http://www.thedrum.co.uk/jobs/rss/ 07 June 2013 14:02:50 +0000 http://www.thedrum.com/jobs/details/49047/Marketing%2520Manager%2520.html Denholm’s client, a leading FMCG organisation, is seeking an experienced Marketing Manager for a new vacancy which will see the successful candidate manage and reposition the brand portfolio from one of their recent acquisitions. This is an excellent opportunity to move into a high profile and challenging role with a forward thinking business. Working closely with the brand controller, category and innovation teams you will be responsible for the development and execution of agreed marketing & brand plans, initiating new projects to meet targets as well as securing steady growth in net sales & profit. Your strong interpersonal skills will see you forge and maintain successful working relationships with colleagues across the business to ensure effective cross functional working. Using a strategic approach you will grow the profitability of a range of popular labels as part of a wider portfolio of premium brands for a growing organisation. Key responsibilities will include, introducing new products, as well as driving the profitability of designated product ranges by utilising agreed marketing budgets and driving the brand strategy. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record in trade or customer marketing acquired within the FMCG sector, namely food. This role will require frequent travel therefore you must be able to undertake this. Applicants must also be able to demonstrate previous experience in securing rejuvenating brands/brand positioning to ultimately deliver against key business objectives. Line management experience is also critical for this... 04 June 2013 14:02:31 +0000 http://www.thedrum.com/jobs/details/48740/Marketing%2520Specialist%2520%28Copywriter%29.html A fantastic position has opened up for a Marketing Specialist(copywriter) within a leading global IT company based in South Birmingham. This company is a market leader, and requires a talented marketing professional to join their busy marketing team and support the company as a whole. Within this Marketing Specialist role, you will be writing predominantly long copy rather than short, and a large feature of this role will see you translating complex numerical data into clear, understandable but specialist copy, so you should be good with numbers and confident analysing data. The role will also involve supporting technical B2B marketing campaigns, producing various compelling marketing communications, including press releases, web copy, articles, fact sheets, internal content, news alerts, case studies, features and blogs, contributing to social media communications, and producing and distributing market insight communications in order to improve the business strategy. To be considered for the role, you should ideally be educated to degree level or equivalent, with at least three years’ experience within marketing and PR. Your background could have been gained within professional, legal, or financial services and/or pharmaceutical sector. You should have experience of turning complex material into clear communications, and of supporting marketing campaigns within a technical B2B environment. Alongside this you should have excellent and proven copywriting and writing skills across a range of marketing channels, strong communication and interpersonal skills, sound... 03 June 2013 11:11:04 +0000 http://www.thedrum.com/jobs/details/48670/Senior%2520Account%2520Executive.html The Role Reporting into the Senior Account Manager, the Senior Account Executive will work on a variety of retail/fmcg accounts, taking briefs through the creative process from concept to print. Building strong relationships with the clients and delivering high standards of work consistently. Our clients are an integrated agency who have recently secured two major accounts that require a SAE to steer them to successful implementation. The SAE will be involved in delivery of integrated campaigns, but it would be fantastic if candidates could bring experience of online as well, however the main aspects we need for these roles are: Key elements: Agency experience An integrated approach to meeting clients needs Focused , hard working, talented The ability to run excellent administrative support to accounts Completely at home with the creative/print/production process Excellent communicator The ability to multi-task A desire to deliver the highest standards of service Have strong creative sensibilities Allocation of accounts will depend on what experience and skills you bring, but if any of these roles sound like they could be right for you then please get in touch with us. 03 June 2013 11:11:46 +0000 http://www.thedrum.com/jobs/details/48669/Senior%2520Account%2520Director%2520-%2520Retail.html Senior Account Director – Retail Salary excellent – c£60k + package Our clients are a well respected creatively and strategically driven agency for a Senior Account Director who will lead a