Job Description

Job Category: Creative
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We are on the lookout for an eCommerce Product Marketing Assistant to join the eCommerce UK trading team, focusing on campaigns, including the likes of Christmas, Valentine's Day, Mother's Day and more! Based at our Leicester Head Office, offering a competitive salary alongside great benefits!
At NEXT, not only are we one of the UK's largest fashion retailers, but we're also one of the largest listed companies, full-stop. Selling our products and thousands of world-famous brands, both in-store, online UK and Internationally. What's more, we're growing. Fast! And it's the kind of growth and investment that is exciting for everyone in our business.
The UK Trading team fuels UK growth by optimising online product sales on Next.co.uk across Womenswear, Menswear, Childrenswear, Beauty and Home. They drive exciting product launches and strategic promotions to maximise sales and brand visibility.
About the Role:
Working as an eCommerce Product Marketing Assistant, you will play a key role in our fast-paced eCommerce Campaigns team, helping to prepare, execute and analyse future opportunities for each individual campaign - Christmas, Valentines day, Mothers day and more! You'll use your understanding of key trading periods and your ability to interpret sales data and trends to help plan campaign exposure for all key events within the business. This role is cross-divisional, so you'll be working closely with teams across the business, therefore confidence in communication and collaboration is essential. This is an exciting opportunity for someone with a flair for creativity, who can also bring strong organisation skills, fashion-forward thinking and sharp commercial awareness.
What else is involved?

• You'll analyse weekly reports to maximise sales for each campaign through onsite optimisations, including sort order checks, site checks and ensuring the latest product is featured in each campaign.
• You will contribute and report to stakeholders in weekly trade meetings, reporting accurately on key metrics and best sellers for current campaigns, reacting to customer behaviour and using commercial awareness to inform decision making and adapt marketing accordingly.
• You will contribute on wrap-up reports at the end of each campaign, identifying successes, missed opportunities and analyse how these could be made into future opportunities.
• You will have good communication skills to build productive relationships across all levels of the business, holding and participating in productive meetings and establishing effective and efficient ways of working.
• Project management of your workload, ability to prioritise, and good problem solving skills are all essential as you will drive tasks through to completion. You will be responsible for maintaining accurate administration of key business documents - so organisation is key!
• You'll use your creativity when briefing in emails, landing page updates & push notifications to support campaign exposure, checking in the with relevant teams on any results and learnings and documenting these for future campaigns.
• You'll work closely with the trading manager, supporting and planning the annual trading calendar, helping to plan yearly marketing activity, using data from the previous year to inform decisions.
• You will review & refresh onsite assets whilst looking out for new campaign opportunities for Next Ads - a fast growing department in the business!
• You'll be responsible for maintaining Line Lists for individual campaigns, uploading them to relevant onsite promotions and inputting into PBI for accurate reporting.
• You will stay informed about the latest competitor activity and trends and provide recommendations based on your research to ensure the site remains competitive.

You'll be doing all this from our Leicestershire Head Office. Our offices are inspiring, yes. But we understand that life happens. So, we're big on making sure your work, works for you which is why we offer flexible working.
Bring your energy. Play to your strengths. Make things bigger and better than before. Let's Take It On.
About You:

• Experience within eCommerce trading or marketing is required.
• Highly motivated and hardworking with a professional attitude, who is able to work under pressure in a fast paced environment.
• Displays a clear sense of vision, direction and self-belief, with perseverance and a desire to succeed.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to present to a range of audiences and influence to win support for positive change and new ideas.
• Evidence-based approach, and comfortable with using data reporting tools with an eye for detail, identifying opportunities and creating solutions with a positive attitude to change.
• Is able to accurately identify your own development needs and is open to learning.
• Commercial acumen is key for this role.

About Us: You know Next, but did you know we're a FTSE-100 retail company employing over 35,000 people across the UK and Ireland. We're the UK's 2nd largest fashion retailer and for Kidswear we're the market leader. At the last count we have over 500 stores, plus the Next Online and it's now possible to buy on-line from over 70 countries around the world! So we've gone global!
About the Team:

• 25% off most NEXT, MADE*, Lipsy*, Gap* and Victoria's Secret* products (*when purchased through NEXT)
• Company performance based bonus
• Sharesave scheme
• On-site Nursery available; OFSTED outstanding in all areas
• 10% off most partner brands & up to 15% off Branded Beauty
• Early VIP access to sale stock
• Access to fantastic discounts at our Staff Shops
• Restaurants with great food at amazing prices
• Access a digital GP and other free health and wellbeing services
• Free on-site parking
• Financial Wellbeing - Save, track and enhance your financial wellbeing
• Apprenticeship - Grow and develop on the job whilst gaining a qualification
• Direct to Work - Discount online and instore, collect your items the next day for free from your place of work or local store
• Support Networks - Access to Network Groups to empower and celebrate each other
• Wellhub - Discounted flexible monthly gym memberships, with apps, PT sessions and more

Conditions apply to all benefits. These benefits are discretionary and subject to change.
We aim to support all candidates during the application process and are happy to provide workplace adjustments when necessary. Should you need support with your application due to a disability or long-term condition, feel free to get in touch with us by email headoffice_careers@next.co.uk (please include 'Workplace Adjustments' in the subject line), or call us on 0116 284 2486 and leave a voicemail.

Skills Required