Graduate Marketing Programme

This isn’t making a change today. This is making an impact tomorrow.

 

Our Marketing function is Big on delivering outstanding creative and campaigns, that deliver against our Brand House and company objectives!

 

Our teams create campaigns that drive brand affinity and drive trade driving messages ensuring we are true to our brand promise – Big on Quality, Lidl on Price! We also strive for distinctiveness to advocate our point of difference through signage and leaflets we create for store to the social media and TV campaigns we create for your home!

 

Please note that your application will include three online exercises, designed to provide us with a more in-depth understanding of you as a potential future leader at Lidl. To find out more and even conduct a practice exercise, please feel free to visit the following website: https://assessment.aon.com/en-us/prepare-your-assessment

 

The process will also include a video interview and face-to-face assessment centre held in our Head Office in Tolworth on the Wednesday 27^th March 2024. We look forward to receiving your application.

What you’ll do

The Marketing Graduate Programme will take you through an intense, demanding but incredibly rewarding two years of structured development across the three core areas of Marketing:

 

1. Brand & Strategy is the division looking after strategic planning, insight and strategic partnerships and events. At the moment, these partnerships stretch from national Baby Events to our 4 year partnership with Tough Mudder, to bespoke Scotland partnerships. The Creative Projects team also sit in Brand & Strategy, they act as an in-house agency and our brand guardians, designing and signing off all marketing touchpoints.

 

2. The Campaigns & Media team are responsible for project managing all brand, trade driving & business as usual campaigns from development to implementation. Working with our creative, social and media agencies, the team manage all channels for a campaign, and create all assets that go live on paid media, from TV to radio, digital and social. They are also responsible for planning and buying the media, to ensure Lidl advertising in seen in the right place, and the right time, by the right people.

 

3. Retail Marketing create all communications that is ‘Lidl owned’, from store point of sale, through to leaflets and our website. They work hard in planning and executing styled and packshot photography and mirroring promotions and brand communications on our digital channels.

What you’ll need

• A 2:2 degree or above in any discipline by September 2024 or graduated no earlier than September 2022
• Experience working within a marketing based role is advantageous
• Passion for working as part of a team and ability to work independently
• Desire to learn, develop and challenge yourself in a demanding and dynamic environment
• A naturally analytical mind-set
• Attention to detail
• Entrepreneurial flair, adaptable and highly driven
• Decisive and able to cope with the pressure of demanding targets and deadlines
• Communicates confidently and effectively
• Already live – or happy to relocate – within a one-hour commute of Lidl GB Head Office, Tolworth, Surrey
• To be legally entitled to work in the UK on a full-time basis
• German language skills desirable but not essential
• Able to attend the assessment day on Wednesday 27^th March 2024

What you’ll receive

This isn’t getting by. This is getting what you deserve. Working at Lidl is rewarding, in every sense, because we give you the extensive training to succeed in your role and plenty of opportunities to progress your career here. We’re proud to offer a competitive salary of £38,000 with an additional non-contractual 10% London weighting, and a generous holiday allowance for the duration of your 23-month programme.  We also recognise that different people value different benefits, based on different lifestyles and needs, which is why we offer arrange of additional benefits including but not limited to:

• Barista Bar, restaurant and free onsite gym
• On-site Car Parking (including electric charging in each space)
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
• 10% in-store discount card

To find out a Lidl bit more visit our benefits page to see for yourself!

Closing date for Applications: 18^th February 2024

Please note your employment is conditional upon the Company’s receipt of satisfactory references and if requested by the Company, a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service check.

Disclaimer: due to the high volume of applications we receive, we reserve the right to close a vacancy earlier than the advertised date. This is to ensure our teams can manage application levels while maintaining a positive candidate experience. Once a vacancy has closed, we are unable to consider further applications, so please submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.