UK Retail & Franchise Marketing Manager

London, UK (Hybrid)

Salary Not AvailableSenior LevelFull time

Posted 1 day ago

Job Summary

Own local UK retail marketing by turning data-driven insights into campaigns across stores and digital channels, collaborating with franchise partners and store leaders to drive footfall and revenue.

  • Lead local store marketing plans and campaigns
  • Collaborate with franchise partners and cross-functional teams

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Act as a trusted marketing partner for the UK Retail business, using data, insight and creativity to support store performance and commercial goals.
  • Plan and deliver local store marketing activity, campaigns and promotions that help attract new customers and encourage repeat visits.
  • Work with retail leaders to understand opportunities and challenges across stores and regions, turning insight into clear marketing actions.
  • Support customer engagement across digital, social, promotional and in-store channels, ensuring activity feels relevant, accessible and easy to understand.
  • Support 30+ company-owned iSmash stores and around 18 Pocket Geek franchise locations with practical, consistent and commercially focused marketing plans.
  • Build positive working relationships with franchise partners, supporting clear communication, shared learning and consistent brand execution across the network.
  • Help support the transition to a single iSmash brand, ensuring marketing activity brings the brand journey to life for customers, colleagues and partners.
  • Visit stores regularly to listen, learn and gather insight so marketing plans reflect customer needs and day-to-day operational realities.
  • Measure and share the impact of marketing activity against agreed retail KPIs, including footfall, revenue contribution, customer engagement and brand execution.

Requirements

  • Experience in retail, franchise, multi-site, omnichannel or local marketing.
  • A good understanding of how online and offline marketing channels can work together, including local campaigns, digital activity, social media, promotions and in-store execution.
  • Ability to use customer, campaign or commercial insight to shape practical marketing recommendations.
  • Confidence building collaborative relationships with colleagues, retail leaders, franchise partners and cross-functional teams.
  • Strong organisational skills, with the ability to balance priorities, work independently and stay connected with teams across different locations.
  • Clear communication and problem-solving skills, with a practical approach to getting things done.
  • A degree or formal marketing qualification can be helpful, but it is not essential. Equivalent experience, learning or professional development will be valued.
  • You will need to have the ability to travel regularly visiting our retail and franchise stores and partners

Benefits

  • Hybrid and flexible working arrangements to support how you work best.
  • Performance bonus scheme.
  • A range of financial, wellbeing and social benefits.
  • Access to our internal wellbeing programme.
  • Learning and development opportunities to help you grow your career.
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Assurant

LUV Infinity Group is an exciting UK based umbrella company for a multitude of brands, ranging from nightclubs, bars to restaurants all over the United KingdomLUV Infinity Group has a firm Impression on the UK Nightlife and hospitality industry with our venues bringing thousands of smiles to customers faces every day since 2009; and we only continue to expand and grow today.We pride ourselves on thinking outside of the box, being innovative within our ideas & providing the best quality product across each and every diverse brand that we have created.Focusing at the heart of our business, our people; we believe a successful business begins with the people who operate it & we continually reinvent the wheel when it comes to what makes us good employers – this is what drives us.

Founded in 2009
Bristol, England, GBR
31 employees (4 in marketing)

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
3 (10% of company)
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
696

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
425M
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$18.2M
Traffic Source Mix
Search
39.5%
Direct
31.4%
Referral
5.8%
Social
4%
Paid
5.7%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~31
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UK Retail & Franchise Marketing Manager

Assurant · London, UK · Hybrid