Partnerships Marketing Coordinator

Job Introduction

Selfridges has always been much more than a shop. We’re a social space where everyone is welcome and feels a sense of belonging, a creative playground where culture and commerce collide, and an experimental hub where you can discover the most innovative and sustainable ideas in retail. We’re here to help make the world brighter. And you can be an important part of this. We’ll talk more about the role below, but before we get to that, let’s share with you the good stuff…  

Rewards and benefits 

Life at Selfridges is dynamic, exciting, and always evolving. As well as working with some of the most cutting-edge, iconic and boundary-pushing brands, designers and creatives, we also offer our team members opportunities to help make a positive difference through our network of communities, both within and outside Selfridges. Here are just a few of our rewards and benefits that help make our team experience that bit more extraordinary. 

• Flexible working options to benefit you, your family and your wellbeing that can include part-time, flexi-time, job sharing or hybrid working

• Generous annual leave that increases with length of service 

• Up to five paid volunteering days – from beach cleans to co-ordinating food and clothing donations 

• Family leave that suits your set up including Maternity, Paternity, Adoption, Surrogacy and Shared Parental leave policies 

• Defined pension contribution scheme  

• Generous bonus and/or commission scheme  

• Enviable team member discount including sale previews and double discount days 

• Exclusive local discounts on a range of restaurants, bars, beauticians and entertainment 

• Subsidised gym memberships  

• Annual travel pass and cycle-to-work schemes  

• A sustainable car salary sacrifice scheme 

• Several internal communities to get involved in from our Diversity Board and Green Warriors who are leading the charge on D,E&I and sustainability, to the Wellbeings who are always thinking of new ways to champion healthy minds, bodies and routines for our team members 

• Workplace Options, our confidential team member assistance programme for when life gets tricky or you need a little guidance 

• Access to a wide range of training programmes to help your career development 

Read on to find out how you can play your part in Reinventing Retail… 

Role Responsibility

• Collaborate with the Marketing Managers/Assistant Marketing Managers and internal teams/stakeholders on driving the annual marketing calendar. Participate in, and contribute to, brainstorms and discussions (formal and informal) on our marketing strategy, consistently demonstrating the use of evidence, facts, and insights to inform suggestions and rationalise proposed decisions: continuously demonstrate understanding of both our customer and the divisions that we support.
• Support the team with brand conversations with partnership opportunities across the Selfridges inventory
• Support with the booking and managing sale of real estate inventory
• Drive the partnership revenue target and plan to support the team to achieve it.
• Help drive mutual accountability across the Partnerships Marketing Team regards campaign delivery and management, with a focus upon:
  • Delivering campaigns on time, to scope and supporting planned outcomes
  • Helping shape, and clarify, roles and responsibilities, seeking to understand for self and team and highlighting and resolving any ambiguity
• Support Marketing Project Management Team with identifying, preventing, and mitigating risks to a campaign - help identify and create resolutions and proactively implement recovery
• Prepare campaign performance reports as required
• Prepare post campaign wrap ups for brands
• Support continued clarity and alignment on our marketing planning across key functions/business partners (internal and external)
• Champion our Sustainability Vision & Purpose: Ensure (relevant) sustainability messaging is integrated throughout all our marketing deliveries
• Drive, manage and maintain excellent relationships with our brand partners through clear identification of need and compilation and provision of relevant marketing materials/documentation
• Continually research, review and share, changes to the market/business landscape, consumer trends and the activities of competitors, (including any compelling marketing activity) 

The Ideal Candidate

• Experience and understanding of retail landscape
• Enjoy taking responsibility and excited to see a project through from start to finish
• Effective communicator with colleagues and stakeholders
• Great teamwork skills
• Critical thinker
• Curious and innovative thinking: Open to new ideas
• Commercial awareness
• Adaptability
• Demonstrates initiative and drive: Committed problem-solver
• Persistent, resilient, resourceful, and methodical work style with a ‘can do’ attitude and strong focus upon delivery
• Able to meet targets and take responsibility for own performance
• Capable of developing strong relationships with key stakeholders
• Outstanding organisational skills with strong attention to detail

About the Company

Everyone is welcome 

Selfridges is a place where we want everyone to feel a sense of belonging. We embrace every self and are committed to cultivating a diverse and inclusive working culture. We are leading with purpose to not only increase the visibility and recognition of under-represented talent within our organisation, but the wider industry too. Here at Selfridges, everyone is welcome – irrespective of race, gender, ethnicity, sexuality, age or disability, we stand by equal opportunities for all.   

Our awards cabinet  

We’re not ones to brag, but since you asked...Selfridges has won the award for The World’s Best Department Store an unprecedented four times at the IGDS awards, with an additional award for the Best Sustainability Campaign. We were also recognised as a ‘Best 25 Big Company to Work For 2020’ as awarded by The Sunday Times. 

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