team of talented and dedicated account handlers who specialise in delivering excellent campaigns to Retail clients. This is a senior role, and as such requires a candidate who has exceptionally strong credentials across Strategy, Creative, Account Management, Team and People Management, as well as branding and design and proven ability to build an account group to success and profitability, and therefore experience in new business pitching and acquisition would be a real benefit. The role requires someone who can command the respect of their colleagues and clients alike, who installs faith and commitment from their team, and can meet the following • Have the intelligence, creative flair, ability and kudos that inspires others • Brings an acknowledged track record in management of branding projects • Understands how to get the best from a client • Is an acknowledged expert in their field • Manage a team of diverse individuals, guiding, mentoring and managing them to success • Have the ability to oversee a wide range of projects, steering these to success • Able to work at a strategic and hands on level as required • A consummate presenter of ideas and concepts • A people person who enjoys interaction with colleagues at all levels • Able to contribute to the strategic development of the agency A full spec is available for suitably... 03 June 2013 10:10:51 +0000 http://www.thedrum.com/jobs/details/48666/Account%2520Director%2520-%2520Retail%2520.html Our clients are looking for an established Account Director who approaches their work from a strategic perspective, as they look to grow a particular clients’ business . The role will be about directing the in-store activity of this brand with stores across the UK; with one day per week spent at their HO improving the relationship with a view to building the account, and being very visible to the rest of the marketing team. You will be supported throughout by a team based at their Central Leeds offices. They are looking for someone who knows how to manage a successful relationship with the client, and the commercials involved as well as someone who brings their expertise and passion for the Retail market. Does this sound like it could be you – if it does then please let us know and we will supply further details. 21 May 2013 17:05:19 +0000 http://www.thedrum.com/jobs/details/48042/Senior%2520Account%2520Manager.html This highly successful branding agency is seeking an experienced Senior Account Manager who is of a truly superb calibre and who has excellent communication skills, the ability to work directly with their client providing accurate and honest information, and an excellent work ethic. The perfect person will have a mix of on and offline experience, and will be responsible for creating, developing and producing a mix of branding, advertising, and marketing projects, that come in all shapes and sizes, for their clients. This is a really important role within the business and it therefore needs someone with an extremely flexible approach to their work, due to the rate of growth that the company is currently experiencing; and also someone who can provide an excellent service to their clients, ensuring that you are effectively managing and meeting client expectations and demands. This is genuinely a superb opportunity to join an award-winning agency that wants to go even further, that has a wide range of exciting clients and projects, and that can provide the pleasure of working with a dynamic and forward-thinking experienced team. We want to hear about you if you want to make a difference, and if you are someone who will really add value and assist with helping the business flourish and continue to be a success – for this, you will already have proven experience with conceptual brand, strategy, and advertising work. We are most certainly not looking for your run-of-the-mill types for this role, but rather the people who WANT to stand out from the crowd. As a... 17 June 2013 16:04:53 +0000 http://www.thedrum.com/jobs/details/49543/Design%2520Director.html We are Contagious and we work with clients around the world who have amazing brands. We employ a team of 40 hugely talented, extraordinarily diverse, multi-disciplinary people who specialise in brand communication, digital, environments and experiential design. Founded in 2001, we have studios in Edinburgh and Glasgow but our work takes us around the world and we have clients as far afield as Stockholm, Manhattan and Tokyo. Due to our continued growth, we have an opportunity for a Design Director to join our brand team. Your portfolio will demonstrate first-class creative and conceptual thinking with an impressive understanding of brand strategy and effective, results-driven design. Hungry for new challenges to stretch you creatively, strategically and managerially, you’ll demonstrate strong leadership skills and the ability to manage, mentor and motivate a creative team. Intuitive, confident, enthusiastic and a bit of a perfectionist, you’ll still be prepared to