Responsibilities

• Lead and maintain the seasonal and annual brand partnerships strategy for digital advertising across NEXT owned and paid media channels.
• Pitch, negotiate, and secure brand-funded and co-funded marketing budgets exceeding £5m annually.
• Drive incremental sales and meet campaign KPIs including NEXT internal LTV metric.
• Oversee end-to-end partner activations across Sports, Home, Fashion, and Beauty categories in alignment with brand tiering guidelines.
• Lead digital marketing strategy and execution for key wholly owned and licensed brands.
• Brief, align, and direct internal stakeholders (Product, Trade, Creative Production, Finance, PR, Social) and external media agencies to ensure campaign alignment.
• Managing 2 Brand Partnership Managers and leading a wider team of 9, you will provide the senior decision making capability needed to hit brand investment targets, return on ad spend and sustain brand commitments without interruption.

Requirements

• Extensive experience in digital performance media, agency account leadership, or client-side brand partner management.
• Proven track record of pitching for and securing multi-million pound media co-funding budgets from retail and consumer brands.
• Strong commercial acumen and numerical capability, with proven success in managing P&L targets, forecasting and analysing campaign ROI.
• Comprehensive knowledge of digital media channels.
• Exceptional stakeholder management skills with the ability to build collaborative relationships across internal execution teams and senior brand executives (CMOs/CCOs).
• High level of organisational, time management and project management skills, capable of delivering complex multi-channel campaigns under tight deadlines.
• Strategic problem solver able to effectively balance shopper experience, brand goals, and NEXT commercial priorities.
• Experienced team leader adept at coaching direct reports and managing virtual cross functional teams.
• Must be comfortable with national travel as this role requires travel to Head Office in Leicestershire and to London for brand meetings.

Benefits

• 25% off most NEXT, MADE*, Lipsy*, Gap* and Victoria's Secret* products (*when purchased through NEXT)
• Company performance based bonus
• Sharesave scheme
• On-site Nursery available; OFSTED outstanding in all areas
• 10% off most partner brands & up to 15% off Branded Beauty
• Early VIP access to sale stock
• Access to fantastic discounts at our Staff Shops
• Restaurants with great food at amazing prices
• Access a digital GP and other free health and wellbeing services
• Free on-site parking