Marketing Assistant

If you love beauty, you’re in the right place.

As the ultimate curator of over 100 of the most in-demand, highly innovative and boundary-pushing beauty brands, we are the go-to destination for worldwide beauty discovery.

Together through our neighbourhood stores, online presence and loyalty scheme, Space NK has built a flourishing community in which to discover beauty. The customer is at the heart of everything we do, and we will always endeavour to offer everything they need to help them explore, experiment, and enjoy our brands.

Please note that although this role is advertised as part of the Skincare team, we are hiring roles across the following three categories:

• Skincare
• Bath & Body, Sun & Hair
• Own Brand

Department Overview:

A key department within Space NK, the marketing department are responsible for creating campaigns that engage current customers and drive new customer acquisition. The department consists of four teams: brand partnerships, brand marketing, content and digital marketing.

Role Purpose:

The marketing assistant is responsible for supporting the marketing team with the execution of marketing plans for the allocated category. The marketing assistant will play a key role in building relationships with our brand partners, developing plans, supporting with execution and reporting on performance.

Key responsibilities:

• Attend meetings for the allocated category, recording and sharing notes and key actions
• Create presentations to display marketing plans to support the allocated category in line with Space NK look and feel
• Brief in marketing assets to design, copy and printers ensuring process aligns with the critical path
• Support the marketing team to deliver marketing activations for the allocated category including but not limited to packing goody bags, attending events, actively engaging the public to drive participation and brand awareness.
• Support relationships with brand partners, ensuring they are aware of upcoming Space NK activity and have the right assets to support marketing from their channels
• Assist with internal communications and campaign briefings to relevant teams across Space NK, ensuring stores are informed and aligned on upcoming launches and marketing events for the allocated category.
• Distribute product samples from brand partners to internal teams for use across all marketing touchpoints.
• Create reports to illustrate performance of marketing activity
• Stay up to date on beauty and retail trends, conduct regular competitor research and industry analysis to ensure the marketing team are trying new initiatives
• Support the marketing team with general administration tasks

Key skills:

• A passion for marketing
• Excellent knowledge of the Microsoft Office Suite
• High attention to detail
• Excellent multi-tasking, planning and organisational skills
• A problem-solving approach
• Excellent interpersonal skills with an ability to communicate and influence effectively to all levels of the business
• The ability to prioritise, use initiative and perform under pressure
• A proactive and flexible approach

You may be required to travel within the UK and work some evenings and weekends dependent upon the event schedule for the allocated category. Time will be given in lieu.

Please note that only successful candidates will be contacted.

All applicants must have the right to live and work in the UK.

If you want to find out more about us, what it is like to work for us, all about our benefits, and our pledges on Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging, please visit our website.

Space NK are an equal opportunities employer.

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Please note that our current system does not use an automated filtering system.

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