Are you looking to progress your Marketing career in a leadership role as a Brand and Marketing Strategist? Join Howdens as a Brand and Marketing Communications Lead where you’ll create and execute an omni-channel marketing plan to raise brand awareness and drive our customer base even further.
As an experienced Brand and Marketing Communications Lead, you’ll lead a small team and work effectively with senior stakeholders across our ambitious and growing organisation. Your role will be crucial in influencing others and delivering commercially focused and customer-centric marketing activities. This is a full-time, permanent position based within our office in Raunds, Northamptonshire, with some home working.
What will I be doing as a Brand and Marketing Communications Lead?
- Lead your team in creating, refining, and executing a clear omni-channel marketing communications strategy.
- Engage and influence senior stakeholders to agree and implement marketing activity, raise the profile of marketing communications, and ensure internal engagement prior to launching new marketing initiatives.
- Accountable for all marketing content both on and offline ensuring the tone, message, and visual execution are on-brand, inspirational, and customer-centric.
- Provide insight into the ever-changing world of marketing and customer behaviour and bring new ideas and practices to the business with the view to growing a world-class marketing strategy and team.
- Lead, motivate, and develop the team to enable them to reach their full potential in order to achieve their business and personal objectives.
What do I need to qualify for this Brand and Marketing Communications Lead role?
- Significant experience in delivering an effective Brand and Marketing Strategy and Marketing Communications at a strategic senior level.
- Able to demonstrate examples of creative and innovative marketing strategies.
- Established and proven people management and development experience.
- Effective stakeholder management experience.
- Strong influencing and negotiation skills.
- Excellent budgetary management and control.
- Highly creative and innovative problem solver
- Strong presentation skills and ability to present to a variety of audiences.
- Exceptional project management skills
What we can offer you as a Brand and Marketing Communications Lead
- Competitive salary and annual company bonus (up to 40%)
- Company Car Allowance
- Private Healthcare for you and your family
- Excellent pension scheme (company contribution of up to 12%)
- 25 days holiday + bank holidays
- Staff Discount
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Exceptional Reward and Recognition events
About Howdens:
Howdens Joinery, the UK's leading trade kitchen supplier, offers a diverse range of products in kitchens, joinery, and hardware. With 800+ depots across the UK and Europe, we are the top choice for over 460,000 trade professionals. Our sales reached circa 2.3bn last year, and our ambitious growth plans are fuelled by our strong, entrepreneurial spirit and dynamic work environment. We are proud to be voted one of the top 10 best big companies to work for.
How to apply
When you apply, you will need to attach a CV for this Brand and Marketing Communications role.
Application and Assessment Process
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Your application will be carefully reviewed, and we will respond to all applicants. If you are shortlisted, a member of our recruitment team will contact you to discuss the next steps.
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