Assistant Marketing Comms Manager

End Date Thursday 02 February 2023 Salary Range £29,712 - £37,140
Agile Working Options Other Agile Working Arrangements / Open to Discussion Job Description Summary Uses marketing expertise to manage and support the design and efficient and effective delivery of marketing initiatives, in relation to Scottish Widows workplace marketing communications and supporting Consumer Duty comms requirements. Job Description At Lloyds Banking Group, we’re uniquely positioned to make a real impact because our brands really matter to the lives of over 30 million customers. Lives are changing. Making a positive difference in this new world is at the heart of our strategy and vision. We’re redefining our marketing – adopting the latest technologies whilst investing heavily in our systems, capabilities, and people. Our brands are some of the most iconic in the UK. With an unrivalled history, they are vital in helping our customers navigate their changing worlds. In this team you’ll play your part in building these great brands. Our breadth of marketing mix, our scale and complexity makes us best placed to deliver the marketing of tomorrow. Our purpose is to orchestrate superior, personalised and integrated end to end experiences for customers This is an exciting opportunity for a 9 month fixed tern contract to support an important business project called Consumer Duty, planning and producing best-in-class customer communications under the Scottish Widows brand for our life and pensions business. Consumer Duty is all about putting customer’s needs first. It covers all parts of Lloyds Banking Group including Scottish Widows. It will ensure we’re creating, maintaining and evidencing how we support positive customer outcomes, now and in the future. You’ll be part of our established Workplace Marketing Consultancy team, supporting the delivery of bespoke employee engagement campaigns and initiatives for our largest Workplace pension schemes. Our employee engagement offering is a key part of our Workplace Pensions proposition. Central to our approach is engaging and educating employees to ensure they understand the benefit of their workplace pension and the importance of planning for the future. You'll work with our wider Marketing team, Distribution and Proposition partners, and creative agencies, to deliver our bespoke marketing consultancy service and provide recommendations within an area of expertise. You’ll support to inspire change, ensuring that customer experience and performance data are the main driver of our decision making, enabling us to deliver outstanding and tailored customer communications. Location & Ways of Working: Our team is based in central Edinburgh, therefore you’ll need to be based a commutable distance from our Edinburgh office. We work in a hybrid model, splitting our time between the office and working from home. Some of the activities you'll be involved in are:

• Creating brilliant communications that are relevant and timely for our B2B audiences (Advisers and Employers) and customers across multiple channels, providing consistent and tailored messages.
• Delivery of bespoke marketing consultancy for our largest Workplace pension schemes, based on an established employee engagement programme.
• Designing and delivering tailored employee engagement plans, including identifying most appropriate channels of communication, and working with creative agencies to develop copy and creative.
• Effective measurement of all employee engagement activity and initiatives through robust KPI’s and reporting to ensure client/business objectives are met.
• Delivery of Workplace Marketing campaigns, projects and activities by following the approval process and operating within tight governance controls
• Identifying key moments in Workplace customer journeys to build better experiences, whilst also focusing on creative excellence
• Navigating a wide variety of existing processes, procedures and precedents to interpret data and identify possible solutions.
• Establishing excellent working relationships with internal partners and external clients and agencies to ensure effective delivery of all employee engagement activity

Skills & experience we're looking for: Essential:

• Passion and enthusiasm for doing the right thing for our customers with evidence to back this up
• Good understanding of customer journeys and how to build effective workplace engagement campaigns and experiences
• Experience of implementing a multi-channel approach, delivering a variety of marketing assets, including print, digital and film.
• Ability to build and maintain strong working relationships
• Self-motivated, ability to effectively prioritise and work to deadlines
• Accurate, clear and concise communication (written and verbal)
• Experience of reviewing and collating feedback on creative concept/artwork
• Ability to collate and analyse data using pre-determined tools, methods and formats.

Desirable:

• Client and agency management experience
• Workplace Pensions communications experience
• Copywriting experience

You’ll have a supporting role within the Workplace Marketing Consultancy Team, delivering the annual marketing plan that is making a positive difference for our Workplace customers, within an energising environment where you can work at pace, and make valuable contributions and improvements to the customer experience. Sound like you? In return, you’ll enjoy our dedication to your ongoing personal and professional development. Here, you'll grow as a person and develop your career. As a valued member of our team, we'll support to grow and advance you through excellent training and progression opportunities. Our customers’ experience and success starts with yours. We’ll give you a broad remuneration package which includes:

• Discretionary performance share bonus
• A generous pension contribution
• 28 days leave plus bank holidays
• A flex cash pot you can adjust to suit your lifestyle
• Private Health Cover
• Access to Share schemes* subject to eligibility date

We're an equal opportunity employer and deeply value diversity within our organisation. We'll ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation. So if you’d like to be part of an inclusive, values-based culture passionate about making a difference, we’d love to hear from you. Together we make it possible At Lloyds Banking Group, we're driven by a clear purpose; to help Britain prosper. Across the Group, our colleagues are focused on making a difference to customers, businesses and communities. With us you'll have a key role to play in shaping the financial services of the future, whilst the scale and reach of our Group means you'll have many opportunities to learn, grow and develop. We're focused on creating a values-led culture and are committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the customers and communities we serve. Together we’re building a truly inclusive workplace where all of our colleagues have the opportunity to make a real difference.