Our purpose is to give everyone real confidence to put their money to work. With a heritage dating back more than 175 years, we have a long history of innovation in savings and investments, combining asset management and insurance expertise to offer a wide range of solutions.
Our two distinct operating segments, Asset Management and Life, work together to provide access to balanced, long-term investment and savings solutions.
Through telling it like it is, owning it now, and moving it forward together with care and integrity; we are creating an exceptional place to work for exceptional talent.
We will consider flexible working arrangements for any of our roles and also offer work place accommodations to ensure you have what you need to effectively deliver in your role.
The Role
The Marketing Planning Executive plays a central role in supporting the effective planning, coordination and governance of our global marketing activity. This role provides essential operational support for globally aligned projects; the development of our risk and controls activity; and monitoring and reporting.
Woking closely with the Head of Marketing Strategic Planning, you will work on projects across our global teams, and help provide business management support to the Chief Marketing Officer.
This role is an excellent opportunity to work with a collaborative and supportive team, and gain exposure to various areas of marketing and global markets, while contributing to meaningful work.
Key Responsibilities
Coordinate cross regional and cross functional marketing projects, effectively managing timelines, dependencies and deliverables.
Work closely with the different Marketing teams in facilitating the marketing planning activity.
Support the ongoing development of the Marketing Controls Framework including assisting with the Marketing Controls Forum, monitoring of improvement initiatives, and embedding best practices across the team.
Prepare and develop Marketing MI reports for the Marketing Leadership Team.
Draft regular internal reports for Boards and key forums, identifying areas for reporting improvement.
Provide business management support to the CMO and Head of Marketing Strategic planning including meeting management and preparation of decks.
Delivery of the marketing training plan.
Key Knowledge, Skills & Experience
Strong interest in marketing, and asset management and a keen interest to learn and develop in this space
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Strong attention to detail
Proficiency in PowerPoint and Excel
Ability to explain complex topics in a clear and structured way
Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple priorities
Curious, proactive, and eager to learn
Recruiter: Hannah Curtis
Work Level: Colleague
What we offer:
At M&G, we’re committed to helping you thrive and supporting your wellbeing, both at work and beyond. Our benefits are designed to help you balance your professional and personal life, while planning confidently for your future. Our UK benefits include:
As a savings and Investments firm we are proud to offer a valuable pension scheme of 18%, with 13% made up of Employer Contributions and 5% Employee Contributions. We also offer Share Save and our Share Incentive Plan, together with access to financial wellbeing and support services - to help give you real confidence to put your money to work.
Enjoy 38 days annual leave including bank holidays, with the opportunity to purchase up to 5 extra days and additional flexibility through our Time Off When You Need It policy – to balance your work and personal commitments.
Our market leading Inspiring Families policy includes comprehensive support and paid parental leave covering maternity, adoption, surrogacy, and paternity leave - as supporting families is a core aspect of our inclusive culture.
Health & Protection cover including Private Healthcare, Critical Illness cover and Life Assurance for you, with family options - for peace of mind.
To explore more about life at M&G and our full benefits offering, visit Life at M&G
We have a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture at M&G, underpinned by our policies and our employee-led networks who provide networking opportunities, advice and support for the diverse communities our colleagues represent. Regardless of gender, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, nationality, disability or long term condition, we are looking to attract, promote and retain exceptional people. We also welcome those who take part in military service and those returning from career breaks.
M&G is also proud to be a Disability Confident Leader, and we welcome applications from candidates with long-term health conditions, disabilities, or neuro-divergent conditions.
If you need assistance or an alternative means of applying for a role due to a disability or additional need, please let us know by contacting us at: careers@mandg.com