Assistant Brand Manager

Assistant Marketing Manager

Contract: 7 month FTC

Shift pattern: On-site

Recruitment Partner: Matt Ralphs

What you'll be doing

As Assistant Marketing Manager, you'll help bring No7 Beauty Company’s omnichannel marketing plans to life across retail, digital, social and media channels in a way that feels joined up, timely and effective. This is a hands-on role where you'll turn insight into action, supporting campaign activation, creative briefing, retailer activity and performance optimisation across well-known beauty brands. Based in Nottingham, it’s a strong opportunity for someone who enjoys pace, variety and visible impact, and wants to build broader experience across brand, commercial and channel activation. You’ll work closely with the Marketing Manager, agency partners and cross-functional teams, with the support and scope to keep learning, testing and growing.

Key responsibilities

• Support the coordination and activation of brand plans and product-led initiatives across retail, digital, social and media channels, ensuring delivery is on time and in full
• Help translate insights and campaign ideas into clear activation objectives and practical next steps
• Lead the development of creative briefs and work with agency partners on campaign responses, including media planning requirements
• Coordinate integrated 360 campaigns so activity lands consistently across consumer touchpoints
• Support media activation, including briefing, channel coordination, content requirements and performance monitoring
• Help track and optimise campaign performance, balancing short-term ROI and ROAS with longer-term brand equity goals
• Plan and brief social content across formats such as grid and stories, with a strong understanding of platform best practice
• Support community management, monitor social trends and spot opportunities to improve engagement
• Work with retailers on local activation plans, joint business priorities and opportunities to increase brand standout across marketing and media channels
• Monitor budgets, share performance insights with the Marketing Manager and support the adoption of new tools and ways of working to improve campaign delivery

What you'll need to have (our must-haves)

• Experience supporting multi-channel campaign delivery across a mix of media, social, digital or retail activity
• Strong attention to detail and the ability to keep multiple workstreams organised in a fast-paced environment
• Confidence working with cross-functional teams, external agencies and internal stakeholders
• A solid understanding of social media platforms, content best practice and campaign coordination
• A basic analytical mindset, with the ability to monitor results and spot opportunities for optimisation
• Good communication skills and a collaborative, reliable approach to team working
• An interest in commercial outcomes and how marketing activity supports broader business goals
• Ability to support budget tracking and help ensure resources are used effectively

It would be great if you also have

• Experience with media activation or campaign performance reporting
• Exposure to retailer activation, joint business planning or trade marketing activity
• Experience briefing creative or content for integrated campaigns
• An entrepreneurial, test-and-learn mindset with the confidence to bring ideas forward
• Broader experience across beauty, retail or FMCG marketing environments

Where your brilliance can take you

This role offers a strong foundation for growth into broader brand, marketing or commercial positions, especially if you want to deepen your experience in integrated campaign delivery and performance-led activation. You’ll build practical capability across media, social, retail and omnichannel planning while learning from experienced stakeholders and agency partners. At Boots, you’ll be trusted to contribute, supported to keep developing and given the chance to shape what great execution looks like across some of the UK’s best-known beauty brands.

Rewards designed for you

• Boots Retirement Savings Plan
• Discretionary annual bonus
• Generous employee discounts
• Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave pay and gift card for anyone expecting or adopting a child
• Flexible benefits scheme including option to buy additional holiday, discounted gym membership, life assurance, activity passes and much more.
• Access to free, 24/7 counselling and support through TELUS Health, our Employee Assistance Programme.

Who we are

Five iconic brands make up No7 Beauty Company: No7, Liz Earle, Soap & Glory, Botanics and Sleek MakeUP. We believe in creating the best in beauty for everyone, from skin science to sustainability. We're known for products that deliver results and do good along the way. We're proud to be an equal opportunity employer, creating an inclusive workplace where our colleagues are empowered to be themselves and where diversity, equity and inclusion are part of how we do things, every day.

What’s next?

If this sounds like the role for you, we'd love to hear from you. If you apply, our team will be in touch to let you know the outcome of your application or to arrange next steps. Where a role is advertised as full-time, we are open to discussing part-time and job share options. If you require additional support as part of the application and interview process, we are happy to provide reasonable adjustments to help you be at your best.

Boots is a Ban the Box employer and will consider the suitability of applicants with criminal convictions on a case-by-case basis.