Trade/Retail Marketing Specialist

Trade/Retail Marketing Specialist

There's no affluent premium consumer electronics brands in the Cambridge area! Wrong! In fact we have a role working with not one, not two, but for 3 globally-renowned market-leading consumer electronics brands in the Cambridge region.

We need somebody passionate about events both in store and trade focused marketing, somebody creative with an eye for design that can bring the brands to life both to attract customer sales, but also attract distributors to want to stock and sell the products.

If you have trade/retail marketing experience, some element of design skills, and are looking for an opportunity to accelerate your marketing career by delivering campaigns for globally renowned premium brands in retailers right across the UK, you need to send us your CV,.

We have a fantastic opportunity for a career focused trade/retail marketing specialist to join our client's growing and successful business, headquartered near Huntingdon/Cambridge.This role requires a proactive individual who can manage retail and B2B marketing activities while ensuring seamless execution across multiple channels.Day to day you will be responsible for:

• Retail Marketing & Media Management: Overseeing retail digital media, POS materials, and in-store advertising to drive consumer engagement.
• In-Store & Event Coordination: Managing in-store demonstrator calendars, and planning and executing trade shows and B2B events.
• Marketing Asset Production: Coordinating the design and production of digital campaign artwork, POS materials, and trade literature.
• Budget Oversight: Tracking, managing, and reporting on trade marketing budgets across brands.
• Cross-Team Collaboration: Working closely with Brand Managers and Sales teams to align marketing strategies with commercial goals.

You will have proven experience within trade marketing, retail activation and/or event management, strong organisational and budget management capabilities, be comfortable working cross-functionally with internal teams and have basic graphic design skills (e.g., using tools like Adobe Creative Suite).If you're a commercially minded retail marketer, take pride in delivering excellent customer journeys and want to drive your career forward with an 'employee first' organisation, this is your next role!With hybrid working, a salary paying to £40,000 DOE and extensive employee benefits, they also offer a generous yearly profit share bonus based on the performance of the brands you represent, and you will have real autonomy and input into the annual strategy.If the above sounds interesting and you can work 3 days from their office near St Ives, then please send through an updated version of your CV today before it's too late and we can set up an initial conversation. Ideally candidates will already be located in Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire, East Northants or North Hertfordshire.Zero Surplus is East Anglia's premier recruitment agency, based just outside Cambridge our recruiters source staff for small and consumer retail and FMCG businesses across Cambridgeshire and the East of England.

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