Assistant Marketing Manager

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Location:

East Croydon Station.

Hours:

37.5 hours per week – 9:00am to 5:30pm. Hybrid working: 2 days from home, 3 days in office.

Salary:
Competitive.

Passionate about beauty and health? Want to be part of an innovative, trend‑setting retailer? Our vibrant Head Office, based by East Croydon station, is a fantastic environment filled with hundreds of brilliant personalities.

We’re a team that puts our customers and our teams at the heart of everything we do. At Superdrug, we aim to be the best in accessible health & beauty, loved by our customers for value, choice, friendly advice, service and fun.

Our success comes from our people – they make the difference. We’re all about personality, we have fun, and we work hard to deliver that Superdrug feeling.

• Drive the development of Superdrug’s Own Brand identity and credibility, establishing our Own Brand offerings as trusted and desirable choices in the market.
• Lead marketing projects within the business, supporting seasonal or brand campaigns, working with online community, influencers, and testing new social media platforms to build brand awareness and incite trial for top OB Core brands.
• Work with internal teams and external agencies (Creative, Media, PR, Social, Digital, Activation) to develop marketing support and calendar for Own Brand campaigns across categories.
• Create strong and impactful social media content, raise awareness of specific products, own captions, and create assets before handing to the social team.
• Provide offline and online support across personal care & healthcare events: corporate social media assets, radio adverts, CRM, The Edit magazine to POS.
• Define brand values, create guidelines, and ensure brand consistency across consumer touchpoints.
• Develop and implement annual organic and paid marketing support for NPDs with the Marketing Manager.
• Track and manage budget in line with spend, delivering best ROI and following internal processes.
• Work with the insight team, store colleagues, and others to understand customer profiles and identify opportunities to reach customers who fit the profile and do not currently shop with us.

• Passion for retail & beauty brands.
• Can‑do attitude and innovative approach.
• Enthusiast about evolving world of social media.
• Enjoy creative work and content creation.
• Build relationships and proactively engage in various roles.
• Ability to multi‑task and adapt in fast‑paced, ever‑changing environment.
• Motivated to seek new opportunities and confident in bringing them to life.
• Satisfaction from seeing work in store and online.
• Great attention to detail.

• A Superdrug customer – love for the brand is essential.
• Experience working in a fast‑paced environment is a must.
• Experience developing marketing materials and bringing them to life.
• Previous experience in product marketing or brand management is a bonus.
• A degree in marketing is beneficial but not essential.
• Understanding of social media channels and keen interest in social media marketing for business, especially retail.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint;
  Photoshop or other photo‑editing software beneficial.

• 33 days holiday rising to 38 days with length of service (incl. bank holidays).
• 2 staff discount codes for you and a family member or friend.
• 30% discount on Superdrug Own Brand Products both in store and online.
• Hybrid working patterns: 2 days working from home, 3 days in office.
• Company pension matching and bonus.
• Stream – a money management app giving you access to a percentage of pay as you earn it.
• Part of A.S. Watson Group, the world’s largest international health & beauty retailer with over 15,700 stores in 25 markets.
• Unrivalled Learning and Development programmes.
• Enhanced maternity/shared parental/adoption leave, company sick pay, pregnancy loss and support.
• Come and be part of something special!

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Entry level

Full‑time

Marketing and Sales

Retail