Assistant Brand Manager

Fancy joining a market-leading brand in the exciting world of speciality roast and ground coffee?

We're on the hunt for a passionate, organised and creative Assistant Brand Manager to join the Taylors Coffee brand team. Based at our Head Office in Harrogate, this is an exciting opportunity for someone looking to develop their skills in the world of brand marketing, where you'll be given the chance to shape and deliver an array of exciting marketing plans for the Taylors Coffee brand.

This is a full-time role working 37.5 hours over 5 days. We offer flexibility in when and where you complete your hours (e.g. hybrid working and flexitime), but ideally this would include 2-3 days per week collaborating with your peers at our offices in Harrogate.

About you

We're looking for someone with a passion for brands and a good foundational knowledge of brand marketing principles and the marketing mix, with an interest in developing and growing your skills in these areas. Experience working within marketing or product/portfolio management, ideally within FMCG would be preferred. A Marketing/Business qualification would also be preferred but is not essential.

You will be a confident, outgoing person, and an excellent communicator. You will possess strong organisational, written and presentation skills, with the ability to work cross-functionally and influence, support and collaborate with a range of internal and external stakeholders.

You are a dynamic thinker, possessing an ability to be both creative and analytical. You are able to generate fresh ideas and input into group workshops and ideation, whilst also sourcing, organising and interpreting data from a range of sources to draw insight-led conclusions and recommendations.

We're looking for someone that's excited by the prospect of working in the world of coffee, willing to throw themselves in and get stuck into variety of tasks and workstreams.

Please note that we are not a sponsor licence holder, and therefore we are not able to sponsor via the skilled worker route. All candidates must be able to evidence their right to work in the UK.

Key responsibilities include:

• Supports in implementing activity across the brand's portfolio, ensuring alignment with brand strategy.
• Supports the development of advertising campaigns, working with the advertising and other key agencies.
• Supports the communications team in creating and delivering integrated marketing communications, including press, tactical opportunities, shopper marketing, brand partnerships, sponsorship, grassroots initiatives, and ad hoc requests such as sales and launch events.
• NPD and EPD project representation and ownership as defined by the Senior Brand Manager and Brand Strategy.
• Briefing in-house design department on marketing materials, pack changes, and campaign materials.
• Ensures brand's content and imagery are up to date across all consumer touch points (Brand Bank & Owned Websites) through collaboration, briefing, and implementing changes.
• Assists in the implementation & delivery of research projects working collaboratively with the Senior Brand Manager and consumer insight team.
• Assist in retrieval and interpretation of data and share key insights to feed into brand plans (Circana, Kantar, Foresight Factory etc).
• Daily administration duties for the brand and projects e.g. sampling, couponing, NPD. Including coding and sign-off of invoices and raising of PO numbers for suppliers.
• Sign off product specifications and manage the product de-list process.
• Responsible for tracking and monitoring legal infringements and compliance.

What we offer you

As a minimum, all our employees receive free meals, drinks and snacks while at work, a discretionary quarterly profit-share bonus, holiday allowance with the option to buy and (in some cases) sell additional days, company-wide employee discounts, access to our health cash plan, wellbeing support, company funded counselling, and enrolment in the company pension.

We also offer a range of development opportunities no matter your role and ambitions. We encourage everyone to explore what makes them the best version of themselves, and we do this through external training programmes, apprenticeships and internal 1:1 coaching schemes.

Great People, Great Culture

We are Bettys & Taylors Group. Our family business is home to three iconic Yorkshire brands – Yorkshire Tea, Bettys and Taylors of Harrogate. Together we share a passion for quality, service and doing things properly. We are driven by our purpose and our values, and we believe our people are what set us apart. We welcome applications from all cultures, backgrounds, and experiences and we are committed to offering an inclusive culture where everyone can thrive.

Click here to learn more about life at Bettys & Taylors Group.

Application and interview process

To apply for this role, you will be required to submit a CV and cover letter.

Please note, applications without a cover letter will not be considered.

Your cover letter should outline what interests you about working with us and provide examples of things you have done that may make you suited to this job, with reference to the skills, knowledge and experience mentioned in the 'About You' section above.

There will be a two-stage interview process for this role with the first round of interviews expected to take place week commencing the 15th December 2025.