Responsibilities

• Lead and run the team's planning cadence, including quarterly, monthly and weekly planning cycles, ensuring priorities, capacity and deadlines are visible and aligned.
• Translate marketing strategy into clear priorities, actionable plans and defined workstreams.
• Manage production across creative and content teams, ensuring work is delivered on time, to a high standard and in line with business objectives.
• Track progress, identify risks, remove blockers and maintain momentum across multiple projects.
• Oversee workflow management, resource planning and team capacity.
• Establish and continuously improve processes, tools and reporting that create efficiency and consistency from brief through to delivery.
• Own our relationship with key workflow and asset management platforms, evolving the tech and integration into the wider Marketing team.
• Partner with stakeholders across marketing and the wider business to manage demand, align expectations and balance competing priorities.
• Produce regular reporting on output, performance, planning and resourcing for the Head of Marketing Operations and Marketing Leadership Team.
• Act as deputy for the Head of Marketing Operations when required.

Requirements

• Proven experience within marketing operations, planning, project management, production management or a similar planning-focused role.
• A strong track record of managing end-to-end delivery across creative and content workstreams.
• Experience leading planning processes and providing clear direction to teams.
• Excellent organisational, communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong project management capabilities with exceptional attention to detail.
• The ability to influence, collaborate and build relationships at all levels.
• Confidence working within a growing and evolving function, helping to shape new ways of working.

Benefits

• Core Benefits: Competitive salaries with structured pay scales and progression as you grow within the business Generous annual leave that increases with your length of service Enhanced family leave, including 6 months' full pay for maternity and adoption leave, and 2 weeks' full pay for paternity leave Access to Techscheme for discounted technology purchases with flexible payments Health & Wellbeing: Eyecare vouchers to help cover vision care needs Smart Health – 24/7 access to GP services to support your mental and physical wellbeing Dental insurance for everyday dental care and unexpected treatments Optional critical illness cover for peace of mind during life's most challenging moments Financial Wellbeing: MyView PayNow – access a portion of your pay as you earn, with features to stream, save, and track your money through a user-friendly app Free will writing services to help plan for the future Flexible life assurance options and partner life assurance for added protection Leisure & Lifestyle: Discounted gym memberships to support an active lifestyle Travel insurance to help you explore with confidence Access to home and technology vouchers bYond card and a wide range of exclusive retail and lifestyle discounts We strongly believe in nurturing and providing our people with specific manufacturer brand and management training to enhance career development opportunities. We have a great bunch of people, and we like to celebrate and encourage success at all levels. Lookers and Charles Hurst are an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to a working environment that is free from discrimination, is inclusive, and empowers our people to bring their whole self to work and reach their full potential. If your application is successful, we will conduct relevant employment checks prior to you commencing employment with us. These will include verifying your recent employment, address, credit history and a standard criminal record check. For roles that require you to drive, a driving licence check will also be carried out. Please note, all offers of employment are made subject to a 6 month probation period commencing from your start date. We take our data protection responsibilities very seriously and are committed to upholding and respecting your privacy rights. Information about how we will process your data including the types of data we collect, the purposes for which we use it, who we may share it with and how long we keep it are set out in our privacy notice. It also includes information about your individual privacy rights. Please make sure you read our Privacy Notice so that you understand how we may collect and use your data.