Advocacy and events manager - gtr

Join the Global Travel Retail team and shape the future of Advocacy, Events & Trade PR. Dive into the dynamic world of travel retail and bridge the gap that connects our brands with consumers in the world’s largest global shop windows spaces – duty free airports, ferries and cruises.

Main Responsibility

Supporting our marketing & commercial teams to lead the development and execution of trade retail advocacy, events and trade PR is critical to the success of this role. Your retail excellence skills, brand training and brand communication experience will enable you develop both our internal and external stakeholder initiatives. With a detailed orientated approach and a flair for fresh ideas, you will ensure all content and projects are developed in line with the WG&S brand portfolio guidelines.

Our Ideal Candidate

Armed with a creative mind‑set, a passion for retail excellence and excellent knowledge of event management you will have had experience of leading and delivering significant internal and external retail advocacy activities. Your previous experience in retail education, training or PR, across global business platforms at Account Manager Level, will help us ensure that the Global Travel Retail trade advocacy, events and trade PR plans enhances WG&S reputation among its key audience groups.

What we can offer you

• We offer a competitive salary and benefits which are designed to promote our employees financial wellbeing. Employees are also eligible to participate in a bonus plan.
• Our employees enjoy a generous holiday entitlement and an opportunity to ‘buy’ or ‘sell’ some holiday entitlement.
• Private Healthcare and Doctor@Hand (remote GP service).
• Our employees can join a defined contribution pension plan. Employees contribute either 4% or 5% of salary, the company contributes 8% or 10% depending on the employee contribution. Employee contributions can be made through salary sacrifice.
• Our Employee Assistance Programme offers practical, impartial support on everyday matters ranging from medical, financial and legal to home and family issues.
• Our Life Assurance cover is a multiple of eight times your annual basic salary.
• Product allocation so that you can enjoy our fantastic portfolio of brands.
• Our Cycle to Work scheme allows you to hire a bike for an agreed length of time, and then snap it up for a fraction of its original value. All while making savings (at least 25%) and spreading the cost.
• Every employee has the opportunity to claim up to £1,000 per year for a charity or charities for which they have raised money, volunteered their time or personally donated.
• Learning resources to help you be your best self.

About William Grant & Sons

At William Grant & Sons, we value every employee for their rare character, distinctive skills, experience and perspectives. We strive to create an environment where we can all be our best and bring our whole selves to work.

Inclusive Recruitment Process

Diversity & Inclusion is at the heart of how we do things at William Grant & Sons, fully aligned to our purpose and our company values. We want to ensure that our recruitment process is inclusive.