Retail Marketing Executive

at  Hotel Chocolat

CLOSING DATE

01/08/2024
As we continue our mission to make people and nature happy through chocolate, we’re looking for two Retail Marketing Executives - Projects to join our Retail Marketing team on Fixed Term 9-month contracts.
These two FTC roles are brand-new positions offering career-building opportunities to influence store launches, café marketing and ultimately drive change across our ever growing brand!
The succesful candidates will assist the Retail Marketing team to implement and maximise our new store and café opening strategy for the UK:
One role will focus on supporting the operational elements of our ambitious new store opening calendar - ensuring all of our stores have the POS and marketing collaterol they need, marketing plans are in place and our internal teams are briefed and onboard to ensure smooth openings.
The second role will focus on our Hotel Chocolat café proposition, supporting on all of the exciting changes coming to our menus, food offerings and café marketing aesthetic.
As well as a competitive salary and a range of company benefits, you’ll receive 50% discount on all products, and a 70% discount for you and your guests when you stay at our Rabot Estate hideaway on the paradise island of Saint Lucia.
Here at Hotel Chocolat, we’ve adopted hybrid working. This means you’ll join us on site for an average of 2 days per week.
The main on-site location for this role is our support office, ‘Mint House’, in Royston, Hertfordshire. Our home from the very beginning, it’s just off the A505 and 10 minutes’ walk from Royston train station, with direct rail links to London King’s Cross.
We ask that you are available to attend our Head Office in Royston every Tuesday. The other on-site day can be spent either at our Office in Royston, at our London Design Studio in Aldgate or visiting our retail estate. For the remaining days of the week you can work from wherever you like!

• Working with the Retail Marketing Manager to develop and maintain the new store / café opening pipeline plan.
• Drive Local Marketing activity with Retail Marketing Manager, being main point of contact for store / café.
• Drive the relationships with local BIDs/ Centres and external marketing stakeholders to maximise impact of all new store / café openings.
• Deliver all POS collateral to new stores, within budget, on-brand and on time, from brief to execution.
• Own all communications from Marketing out to the retail estate via the internal communication portal and kick off meetings.
• Point of contact to the retail estate, following up and seeking opportunities.
• Maintain and develop the new store / café opening pipeline calendar and critical path.
• Manage new opening queries, keeping up to date and replying to all queries within agreed timeframe
• Own the PO and invoicing process for new store / café openings. Ensuring POs are recorded accurately and receipted on time.
• Ad-hoc duties when required.