roll your sleeves up and get your hands dirty. You’ll have an up to date passport and space on your mantelpiece for a yellow pencil. If you have an undergraduate degree in fine art or graphic/visual communication and a minimum of 8-10 years’ experience working at senior level on mid/large-scale design projects, we’d love to hear from you. Please contact Louise Liddell on ll@contagious.uk.com. 17 June 2013 13:01:19 +0000 http://www.thedrum.com/jobs/details/49521/Digital%2520Commercial%2520Manager%2520%28Corporate%29.html Digital Commercial Manager (Corporate), Salford Quays £32,800 - £41, months fixed term contract. You will be responsible for the commercial success of the Corporate clients facing digital real estate, along with digital transactional capabilities. You will ensure that sites are administered, maintained, developed and marketed appropriately to maximise revenue returns for the Corporate Health Funding Operational Business unit. You will manage day to day the digital sites from business to business (&/or intermediated) acquisition to sales and client retention. You will drive setting the requirements of digital enhancements across a multitude of devices and at different stages of the digital customer journey to achieve lead generation and retention targets. You will be required to create improved browsing and shopping experiences for the client and intermediary taking an insight led approach. You must apply your broad Digital knowledge and expertise to commercial goals, to ultimately help clients and intermediaries to achieve our registration, sales and renewals goals. Winner of 'Health Insurance Provider of the Year 2013', Bupa is the UK's leading healthcare companies and Health and Wellbeing UK makes up a key part of our business. We go beyond providing health insurance and protection products to our customers; we are here when they need us the most, providing the information they need to get through difficult times. Our roles are rewarding and in return you will be rewarded with excellent benefits and career opportunities. For further information on... 17 June 2013 10:10:45 +0000 http://www.thedrum.com/jobs/details/49502/Strategic%2520Planner.html Top agency pioneering world class creative work, based in the Midlands, are looking for a senior planner to join their growing team. If you want to move to the southcoast but still have a high profile role get in touch asap. 17 June 2013 10:10:15 +0000 http://www.thedrum.com/jobs/details/49475/Planning%2520Director.html Highly confidential role great agency in the Midlands are urgently looking for a head of planning. This is a very high profile role so get in touch asap 14 June 2013 13:01:59 +0000 http://www.thedrum.com/jobs/details/49381/New%2520Customer%2520Acquisition%2520Executive.html New Customer Acquisition Executive Linn designs and produces the best music systems in the world as well as recording and distributing world-class musicians’ award-winning albums, from our base just outside Glasgow. This is a unique opportunity for an experienced individual to join the expanding marketing department in a key position, reporting directly to the Marketing Director. You will be responsible for acquiring new prospects and customers for the company. 13 June 2013 17:05:35 +0000 http://www.thedrum.com/jobs/details/49344/Account%2520%2F%2520Project%2520Director.html We are looking for someone of a senior nature to join this small branding and design team in the heart of Manchester. An instinctive and experienced marketeer, who may come from a client-side or agency background. The attraction of this position would be the potential for this Account Director to be involved in shaping the future of the company. This agency are one of Manchester's more established leading design agencies with client relationships as solid as they are. The passionate and experienced Account Director may have a different title and be sitting in a different role currently but as this agency are so flexible it is key to meet them and discuss this role further. Any form of business development exposure or indeed planning experience would be a distinct advantage. 11 June 2013 18:06:48 +0000 http://www.thedrum.com/jobs/details/49230/Marketing%2520Communications%2520Manager%2520%2520.html Our client is a well established marketing technology business based in Chester. Following continued growth, we are seeking a Marketing Communications Manager to lead the marketing team. The role reports directly to the board and we are keen to speak to candidates who have previously held this level of responsibility. The business has many different products and the role will be varied and to ensure that there is group brand consistency across all the business units. You will take responsibility for managing all aspects of the marketing communications mix - so we are looking for an all rounder who is as comfortable across on and offline marketing channels and both internal and external marketing responsibility. We are very keen to speak to marketers who