The role
As an eCommerce Marketing Manager on a 12-month fixed-term maternity cover contract , you will be at the forefront of fuelling our UK growth within the eCommerce team.
Working within the UK Trading team, you will make a pivotal difference by optimising online product sales on next.co.uk across Womenswear, Menswear, Childrenswear, and Home. You will collaborate closely with senior stakeholders to create marketing plans that deliver a truly inspirational customer experience while utilising commercial insights to drive year-on-year growth. Operating from our Leicestershire Head Office, you will be supported by brand marketing, design, and content teams to bring a creative edge to our online trading.
What you'll take on
Develop and execute weekly next.co.uk homepage refreshes and drive our Next Onsite Advertising (NextAds) strategy forward.
Optimise the homepage to drive customer engagement and revenue while maintaining brand integrity alongside brand marketing, design, and content teams.
Monitor sales, bestsellers, and key online metrics to react to performance trends, adapting marketing plans and presenting results to senior stakeholders with actionable competitor analysis.
Manage the end-to-end delivery of NextAds onsite marketing placements, from creative refresh rotations to building ads within our CMS, leveraging offshore teams to scale efficiency.
Project manage the NextAds team workload, driving critical paths through to completion.
Work closely with brand marketing to understand all available creative assets and recommend images week to week.
Attend relevant internal and external meetings while maintaining accurate administration of key business documents.
What you'll bring
Proven experience in eCommerce trading or delivering high-impact marketing campaigns.
A highly analytical mindset with the ability to use data and user behaviour insights to inform your commercial decisions.
Excellent communication skills with the confidence to present to a range of audiences, collaborate across the wider business, and influence to win support for positive change.
A good visual eye and experience working within a fashion-based retailer, ideally combined with experience working in a CMS.
The agility to thrive in a fast-paced retail environment and easily adapt to shifting priorities.
A clear sense of vision, direction, and belief, backed by perseverance and a desire to succeed.
Previous line managing experience to help establish effective and efficient ways of working.
Benefits
- 25% off most NEXT, MADE*, Lipsy*, Gap* and Victoria's Secret* products (*when purchased through NEXT)
- 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 digital GP and other free health and wellbeing services
- Free on-site parking
- Financial Wellbeing - Save, track and enhance your financial wellbeing
- Apprenticeship - Grow and develop on the job whilst gaining a qualification
- Direct to Work - Discount online and instore, collect your items the next day for free from your place of work or local store
- Support Networks - Access to Network Groups to empower and celebrate each other
- Wellhub - Discounted flexible monthly gym memberships, with apps, PT sessions and more
Conditions apply to all benefits. These benefits are discretionary and subject to change.
We aim to support all candidates during the application process and are happy to provide workplace adjustments when necessary. Should you need support with your application due to a disability or long-term condition, feel free to get in touch with us by email headoffice_careers@next.co.uk (please include 'Workplace Adjustments' in the subject line), or call us on 0116 284 2486 and leave a voicemail.
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