Remote Marketing Ops Lead: Planning & Production

Lookers Motor Group Limited; Manchester; Remote; GBP 36,000 - 44,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and progression

Generous annual leave

Enhanced family leave

Techscheme discounts

Eyecare vouchers

Smart Health GP access

Dental insurance

Life assurance options

Gym discounts

Travel insurance

Home and tech vouchers

Retail discounts

Job summary

Lookers Motor Group Limited is seeking a Marketing Planning & Production Manager to join our team remotely, reporting to Head of Marketing Operations. This pivotal role will shape how marketing plans, produces and delivers work across the business.

You will lead planning cadences, translate strategy into priorities, manage production across creative and content teams, and deputise for Head of Marketing Operations when required.

Qualifications

• Proven experience within marketing operations, planning, project management, production management or a similar planning-focused role.
• Strong track record of end-to-end delivery across creative and content workstreams.
• Experience leading planning processes and providing clear direction to teams.
• Excellent organisational, communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong project management capabilities with exceptional attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Lead and run the team's planning cadence, including quarterly, monthly and weekly planning cycles, ensuring priorities, capacity and deadlines are visible and aligned.
• Translate marketing strategy into clear priorities, actionable plans and defined workstreams.
• Manage production across creative and content teams, ensuring work is delivered on time, to a high standard and in line with business objectives.
• Track progress, identify risks, remove blockers and maintain momentum across multiple projects.
• Oversee workflow management, resource planning and team capacity.
• Establish and continuously improve processes, tools and reporting that create efficiency and consistency from brief through to delivery.
• Own our relationship with key workflow and asset management platforms, evolving the tech and integration into the wider Marketing team.
• Partner with stakeholders across marketing and the wider business to manage demand, align expectations and balance competing priorities.
• Produce regular reporting on output, performance, planning and resourcing for the Head of Marketing Operations and Marketing Leadership Team.
• Act as deputy for the Head of Marketing Operations when required.

Skills

Marketing operations experience

Project management

Planning processes

Stakeholder management

Organisational skills

Communication skills

Leadership

Influence and collaboration

Job description

Lookers Motor Group Limited is seeking a Marketing Planning & Production Manager to join our team remotely, reporting to Head of Marketing Operations. This pivotal role will shape how marketing plans, produces and delivers work across the business.

You will lead planning cadences, translate strategy into priorities, manage production across creative and content teams, and deputise for Head of Marketing Operations when required.