BRIEF DESCRIPTION

Do you want to be part of a creative, dynamic and innovative marketing team? Decora’s Marketing Team are at the forefront of new product development and product launches. This role offers the opportunity to practice marketing to the full, from traditional marketing campaigns and techniques through to innovative digital creatives and customer targeting.
Working hours: Monday - Thursday 8.30am to 5pm, Friday 8.30am to 2pm (37.5 hours per week)
Location: Lisburn, BT28 2FL
*This role is office based at Decora Head Office in Lisburn.

ABOUT US

Established in 1979, Decora is a family owned Company creating innovative window covering solutions for the window blind trade. Decora manufacture and distribute a wide range of blind types and components and provide wholesale and made to measure solutions.
Decora has grown exponentially into a well-recognised and trusted Company winning numerous awards over the years including the Business Growth Award at the Lisburn Business Awards and being recognised within the Top 1000 to inspire Britain as one of UK’s most dynamic companies.
Decora take pride in designing, creating, engineering, manufacturing and distributing their own products and services. Nurturing consumer demands to deliver products which embrace their needs and add a personal Decora touch to create blind collections that are unique and individual. Their multiple brands deliver an array of products, each exuding a passion to provide quality collections with desirable aesthetics.
The Decora team is made up of over 850 employees who operate across premises in Lisburn (NI), Huddersfield (England) and Birmingham (England). Decora strategy is central to meeting the demands of their customers and they focus their efforts on building strong supplier and customer relationships.

ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS

• Degree qualification in Marketing or business-related subject
• A minimum of 3 years’ experience of working in a similar role
• Demonstrable experience of working on simultaneous marketing projects to deadlines
• Excellent planning and organisational skills
• Ability to work to tight deadlines
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and presentation skills
• Creative and imaginative
• Accurate with excellent attention to detail
• Proficient in Microsoft packages, particularly PowerPoint and Publisher
• Ability to work on own initiative without supervision
• Keen interest in interiors and colour trends
• Professional, ethical and confidential approach
• Adaptable and able to prioritise and re-prioritise depending on departmental and company needs

DESIRABLE REQUIREMENTS

• Graduate Member of Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM)
• Degree to have a digital marketing element
• Manipulation of databases for information and research purposes
• Ability to simplify complex technical concepts for customer understanding

• Integral part of the new product development process with creative and technical input.
• Create, develop and implement marketing campaigns to support product brands and services.
• Become a brand advocate for selected brands, developing the brand identity and message to enhance its market position.
• Ability to grasp a full understanding of technical products, digest complex information, and communicate it simply and clearly to customers.
• Work within the team to plan, design and implement key exhibitions and events.
• Production, copy writing and proof reading of marketing material, technical information and customer communications.
• Support customers with their bespoke marketing requirements, including material and showroom presence.
• Research and development of the market, both for direct and indirect influences.
• Represent the Marketing Team at interdepartmental meetings on specified projects.
• Website development, content creation and management, updating Decora’s social networking profiles and timely updating as required.
• Using sales data and other analytics to measure and adjust marketing activity based on the data presented.
• Any other reasonable duties which may be required by management from time to time.