Assistant Marketing Manager - Hospitality

What’s in it for you

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• Annual bonus scheme of up to 10% of base salary
• Holiday starting at 25 days plus a personal day (plus Bank holidays)
• 26 weeks maternity and adoption leave (after 1 years’ service) at full pay, followed by 13 weeks of Statutory Maternity Pay or Statutory Adoption Pay, we also offer 6 weeks fully paid paternity leave
• Free 24/7 virtual GP service, Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) for you and your family, free access to a range of experts to support your mental wellbeing

About the role

This is an exciting opportunity for a marketer to join the Tesco Café business. This would suit an individual who enjoys working as part of a team, is very well organised, creative, pragmatic and a lateral thinker with an inquisitive mind who is motivated to make change for the better and, most importantly, puts our customers first.

You will be responsible for

• Support the Marketing Manager in the delivery of the marketing and customer proposition plans, remodel programme and digital transformation.
• To support the creation and implementation of campaigns that will attract new customers. This will include producing briefs, communications execution, promotional activity and working with multiple internal and external stakeholders.
• Build strong, collaborative relationships and manage the day-to-day activity with our creative and print agencies.
• To become the point-of-sale expert, understanding the individual requirements of projects and fulfilling this for every campaign. Working with the print agency to fulfil POS orders, manage stock and drive efficiencies.
• Own the campaign process from a marketing POV – from producing the creative brief, through the creative concept process and through to the print and launch of the campaign POS.
• Coordinate campaign photoshoots working closely with the food development team, creative agency and photographer.
• To be the first port of call for site queries regarding marketing, forming strong working relationships with the operations teams.
• Build strong, collaborative relationships with internal stakeholders and work cross-functionally across commercial, operations, IT and food development as well as stakeholders in the wider Tesco business.
• Manage and coordinate the marketing material for the remodel programme as well as other trials we may run throughout the year.
• Work with the Insight and Food Development team to develop a strong understanding of the competitor landscape and share with the wider team.
• Be the brand guardian, ensuring all communications are in line with our brand guidelines and reflect the brand.
• Follow our Business Code of Conduct and always act with integrity and due diligence.
• Awareness of the marketing spend and be responsible for raising POs.

You will need

• Have strong organisation and multi-tasking skills and be confident in managing critical paths.
• Have strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Be confident at landing end-to-end projects working with multiple stakeholders.
• Be interested in food development, trends and the hospitality industry.
• Feel comfortable working with and communicating with senior leaders.

• Strong eye for detail.
• Interest in food and a willingness to learn new skills.
• Be responsive and flexible to business needs.
• The ability to plan and organise with a self-start attitude. 
• Be able to think creativity and outside of the box. 
• Able to build solid working relationships with peers and be a strong team player.
• Desirable: Marketing qualifications or marketing experience.

About us

You might know us as a supermarket, technology company or even for our award-winning mobile network. Truth is, we’re all of those things, and much more. Our colleagues work with one goal in mind, helping to make every day a little better for our customers, colleagues and communities all over the world. No two customers are the same, neither are our colleagues.

At Tesco, we champion a balance that lets you thrive both in and out of work. Spend 60% of your week collaborating with colleagues at our office locations or local sites and the rest remotely. Whether you're just kicking off your career, juggling passions, or navigating big life events, we're here to support you. We always welcome a conversation about flexible working, so talk to us throughout your application about how we can support.

We're proud to be an accredited Disability Confident Leader, where everyone’s welcome. That’s why we commit to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. If you need support with your application, click here for more information. And if you're interested in joining our team but don't tick every box, don't let that hold you back from applying