Marketing Executive

The Ideal Candidate

• Is looking to kick off their marketing career within the FMCG industry
• Is ambitious, intelligent, hard-working, a fast learner and a self-starter with a can-do attitude.
• Is very organised
• Has great people skills
• Is proficient in Excel and Powerpoint and can analyse simple data.
• Has strong communication skills & is a confident presenter
• Is creative and has an interest in brands & marketing
• Is passionate about itsu and our products & want to grow with the company
• Is a team player
  
  

About Us

itsu is the healthy eating, Asian inspired quick service retail & grocery brand with over 70 stores in the UK and a leading grocery business across Europe and beyond. Renowned for its best-in-class food made fresh in every shop every day, itsu has huge global ambitions with a commitment to continue to open many more stores and intensify the growth of its already thriving grocery arm. With its best-in-class healthy food, latest technology, innovation, and talented workforce, itsu is the future of fast food.

D&I Statement

itsu [grocery] is committed to building a diverse, equitable and inclusive organisation. We encourage applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply for all of our opportunities.

When applying for a role with us, please remove your: full name, name of University/School, address, email address and any photos of you on your CV and covering letter. non-anonymised CVs may not be reviewed.

The Role

The role will report into the Brand Manager and will work closely with the marketing, brand and sales teams.

Responsibilities

• Industry PR & Awards: Manage the LinkedIn communications calendar for the business, highlighting key moments that we would like the entire team to get behind. Help create copy/assets and posts for the team. Create a 'bank' of assets that the team can use. Track reach and engagement and measure year on year, regularly reporting to the business. Manage all advertising & journalist engagement for trade titles and all industry award submissions.
• Buyer engagement & sampling: Manage all head office sampling to our buyers and sampling at key trade shows [this will likely involve traveling around the UK]. Manage all ad hoc buyer engagement activations such as direct mailers.
• Field sales agency management: Work closely with our field sales agency to help create marketing briefs to check in store compliance on marketing activations. [A field sales agency is a group of people that help visit many stores to check product launches, stock availability and marketing in store]. Report findings back to the business and take learnings from each visit.
• Wholesale trade marketing: Manage our wholesale marketing activation and budget with the sales team
• Budget management: Manage and optimise spend for field sales and wholesale trade marketing, reporting back monthly on this spend.
  
  

What We Offer

• Competitive salary
• Competitive bonus scheme
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays (two bank holidays are interchangeable for other religious holidays)
• Health insurance
• Company pension scheme
• Hybrid working (2 days wfh)
• Opportunity to work from home abroad
• 50% employee discount in itsu shops
• Free itsu lunch
• Discounts at major retailers
• A sizeable training budget to support your ongoing development