Senior Marketing Executive (Fixed Term)

We’re making zero carbon happen

We’re OVO Group, a big family of companies united by a single vision: to get to zero carbon, fast. 

We call this Plan Zero – and it shows how we’ll be fighting the climate crisis and transforming the way people use energy over the next decade. To do this, we need the sharpest minds. Are you up for the challenge?

Do great green things with OVO Energy

So much has changed since we launched in 2009.  Our goal remains the same though: make energy cheaper, greener, and simpler. Just as it was on day one.

Everyone belongs at OVO

Our aim is to build a diverse and inclusive movement: teams of brilliant people, with unique talents, skills, passions, and experiences. 

We encourage everyone to join us, whatever your gender identity, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age, life experience, or background. So please come as you are – we can’t wait to meet you.

Where in the world of OVO will I be working?

This role is a Maternity cover on a Fixed Term basis, expected to end April 2023. Please note, all applications will be reviewed as we receive them so please do not wait until the closing date to submit yours.

As OVO moves closer to 5m customers, our Lifetime Value team (LTV) is responsible for ensuring we improve our relationships with customers. This is core to OVO’s ambition to be Britain’s decarbonisation partner - helping us better understand our customers and support real time interaction management to strengthen the value of our relationship. LTV helps communicate and engage with our existing customer base through designing to suit our members needs using personalised, relevant and timely communications, underpinned by Customer Strategies.

This central role reports to the Senior Marketing Manager.

What will I be doing?

You will build and deliver projects that support the LTV team, generating marketing activity in line with business objectives. Working alongside Marketing Managers, you will be responsible for the development and execution of
Marketing campaigns across various channels. Ideally you’ll have some Marketing experience but ultimately a keen appetite to grow and develop.

Key responsibilities include:

● Support Marketing Managers with the development of insight driven Customer and Contact Strategies to align with business objectives
● Work with Marketing Managers to ensure marketing strategies have been reviewed and approved by the LTV team
● Work with our internal creative studio and external partners to ensure timely delivery of impactful creative (including briefing and reviewing copy and design)
● Collaborating closely with Communication Automation and Analytics team to build effective marketing journeys in Salesforce
● Own the complete end-to-end delivery of tactical marketing campaigns
● Measure weekly performance of activity
● Budget Management: Build POs and update budget tracker for smaller ad hoc activity
● Collaborating closely with other teams to ensure marketing activity is optimised across different channels in the business
● Keeping abreast if marketing industry news and trends and sharing with the LTV team 

Do I have what it takes?

• Ideally, some experience within Marketing, but we're open in hearing from graduates who are looking to move into Marketing and love the idea of being given the opportunity to work on varied projects.
• Ideally some experience in execution of email and direct mail campaign
• Willing to learn and adopt a positive ‘can do’ demeanor when approaching projects
• Enjoys working with different teams and comfortable communicating with different team members
• Open to new ideas and comfortable working in a fast paced environment
• Has an appetite to analyse data and trends
• Can demonstrate examples of taking initiative and ownership of projects

Brilliant benefits for a world-changing team

Our people are at the heart of Plan Zero. That’s why we offer plenty of green benefits and progressive policies to make you feel at home.

For starters, you’ll get 34 days of holiday (including bank holidays).

Then there’s Flex Pay. It’s an extra 9% of your salary on top of your core pay to use as you like. You can take it as cash, add to your pension, or choose to spend it on a huge range of flex benefits.

Here’s a taster of what’s on offer:

For your health
With benefits like a healthcare cash plan or private medical insurance depending on your career level, critical illness cover, life assurance, health assessments, and more

For your wellbeing
With gym membership, gadget, travel and cyber insurance, workplace ISA, will writing services, DNA testing, dental insurance, and more

For your lifestyle
With extra holiday buying, discount dining, culture cards, tech loans, and supporting your favourite charities with give-as-you-earn donations

For your home 
Get up to £300 off any OVO Energy plan (when you pay by Direct Debit), plus personal carbon offsetting and great discounts on smart thermostats and EV chargers

For your commute
Nab a great deal on ultra-low emission car leasing, plus our cycle to work scheme and public transport season ticket loans 

Want to hear about our full range of flexible benefits and progressive people policies? Our People Team can tell you everything you need to know.

Oh, and one last thing...

We’d be thrilled if you tick off all our boxes yet we also believe it’s just as important we tick off all of yours. And if you think you have most of what we’re looking for but not every single thing, go ahead and hit apply. We’d still love to hear from you!