We’re the largest schoolwear supplier in the UK. We’re passionate about making every student look and feel great by producing sustainable, affordable, and desirable schoolwear of the highest quality and supporting retailers with the best industry-leading service.
The role offers the chance to join a creative, hardworking and supportive team of 4, with flexible working and plenty of opportunities to learn. You’ll collaborate with colleagues across the business, develop a broad range of marketing skills and gain hands-on experience from the outset.
The work is varied and creative, with opportunities to contribute to photoshoots, exhibition designs, and other projects across the group. It’s a great role for someone who wants to build their confidence, bring fresh ideas and grow their career in marketing.
Key responsibilities
Support the planning and delivery of marketing campaigns across the Group’s brands.
Help create sales tools, presentations, promotional materials and customer communications.
Plan and gather content for The Thread school newsletter.
Assist with photoshoot planning, preparation and delivery.
Support the planning and delivery of exhibitions, events and trade shows.
Organise point-of-sale materials and assist with visual merchandising across stores.
Work collaboratively with Marketing, Ecommerce, Product Design, Sales and Customer Services.
Support the Graphic Design team with design boards and presentations for schools and retailers.
Ensure marketing materials follow the relevant brand guidelines.
Represent Marketing as an SER Star and help ensure activity meets SER requirements.
Maintain marketing calendars, project trackers, asset libraries.
Provide general administrative support to the Group Marketing Manager and Marketing team.
Essential skills & experience
Strong organisational and time-management skills.
Excellent written and verbal communication.
Good attention to detail and proofreading ability.
Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office.
Awareness of current marketing and design trends.
A marketing, communications, business or design qualification would be desirable.
Desired attributes
Organised, proactive and able to manage multiple priorities.
Creative, with strong attention to detail.
Collaborative and confident working across different teams.
Adaptable and willing to support a varied workload.
Dependable, positive and eager to learn.
Commercially aware and committed to brand consistency.
What are my hours and working days
This is a permanent role, working Monday to Friday 8.30am to 5.00pm. A hybrid role working in the office Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, with two days working from home on Thursday and Friday.
Roles that involve direct contact with schools will require an enhanced background check (including criminal record history) as part of our standard hiring procedure.
What’s our location
We are located in Altrincham, with free parking and good public transport links.
Social environmental responsibility
We are proud to be a B-Corp certified business. Gaining this status was a business-wide initiative with the cooperation of all our colleagues and we encourage our new starters to contribute in any way they can to this important issue.
Below are 5 things, we want you to build into your day-to-day responsibilities:
Switch off lights when the space is not being used.
Switch off computers at the end of every day.
If possible, avoid bringing in one-use plastic water bottles.
Only fill up the kettle for the number of cups of hot drinks you are making.
Dispose of waste responsibly by using our recycling processes.
Banner is committed to supporting, developing and promoting equality of opportunity and diversity in all our business activity. We value different perspectives and believe that diversity makes us stronger. We aim to provide an inclusive culture, free from discrimination and based on the values of dignity, courtesy and respect. We believe that everyone has the right to be treated in accordance with these values. As a B-Corp certified company, this is an essential element of our culture. It means we are verified to meet high standards of social and environmental performance, public transparency and legal accountability, using our business as a force for good for the benefit of all. If there is anything we can do to accommodate you to participate fully in the recruitment or interview process, please let us know.
This job description is a tool to help both the Company and the individual understand the main responsibilities of the role. It is not intended to be an exhaustive or complete list of all possible tasks. Everyone is expected to be flexible in their approach and to take on tasks as reasonably requested. The Company reserves the right to change the tasks and responsibilities of the role according to business need.
Please submit your application as directed on this website. If you have any questions or would like to discuss the role before applying please contact us at recruitment@banner.co.uk .
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