About the role
The power of marketing is undeniable – you can have an amazing product (like we do here at DS Smith!) but without the right marketing behind it, you wouldn’t be aware of it. The Marketing Team at DS Smith plays a pivotal role in creating brand awareness, driving profit and growth, acquiring, and retaining customers and enhancing our engagement. Using that passion and creativity, our teams ensure the amazing work we are doing is showcased to the world.
We have a fabulous opportunity at DS Smith for a talented, self-directed, and high energy individual to join the Recycling & Paper teams as our European Marketing Manager. This is a fantastic role for the right candidate with a real opportunity to drive our non-digital marketing agenda forward in a dynamic and fast paced business.
This role is a 12-month Fixed Term Contract.
This role is a crucial part of the Marketing team, as you will be fully involved in the planning and delivery of the non-digital marketing projects that support the achievement of the Paper and Recycling Division’s short- and medium-term objectives.
Working closely with commercial and central teams, you will be creating agreed communication material (leaflets, brochures, presentations, training assets, graphics and video etc) to share with our European commercial teams and your digital marketing team colleagues to support their marketing activities. This could also consist of visiting sites across Europe for various project work, including installation of displays and wall art. Managing the Marketing Coordinator, you will coach, guide and mentor a junior colleague – providing day-to-day support on project work and a focus on development and growth in role. The successful candidate would be someone who has experience of people management or mentoring, as well as managing multiple marketing projects to completion and an eye for detail and creativity.
So, if you are an experienced Marketing Assistant looking to step up, or an existing Marketing Manager looking for a new challenge - then we might be looking for you!
About you
- Relevant experience working in a similar role in Marketing, essential
- English language and strong communication skills required. European language skills, desirable but not essential
- Strong project management skills with the ability to manage multiple concurrent projects and a project budget
- Understanding of brand guidelines, campaign planning and delivery
- Comfortable working with creative assets and briefing design and digital teams
- Proficient in Microsoft Office (particularly PowerPoint, Excel, and Teams)
- Familiarity with marketing platforms and tools such as Adobe Creative Suite, Canva, and content management system
- Confident in presenting to and managing senior stakeholders, critical thinking, highly motivated and results orientated
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
- Pension scheme, life assurance and income protection
- Salary sacrifice electric car scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Employee Discounts
- Cycle to work scheme
Location: This is a hybrid role, based at home with travel to our site in Caerphilly typically one day per week . There is some ad-hoc travel to our European sites throughout the year as per business requirements.
About us
We are DS Smith, together with International Paper, we are a global leader in sustainable packaging solutions and other fibre-based products. We believe a better, more sustainable tomorrow is possible with the right people, who challenge and support one another to enact positive change. We employ more than 65,000 colleagues in North America and Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), who are experts in innovation, manufacturing, design, sales, sustainability, supply chain, and much more. Together with our customers, we make the world safer and more productive, one sustainable packaging solution at a time. Become part of a world-leading organisation and do your best work with us!
To fulfil our purpose of redefining packaging for a changing world, we aim to build a diverse, motivated, and engaged workforce. Our goal is to create a culture of inclusion where everyone is treated fairly, differences are valued, and everyone has an equal opportunity to succeed.
Our people come from diverse backgrounds, bring different perspectives, ideas, and experiences to generate unique solutions focused on present and future sustainability challenges. We welcome all candidates to apply, even those not meeting all criteria.
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DS Smith provides innovative packaging solutions, paper products and recycling services with a commitment to sustainability and a circular economy. Our core purpose is to Redefine Packaging for a Changing World, and our expert teams work closely with like-minded partners to incorporate renewable resources for products that minimize our environmental impact, reduce complexity and increase profitability through supply chain optimization
