Reach Plc have big plans for 2024!! Do you want to be apart of an amazing Ecommerce team! 

OK! Beauty Box has an exciting opportunity for a Marketing and Partnerships  Manager to join the OK! Beauty Box team on a 12 month fixed-term contract to cover maternity leave (April/May 2024 start date)

The successful candidate will be responsible for delivering a strategic multi-channel marketing plan along with delivering key initiatives and partnerships.

Reach Plc is the UK’s largest commercial news publisher, home to the UK and Ireland’s most iconic digital platforms, magazines and newspapers The Mirror, Daily Express and OK! Liverpool Echo, MyLondon, Birmingham Live and the Manchester Evening News. 
48 million people in the UK & Ireland choose us for news, entertainment and sport, every month.

Working with and supporting the wider team to ensure we hit a set of agreed KPIs across standard metrics and across core marketing channels including; Reach print and digital, Meta, Google, Social, influencers, email & SMS.

You will have accountability for the monthly marketing budget and photoshoot budget & ensuring both are spent effectively for maximum ROI. 

You’ll be working closely with inhouse and some external teams to deliver these initiatives but also have the ability and attitude to take on the delivery of some of these yourself where appropriate. We are looking for someone with a flair for marketing and creativity but in the detail around data, analytics and tracking.

You’ll also be responsible for delivering key initiatives and partnerships such as identifying talent to collaborate on limited edition boxes along with third party commercial partnerships.

• Ambassador of the OK! Beauty Box brand, ensuring it is correctly represented across all channels.  

• Deliver the overarching marketing strategy

• Accountable for the marketing budget, ensuring it’s spent wisely & in areas it will deliver the monthly/annual targets - done in consultation with the Senior Ecommerce Manager.

• Ownership of the Strategic Marketing Calendar across both monthly & limited edition boxes. Ensuring we have clear line of site on what marketing activities are happening & when 

• Accountable for planning and overseeing photoshoots for product and talent,  including briefing photography & design teams to ensure all marketing assets are available in advance of activities/activation. I.e. print, digital, Meta, email, website ect

• Responsible for expanding our Influencer activity alongside the creation & rollout of its strategy.

• Accountable for expanding our organic social activity 

• Ownership of our CRM strategy ensures timely, informative & valued communication at every touchpoint. 

• Key point of contact for partner agencies, ensuring smooth and productive working relationships and processes.

• Responsible for clearly articulating our marketing plans and results to key stakeholders. 

• Accountable for talent partnerships including identifying and working with on-brand talent partners to produce limited edition boxes

• ​​​​​​5+ years’ experience in Marketing and Partnerships

• Managed partner agencies to budget and to target 

• Experience in campaign execution

• Ecommerce Beauty industry experience would be a great advantage

• Solid understanding of Google AdWords, Google Analytics, Facebook Business Manager, TikTok Ads Manager & CRM.

• Understanding of the rules and requirements of GDPR, and consented data collection

• Self-motivated, results driven and passion for the beauty & digital industry

• Proven stakeholder management for both internal and external. 

We can offer a competivie salary + 20% bonus for this role. 

Plus, as part of the Reach family you’ll have access to a brilliant range of benefits, including:

• Awesome career opportunities - you’ll have support from your line manager and a range of learning & development programmes
• Help saving for your retirement - you can join our pension scheme and we’ll match contributions up to 6%
• 25 days’ holiday per year when you join. After three, five and ten years’ service with Reach, you’ll accrue one additional day of annual leave. We also have a Holiday Purchase Scheme
• Enhanced family leave - including maternity, paternity and adoption - and you’ll be eligible after just six months’ employment
• Private Healthcare Cash Plan - free health cash plan so you can claim back cash for a range of medical expenses
• Wellbeing support - including a 24/7 assistance programme for you and your nearest and dearest
• Giving back day - an additional day’s leave each year to support a cause close to your heart
• As one of the UK’s top 50 Inclusive Employers everyone’s invited to join our events, programmes and networks to celebrate diversity and build an environment where all our people can thrive
• Members of the 30% Club, a global campaign aimed at increasing gender diversity at board and senior manage

Reach plc believes diversity brings benefits for our customers, our business and our people. This is why we are committed to being an inclusive employer and encourage applications from all suitable applicants irrespective of background, circumstances, age, disability, gender identity, ethnicity, religion or belief and sexual orientation.