Brand and Creative Assistant

Job Introduction

Job Title: Brand and Creative Assistant 

Department: Marketing

Location: Head Office, Lytham St Annes 

Contract: Permanent, Full Time (37.5 hours per week, Monday- Friday 9am-5pm) 

Close Date: Wednesday 14th July 

Interview Dates: Phone interviews 15th &16th July followed by first stage interviews 19th & 20th July. 

We now have an exciting new opportunity for a Brand and Creative Assistant to join our award-winning Beaverbrooks family.

As the Brand and Creative Assistant you'll join our fast-paced marketing team who are responsible for creating eye-catching campaigns, that delight and inspire our customers. This is an ideal role for a self-starter in the early stages of their marketing career, who shares our passion for building strong brands and great creative.

In this role you will be a valuable support for our Brand Manager and Brand Coordinator, working on the development of the Beaverbrooks brand portfolio, the planning and delivery of key campaigns and the development of brand collateral, POS, and communications.

We are beyond proud that we have recently taken the top spot in the prestigious 100 Best Companies to Work For list 2021 meaning that we are officially the Best Large Company to Work For in the UK, and are also the Best Retailer.

This role is based at our office in Lytham St Annes, Lancashire although the team are currently working a combination of office and home due to COVID. Office based requirements and options for remote working will be discussed at interview. 

Role Responsibility

As the Brand and Creative Assistant, you will:

• Be the first point of contact for any internal or external enquiries of a brand nature. 
• Play a big role in the creation of printed and digital campaign assets and collateral from initial brief to final artwork - sometimes designing yourself, and occasionally briefing and working with external creative agencies and artwork studios.
  • Artwork requirements will include but isn’t limited to, store graphics and POS, press advertising, gift guides, direct mail, stationery, and packaging.
• Support the team in effectively preparing and executing photoshoots, which naturally play an important role in our campaigns.
• Become immersed in the very special Beaverbrooks brands- taking responsibility for maintaining the brand guidelines and supporting the consistent use of these in and outside the business.
• Support the brand team in planning and delivering hero brand campaigns throughout the year across a variety of channels including digital advertising, social media, TV, print, out of home and store.
• Regularly support the wider marketing team with their creative projects (eg CRM, Events and PR)
• Be responsible for the majority of administration tasks related to brand activities and campaigns, including product requests and management, purchase order and invoice processing, and ensuring enquiries are dealt with efficiently and effectively.
• Share responsibility for some of the wider marketing administration tasks and be called on to support with various other tasks and projects.

The Ideal Candidate

       ESSENTIAL SKILLS

• Previous experience of working in a marketing team or advertising agency
• Experience with Adobe software to complete basic artwork tasks. (Training can be provided to develop skills.)
• Exceptional attention to detail to support the high levels of accuracy and quality control required
• A keen interest and awareness of marketing and brand
• Proactive, positive, and enthusiastic attitude
• Highly organised
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Self-starter, able to prioritise and work under own initiative.
• Ability to work efficiently and accurately on several projects at any one time.
• Initiative to ask questions, speak up and contribute ideas.
• Confidence dealing with colleagues and suppliers across all levels
• Adaptable, responsive and able to work in a fast-paced environment
• Proficient in Microsoft Office – Word, Excel and Powerpoint

DESIRABLE SKILLS 

           It is also advantageous if you have:

• Experience in a retail environment – either store or HQ
• An awareness and interest in the retail market and trends
• An awareness of measurement and metrics associated with marketing and brand

About the Company

We’re a family business. And you can tell that when you get here. It feels like family.

Established in 1919 we now have 72 stores across the UK and an ecommerce website, which was launched in 2001. We provide exceptional quality diamonds, jewellery and watches as well as top name brands such as TAG Heuer, Omega, Breitling, Tudor, Gucci and Vivienne Westwood.

As well as achieving the number one position in the prestigious 100 Best Companies to Work For list 2021, and ‘Retail’s Best Company to Work For’ 2021, further recognition has also been received at The UK Jewellery Awards where we were awarded Employer of the Year for 2020 and at The Retail Week Awards 2020, where we were awarded 'Best Place To Work'.

Our purpose is to enrich lives, which simply means making a positive difference to the world we live in. We donate 20 per cent of retained profits to charity and since the year 2000, Beaverbrooks has donated in excess of £16 million to over 750 different charities.

We pride ourselves on the work we do for local communities and in support of this we offer charity matching – you raise it, we match it! You can also take 2 paid charity days per year where you can spend time away from the business doing charity work and take time off to give blood.

Some of our other benefits include:

• Holidays are 28 days per annum inclusive of bank holidays, rising to 33 days the March after completion of 2 years’ service.
• Outstanding staff discounts which extend to your family & friends.
• Private Healthcare
• Wellbeing scheme
• Contributory Pension & Life Assurance
• Free eye test at every 2 years
• Flu Vaccinations paid for
• Enhanced maternity and paternity package
• Maternity return to work bonus
• Paternity Leave
• Employee & family support & counselling – Retail Trust
• Cycle scheme

If you would like to know more about Beaverbrooks, visit https://www.beaverbrooks.co.uk/about-us

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