Advertising Manager

Job description

About the role

We have an exciting opportunity to join our Waitrose Customer team as an Advertising Manager.
As an Advertising Manager in the Marketing profession you will provide support to and be accountable for the delivery of elements of Waitrose's Advertising activities.
The successful candidate will be a highly organised individual and able to work under pressure in a fast-moving and creative sector. You'll be able to present a compelling vision and help share specialist knowledge with Partners to facilitate effective campaign performance. Your approach will ultimately deliver seasonal and tactical advertising campaigns effectively, on time and on budget.

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Salary - £45,000.00 - £71,000.00 

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Expected salary - £45,000 - £58,000

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Contract type - This position is a Temporary contract until the end of February 2026.

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Working pattern/flexible working - The Partnership has adopted a hybrid working approach, meaning you'll be able to work a mixture between the office and home based upon your personal needs whilst balancing the needs of the business. 

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The Advertising team meets one day a week in the Bracknell office to connect. There is a requirement to also attend meetings with stakeholders in London on an ad hoc basis. The number of these stakeholder meetings varies, but is on average one day per fortnight.

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Location - This role is a hybrid role, home location is Bracknell

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Interview Date - Friday 27/06/25

Key responsibilities

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Commission both creative & media agencies with verbal and written briefs for each campaign, ensuring the brief is based on the sound analysis and interpretation of the Master Campaign Brief, customer & market insight and any relevant learning from previous campaigns.

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Liaise with the relevant internal teams on appropriate messaging and product selection to feature in advertising,

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Support the media planning process throughout planning, booking and delivery. Together with Advertising Lead and/or Senior Advertising Manager ensure each media plan is fully evaluated and reach, frequency, standout & ROI are maximised.

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Together with Advertising Lead and/or Senior Advertising Manager, evaluate and make recommendations on creative concepts and final creative and media plans. Ensure plans are shared, or in some cases approved, by various stakeholders at the relevant time and the campaign is optimised across channels.  

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Manage the production process to ensure the final ad is supplied is accurate, regulatory compliant, on time and delivers against quality expectations, is within budget and meets its objectives.

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Ensure all financial processes, including POs and reconciliations, are completed accurately and in a timely manner.

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Keep Advertising & Broadcast Media Lead fully informed of progress and outcomes.

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Monitor and report performance of each campaign, recommending any changes both in-flight, campaign to campaign and year on year changes where appropriate.

Essential skills/experience you’ll need

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Campaign or project management

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Influencing and managing relationships with internal and external stakeholders

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Marketing experience

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Creative evaluation skills

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Management of agencies experience

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Knowledge and understanding of the creative production process and media planning & buying including national press, out-of-home and radio media channels.

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Budget management

Desirable skills/experience you may have 

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3 years experience in marketing either client or agency side

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Knowledge and understanding of the creative production process and media planning & buying including TV/VOD.

The Partnership

We’re the largest employee owned business in the UK and home of our cherished brands, John Lewis and Waitrose. We’re not just employees, we’re Partners, driven by our purpose to build a happier world. As we look to our future, there’s never been a more exciting time to join us.  

We’re ruthlessly focused on being brilliant at retail. We continue to innovate, adapt and diversify. Never Knowingly Undersold on price, quality and service in John Lewis and passionately serving food-lovers in Waitrose.   

As Partners we all share the responsibility of ownership and in its rewards. We use our voices to contribute to our success, working together through the good and challenging times, holding true to our behaviours and treating everyone with kindness and respect. 

We all own making the Partnership somewhere we belong. Embracing our differences and creating an environment where we’re free to be ourselves and can THRIVE. Growing ourselves individually, and as a collective. 

As Partners, we make all the difference. And, we all own it.  

Important points to note:   

It’s important to note that some of our roles are subject to pre-employment vetting (which may include DBS checks for successful candidates). If required, you’ll be informed and provided with information about vetting during the recruitment process and we encourage you to complete any vetting documents quickly to avoid delays. Any DBS checks required will be carried out by a third-party registered body and financial probity checks may also be required for some of our roles.   

We also recommend that you apply as soon as possible as vacancies can close early if we see a high number of applicants.   

We want all of our Partners to have a good work-life balance and we support flexible working. This might mean flexible or compressed hours, job sharing or shorter hour contracts, where possible. Please discuss this further with the hiring manager during your interview.  

 

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