Sales and Marketing Assistant

A luxury French beauty brand is looking for a creative Sales and Marketing Assistant to be based in London.

The role

Your key responsibilities:

• Support the Business Development team with dedicated sales and marketing plans
• Support in executing 360 marketing plans including social media executions, asset production and post campaign analysis
• Organise events (stock levels, send out invitations, set-up of the venue, manage external suppliers, organise video and photo shooting)
• Organise events to develop the brand community, both customers and influencers – in close collaboration with PR department
• Monitor and evaluate the brands and portfolio performance, trends and competitive landscape to strengthen the strategy and identify new opportunities
• Support the team in forecasting with POSM assets of all new launches and seasonal animations, ensuring the roll-out is executed on time and smoothly
• Support the sample strategy – in product launches and key consumption periods, ensure the supply chain has the relevant lead times to order
• Lead the follow-up orders / status (sampling, beauty box) with the stock team
• Maintaining competitor records and monthly tracking records (including promotions, Point of Sale and advertising)
• Manage send-out to counters or area managers (collaterals, signages)
• Monitor and analyse the sales and provide weekly reports
• Provide reporting on all activations and events

Online, Digital and Media Support:

• Support the E-Retail Executive in creating new PDP
• Create and brief the Creative Studio in Paris for all retailer digital/social campaigns, ensuring their delivery to retailer partners are on time and accurate.
• Support the sending of assets and new product matrix documents to all retailers for new product launch and monitoring go live dates
• Manage the distribution of new product samples to marketing, sales and PR teams as required
• Complete regular audits of brand e-content on retailer websites and work with the E-Retail Executive to update content where relevant
• Monitor campaigns on e-retailers’ websites (banners or dropdown) keeping track of dates and sense checking accurate click through destinations

Social Media:

• Organisation of social media assets sent to retailers and monitoring of posts to track mentions / coverage – produce a report monthly of our retailer activity and inclusions
• Report back to the business trending content, comments/feedback from followers
• Drive the growth of UK followers by collaborating with the Paris HQ to improve content and community management

How you’ll dazzle us

Our ideal candidate is a highly organised and analytical individual who thrives in a fast-paced environment. While experience in the beauty industry and the UK market is a plus, it’s not essential. The successful candidate will be a creative self-starter with excellent computer skills (Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint), and the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously. A positive attitude, strong work ethic, and ability to collaborate effectively are all key qualities.

What’s next

If this sounds like you, apply now via the form below!