Job Description

We are looking for a Digital Media Lead on a 12 Months FTC, maternity cover to join our eCommerce Digital Marketing team. Based at our Manchester Arndale Office with a competitive salary range of £50,000 - £60,000 and great benefits!

The Role:

As a Digital Media Lead at NEXT, you will join our fast paced eCommerce team to spearhead the development and delivery of high impact, data driven performance marketing campaigns. Reporting to the Digital Media Manager, you will leverage your extensive multi channel expertise to maximise profitable customer acquisition and drive sales growth. You’ll act as a key collaborator, working hand in hand with our media agency and strategic partners to execute precise, results oriented projects at pace. If you are a project management pro with a passion for turning data into profit, this is your opportunity to shape the digital footprint of a leading brand.

What You’ll Take On:

• Plan and execute performance led digital marketing campaigns by working alongside key internal stakeholders to align media activity with our overarching commercial goals.
• Manage the day to day relationship with our media agency and key external stakeholders, ensuring all deliverables are met on time.
• Collaborate with global media partners to explore new and innovative opportunities, including beta tests and emerging platforms, to keep our strategy ahead of the competition.
• Work cross functionally with the marketing and commercial trading teams to ensure digital activity supports seasonal launches and brand priorities.
• Regularly present key campaign findings and strategic insights to the wider business, translating complex data into clear, actionable recommendations for future growth.
• Stay at the forefront of the digital media landscape, proactively identifying shifts in technology, privacy and consumer behavior to future-proof our marketing efforts.
• Technical knowledge of performance marketing channel such as programmatic display, YouTube including audience segmentation would be an advantage.

You’ll be doing all this from our Manchester Arndale Office, this role currently offers 3 days a week in the office, and 2 from home.

What You’ll Bring:

• Proven years of experience in digital industries or an eCommerce environment.
• Experience of planning and optimising across performance digital media channels.
• Experience of managing search partners and/or agency relationships.
• Strong numeracy and excel skills.
• High attention to detail.
• Logical – finds it easy to problem solve.
• Collaborative and works well as part of a team.
• Strong technical knowledge is essential.

You know Next, but did you know we’re a FTSE-100 retail company employing over 44,000 people across the Next group. We’re the UK’s 2nd largest fashion retailer and for Kidswear we’re the market leader. At the last count we have over 450 stores, plus the Next Online and it’s now possible to buy on-line from over 80 countries around the world! So we’ve gone global!