Marketing Manager

Description:

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Marketing Manager to join our team within Vistry East London, at our Brentwood office. As our Marketing Manager, you will market the Region's developments effectively and efficiently in line with Company brand and marketing guidelines. Generating and maintaining a targeted volume of quality sales leads through the devised marketing programme/strategy.

Evaluate, recommend, and implement advertising, sales promotion, prospect management and publicity programs that enhance the Company's sales position for the Region.

Identify and recommend how to exploit customer needs via the creation and execution of marketing activities that build development awareness and differentiate the Company from competition.

We are pleased to say, this role can accommodate agile working arrangements.

Let's cut to the chase, what's in it for you...
Competitive basic salary and annual bonus
Company car, car allowance or travel allowance
Agile working possible (dependent on role)
Up to 33 days annual leave plus bank holidays
Private Healthcare
Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave
Competitive contributory pension scheme
Life assurance - 4 x your annual salary
Share incentive schemes
Employee rewards portal with many more benefits...
In return, what we would like from you...
Behave in line with our company values - Integrity, Caring and Quality
HND/HNC or Degree in Marketing, or equivalent
Previous experience as a Marketing Manager
Excellent spoken and written communication skills
Good organisational and planning skills
Confidence to 'sell' ideas
Good business sense and budget control understanding
Ability to work well as part of a team and independently
Creative thinker
Drive, motivation and enthusiasm
Keen eye for detail
Decision making/problem solving/multi-tasking skills
Ability to work under pressure, and accept criticism of work
Willing to work extra to meet deadlines as and when the business needs require itDesirable...
Previous experience as a Marketing Manager within Development preferable
Examples of how demonstrated kept up to date with developments in the field, such as, short courses
More about the Marketing Manager role...
Develop effective implementation of marketing programs from briefs with the Graphic Design Department, Group Marketing campaigns, and any third-party contacts or agencies that may be required.
Evaluate alternative marketing activity to help ensure cost-effective approaches are chosen and efficiently executed to maximise return on investment.
Systematically gather, analyse, and present customer and market research plus sales data, to identify advertising, sales promotion and publicity opportunities and exploitation activities that will enable profitable progression of sales to be achieved.
To integrate the prospect management system (SERUM, Keys and COINS) to all marketing activity and drive forward in order to optimise its use with reporting marketing activity and identify future strategy and programmes.
Monitor competitor sales and marketing activities via field contacts and recommend appropriate activity to maximise opportunities and minimise threats.
Ensure sales literature (incl. brochures) is accurate and cost effective, and delivered in a timely fashion that meets customer "technical" information requirements.
Ensure the accuracy of regional data and presentation on the Company website and other external property portals.
Co-ordination of all internal and external resources to ensure the effective implementation of agreed plans.
Plan, recommend and control all expenditure within agreed budget limits and report, at an early date, any possible cost over-runs together with recommendations to how expenditure can be brought back within budget. To maintain a computer-based record of committed sales and marketing overhead expenditure by cost code and sub-element description. To assist in the comparison with actual expenditure as reported by the Finance Department on a monthly basis.
Work with regional PR Company (as appropriate) and Group PR to ensure positive PR, working within Group guidelines.
Help refinement and implementation of quality control procedures and quality management in the department.
Ensure the marketing elements of site set ups are completed within the required timeframes.
Manage the delivery of sales arena and marketing signage / hoarding across our developments
Ensure all marketing communications are legally and technically correct and conform to the Company's policies.
Clear communication of agreed marketing policies and plans to regional and area sales management and hub sales teams in areas of advertising, sales promotion, and publicity.
Attend prestart and other departmental meetings as required.
Ensure all relevant stakeholders are informed of key departmental developments. Finally, let's tell you a bit more about us...
We're Vistry Group, the UK's leading provider of affordable mixed-tenure homes. Our core values of integrity, caring, and quality shape all we do; our partnership-led approach helps us build sustainable communities where they're needed most.

You're probably familiar with our unmatched portfolio of brands: Linden Homes, Bovis Homes, and Countryside Homes. We also have Vistry Works, our timber frame manufacturing operation, and Vistry Services, our support functions. Together, we build more than homes, so there's nowhere better to build your career. We're proud that our culture sees everyone treated fairly and respectfully, with diversity and inclusion a top priority and reasonable adjustments provided during the application process. Join us in making Vistry.

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Benefits

Agile Working
Offers a flexible way of working.

Annual Leave
Enjoy 28 days' holiday plus all UK Bank Holidays. There are options to carry leave forwards and buy up to 5 days.

Pension with Legal & General
Eligible employees are auto-enrolled. You contribute 4%, we contribute 6%. Salary Sacrifice and options to increase contributions available.

Volunteer Days
With 2 paid volunteer days a year, you can give back to communities and charities