Marketing Manager

Starbucks EMEA; Greater London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading coffee company in the UK is seeking a dynamic marketing manager to lead brand strategy and execution. This role involves collaborating with internal teams and external agencies to create impactful marketing campaigns that resonate with local communities. Candidates should possess strong communication, strategic, and creative skills, as well as experience in fast-paced marketing environments. The position offers competitive pay, a bonus scheme, and various employee benefits including free coffee and flexible working options.

Benefits

25 days holiday

Up to 10% bonus

Flexible benefits allowance

Life assurance

Private medical insurance

Free coffee each week

30% partner discount

Home Sweet Loan

Qualifications

• Experience in marketing or advertising in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience on both agency and client-side marketing.
• Familiarity with digital, social, and experiential marketing.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement the annual operating plan and UK brand plans.
• Collaborate with global creative agency for culturally relevant brand communications.
• Own the campaign planning and execution process from brief to performance tracking.

Skills

Strong communication

Strategic thinking

Creative thinking

Relationship building

Job description

We’re looking for a marketing manager to join our team here at Starbucks UK. A place where you’re valued, challenged, and inspired. Where your voice is brewed into everything we do. At Starbucks, we’re all about you.

As part of this role, you’ll be responsible for all brand strategy and activation for the UK. We’re on an exciting journey transforming our marketing communications, delivering bold, insight‑led campaigns that resonate nationally while staying deeply connected to the local communities we serve. As our marketing manager, you’ll play a pivotal role in shaping and executing our brand strategy, driving integrated through‑the‑line campaigns and making sure our marketing efforts deliver impact across every channel driving brand affinity and commercial impact.

We’ll look to you to bring your previous experience in marketing or advertising, ideally in a large, fast‑paced, multi‑site environment. Ideally, you’ll have experience both agency and client‑side with digital, social and experiential marketing too. We’re looking for someone who’s a strong communicator with the ability to think strategically and creatively, whilst building strong relationships with our external agencies, suppliers and business partners.

About

The best part about this role is that no two days are ever the same! Working as our marketing manager, you’ll get involved in:

• Parenting with the senior marketing manager to develop and implement the annual operating plan and UK brand plans including media investment strategy
• Collaborating internally and with our global creative agency to craft locally relevant, culturally resonant brand communications for both ATL and BTL channels
• Owning the end‑to‑end campaign planning and execution process, from insight‑led marketing briefs, campaign budgets, asset development to tracking and reporting performance against annual KPIs.
• Leading the development of our strategic “always‑on” approach for key channels
• Parntering with our social agency to create playbooks and guidelines, establishing best in class performance frameworks and reporting
• Developing brand‑first experiential guidelines that integrate seamlessly with seasonal campaigns
• Optimising our commercial performance in store driving improved sales and margin performance for our in‑store brand activation strategies
• Working with the global and EMEA teams to implement tactical cultural campaigns across the calendar year to surprise and delight our customers
• Supporting the quarterly business reviews across the agency ecosystem to drive continually commercial efficiencies and improved ways of working

Benefits

In return, we’ll offer you a competitive salary and benefits that include:

• 25 days holiday a year (plus Bank Holidays)
• Up to 10% bonus
• Flexible benefits – in addition to the benefits listed here we’ll also provide you with an additional 4% to allow you to select the benefits that suit you
• Life assurance and private medical insurance for yourself
• Comprehensive training (including coffee knowledge!) and access to Starbucks Global Academy (our online learning platform to help continuously develop yourself)
• Free bag of coffee each week and a 30% partner discounts on food, beverages, and merchandise
• Discounts with local and national retailers (cell phones, gym memberships, entertainment tickets, hotels, etc.) through Perks at Work platform
• Subscription to Headspace
• Home Sweet Loan (Interest‑free loans that can be paid back over 12 months to help pay your rental deposit)
• Bean stock options for all partners (own part of Starbucks!)
• A free 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme available to you and your family

So, if you’re looking for a new opportunity, with us you’ll be welcomed, you’ll be challenged, you’ll be inspired. Here you’ll be heard. Because here, you’re a part of it all. Here you belong.

Starbucks is committed to building an inclusive and diverse workforce. All applicants and partners will be treated fairly, without regard to race, religion, sex, nationality, age, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, marital status, gender identity and expression.

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