Founded in Japan in 1887, Kao is passionate about making a difference in people’s lives with our high-quality products and services to create a Kirei Life for all – a beautiful life that respects the needs of our consumers and customers as well as the planet. We never compromise on quality and craft our products with care for the consumer and the environment. As a company driven by purpose and strong corporate values, we pride ourselves to be listed among the World´s Most Ethical Companies since 16 consecutive years. Our corporate philosophy, the Kao Way, guides us in everything we do – acting with integrity, courageously driving innovation, and treating each other with trust and respect.
The role:
Focused on delivering the growth aspirations for the UK Skincare Portfolio (Bondi Sands, Bioré & Curél), reporting to the Marketing Manager for Bondi Sands (with a dotted line into the KAO Skincare Senior Brand Manager), the role offers great opportunities for exposure and growth across the full marketing mix in the UK’s leading Health & Beauty retailers, including working across campaign launches, leading departmental reporting and supporting the team on all touch points across brand communication plans for KAO UK. Working closely with different functions at local, EMEA and global levels, the Marketing Co-Ordinator will work on tailored campaign execution for each brand, regular data analysis, as well as supporting the team on facilitating full 360 campaign delivery.
What you will do:
- Assist UK Brand Marketing teams with artwork briefing for local campaign assets and POS (Bondi Sands only) when required, working with Global creative to receive required assets/artwork on time and fit for purpose
- Support Brand Marketing team with monthly and post campaign reporting
- Support Brand Marketing team with general department admin, including raising invoices, conducting competitor analysis, maintaining Brand asset banks, stock orders etc.
- Work closely with UK & EMEA Sales team to execute retailer marketing requests and support in strategy days/events.
- Feed in to team seasonal planning and strategy sessions, putting forward brand appropriate and innovative ideas across all ranges
What you will need:
- Bachelors Degree or equivalent, Brand Communications or Public Relations (or similar)
- Minimum of 18 months in Marketing Assistant/Co-ordinator (or similar role).
- Previous experience within UK Beauty sector preferable, plus experience with working across key UK retailers such as Boots, Superdrug, Tesco etc.
- Experience in Creative briefing and managing departmental reporting
- Strong written skills
- Experience with working with Microsoft Office programmes (Excel, Powerpoint etc)
- Creative briefing experience preferable
- Reporting and analysis skills
- Strong time management and organizational skills
- Eligible for travel if required
How we work: Having been selected among the World´s Most Ethical Companies for 16 consecutive years, we are a company with a purpose and strong corporate values. We never compromise on quality and craft our products with care for the consumer and the environment. At Kao, each employee can actively shape their job and their career. We work collaboratively to achieve our common goals, always aiming to deliver the best for our customers.
What we offer: A friendly and flexible work environment with competitive salaries, benefits package, ongoing development and the opportunity to enhance your skills and deliver tangible results. At Kao your voice will be heard. Your opinion really counts. We believe that change comes from taking opportunities into your own hands, so we value and reward entrepreneurial thinking and innovation.
Hiring Process: Kao embraces the diversity and the individual personalities of its people because we believe it is diversity that makes us strong. This is why we welcome applications from all areas of the global community.
Want to learn more: If you feel you are as unique as our products and want to find out why 33,000 people across the globe opted for a career with us please visit our Americas website (https://www.kao.com/americas/en/) or EMEA website (https://www.kao.com/emea/en/)
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