Job Description

Promotional Marketing Executive

About the role

We’re looking for a Promotional Marketing Executive who will be working on a range of household name retail brands spanning the length and breadth of the country – assisting in the development and implementation of our marketing and promotional campaigns that you will see come to life in our stores.

Your role will be focused on the delivery of our shopper and retailer marketing assets, including point of sale (POS), consumer leaflets, brochures and local marketing.

You will be working within our Promotional & Local Marketing Team, working alongside other Marketing Executives to ensure the collaborative, accurate and structured delivery of all collateral to support our shoppers and retailers.

About Bestway

Bestway Group is a diversified multinational family owned business with annualised turnover in excess of £4.5 billion. Starting off as a chain of retail convenience stores, the Group has grown to become a diversified multinational business with interests across the wholesale, pharmacy, real estate, cement and banking sectors. The Group is also the largest overseas investor in Pakistan.

Owned by the Pervez, Choudrey and Sheikh families, Bestway Group was founded in 1976 by Sir Anwar Pervez OBE H Pk, who remains Chairman. Serving over 12 million customers and employing over 28,000 individuals, the Group supports and serves communities through its operations across the UK, Pakistan and the Middle East.

Responsibilities:

• Help prepare marketing and promotional plans with specific objectives.
• Plan and organise promotional implementation.
• Implementation of all POS throughout our retailer estate.
• Help coordinate the production of promotional materials.
• Create detailed artwork briefs using excel spreadsheets.
• Proof a wide range of documents, copy & images.

The Ideal Candidate:

• Effective communication skills
• External stakeholder & agency coordination skills
• Data management ability
• Process improvement, initiative & planning
• Attention to detail & copywriting skills: spelling, grammar and proof-reading
• Innovative mindset
• Exceptional organisational skills
• Ability to work alone and as part of a highly supportive team
• Microsoft Excel (intermediate)
• Presentation skills and confidence speaking to groups
• An ability to think outside the box whilst remaining practical.

Benefits:

• Competitive salary
• Pension
• 22 days annual leave plus the option to buy additional days
• Life Assurance
• Onsite parking

We understand that no applicant ever ticks every box so please do consider applying should some or most of the above apply. Bestway Group is an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity and inclusion. We welcome people of different nationalities, backgrounds, experiences, abilities, and perspectives. We want strong, and diverse teams built from talented individuals with different backgrounds identities and experiences.

If this is of interest to you and you would like to learn more, please do get in touch, we are looking forward to hearing from you.