Assistant Marketing Manager

Business Unit:  Brand and Marketing  
Salary Range: £29,200 - £43,800 per annum DOE + red hot benefits 
Location:  UK Remote with occasional travel to a hub   
Contract Type: Permanent  
 
Take control of your career. Live a life more Virgin. 

Our Team  

Brand & Marketing is leading the charge to disrupt our industry and turn banking on its head. We know that money is a big deal - so much more than a set of products and services. Driven by our purpose we come to work every day for one reason: to make everyone happier about money. In this department we look after the marketing of Virgin Money's lending products, including credit cards, loans, and mortgages. Our job is to communicate our products and services to new customers and the c3million current customers that use a Virgin Money credit product.  

This is an exciting opportunity to really get involved in the way we promote Virgin Money products and more specifically, our Credit Cards and Personal Loans. You'll be responsible for supporting the Credit Card and Personal Loan products by managing our aggregator/affiliate partnerships and working on both new and existing product propositions. This will require commercial awareness, analytical skills, good organisational skills and attention to detail.  

What you'll be doing  

• Work closely with our aggregator partners to drive best performance and results
• Evaluate channel performance and provide solutions to drive improved results
• Work closely with commercial stakeholders across the bank to understand objectives and future plans for our products
• Ensure the delivery of marketing activity is well-managed through sign offs and distribution
• Deliver all activity in a controlled and auditable way
• Provide support to a Marketing Manager in the delivery of acquisition campaigns

We need you to have  

• Experience working in a marketing role with knowledge gained from working on financial products
• Significant experience preparing and sharing reports with stakeholders 
• Intermediate or above excel skills, other analytics and dashboard platforms a plus
• An understanding of digital performance marketing and reporting
• Commitment to driving our purpose and living it
• An ability to problem solve and work independently

It's a bonus if you have but not essential  

• Experience working with or for an affiliate/aggregator (either in-house, brand or agency side) 
• Credit cards experience  
• A passion for marketing with a sound understanding of the analytical principles

Red Hot Rewards

• Generous holidays - 38.5 days annual leave (including bank holidays and prorated if Part–Time) plus the option to buy more
• Up to five extra paid well-being days per year 
• 20 weeks paid, gender-neutral family leave (52 weeks in total) for expectant parents and those looking to adopt 
• Market-leading pension
• Free private medical cover, income protection and life assurance
• Flexible benefits include Cycle to Work, wellness and health assessments, and critical illness 
• Ability to work anywhere in the UK (where the role allows) 

And there's no waiting around, you'll enjoy these benefits from day one.

Feeling insatiably curious about this role? Apply as soon as you can. If we're lucky to receive a lot of interest, we may close the advert early and would hate you to miss out.

We're all about helping you Live a Life More Virgin, so happy to talk flexible working with you.

Say hello to Virgin Money
We're making great strides towards achieving our ambition of becoming the UK's best digital bank.  As a full-service digital bank with a heritage stretching back over 180 years, we`re a workforce to be reckoned with.  We're putting the full power of our experience behind disruptive ideas that reinvent the role a bank plays in people's lives. We strive to create positive experiences for our millions of customers and our purpose, ‘Making You Happier About Money', underpins everything we do. We believe in doing banking differently, innovating and working together to make a real difference. Join us and Live a Life More Virgin that empowers you with choice and flexibility in how you work.

Be yourself at Virgin Money
Our purpose is to make people happier about money, this means seeing and feeling the world as our customers do by creating a workforce that reflects the rich diversity of our customers and communities.  We're committed to creating an inclusive culture where colleagues feel safe and inspired to contribute, speak up and be heard.  

As a Disability Confident Leader, we're committed to removing any obstacles to inclusion.  If you need any reasonable adjustments or support making your application, contact our Talent Acquisition team

Now the legal bit
Living A Life More Virgin allows our colleagues to be based anywhere in the UK (if the role allows it), but we'll need you to confirm you have the right to work in the UK.

If you're successful in securing a role with us, there are some checks you need to complete before starting. These include credit and criminal record checks and three years' worth of satisfactory references. If the role is part of the Senior Manager Regime and Certification Regime, it requires enhanced pre-employment checks - we'll ask for six years of regulatory references, and once in the role, you'll be subject to periodic employment checks.