We are seeking a creative, commercially minded Marketing Executive to join our whiskey brand team. This is a hands-on role suited to someone who enjoys balancing day-to-day brand management with creative execution. The successful candidate will play a key role in delivering marketing campaigns, managing brand assets, supporting commercial initiatives and producing high-quality visual communications.
This is an ideal opportunity for someone with 4–7 years' marketing experience who is equally comfortable managing projects, coordinating agencies and designing polished presentations and marketing materials.
Key Responsibilities
Brand Management
- Support the execution of the annual marketing and brand plans.
- Coordinate integrated marketing campaigns across digital, trade, PR, events and partnerships.
- Ensure brand consistency across all consumer and trade touchpoints.
- Manage brand calendars, campaign timelines and budgets.
- Liaise with distributors, agencies and internal stakeholders to deliver marketing initiatives.
- Assist with new product launches and limited-edition releases.
- Monitor competitor activity and market trends, providing recommendations where appropriate.
Marketing Operations
- Coordinate the production of POS materials, merchandise and promotional assets.
- Manage marketing collateral and digital asset libraries.
- Brief and manage external creative agencies, photographers, printers and suppliers.
- Support events, trade shows, tastings and brand activations.
- Track campaign performance and prepare post-campaign reports.
- Maintain marketing budgets, invoices and purchase orders.
Creative & Design
- Design professional PowerPoint presentations for senior management, distributors and investors.
- Produce marketing materials including:
- Sell-in presentations
- Digital advertising assets
- Social media graphics
- Trade marketing materials
- Product brochures
- Event collateral
- Ensure all creative work adheres to brand guidelines.
- Work closely with external designers where larger creative projects require additional support.
Digital Marketing
- Assist with website updates and content management.
- Support email marketing campaigns.
- Coordinate social media content with internal teams or agency partners.
- Monitor digital analytics and campaign performance.
Skills & Experience
Essential
- 4–7 years' experience in a marketing or brand management role.
- Experience managing multiple marketing projects simultaneously.
- Strong organisational and project management skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication.
- Advanced PowerPoint and presentation design skills.
- Strong Adobe Creative Suite skills (InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop).
- Ability to work independently while collaborating across teams.
Desirable
- Experience within premium drinks, FMCG, luxury brands or hospitality.
- Knowledge of whiskey or premium spirits.
- Experience working with distributors and international markets.
- Basic video editing skills.
- Photography or content creation experience.
- Experience using Canva at an advanced level.
Key Competencies
- Creative thinking with commercial awareness
- Strong visual communication skills
- Excellent presentation design skills.
- Project management
- Brand stewardship
- Attention to detail
- Relationship management
- Initiative and accountability
Software Proficiency
- Microsoft PowerPoint (Advanced)
- Adobe Creative Cloud (InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop)
- Canva desirable
- Microsoft Office Suite
- Project management tools desirable (Smartsheet or similar)
- Basic CMS experience (WordPress or equivalent)
- Analytics platforms (Google Analytics and social insights)
