We’re a fast-moving, global technology group that specialises in taking brands direct to consumers. We’re home to a portfolio of leading brands and sites including Myprotein, ESPA, LOOKFANTASTIC, and Cult Beauty, all of which are powered by our fully integrated digital commerce ecosystem, THG Ingenuity.
We handle everything in-house, including technology, content creation, e-commerce, marketing, manufacturing, new product development, and logistics. This comprehensive approach ensures we can fully realise our vision and maintain our leadership in a rapidly evolving global industry.
Life at THG Beauty
We’re home to market-leading websites like Lookfantastic, Skinstore, Dermstore, Cult Beauty and the beauty subscription box brand Glossybox. And our portfolio of premium brands includes the likes of ESPA, Ameliorate and Grow Gorgeous – all of which are loved and trusted by millions of fans worldwide. We also partner with a network of more than 19,000 influencers to ensure brands can reach their audience anywhere in the world. It’s an incredibly exciting time to be joining the team.
Why be a Head of Brand Marketing at THG?
We are looking for a strategic, commercial-savvy, customer-obsessed brand marketing leader to spearhead and deliver the global brand marketing strategy for LOOKFANTASTIC. You will play a pivotal role in future-proofing LOOKFANTASTIC’s growth trajectory by making substantial but smart investments into its brand marketing efforts; leveraging customer and market data to inform our strategic priorities across short, mid and long-term goals.
This role is best suited to a brand marketeer with a solid background in eCommerce/ retail, able to find the right balance in building the LOOKFANTASTIC brand whilst leveraging our partner brands to drive awareness, consideration and ultimately, new customers and revenue. Whilst we are looking for sound creative judgement, flair and an innate understanding of what creative excellence looks like and why it is important, this role does not have responsibility for creative/art direction.
As a Head of Brand Marketing, you'll:
Alongside the Marketing Director, devise and deliver the LOOKFANTASTIC brand strategy to meet brand and commercial goals
Develop our brand proposition - market positioning, messaging/TOV and brand identity - to ensure differentiation and cut-through, localising the approach where relevant
Work with our Head of Comms Planning and Head of Marketing to deliver the Annual Retail Plan and calendar of activations for the LF brand, from tentpole seasonal campaigns to impactful trading moments
Be the voice of our customer, creating an annual roadmap of insight projects to put the customer at the centre of decision-making
Utilise and iterate on frameworks like Key Driver Analysis to optimise brand communications and messaging, putting testing plans in place to understanding impact on key metrics such as consideration and purchase intent
Drive a 360 approach to content across owned, earned and paid media
Lead a team to build our community engagement across multiple online platforms, with a focus on core social channels (TikTok, Instagram) as well as our IRL strategy
Create an innovative culture across social and content to drive brand fame and engagement
Work closely with our CRM and Loyalty teams to better understand our customer community and build the Beauty+ (LF loyalty programme) brand
Brief and lead the central PR team to maximise earned media coverage
Lead the Events team to deliver an IRL strategy to drive brand awareness and community engagement, understanding and evaluating the impact of our eventing activity
Lead ATL and TTL brand advertising campaigns delivering against brand health objectives as well as commercial goals
Direct multi-channel media planning, working closely with our organic and paid media teams to optimise best mix based on campaign goals
Establish measurement framework to track and report back on performance, driving insight and recommendations to continually evolve our plans
Devise testing roadmap working with key advertising partners on JBPs to unlock incremental opportunities and improve performance of campaigns through creative and platform innovation
Work hand-in-hand with our Retail Media team to devise bespoke campaign plans for key clients
Devise approach to partner marketing campaigns to balance LOOKFANTASTIC and partner visibility
Alongside the Marketing Director and Country GMs, support in developing GTM strategies across international territories
Plan and deliver international customer / research projects to help define market positioning and KDAs
Work with the senior marketing team to develop localised marketing and activation plans, based off the annual retail plan
What skills & experience do I need?
Minimum 8 years’ experience in brand marketing, with the majority of this spent in-house and for at least one large brand (turnover +£100M)
Extensive experience across a variety of brand channels and across owned, earned and paid media with a robust understanding of the relationship between these
Hands-on across at least one brand marketing discipline, such as media planning, social media or influencer marketing
Experience working internationally and with country leads on localised brand marketing initiatives outside of the UK, preferably EMEA
Prior management of multi-million pound budget, including tracking, re-forecasting and annual budget submissions.
Innate understanding of consumer behaviour with demonstrable experience leading customer insights and research projects, translating this to actionable strategies
Ability to work at pace and meet changing needs of the business
Creative flair and innate understanding of the importance of creative to drive brand performance
Analytical thinker able to translate insight into opportunity
Innovation mindset, up for challenging the status quo
Able to influencer multiple stakeholders to gain buy-in
What’s in it for me?
Career Development
Access bespoke development programmes that have been designed and developed by our in-house L&D team.
Continued development through our upskilling programme that is delivered in partnership with an industry-leading training provider.
Enhanced Leave
25 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
Don’t want to work on your birthday? We don’t either! Enjoy your day off on us!
Enhanced maternity and paternity pay, depending on length of service.
Up to 10 days compassionate leave.
Buy back up to 3 days each year.
Unlock 2 days volunteer leave after 12-months.
Wellbeing Support
Access face-to-face and virtual appointments with our in-house GP.
Access our in-house CBT therapist.
Access our 247 Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) which is provided by Bupa.
Other Perks
Save up to 12% on the cost of personal tech through our salary sacrifice scheme.
Up to 50% staff discount on THG brands.
Know someone who would be perfect for THG? Refer them and get up to £1000 when they pass their probation.
Anniversary gifts when you hit 5 and 10 years of service.
THG is proud to be a Disability Confident Committed employer. If you are invited to interview, please let us know if there are any reasonable adjustments we can make to the recruitment process that will enable you to perform to the best of your ability.
THG is committed to creating a diverse & inclusive environment and hence welcomes applications from all sections of the community.
Because of the high volumes of applications our opportunities attract, it sometimes takes us time to review and consider them all. We endeavour to respond to every application we receive within 14 days. If you haven't heard from us within that time frame or should you have any specific questions about this or other applications for positions at THG please contact one of our Talent team to discuss further.
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