Marketing And Communications Executive

Role Description  

Petplan is the UK’s favourite pet insurer and part of Allianz Insurance plc. 

At Petplan, we’re all about pets. Big or small, young or old – we know you want the best for them. The health of animals and the joy they bring to their owners has always been at the heart of what we do. In fact, it is the reason we exist.

Many of our staff are pet owners too so we understand what a worrying time it is if your animal is ill or injured.

We love pets as much as you do

We’re looking for a Marketing and Communications Executive to join our family of talented people in the Pet Trading team, working across our pet portfolio. 

As a Marketing Executive within the Sales Optimisation Team. You will be focused on optimising the experience and sale journey of leads.

In this role, you’ll be responsible for working with external agencies to deliver and optimise targeted communications. You will work to develop, implement and measure the impact of customer campaigns. You will retain a focus on customer experience and campaign performance. You will also work to optimise the online buying journey for leads.

Hybrid working - Ditton Park (Datchet)  

Key responsibilities:

• Owning end-to-end delivery of highly targeted and personalised campaigns, from briefing agencies, planning implementation, collaborating internally stakeholders to launch and analysis
• Work with external agencies to ensure we develop high quality communications using industry best practice 
• Analyse and optimise the online buying journey for leads including test and learn activity 
• Work closely with the sales team to ensure all campaigns are fully briefed and to gain insights to improve campaign effectiveness

About You 

Essential

• A qualified professional in marketing or keen to study towards this e.g. CIM or IDM
• Able to demonstrate excellent attention to detail, as well as numerical skills to analyse key insight
• An excellent communicator with high standards of verbal and written communication skills
• Open to challenges and change as well as a willingness to learn and have a positive can-do attitude
• Experienced in creating customer communications from concept to delivery across email, SMS and Direct Mail 

Desirable

• Experienced in projects involvement
• Experienced in working with external agencies
• Experience in web conversion rate optimisation (CRO)

What We Will Offer You  

Recognised and rewarded for a job well done, we have a range of flexible benefits for you to choose from- so you can pick a package that’s perfect for you. We also offer flexible working options, global career opportunities across the wider Allianz Group, and fantastic career development and training. That’s on top of enjoying all the benefits you’d expect from the world’s number one insurance brand, including: 

• 25 days holiday
• Flexible buy/sell holiday options 
• Hybrid working
• Annual performance related bonus 
• Contributory pension scheme 
• Development days 
• A discount up to 50% on a range of insurance products including car, home and pet 
• Retail discounts 

Our Ways of Working 

Do you need some flexibility with the hours you work? Let us know as part of your application and if it’s right for our customers, our business and for you, then we’ll do everything we can to make it happen.  

Here at Allianz, we are signatories of the ABIs flexible working charter. We believe in supporting hybrid work patterns, which balance the needs of our customers, with your personal circumstances and our business requirements. Our aim with this is to help innovation, creativity, and you to thrive - Your work life balance is important to us.  

Diversity & Inclusion 

At Allianz, we prioritize diversity and inclusion, demonstrated by our numerous accreditations: EDGE certified for gender inclusion, Women in Finance Charter members, Disability Confident employer, Stonewall Diversity Champion, Business in the Community’s Race at Work Charter signatories, and Armed Forces Covenant gold standard employer. 

We embrace neurodiversity and welcome applications from neurodivergent and disabled candidates, offering tailored adjustments to ensure your success. 

We encourage our employees to advocate for their needs, whether it’s assistive technology, ergonomic equipment, mentoring, coaching, or flexible work arrangements. 

Accessible Application for All 

As part of the Disability Confident Scheme, we support candidates with disabilities or long-term health conditions through the Offer an Interview Scheme, for those meeting the essential skills for the role. 

Contact our Resourcing team to opt into this scheme or for assistance with your application, including larger text, hard copies, or spoken applications. 

Hr-recruitment@allianz.co.uk 

resourcingteam@allianz.co.uk 

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