Retail Marketing Manager

Our blue chip digital broadcast provider client requires an experienced Retail Marketing Manager to work on a contract basis from the site in West London, with travel to retails around London.

The successful candidate will join the acquisition department that is central to the strategy of turning the ever-growing awareness of our clients video on demand product.

This role has responsibility for the delivery of marketing plans across the retailer portfolio and is the guardian for producing creative that is timely, effective, on budget and on-brand.

Key role responsibilities- . Liaising closely with Retail Sales team to produce detailed plans for all comms and campaigns that will drive towards quarterly sales targets

. Maximising the campaign calendar to highlight seasonal opportunities and programme/channel highlights from the product portfolio

. Maximising all available marketing channels and inventory - in-store, offline, online

. Project manage the creative process end to end from tight creative briefing to agencies, comprehensive and constructive feedback gathering, rigorous management of deadlines internally and externally and full approval from key Product teams, Legal, Brand and Senior Management.

. Focus on messaging, customer proposition and key DR principles to hit the mark in all comms

. Control and management of the Retail marketing budget, tracking all spend and reconciling against agency time, print/production costs incurred job by job. Forecasting (and reforecasting) of spend across the year.

In the first instance please forward your CV that demonstrates the following desired experience;

. Previous experience working across Sales teams and retail sectors

. Comfortable with regularly meeting the challenges of tight deadlines and juggling motile projects

. Experience of influencing key stakeholders

. Innovative and performance driven

. Commercial understanding of retail environments

. Retail/trade marketing experience gained within either agency of client environment

. Experience managing large budgets and planning

. Experience with POS and in store environment

. An understanding of the video on demand market

Please forward your CV to be considered, only suitability experienced candidates will be contacted directly.

Position: Retail Marketing Manager

Location: West London (with travel around London)

Duration: Initially up until 27/10/2014

Rate: GBP 230 - 250 per day