivering and implementing marketing toolkits end-to-end: marketing tools, assets and execution for all estate interventions including disruption, launch campaigns and post-launch community marketing.
• Organising and ordering POS materials and managing stock levels.
• Organising and ordering launch events and materials.
• Creating & updating web pages for vets practices and ensuring content is live in a timely manner.
• Briefing CRM team to deliver all customer and client emails to support local marketing plans, signed off by stakeholders.
• Posting online content for practices’ social media pages and liaising with the social media team for content support & advice.
• Briefing in-house & external agencies to create all the creative assets as required to support estate interventions, ensuring that brand and clinical guidelines are followed.
• Ensuring artwork is delivered on time and to budget.
• Delivery & implementation of all marketing materials as required.
• Delivery & implementation of all marketing support activity to agreed deadlines to ensure best-in-class marketing, right first time and on time to drive impact.
• Keep the master Estate interventions tracker up to date and accurate at all times.
• Set up and complete fact packs for all key projects.
• Manage and keep up to date all rebrand trackers & action logs and ensure key teams are delivering their actions.
• Raise all POs and ensure budget trackers are kept up to date at all times.
• Manage and keep Estate interventions teams’ group files up to date and accurate at all times.
• Implement and deliver timely communication to store managers and practice owners to ensure they are kept up to date at all times.
• Implement and deliver launch itineraries for store and practices at least 10 days before the launch event.
• Ensure all other support office stakeholders are kept informed at all times.
• Strong stakeholder management skills.

• 1–2 years' experience within an administrative role.
• Commercially astute.
• Demonstrable ability to communicate effectively at all levels.
• Team player with strong collaboration skills and the ability to influence and engage at multiple levels.
• High levels of attention to detail and ability to multi-task, prioritise to meet tight deadlines.
• Intermediate level Excel skills and PowerPoint.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

This is a fantastic opportunity for someone starting out in their marketing career and looking to gain experience in a large, purpose-driven organisation. You’ll need to be organised, confident using Excel and PowerPoint, and comfortable managing a variety of tasks. If you’re creative, curious, and passionate about marketing, we’d love to hear from you.