Marketing Executive - Marion

Our Story

Scentre Group is the owner and operator of 42 Westfield living centres in Australia and New Zealand; partnering with the world’s leading retail and luxury brands to create a unique shopping and leisure experience for our customers. A career with us fosters the chance to be a part of a company that is transforming the digital and physical retail space.

Every day, our people play a vital role in our purpose to ‘create extraordinary places, connecting and enriching communities’.

Your opportunity

The Marketing team is about creating the ultimate shopping experience for our customers delivering exceptional experiences every day. As the Marketing Executive at Westfield Marion shopping centre for a 12-month fixed-term-contract you will support the Brand Experience/Marketing Team to deliver best in class executions of marketing strategies, in addition to driving superior centre performance.

In this busy and challenging role, you’ll work alongside the Brand Experience team on marketing strategy, events and communications, as well as play a key role in the broader Customer Experience Team.

Day to day, your main responsibilities will include (but not be limited to)

• Bring to life key centre campaigns from conception to execution (including timelines and budgets), with a focus on fashion, beauty and lifestyle, in conjunction with the Brand Experience Manager. Key moments in the Doncaster calendar include (but are not limited to); Melbourne Fashion Festival partnership, Lunar New Year, Autumn and Spring fashion and Christmas.
• Developing and executing local implementation of the digital strategy to deliver customer-focused needs across owned, earnt and bought channels in conjunction with the Brand Experience Manager
• Providing inputs for the centres Brand Experience Plan with a focus on retail energy, and local priorities and pillars/programs, so that budget and resource can be aligned with the Customer Experience Strategic Focus and Strategic Asset Plans.
• Assisting with the preparation and management of the annual centre Brand Experience income and expense budget, including sourcing quotes, creating purchase orders, generating accruals, processing invoices and reforecasting.
• Working effectively with agencies and external suppliers to deliver quality creative assets and services on time and on budget
• Gaining an understanding of customer's needs by analysing insights, listening tools, and researching data

This role will be offered as a 12-month fixed term contract, based at the Westfield Marion Shopping Centre.

What will set you apart from the rest?

You will be a confident and passionate self-motivated individual who enjoys working in a high performing culture. We are also looking for:

• Demonstrated experience within a marketing role, where you've had exposure to brand management, digital & social media, event management, and public relations
• Ability to make decisions, be accountable, meet/exceed goals and achieve high-quality results
• Someone who has a customer centric mind-set and puts the customer at the heart of all decisions
• A qualification would be preferable within in Marketing or a related field, but not essential
• Skills – communication, brand management, customer experience/guest services, digital & social, media & PR, event management, research & analysis, negotiating
• Attention to detail and excellence in execution
• Ability to adapt to a 7 day a week dynamic environment

What sets us apart from the rest?

• Competitive benefits including 18 weeks parental leave (no qualifying period), volunteer days to work with our charity partners, health and wellbeing discounts
• Life Leave – additional five days paid leave to use however you like on top of your four weeks annual leave
• Diverse career paths - Opportunities to cross skill and develop working with over 70 different professions within the team.

Our diverse and inclusive workforce is not only something we’re proud of, but something we’re committed to. We encourage and support our people to bring their ‘whole selves’ to work every day because we believe our differences contribute to our success and ensures a workforce that reflects the customers we serve, in the communities in which we operate.

This commitment is backed by executive and employee-led working groups including LGBTI, gender equity, mental health & wellbeing, working flexibility and disability alongside other initiatives. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are encouraged to apply.

If this sounds like you, apply today to make extraordinary happen! Should you have any questions, or want to discuss the role further, please reach out to Indra Stanley, Talent Acquisition Business Partner, via [email protected]