may have worked in data driven marketing solutions previously but who can still demonstrate a proven track record in marketing communications. The role will also involve occasional travel in the UK and Abroad. To find out more, please contact Fiona Christian ASAP. 11 June 2013 07:07:29 +0000 http://www.thedrum.com/jobs/details/49165/Account%2520Director%2520-%2520design%2520%26%2520branding%2520agency.html Our client is a very well established branding & design agency based in Manchester. They are currently seeking an Account Director to join the team. We're ideally looking for someone who is strategically strong and a real marketing specialist but who is also capable of managing projects from conception to completion. As it is a small team, you will need to muck in as and when required but you will be supported by a Project Manager in the delivery of campaigns. The agency is renowned for it's strategic & creative thinking, however, they fulfil and integrated offering and you should be an all rounder with experience right across the marketing mix. Much of the work is consultative to clients so it's essential that you have the gravitas and credibility to operate at this level. To find out more, please contact Fiona Christian. 05 June 2013 16:04:14 +0000 http://www.thedrum.com/jobs/details/48894/Creative%2520Brand%2520Director.html Creative Brand Director, In-house, Dorset, Freelance, £negotiable A very exciting and rare opportunity has arisen within a well known, high end retailer based in their design studio in Dorset, for a Creative Brand Director to join their team for a freelance contract. This company specialises in the beauty sector, providing a multi channel approach which covers international party planning, retail, wholesale and web. The products they specialise in sit within the luxury sector, providing high end goods and services internationally. They are looking for a Creative Brand Director to come on board with them on a freelance basis for 2 to 3 days a week in their studio in Dorset, to look after their brand; defining and implementing a new look, feel and tone of voice, from a creative point of view. This role will be sat within the marketing team, and as such marketing and strategy will be at the forefront of this role alongside the creative element. The successful candidate will have the following skills: • Previous experience within a marketing or advertising role in the design industry • A strong head for both strategy, marketing and creative direction • Previous experience guiding a brand - ideally in the beauty/retail sector • The ability to lead and direct a brand, aligning messages to allow everyone to be on the same platform The successful candidate will have the following roles/responsibilities: • Act as a creative lead on the brand strategy, implementing the look ,feel and tone of voice for the brand • Align the brand message, getting all... 05 June 2013 16:04:28 +0000 http://www.thedrum.com/jobs/details/48893/Customer%2520Marketing%2520Manager%2520.html Denholm’s client, a leading and highly dynamic drinks group, is seeking an experienced Customer Marketing Manager to join their marketing division. Reporting into the Customer Marketing Controller, this is a fantastic opportunity for someone looking to make their mark within an exciting channel. This is a 12 month maternity cover contract vacancy. The successful candidate will be responsible for leading the development and delivery of key strategies to build brand presence and profitability across the on-trade channel. Working in close collaboration with senior sales, marketing, category development & business planning colleagues, you will develop customer plans that beat the competition, ensuring all activities respond to a powerful consumer insight. You will also support and drive the trade launch and early lifecycle of emerging brands across the on trade sector. Using your creative mind-set, you will use appropriate category management initiatives to create and activate compelling brand stories to ultimately generate and maintain brand commitment and preference amongst customers. In addition, managing a team of three you will also be required to liaise with various parties to ensure that all brands are represented successfully in all trade marketing, merchandising, promotions and presentations. For this role, we’re looking for a blue chip FMCG background in either customer/shopper marketing or sales with experience within the on trade sales channel. You will have excellent communication skills with the ability to forge strong relationships with the... 05 June 2013 09:09:10 +0000 http://www.thedrum.com/jobs/details/48833/German%2520Speaking%2520Social%2520Media%2520Specialist%2520-%2520Brand.html Our Client, a leading global organisation are currently looking to appoint a proficient German speaker, with experience as a Social Media Specialist, to take the lead on a key new function for the companies marketing strategy. The role will be based at the companies new offices in the centre