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Marketing Executive UK Direct (12 Month Fixed Term Contract)
at Columbia Threadneedle Investments London in London (Published at 22-08-2024)
- Support delivery and maintenance of strategic marketing communications, positioning plans and programmes / initiatives for the direct-to-consumer distribution channel.
- Support implementation and maintenance of marketing activities and drive measurable results, that support the broader business objectives, helping to ensure appropriate buy-in, awareness and understanding within the wider marketing team, as well as across the business, to enable successful delivery externally as well as in line with Columbia Threadneedle risk appetite and policies.
- Assist and where possible take ownership of specific projects and activities, managing them through from brief to implementation.
- Build strong working relationships with relevant marketing, distribution, comms, investment, technology, compliance and legal teams to understand overall business, product, and distribution requirements, and help to effectivley manage stakeholders on an ongoing basis.
- Support broader Channel Marketing (UK Direct) team in successfully manging relationships with c.10 Investment Trust boards, including production of regular updates and reporting for Boards, as required.
- Proactively collaborate across the marketing team to support the delivery of the broader marketing strategy, key initiatives, etc.
- Constructively challenge the norm to deliver significant step changes in client experience and commercial results.
- Serve as an advocate for appropriate use of our marketing automation capability and an owner of marketing related CRM data within marketing, and across the broader business.
Key Capabilities:
Essential:
- Demonstrable experience and understanding of direct-to-consumer channel and routes to market – able to gain immediate credibility and hit the ground running.
- Unapologetically client focussed, yet commercially driven with keen interest in understanding of financial drivers / business requirements, and strong budget management skills.
- Relevant experience as demonstrated through past results.
- Good understanding of core project management skills.
- “Student of the game”; stays up to date on Marketing and industry trends.
- A good eye for detail
- Proactive and prepared to take ownership.
- Good written and verbal skills.
- An analytical and planning mindset.
Preferred:
- Graduate or relevant professional qualification.
About Columbia Threadneedle Investments
Working at Columbia Threadneedle Investments you'll find growth and career opportunities across all of our businesses.
We're intentionally built to help you succeed. Our reach is expansive with a global team of 2,500 people working together. Our expertise is diverse with more than 650 investment professionals sharing global perspectives across all major asset classes and markets. Our clients have access to a broad array of investment strategies, and we have the capability to create bespoke solutions matched to clients' specific requirements.
Columbia Threadneedle is a people business and we recognise that our success is due to our talented people, who bring diversity of thought, complementary skills and capabilities. We are committed to providing an inclusive workplace that supports the diversity of our employees and reflects our broader communities and client-base.
We appreciate that work-life balance is an important factor for many when considering their next move so please discuss any flexible working requirements directly with your recruiter.
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