Position Summary
Why join our team?
Samsung is full of endless opportunities. We provide the opportunity to be a part of innovation that makes a real difference in the lives of people worldwide. We are looking for exceptional people to join our journey. Throughout our history, we have taken on big challenges, and we strive to be the very best at what we do. This spirit is the driving strength making us a global leader. This sustains our ambition to develop technologies that push the boundaries of what is possible. Come and join us as we take on the next big challenges of the future.
It is the creativity and diversity of the people who work at Samsung has made us one of the world’s biggest companies, and our people continue to drive our innovation forward. Our work environment is collaborative which facilitates sharing of the expertise that each individual brings. Samsung is a place your ideas can be brought to life in new products that are crafting the future of how we live.
The role of the European Marketing team is to make the Samsung brand and products desirable. Our remit stretches from brand, marketing, PR to Samsung.com, CRM, social media and retail.
Role and Responsibilities
Your key responsibilities
The aim is to support Samsung’s global launch marketing campaigns for Samsung European regions, for our Mobile portfolio (smartphones, tablets, smart watches, etc). This will involve facilitating our 16 European Markets’ local plans, supporting and influencing launch marketing plans, as well overseeing implementation across Europe.
You will inspire Suwon, EU marketers and a team of very hardworking individuals at EO marketing. It requires an agile and passionate Junior Marketing Manager with an excellent team spirit and understanding of culture, competitors and what makes our audiences tick.
Your Key Deliverables:
• Support the Head of MX GTM and the team of Marketing Managers on campaign delivery
• Support the subsidiaries with day to day queries and marketing asset navigation from Suwon and cross functional EO teams
• Identify & address potential issues to support markets with a correct and timely launch campaign implementation
• Ensure optimisation of the category marketing budget spend, and compliance with EO guidelines by raising campaign lines, PPs and POs.
• Work closely with all team members across Marketing Operations and Finance to ensure clear info sharing & project management of the launch process
• Identify and share outstanding marketing practices across Samsung Europe that will support our centralised approach and lead on efficiencies across the business
• Support monitoring & tracking of local subsidiary marketing plans, to ensure correct approval path is followed, and give to a high compliance rate in Europe
• Help establish tracking and reporting processes and how this information is circulated
• Identify stretch goals and improvements in day to day team operations and also campaign activity
• Work in close partnership with EU marketing teams at all level of Marketing activities.
What we need for this role
To be successful, you will possess the following skills and attributes:
• Passionate, motivated and interested in learning and delivering best in class campaigns
• A brilliant teammate with a positive approach to their work day and great sense of ownership.
• Appreciation and exposure to agency management, PR, Social, B2B, Media, ATL and BTL streams of work
• Competitor understanding
• Culturally attuned to Gen Z and Millennials
• Creative judgement and ability to write clear briefs that get the best outputs from agencies
• Influencing skills to convince others, to see their point of view and articulate how project improvements can deliver against business objectives
• Resilience: this role requires the ability to balance work at pace
• Build a network, understand different points of view, overcome objections, deliver a vision, a plan and then make it happen by working with and through others
• Attend and present plans at key meetings both to internal and external collaborators
• Be able to summarise complex information in a succinct and efficient manner to drive desired actions. You will need to use your influence to get information from various team members and then harmonise often conflicting viewpoints in concise viewpoints or presentations.
What does success look like?
• Helping the team develop and coordinate the EO GTM plan that supports the end-to-end process from pre-launch planning to sales sustain execution.
• Contributing to pan-EU efficiencies of campaign execution through the coordination of regional implementation and adaption of locally developed initiatives.
• Building strong relationships and understanding of all EO marketing functions (Digital, Platform, PR, Retail, etc.) to support the Head of GTM in driving an integrated marketing strategy & execution
Skills and Qualifications
Benefits of working at Samsung include
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Hybrid working – 3 days in the office and 2 days at home per week
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Bonus scheme linked to individual, team and company performance
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Pension contribution
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Three volunteering days each year
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Holiday - 25 days plus bank holidays and an additional day off for your birthday
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Access to discounts on a wide range of Samsung products
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Access to a discount shopping portal
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Partner Colleagues are not eligible for Samsung Enhanced Paid Sick Leave but may be eligible for statutory payments from their payroll agency
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Up to 20 (pro-rata) Partner Absence days per calendar year to be used in times of need
A note on equal opportunities
We are an equal-opportunity employer and value diversity at our Company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status or disability status.
We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.
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