Assistant Brand Manager

6 days ago


Wilmslow, Cheshire East, United Kingdom Comfy Group Full time

Location:
Wilmslow, SK9 1AX

Contract Type:
Permanent

Hours:
Full Time, 9am to 5pm Monday to Thursday / 9am to 3pm Friday

Salary:
Up to £28,000 per annum plus benefits

The Role:


Comfy Group is one of the UK & Europe's leading sleep product suppliers, manufacturing and selling a wide range of best-selling brands and products across multiple retail channels, including a significant and fast-growing e-commerce business.

We are looking for a highly motivated Assistant Brand Manager to join our dynamic team, working in an exciting and fast-growing category space.

This is a great opportunity to gain experience working with best-selling Brands such as Silentnight and Sealy.

Based in Wilmslow, you will be supporting the Senior / Brand Manager to deliver key projects on our hero license Silentnight, as well as owning the marketing plan and execution for our exciting new growth license CosmoLiving and supporting on owned eco brand Snug.

As our e-com business continues to thrive, your role will have a significant focus on driving forward our marketplace assets to ensure they are best in class.

This will involve keeping up to date with the latest online retailer listing trends, and monitoring and improving our product presentation across key retailers.

A key responsibility will also be arranging/ managing photoshoots and briefing design, to ensure our assets deliver the desired impact in an online retail environment.

In addition, you will have exposure and responsibilities across the marketing mix, including pack artwork and design, on pack promotions, PR, social media and copywriting.


In this role you will need to:

  • Support the Senior / Brand Manager on key marketing projects across our licensed and owned brand portfolio.
  • Work in close partnership with Comfy Sales and Ecom teams to provide marketing support to NAMs for key accounts, which will include successfully implementing product /NPD launches.
  • Create engaging and effective marketing assets for hero products across key channels. This will include the creation of clear and accurate briefs for graphics and photography, and an ability to manage delivery in line with brief expectations.
  • Act as the brand guardian and go to expert on portfolio areas of responsibility, which includes our high growth heated product portfolio.
  • Provide Press Office support including product information, sampling for journalists, and managing the internal communication and tracking of key coverage.

Skills & Experience:


  • Minimum of 3 years marketing experience, ideally in home textiles/ fashion / beauty.
  • Excellent organisational and multitasking skills. Experienced working in a fastpaced environment. Able to prioritise workload across multiple projects to ensure deadlines are met, with an ability to multitask.
  • First class communication skills, able to work cross functionally and build key relationships across departments.
  • Experience of developing assets for online sales, either in a D2C environment or ideally on marketplaces such as Amazon, Very, and Argos.
  • Strong copywriting experience; impactful first impression; right first time
  • A natural instinct for assessing photography in line with briefs, and confidence in knowing what good looks like for online imagery (ideally in the home category)
  • Experienced in creative assessment. Accomplished in briefing design and assessing responses in line with brand guidelines and objectives.
  • Commercial awareness with a keen eye for detail. Experienced in developing sales aids / presentations and selling concepts to sales teams.
  • Driving license occasional requirement to travel to the other offices in Middleton / photography studios in Manchester.

In addition to working for leading Brands, you can expect to enjoy our Comfy Perks

  • Competitive Salary
  • Generous Holiday Allowance
  • Contributory Pension Scheme
  • Life Assurance
  • Great Work Environment
  • Regular Charity Events
  • Employee Discount
  • Free car parking
  • Comfy Uniform in the Manufacturing & Warehouse areas.
  • Early finish Friday in office areas
  • Free Annual Flu Vaccine
  • Free Employee Assistance Programme

Welcome to Comfy Group:

With over 40 years' heritage, we are proud to be a Manchester-based, employee-oriented business.

From our foundations in 1973, we demonstrate a strong record of growth and are looking forward to exciting times ahead.

We are proud of the fact that one in three people in the UK sleep on a pillow that we have made, manufacturing products on behalf of trusted brands such as Silentnight and Sealy and working closely with national retailers to ensure our products are widely available in-store and online.

We are truly Made in Manchester

Our people come from a diverse range of backgrounds and experiences, but the one thing we all have in common is the importance of making an impact.

This means our team members are agile in approach, outcome-focused and proactive with a strong edge and ability to think beyond the status-quo.

Our Comfy team is what makes us stand ahead of the competition.

You may have experience of the following: Brand Manager, Brand Marketing, Brand Identity, Brand Marketing Manager, Brand Executive, Senior Marketing Executive, Marketing Manager, Brand Development, Communications Officer, Communications Manager, etc.

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