of Liverpool. With a competitive salary and a great benefit package, this role is perfect for a proactive and enthusiastic person, looking to apply their communication skills and social media experience to a world renown brand. Key requirements include: - Manage services across platforms for multiple communities - Perform in-depth analysis of social media activities - Identify trends and foresee potential gains and/or issues - Help maintain best practise and support colleagues through training and creation of guidelines - Act as liaison between the newly establish team and relevant functions based in Germany Benefits: - Performance bonuses - 25 days holiday plus Bank Holidays - Pension - Life Insurance - Permanent Health Insurance* - Lifestyle benefits – (discounted Gym Membership, local eateries etc) - Development and career opportunities with one of the world’s largest employers 03 June 2013 16:04:21 +0000 http://www.thedrum.com/jobs/details/48698/Account%2520Manager.html Our client is a leading regional agency with a terrific roster of blue chip clients. Following continued growth in the Yorkshire region, they are now opening a new office in Leeds and they are seeking an Account Manager to join their team. To be considered for this role, you must be an established Account Manager with a minimum of 3 years agency experience. You'll have worked on a range of integrated campaigns incorporating branding & design, press advertising, DM, SP and digital too - we're looking for an all rounder. As Account Manager you'll work in a team with a SAM, AE and AD so there will be plenty of resource. You'll work on a selection of FMCG brands which are household names. It's a fun agency with plenty of opportunity for progression. To find out more, please contact Fiona Christian. 03 June 2013 15:03:31 +0000 http://www.thedrum.com/jobs/details/48693/Brand%2520Planner%2520-%2520top%2520agency%2520in%2520Leeds.html Our client is a leading regional agency shortly opening a new office in Leeds. An exciting opportunity exists for a Brand Planner to join this new team. We're looking for someone who has a pedigree background in brand planning and who wants to work on a range of top brands for a well known FMCG organisation. You'll be well versed in all qual and quant research methods and bring insight and clarity to all marketing campaigns across a mix of media. You should be naturally passionate about brands and looking for a new challenge within a dynamic and intellectually stimulating environment. We’re looking for top notch talent keen to work with blue-chip clients on these challenging UK and international strategic brands, innovation and communications projects. This is a role for planners who can apply joined-up thinking – using insights to make clear, actionable marketing and business recommendations. To find out more, please contact Fiona Christian ASAP. 03 June 2013 11:11:13 +0000 http://www.thedrum.com/jobs/details/48673/Senior%2520Account%2520Director%2520.html This highly regarded brand design agency is looking to secure the services of a Senior Account Director who will lead a team of talented and dedicated account handlers who specialise in award winning design providing services to Corporate/FMCG/Retail clients. This is a senior role, and as such requires a candidate who has exceptionally strong credentials across Strategy, Creative, Account Management, Team and People Management, as well as branding and design and proven ability to build an account group to success and profitability. The role requires someone who can command the respect of their colleagues and clients alike, who installs faith and commitment from their team, and can meet the following criteria • Have the intelligence, creative flair, ability and kudos that inspires others • Brings an acknowledged track record in management of branding projects • Understands how to get the best from a client • Is an acknowledged expert in their field • Manage a team of diverse individuals, guiding, mentoring and managing them to success • Have the ability to oversee a wide range of projects, steering these to success • Able to work at a strategic and hands on level as required • A consummate presenter of ideas and concepts • A people person who enjoys interaction with colleagues at all levels • Able to contribute to the strategic development of the agency A full spec is available for suitably qualified candidates. 