POS & VM Campaign Lead

Inspired-Thinking-Group-; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday

Wellbeing Day

Smart Working 40% from home

Work abroad 90 days

Pension scheme

Medical cash plan

Electric car salary sacrifice

Employee of the Month £250

Referral bonuses

Job summary

Inspired Thinking Group is recruiting an Account Manager to coordinate POS and VM campaigns for the M&S Food account. You will work with M&S in-store teams to keep campaigns on budget and on time, supporting the Senior Account Manager and leading ITG delivery across administrative marketing elements.

You will manage briefs, artwork timelines, costings and print specifications, liaising with multiple internal and client teams to ensure seamless campaign delivery across Windows and Events.

Qualifications

• Strong people skills and customer focus.
• Experience working in an agency with advertising campaigns.
• Good knowledge of POS and VM processes.
• Basic print production knowledge and cutter requirements.
• Hands-on and proactive; not desk-bound.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines.
• Retail exposure is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Receive briefs from team leads or the client and communicate timelines, templates and costings clearly.
• Link briefs to M&S planning managers and maintain relationships between M&S Marketing and Planning teams.
• Lead pre-production meetings to ensure clear artwork briefs.
• Coordinate with ITG Artwork Production Team with realistic deadlines.
• Brief final artwork to ITG using pre-approved templates and ensure timely delivery.
• Manage production and artwork briefs, print specs and print allocations via Media Centre.
• Ensure printers are engaged on deadlines, workload and timing for PO and artwork.
• Keep M&S cost trackers up to date and report costs to ITG senior staff and marketing.
• Raise Purchase Orders well in advance of file-to-print dates and flag issues early.

Skills

Account management

Agency experience

POS knowledge

VM knowledge

Print production

Project management

Retail experience

Time management

Client liaison

Tools

Media Centre

Job description

Inspired Thinking Group is recruiting an Account Manager to coordinate POS and VM campaigns for the M&S Food account. You will work with M&S in-store teams to keep campaigns on budget and on time, supporting the Senior Account Manager and leading ITG delivery across administrative marketing elements.

You will manage briefs, artwork timelines, costings and print specifications, liaising with multiple internal and client teams to ensure seamless campaign delivery across Windows and Events.