Trade Marketing & VM Manager

Potters Bar, Enfield, UK (Hybrid)

£45K/yr – £50K/yrSenior Level3+ years expSalaried Ft

Posted 1 day ago

Job Summary

Own and drive Elizabeth Scarlett’s trade marketing and activations end to end, from concept through on-site delivery and post-event ROI, while building partnerships and a scalable supplier network across UK and US.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Own Events, Trade Shows & Brand Activations - Brief, budget, source suppliers for, staff and deliver trade shows and events end to end - form concepts through to on-site execution.
  • Report post-event ROI so we know what each show or activation actually returned.
  • Plan and deliver brand activations with key retail partners, framed as customer-acquisition moments.
  • Build the seasonal activation plan that keeps partner-facing activity on-brand and in-season.
  • Own VM, POS & Showroom Kit - Design, source and roll out best-in-class VM displays and POS across every wholesale partner.
  • Own the showroom , samples and seasonal refreshes, keeping them a true reflection of the brand.
  • Build and maintain a black book of suppliers, fabricators and printers who can deliver at pace.
  • Represent Elizabeth Scarlett in person at trade shows, showroom visits and partner sites as a confident brand ambassador.
  • Own the Trade Marketing Calendar, Budget & Sales Tools - Managing Trade Marketing spend to given budgets
  • Create VM guidelines, training decks and selling videos that help new premium doors launch well.

Requirements

  • Confident in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop) and Figma for high-quality trade marketing assets.
  • Experience with Shopify and Klaviyo .
  • Full UK driving licence , with flexibility to travel nationally at least 2 days a week.
  • A portfolio of creative, brand-led work
  • Comfortable owning a budget and building a supplier network from scratch.
  • Likely 3+ years in a similar Trade Marketing, VM or Events role
  • Senior-level experience with national, prestige UK retail partners, comfortable across UK and US retail cultures, timelines and expectations.
  • Backgrounds we value: fashion, homeware, lifestyle, gifting or beauty brands with a wholesale or trade channel.

Preferred

  • Mindset: A display is never just a display. Whether it's a stand, a POS unit or a showroom shelf, you see every as a piece of the Elizabeth Scarlett story - not a box to tick off a list.
  • Resourceful by nature. No display yet? Is a partner's space awkward? You'll take it in your stride and find a way to make it happen.
  • An end-to-end owner, not a hand-off artist. From the first concept - through sourcing, budget, logistics and the on-site set-up, you’re proud to take full ownership
  • An eye for design, a head for numbers. Beautiful ideas, tight budget? You'll find the version that works for both, sell-in and sell-through included.
  • An existing black book of suppliers, fabricators, printers or event contacts.
  • Experience launching brands into prestige UK doors
  • Backgrounds we value: fashion, homeware, lifestyle, gifting or beauty brands with a wholesale or trade channel.
  • Values fit: Kind, collaborative and uplifting.
  • Excited to join a purpose-led brand blending creativity, commerciality and conservation.
  • You treat the brand's value as something to protect — from a display's finish to a supplier contract's margin.
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Elizabeth Scarlett

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Make a bold, joyful statement with the pouch that gives back. Through our timeless range of beautifully embroidered pouches and essential travel treasures, we celebrate wildlife & nature, while raising funds to help restore their abundance across the planet.From gorgeous everyday essentials to bold cosmetics bags, laptop cases, and eye masks, our colourful collections of much-loved products make the perfect gift or self-purchase. Each beauty and travel must-have makes a sustainable statement in your bathroom or bedroom, on the beach, out for brunch, or even at your desk. We use luxuriously soft Better Cotton, each item gives back to wildlife charities and we’re committed to best-in-class quality throughout our supply chain.Founded by artist and wildlife-lover Elizabeth Scarlett Petrides, we’ve raised over £500,000 for wildlife charities and have our sights set on donating £2,000,000 by 2030.Elizabeth’s artwork and product designs are inspired by the soft, colourful and playful beauty that she sees in the world, particularly through animals and nature. With a love of painting stretching back to childhood, she translates her designs with intricate embroidery onto beautiful fabrics. Using only the softest materials, sourced with sustainability in mind and full of colour, they provide a little more luxury every day.In addition to her core collections of palm trees, pineapples, jungle leaves and flamingos, Elizabeth has worked to create bespoke ranges for beauty brands such as Bobbi Brown, L’Occitane and Estee Lauder.Elizabeth Scarlett is dedicated to supporting charities who protect the natural world. 100% of the profits from her Watamu Turtle Pouch go to supporting the incredible work of the Local Ocean Trust and to protecting endangered turtles off the coast of Kenya.

Founded in 2015
Potters Bar, England, GBR
54 employees (16 in marketing)
1% recommend to a friend

Salaries

Posted range

£45K/yr – £50K/yr

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Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
12 (22% of company)
Median Tenure
0.1 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
2

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
217.9K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$2.7K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
53.9%
Direct
20.2%
Referral
2.6%
Social
9.2%
Paid
2.8%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~54
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Trade Marketing & VM Manager

Elizabeth Scarlett · Potters Bar, Enfield, UK · Hybrid