Jaguar & Land Rover Marketing Manager                            

Salary: £25,000 to £28,500         

Hours: Monday-Friday, 8.30am-5.30pm                                                                                  

Location: Carlisle

Term: 12-Month fixed-term contract                                                     

Lloyd Motor Group is a premium, nationally recognised automotive retailer. We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Marketing Manager to join our dynamic team. This 12-month maternity cover contract is well suited to an individual looking to advance their career in retail marketing within a well-established company and alongside two global brands.

With six Jaguar and Land Rover retail centres in Carlisle, York, Ripon and Kelso, Lloyd Motor Group is one of the largest independent groups for the Jaguar and Land Rover brands in the UK.

Based in the marketing department in Carlisle, you will oversee the marketing activity for our Jaguar Land Rover retailers. The role will include a mixture of office and remote working and visits to our retail centres and supplier meetings.

You'll be responsible for increasing brand awareness, engagement and lead generation as we look to continue growing our business. You'll work on delivering high-quality marketing campaigns through collaboration with internal teams, suppliers and the national marketing teams at Jaguar Land Rover.

 Responsibilities include:

• Plan and implement integrated marketing campaigns from initial concept to completion.
• Work closely with the Jaguar Land Rover UK marketing team to support Lloyd Motor Group's local activity.
• Work closely with third party suppliers and agencies.
• Grow interactions across all channels and touchpoints from paid, owned and earned media to help generate sales leads.
• Act as a primary point of contact for all Jaguar Land Rover content across our websites, microsites and social media pages.
• Assess the effectiveness of campaigns and manage marketing budgets.
• Continual awareness of competitor activity to ensure understanding of the market and make recommendations to help make improvements.
• Actively participate in a high performing, engaged team – championing teamwork and contributing to team tasks.

About You:

• A relevant university degree or marketing qualification is desirable.
• Experience in working across multi-media marketing campaigns, data and analytics.
• An excellent understanding of what an exceptional customer experience looks like.
• Experience of working within a high performing team.
• Excel in a busy and fast-paced role, so you'll be process-driven and commercially astute.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Self-motivated, energetic and urgent in approaching all tasks.
• Full UK driving licence as travel will be required across our Retail Centres and to supplier meetings when necessary.

About Us:

Lloyd Motor Group is a leading retailer of some of the very best automotive brands globally, including BMW, MINI, Jaguar, Land Rover, Volvo, Kia, BMW Motorrad, and Honda Motorcycles.

Founded in 1976, Lloyd Motor Group has been retailing and servicing some of the world's most premium vehicles for over 45 years. The company began with one BMW retail centre and now has over 30 retail and service centres across Northern England and Southern Scotland.

At the heart of Lloyd Motor Group's brand lie our values. They drive our operating principles and ambitions. They're fundamental towards being a great place to work and a great place to do business.

Rewards and Benefits:

As well as a competitive salary and company car, we offer the following benefits:

• 30 days holiday a year (inclusive of Bank Holidays), plus an extra day off on your birthday.
• Pension scheme with life cover (including independent financial advice).
• Healthcare cash plan.
• State-of-the-art working environments and facilities.
• Employee vehicle-discount schemes.
• Refer a friend or customer schemes.
• Free staff parking (at most of our sites or subsidised parking).
• Highstreet discounts and cashback.
• Health and Wellbeing employee assistance programme.
• Childcare vouchers.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Eyecare vouchers.
• Free flu jabs.
• Tool insurance.
• Social events.
• Dedicated internal and manufacturer training and development programmes to nurture you through your career and make the most of your talent.