Marketing Senior Manager – John Lewis Partnership, London, UK

Job Description

John Lewis Partnership, the UK's largest employee-owned business, is hiring a Marketing Senior Manager to lead category marketing for its core Fashion category (with additional support for Kids categories). The role is based at the London Head Office campus in Pimlico and offers hybrid working.

WHAT YOU'LL DO
- Take end-to-end accountability for the category marketing plan, execution and performance across paid, owned and earned channels
- Design and execute an effective marketing plan with the Category Marketing Lead, driving how the category shows up to customers
- Partner with media and performance, customer strategy, CX, brand, store marketing and creative teams on go-to-market plans
- Drive 'always on' customer communication and optimise engagement with channel experts (PR, Social, Digital, CRM)
- Help grow the Partnership's retail media business through high-quality branded supplier campaigns

REQUIREMENTS
- Extensive and recent experience in marketing roles within fashion retail marketing
- Proven track record of planning and delivering marketing activity that drives customer and commercial outcomes for fashion
- Experience of people management and of working with external marketing agencies
- Confident in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment with high accountability; strong stakeholder management skills

HOW TO APPLY
Apply on JLP Jobs, the official careers website for John Lewis Partnership (via the Apply link on the listing). Upload your CV and answer the additional questions. An initial shortlist will be invited to a virtual screening call on Friday 9 October 2026; final interviews take place in person at the Pimlico head office on Monday 19 or Tuesday 20 October 2026. Apply early, as vacancies may close early if application volumes are high.

Source: https://uk.fashionjobs.com/job/john-lewis/Marketing-senior-manager,12156284.html

Responsibilities

- Take end-to-end accountability for the category marketing plan, execution and performance across paid, owned and earned channels
- Design and execute an effective marketing plan with the Category Marketing Lead, driving how the category shows up to customers
- Partner with media and performance, customer strategy, CX, brand, store marketing and creative teams on go-to-market plans
- Drive 'always on' customer communication and optimise engagement with channel experts (PR, Social, Digital, CRM)
- Help grow the Partnership's retail media business through high-quality branded supplier campaigns

Requirements

- Extensive and recent experience in marketing roles within fashion retail marketing
- Proven track record of planning and delivering marketing activity that drives customer and commercial outcomes for fashion
- Experience of people management and of working with external marketing agencies
- Confident in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment with high accountability; strong stakeholder management skills

Benefits

Employee-owned business (all employees are Partners); flexible working supported; pre-employment vetting applies to some roles.