03 June 2013 11:11:30 +0000 http://www.thedrum.com/jobs/details/48671/Midweight%2520Designer%2520-%2520Retail%2520%26%2520fmcg%2520.html You will be working on key retail and fmcg accounts so experience of consumer retail brands and an understanding of the retail market is a pre requisite. You’ll primarily be concerned with tackling briefs from a design perspective, working on all manner of visual communications from in store POS to store windows. However, you will also have the ability to think outside the box and contribute to the generation of ideas for everything from sales activations to through the line campaigns, both on existing accounts and on pitch work, and produce work on a conceptual level providing rationales for designs and creating work with a clever twist. The nature of the work requires fast turn around – therefore we require someone who can turn jobs around fast and under pressure, with a calm and assured approach. You will be conversant in all of the usual (CS5/6) although any experience in Dreamweaver/flash will also stand you in good stead. You will also be able to scamp ideas as we often need to present ideas in this way. This is a friendly, fun and fast paced studio that will not only provide the successful candidate with an enjoyable working environment but also the ability to progress and develop. Salary – up to £25k (could be more depending on experience). 29 May 2013 10:10:34 +0000 http://www.thedrum.com/jobs/details/48455/Account%2520Executive.html Account Executive Manchester £16-20k This is a fantastic opportunity for a passionate and talented graduate to join one of Manchester’s leading agencies. They are award winning and recognised within the industry for both their strategic and creative solutions. They are looking to develop their own talent for the future and are looking for someone with a passionate and inquisitive nature when it comes to Branding. Ideally you will have gained some experience from placements or perhaps upto 18 months experience from post-graduation roles, ideally agency experience but not essential, and be able to communicate your passion and interest for Branding, Marketing and Design. You should have excellent communication skills, an intelligent and thoughtful approach to problem solving, and well developed time management and organisational skills. The ability to write engaging content is also desirable. If this sounds like an ideal opportunity for you, please send us your CV along with a covering letter demonstrating why you are suitable for this fantastic opportunity. M7041 28 May 2013 14:02:18 +0000 http://www.thedrum.com/jobs/details/48434/Marketing%2520%26%2520Business%2520Development%2520Manager.html Our client is a well established, regional Professional Services firm based near Liverpool. We're on the lookout for a Marketing and Business Development Manager to come on board and to help develop and implement their business growth through strategic marketing planning and delivery of marketing communication campaigns. We're looking for a consummate Marketing Professional. Used to operating at a senior level with credibility and a high degree of commercial awareness, you'll be responsible for leading the marketing department and working with the partners of each business division to ensure that business development opportunities are maximised and that marketing plans are efficiently executed to maximise ROI. The successful candidate will have experience of both B2B and B2C marketing planning. Professional Services sector experience is not essential but you must have experience across the marketing mix. Whilst you will be capable of strategic planning, you should also be happy to roll your sleeves up and be hands on in implementing campaigns along with your team. You'll work across branding & positioning of the business from a strategic perspective but also deliver campaigns across CRM, DM, Digital, Press & Events too. You'll definitely need to be an all-rounder. To find out more, please contact Fiona Christian ASAP. 21 May 2013 16:04:13 +0000 http://www.thedrum.com/jobs/details/48038/Midweight%2520Designer.html This midweight designer will be joining a well established agency in lovely offices on the outskirts of Leeds centre. You will be joining a super friendly studio of artworkers, designers and creatives who specialise in retail, working on some massive brands in the FMCG sector. After a recent pitch win for a massive client in the Leisure and Travel industry, you will get the opportunity to work, not only on this brand, but across all of their clients and build up an impressive portfolio of work. As a midweight designer, you will need to be super conceptual, coming up with fabulous ways to promote a new product or new ways to lead a campaign. You will be largely dealing with Instore Design, Shopper Marketing and Retail Marketing, so a knowledge of this would be brilliant, but not essential. You will be working closely with a small team of designers and the Creative Director to produce Instore Marketing Campaigns and really boost the shopper experience for some massive brands, then take this campaign through to web and Social Media to cover off all media. The ideal Midweight Designer must be able to demonstrate their conceptual side in their portfolio as well as having strong design skills. You must be confident in the Adobe Creative Suite and ideally have experience of both print and web. You must be confident about coming into a fast paced studio and constantly working on different clients and projects. Please send your CV and portfolio to emma.day@type-agency.com to be considered for this role.