Marketing Assistant

Pets at Home Group Plc is the UK’s leading pet care business; our commitment is to make sure pets and their owners get the very best advice, products and care. We have over 450 stores, over 310 Groom Rooms and 440 First Opinion Vet Practices. Our business is fast-paced, innovative and fun and it's our people that make the real difference. This is a fantastic opportunity to come and work for an award-winning company who put people at the very heart of everything they do.

**About the Role**

As a Marketing Assistant, you will support our Retail Marketing team with administrative and finance duties. You will also work alongside an external agency to manage and implement our consumer PR plan.

This is an amazing role for someone who is in the early stages of their marketing career and wants to continue to grow & develop by being hands on and getting involved.

Key Responsibilities are, but not limited to;
- Creating and approving press releases - supplying content/facts for the agency to craft press releases, proof reading, managing feedback & approvals with internal stakeholders
- Implementing PR tactics
- Arranging the delivery of product samples to journalists/TV agents
- The creation and production of our Christmas Look Book
- Attending photo shoots, and arrangement of products & pets to feature in those shoots
- Purchase order admin using our SAP system
- Preparing KPI reports for presentation at trading meetings
- Capturing minutes and circulating key output and actions
- Supporting with ad hoc requests from the Retail Marketing team such as gift voucher requests, postal/courier duties, drafting & circulating meeting agendas and diarising meetings
- Working to a tight CPA to ensure all milestones are delivered on time
- Compiling creative and media briefs for the respective agencies
- Working cross functionally with the wider marketing and services team to co-ordinate launch plans across all channels
- Communicating and presenting launch plans to the Retail Ops and Store teams
- Planning the PR tactic at a local level and approving content

**About You**

We’re looking for a passionate self-starter with lots of energy and ideas. As a strong team player, you’ll have brilliant people skills and be able to think on your feet with confidence. You’ll have great attention to detail and be able to prioritise activity and work to tight deadlines.

An enthusiastic ‘can-do’ attitude, strong work ethic and willingness to learn will be key to success.

Key knowledge/experience/expertise includes;
- Experience in an admin/office environment
- Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office
- Strong PowerPoint skills and a flair for design/creating slides

Desirable knowledge/experience/expertise includes;
- Experience of managing external agencies, especially PR
- Experience of managing photo shoots
- Experience of managing external events/conferences
- An understanding of marketing design and print processes
- Experience of SAP finance system
- Copy writing/proofing skills
- Social media management/advertising

Our diversity and inclusion vision is that everyone is welcome and feels part of our group. If you think you’re a good match to what we are looking for, and you share our belief that together ‘we’re better with pets’, we’d like to hear from you, whatever your background or circumstances.

**About the Pets at Home Group**

At Pets at Home we have an ambitious plan, to become “The Best Pet Care Business in the world” and a key part of delivering this in sustainable way will be our most cherished assets: our People and our Culture. We are a business built on strong values and behaviours which guide everything we do. These are our foundations which will help us to deliver our better world pledge to create a better world for pets and the people who love them.

We’re driven by the wellbeing of pets and we make sure we look after our people too. We depend on your commitment and innovation, and reward it with competitive pay and comprehensive benefits. Together we’ll create the future of pet care.