Senior Partner Brand Marketing Executive

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You will advance the JD brand by managing & delivering world-class, industry & category leading marketing initiatives, positioning JD as the Partner of Choice. Use your brand management skills to unleash the power of our Partner brands to gain front-of-mind-space with the consumer.

The JD Marketing team puts the consumer at the heart of what we do developing campaigns, content, activations & events that elevate the JD brand and maximise consumer impact. The partner brand team is responsible for delivering these campaigns in a cohesive and consistent way across JDs full eco system, driving growth through a close strategic partnership with the brands and key internal stakeholders.

We have an amazing opportunity to join our team and support some of our key strategic partners at JD. This person must be passionate, and enthusiastic about sports, youth culture and brands. They must be willing to push the boundaries and drive visionary projects forward.

• Job Title - Senior Partner Brand Marketing Executive

• Location - BL9 8RR

• Working rota - Monday Friday

• Working hours - 40

What You'll Be Doing:

As a Senior Partner Brand Marketing Executive, you'll be doing the following:

• Support the development & success of our key strategic brands campaigns across all JDs channels.
• Manage key internal stakeholders, buying, merchandising, retail, VM and multichannel teams to optimise budget and deliver engaging campaigns.
• Co-creation and active management of assigned brand's calendar/schedule of activity.
• Creation of key marketing initiatives for assigned brand and negotiation of key priorities into JD
• Support the Marketing Manager on Partner Brand Relationship Development from a marketing perspective.

What We're Looking For:

• Relevant experience in a marketing role working with & developing consumer brands on a global/regional/international level.
• Knowledge of brands, how they are managed, the methods and tools used to help define what a brand stands for, how it is communicated and how to help others working on/with the brand understand how to bring it to life in the most impactful way.
• Proven skills delivering brand growth through consumer initiatives - developing and managing brand marketing/communication campaigns with execution experience across the full marketing mix.
• Strong understanding of the touchpoint & media landscape relevant to JD consumers

The Company:

The JD Group is a leading omnichannel retailer of Sports Fashion, Street & Premium Fashion, Outdoors and Gyms with over 60,000 colleagues over 3,400 stores across several retail fascia's in over 30 markets around the world.

We are an equal opportunities employer who embraces and values differences. We recognise the importance of an inclusive workplace culture in which everyone can thrive irrespective of their background or identity.

To be a part of this successful and continuously growing company, you will have the desire to ingrain our strategic goals of being a people first, a digital leader and customer focused organisation which provides operational excellence and is continuous with identifying new areas of growth into our day-to-day.

We know our employees work tirelessly to make JD Sports the success it is today and in turn, we offer them some amazing benefits:

• Incremental Holiday Allowance
• Staff Discount on qualifying purchases across Group retail stores and online
• Exclusive Colleague Bike Discount scheme
• Discounted Gym membership
• Personal development opportunities to learn and develop at work
• Access to Apprenticeships and accredited qualifications

Interested?

If you are interested in this position, then press the Apply Now button.

Due to the high volumes of applications our opportunities attract, it takes time to review them all. If you don't hear back within two weeks of your application, please consider your application to have been unsuccessful on this occasion

Applications that meet the skills criteria will be contacted for a 1st stage meeting with the talent team. Shortlisted candidates will then be invited to interview with the hiring manager.

Thank you again for your time.

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