Book Depository - Head of Marketing


Reporting to the Managing Director and this role will be responsible for building The Book Depository's proposition to customers around the world. Crucial to this is the ability to communicate imaginatively in order to develop meaningful relationships between the businesses we run and customers. The Book Depository has been very successful in developing a strong message for customers and there is a tremendous opportunity to accelerate this through leveraging existing customer relationships in conjunction with new acquisition work. Developing both CRM and developing a challenging growth strategy this is an exciting opportunity for an experienced marketer with a global outlook.

Key Responsibilities

  • Working with respective teams (both in Egypt and the UK) and Group Senior Management to initiate a comprehensive marketing strategy and to deliver this with exceptional results.
  • Marketing Planning - both campaign and tactical
  • ROI and optimisation management
  • Strategic view on the customer
  • PR & reputation management
  • Detailed campaign process management
  • Pre-emptive planning for volume uplift
  • Understanding and ability to effectively utilise key CRM system elements, in order to address defection, reactivation and develop relationships
  • Initiative, responsibility and attention to detail
  • Social Media engagement
  • Brand development
  • Able to offer hands on engagement from effective copy writing to design input as necessary. Drive key marketing relationships within channels e.g. Google, affiliate networks etc and have existing good relations to draw upon.
  • Articulate relevant state of the art marketing understanding and be able to communicate these with teams internally, including front line customer service and development.
  • Work closely with the Group senior management to leverage their efforts both strategically and tactically.This role can make a real difference to a small team and fast moving business.

Key performance indicators:

  • Achievement of target goals
  • ROI on all marketing activity (above and below the line)
  • Campaign performance
  • Country localisation and penetration measures
  • Reputation management
  • Defection rates
  • Spend/frequency
  • Conversion rates

Preferred Qualifications:

  • 5-8 years experience in European eCommerce management, ideally in marketing. With a full grasp of the detail of online marketing management with a strategic perspective to use it appropriately.
  • A passion for problem solving and innovation.
  • Flexible to cope with changing priorities within an agile development environment. Understands industry best practice and can reference accordingly.
  • Able to understand and interpret analytics, CRM systems and use them to inform performance in conjunction with management teams.
  • Ability to delegate and manage work given to others.
  • Strong business focus and sense of achievement. Self-motivation and ability to work in fast-paced environment.

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