Vacancy Introduction

We are looking to recruit a Marketing Coordinator to join our Food Marketing Team. Reporting to the Food Marketing Manager you will plan and implement marketing projects and campaigns which are driven by customer and member insight and deliver growth for our food business.

You’ll join a busy marketing team and will predominantly work on our Food business, but also offer support to our Security and Travel businesses.

Our marketing team operates hybrid working, with a mix of time at home and in our offices at Wherstead Park near Ipswich. You’ll also pay visits to our stores across Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex to see how our campaigns are landing with customers and colleagues.

You will work right across the marketing mix - everything from producing print materials for our branches to regional media campaigns - but you'll have a specific focus on digital marketing.

We have some very big plans for developing our Food marketing over the next few years, and this is an exciting time to join an evolving business and take an instrumental role delivering our business mission and vision.

Role Responsibility

• Support the planning and development of integrated marketing campaigns which help deliver objectives for our Food, Security and Travel businesses.
• Contribute to the delivery of compelling marketing campaigns which deliver agreed objectives, supported by Brand and Studio team.
• Delivery of the digital marketing mix to achieve strategic objectives and outcomes
• Monitor and report on campaign performance against objectives based on data from analytics tools and data provided by our Finance, Analytics, and Membership teams.
• Establish and maintain productive internal working partnerships, primarily with Retail teams

The Ideal Candidate

• Demonstrable experience in delivering integrated marketing and communications campaigns with a particular focus on digital marketing
• Demonstrable working knowledge of digital marketing tools and best practices, including Google Analytics, Facebooks Ads Manager, Hootsuite, Google My Business, Google Ads, Google Tag Manager, and Google AdWords.
• Ability to create clear, concise, and compelling copy for a range of audiences and purposes
• A continuous learner who is keen to stay up to date with the latest marketing trends and best practices
• Knowledge of marketing and consumer trends which are relevant to our businesses
• Resilient, positive and solutions focused mindset.
• Full UK driving license.

Package Description

What’s in it for you

At the East of England Co-op, we strive to be the best place to work. We invest in our colleagues to help them to progress in their careers and achieve their full potential. How do we do this?  

• Competitive rates of pay
• 20% discount in our food stores, along with other discounts across our family of businesses
• 22 days holiday (plus bank holiday entitlement) which increases with service
• 5% employer pension contribution
• Death in service benefit
• Access to our colleague communications app, The Loop
• Enhanced* family leave and pay arrangements
• Opportunities to grow, with award-winning training and apprenticeship programmes
• Great colleague deals and discounts, saving you money on everyday purchases

Check out the detail of all our colleague benefits here.

* Enhanced on statutory terms, subject to service criteria.

We recognise the challenges people face trying to balance commitments both in and out of the workplace -  perhaps studying, caring commitments, or other employment. We therefore aim to be as flexible as possible, to create shift patterns that work for both our co-op and our colleagues.

About the Company

The East of England Co-op is the largest independent retailer in East Anglia, with over 230 stores and branches across Norfolk, Suffolk, and Essex.

Owned by over 260,000 members – including our colleagues – our vision is to be the most valued organisation in our region, by being a better kind of business and using our profit to make a positive impact on our communities.

Our Community Cares Fund provides hundreds of thousands of pounds to support groups and good causes, with a focus on mental health and wellbeing, food justice for all and creating community spaces. 

With a focus on environmental sustainability, we’re proud to have led the way on reducing food waste, being the first major retailer to sell food past its Best Before date for just 10p. 

At the East of England Co-op, we strive to be the best place to work. We invest in our colleagues to help them to progress in their careers and achieve their full potential, whether in food retail, funeral services, property investment, travel, security, stonemasonry, events, or our support functions. 

Find out more at www.eastofengland.coop

Our Recruitment Process

If this is the job for you, simply click ‘apply’. You will be required to register a profile on our careers page. To do this simply click apply. The good news is you’ll only have to register once – after this, it’ll be easier and quicker to apply for any roles in the future too.

Please note that our working patterns are non-contractual. The advertised working pattern represents the normal working pattern for the role at time of advertisement and is subject to change.

East of England Co-op