Job Description
Job Description
Marketing Executive – Promotions – FTC 12 Months/Secondment
Hybrid Working – Ashford Office
Full time: 39 hours
Competitive Salary plus a great range of benefits
We have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic Marketing Executive to play a key role in delivering high-impact promotional campaigns as part of our Commercial Marketing team. This role is ideal for someone creative, organised, and commercially aware, looking to build experience across both digital and offline channels.
You’ll be responsible for coordinating and activating our largest monthly printed communication alongside supporting the delivery of integrated campaigns across email, web, and social. Working closely with merchandising and commercial teams, you’ll help bring promotions into action, gaining exposure to pricing strategy, product focus, and overall campaign performance.
What you’ll be doing:
- Coordinating the delivery of our flagship monthly printed brochure (18k distribution), ensuring accuracy, timing, and impact
- Supporting the planning and execution of integrated promotional campaigns across online and offline channels
- Working closely with Merchandising teams to align promotions with product priorities, pricing, and commercial objectives
- Creating engaging copy and content for email, digital, print, and social channels
- Maintaining and updating the communications plan
- Collaborating with internal teams (Category, Sales, Finance, Creative) and suppliers
- Monitoring campaign performance and producing regular reports, including competitor analysis
- Assisting the Contact Centre & Sales with customer queries related to promotions
What we’re looking for:
- Previous experience in a marketing or campaign coordination role
- Experience delivering multi-channel campaigns (online and offline)
- Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines
- Creative thinker with excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Commercial awareness and interest in pricing, promotions, and performance
- Confidence working with data to track and optimise campaign performance
- Experience with tools such as Salesforce is beneficial but not essential
Additional Information
At Brakes everyone is welcome. We don’t want you to ‘fit our culture’ we want you to help define it and we actively celebrate the unique talents of each and every colleague. We don’t just look at your CV, we’re more focused on who you are and your potential. As part of our values, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture where everyone has a voice, is appreciated and has the same opportunities. We work hard to ensure that everyone feels part of our business, as we care for one another and connect the world through food and trusted partnerships. Our ultimate goal is to ensure that everyone belongs and thrives at Brakes and we recognise that Brakes can only thrive when everyone feels they belong. We’ll do everything we can to support you during your application. If you need us to make any adjustments to our recruitment process, speak to our resourcing team who will be happy to support you.
Brakes
Built on a passion for food and feeding the nation, we are the UK’s largest foodservice supplier. Every day Brakes deliver the highest quality fresh and frozen food and ingredients from our nationwide network of distribution centres to some of the nation’s most famous pubs and restaurants, as well as schools, caterers, care homes and hospitals. Our customers depend on us, and our 8,000-strong workforce is dedicated and proud to be part of this vital provision. And we’re growing!
