Posting End Date:

June 13, 2024

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If you've ever stepped through the doors of a John Lewis or Waitrose shop, shopped online, or seen any of our adverts, you'll know there's something unique about us.

That unique proposition is our Partners. As co-owners they have a say in our business and receive a share of the profits, so they put time and effort into making it work. Our Partners are the reason we're the success we are. They're our secret sauce; the opportunity for us to differentiate.

Job Summary:

The role holder will be responsible for supporting the Assistant Marketing Manager in delivering business targets. This is achieved through efficient, brand-enhancing, responsible direct acquisition marketing campaigns to John Lewis Partnership customers.

Job Description:

At a glance:

• Salary range - The budgeted salary range for this role is set at £33,800 - £47,000 (dependant on experience) - or will follow the Partnership Secondment pay policy (for internals)

• Contract type - This position is a Secondment/Fixed Term contract until the end of November 2024

• Working pattern/flexible working - We know flexible working is important to you, and it is important to us too. The Partnership has adopted a blended working approach meaning you'll be able to work a mixture between the office and home based upon your personal needs whilst balancing the needs of the business. The Brand Marketing team aim for around 2 days a week in the office to connect and on a more ad-hoc basis to attend key meetings but again, are flexible on this.

• Location - This role is based at our London Head Office campus with opportunities to also visit media and creative agency partners. Please note, any cost incurred as a result of travel to these bases will be the responsibility of the successful candidate.

• Please note, The normal place of work for this role is Victoria, London pending the relocation of the London office to Pimlico during the summer of 2024 after which the normal place of work will become Pimlico, London.

About the role:

As a Senior Marketing Executive you will support the development and delivery of end to end brand campaign activity across all marketing and customer touchpoints. This includes all categories and services John Lewis operate in.

You’ll write campaign briefs, and work closely with channel owners and creative teams to build and deliver brilliant marketing campaigns. You'll be a highly organised and a proactive individual with a high degree of collaboration and empathy, providing administrative support to delivery of the overall marketing plan. You'll be confident with accounting processes and best practice administration as you'll be accountable for processing, monitoring & reporting against requisitions, purchase orders & invoices and the preparation of monthly and ad hoc financial reports for the teams.

Key responsibilities / what will you be doing?:

• Support the planning and delivery of end to end marketing and advertising campaigns.

• Ensure briefs are rooted in customer insight and outcomes, to ensure effective marketing campaigns are delivered across all of the 360° marketing mix and customer touch points.

• Build relationships with internal channel specialists, in-house content and design teams, commercial counterparts and external agencies.

• Support the forecasting and tracking of marketing expenditure against budget.

• Effective management of financial processes. Responsible for processing, monitoring & reporting against requisitions, purchase orders & invoices including amending PO amounts & finally closing POs upon reconciliation. Provide financial reports on a regular basis in advance of period end to the team.

• Proactively support the team to deliver efficient ways of working, to ensure that processes are clear, efficient and appropriately analysed to land creative and compelling customer experiences across our channels. Seeking out best practice from other teams and optimises existing processes accordingly.

• Review customer insight and competitor advertising activity and share with the team for inspiration. Compile weekly & seasonal competitor advertising reviews and keep up to date with the latest trends and market activity.

Essential skills you’ll need:

• Campaign management and marketing experience.

• Evidence of customer orientation, planning and prioritisation;

• Experience working with creative teams (internal or external), brief writing and stakeholder management

• Evidence of analytical thinking

• Evidence of clear and effective presentation skills.

Desirable skills you’ll have:

• Marketing experience in a high profile multi-channel consumer brand.

• Experience working on through the line campaigns including media advertising.

• Commercial awareness

• Marketing/Business degree or equivalent

• Chartered Institute of Marketing Diploma (not essential)

Benefits of the Partnership and the role:

• ? - Hybrid Working.

• ?️ - Full - time working holiday entitlement 22 days holiday, plus public and bank holidays (this is pro-rated for part time hours).

• ⚖ - Excellent work life balance, including focus on well being and flexible working and our marketing leading equal parenthood leave Policy

• ? - Defined Contribution pension scheme where your contributions will be matched by the Partnership (up to 8% of pay) and, after three years’ service, you’ll receive an additional Partnership contribution of 4% of pay, regardless of whether you pay in or not

• ? - You’ll get Partnership discount in store and online once you complete your Earning Membership period. That’s 25% off in John Lewis & Partners (12% off electrical products, some exclusions apply) and 20% in Waitrose & Partners (some exclusions apply) You’ll also be able to nominate someone you live with to share your discount.

• ? - Simple cycle to work support scheme

• ? - We’re really proud of our exclusive hotels based in some of Britain’s most beautiful areas and once you’ve been with us for three months, you’re welcome to explore them

• ? - Learn more about our extensive range of exciting benefits that you could enjoy when you join us, visit - https://www.jlpjobs.com/about/benefits/

Next Steps:

• The application form consists of a CV upload followed by application questions. Please ensure you refresh the page each time you complete a task to ensure you complete everything that you need to in time. (If internal, check your Workday notifications and see further guidance on the PDW under "Internal application process").

• Once you've submitted an application the next steps of the process, if successful, are likely to include a 1 stage virtual interview (wk comm 24th June).

• You'll be asked about any adjustments you might need to support the recruitment process. Let us know, and we'll be sure to discuss it with you.

• Thanks for your patience in the meantime and for showing an interest in joining JLP.

• We occasionally close vacancies early in the event we receive a high volume of applications. Therefore, we recommend you apply early

You can view a copy of the full job outline here (internal only)

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Pay:

£33,800.00 - £51,000.00 Annual

Scheduled Weekly hours:

35

Worker Type:

Secondee (Fixed Term)

Job Level:

Partnership Level 8

Hours of Work:

35

At the John Lewis Partnership, we embrace our differences. We want you to be you. Because, well, we know you're at your best when you're free to be yourself.

Being a truly inclusive employer to us means creating an environment which celebrates your contribution, regardless of age, gender, race, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, social background, religion or belief. It's why we've set our own aim to become the UK’s most inclusive business - for our Partners (employees) and our customers.

We firmly believe that our future success lies in diversity of thought from all Partners and it's integral in our mission to build a happier world. ? ?

We welcome applications from everyone interested in working for us. And, once you're a Partner, your differences will make all the difference.

Find out more about D&I in the Partnership here.

We want all of our Partners to have a good work-life balance and we support flexible working. This might mean flexible or compressed hours, job sharing or shorter hour contracts, where it is possible to do so. Please discuss this further with the hiring manager during your interview.

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