Trainee Marketing Executive

Type: Trainee
Region: East Midlands

We’re looking for a Trainee Marketing Executive to join the Digital Marketing Communications team on a 6 month temporary contract! 

This is an exciting opportunity for a recent Graduate who is looking to kickstart their career within eCommerce and learn from our talented Digital Marketing team. 

As a Trainee Marketing Executive you will be given valuable training and support to develop your marketing skills and experience whilst helping the team to support the promotion of our App through push notifications for our International business. 

The ideal candidate will be proactive, a keen problem solver and able to work within a large fast paced team of marketeers and traders. In this role you will deliver the International push, SMS and WhatApp programme and support the wider marketing team with their scheduled push and SMS activities, with the goal of developing into the subject matter expert for App marketing as they gain training and experience.

Start date: May/June 2024.

About the role

• Own and maintain the marketing communications schedule for push, SMS and WhatsApp
• Develop and execute marketing campaigns for push, SMS and WhatsApp including the set-up, scheduling, and deployment of one-time, recurring, and triggered campaigns
• Work closely with the key teams/stakeholders to create bespoke campaigns to increase sales, drive recruitment and retention on push
• Analyse performance of marketing campaigns for push, SMS and WhatsApp to provide actionable insights and improvements for future development 
• Reporting on sales revenue generated through push, SMS and WhatsApp marketing campaigns
• Assist with the day to day administration tasks
• Conduct detailed competitor analysis reports

About you

• A relevant degree such as Marketing, Fashion & Marketing, Merchandising, Buying & so on
• Digital marketing experience, preferred but not essential
• Experience with push, SMS or WhatsApp service platforms isn’t vital if you have experience in email and CRM platforms
• Self-motivated and highly organised with the ability to adapt to a changing environment and stay calm under pressure
• Creative and inquisitive with a thirst to learn more
• Attention to detail, ensuring all work is delivered to a high standard
• Able to take direction and deliver tasks accordingly
• Effective team player; can do attitude
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Possess strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Intermediate level user of the Google Suite
• Looking for a 6 month temporary contract

About us

You know Next, but did you know we’re a FTSE-100 retail company employing over 35,000 people across the UK and Ireland. We’re the UK’s 2nd largest fashion retailer and for Kidswear we’re the market leader. At the last count we have over 500 stores, plus the Next Online and it’s now possible to buy on-line from over 70 countries around the world! So we’ve gone global!

Benefits

• ?25% off a huge selection of Next, Lipsy & Victoria’s Secret products
• Company performance based bonus
• Sharesave scheme
• On-site Nursery available; OFSTED outstanding in all areas
• 10% off most partner brands & up to 15% off Branded Beauty
• Early VIP access to sale stock
• Access to fantastic discounts at our Staff Shops
• Restaurants with great food at amazing prices
• Access a 24/7 digital GP and other free health and wellbeing services
• Free on-site parking