Sky

Digital Merchandising Lead

Posted Apr 11, 2024
Job ID: R0033618
Location
London, Middlesex, Hybrid
Hours/week
37.5 hrs/week
Payrate range
Unknown

Want to do the best work of your life? Make your mark at Europe’s leading media and entertainment brand. A workplace where you can proudly be yourself; our people make Sky a truly exciting and inclusive place to work.

The Digital Merchandising team are responsible for the quality execution of all campaigns across Sky.com and My Sky App for our full product line, aligned to our Commercial and Marketing strategy, and you will be accountable for the long-range plans for your area(s), ensuring visibility and confidence of execution is instilled across the business, and your team are clear on their part of the plan.

What you'll do:

  • Accountable for driving digital revenue growth, working with marketing, commercial and go to market teams to ensure readiness for all major campaigns.

  • Accountable for driving digital merchandising best practices, developing the online retail calendar balancing customer and business needs to maximise online engagement and clickthrough rate – especially in key periods e.g. Black Friday, Christmas.

  • Accountable for leading and developing a high performing digital merchandising team, identifying development opportunities, and contributing to building a strong digital culture at Sky.

  • Lead transformation through strong partnerships with internal and external stakeholders, leading innovation and testing to position Sky as a top performing digital brand.

What you'll bring:

  • Strong merchandising and ecommerce skills, with experience on a D2C brand website.

  • Proven track record of managing major digital campaigns and strong people management.

  • Excellent prioritisation and communication skills, with experience working with agile, multi-disciplined teams in a commercial driven environment.

  • A passion for Sky content, products, and services.

Team Overview :

DC Labs is Sky’s Centre of Excellence for everything Digital and one of the top in the country. Here, we strive to build the best digital experience for our customers whether through testing and optimising online journeys on our website and app or through our ground breaking digital marketing. You’ll join us at our most exciting time as we embark in a big digital transformation journey that will see us rising even further to a world-class digital enterprise.

The Rewards:

There's a reason people can't stop talking about #LifeAtSky. Our great range of rewards really are something special, here are just a few:

  • Sky Q, for the TV you love all in one place

  • A generous pension package

  • Private healthcare

  • Discounted mobile and broadband

  • Access a wide range of exclusive Sky VIP rewards and experiences

How you'll work:

We know the world has changed, and we want to offer our employees the chance to collaborate at our unique office spaces, whilst enjoying the convenience of working from home.

We've adopted a hybrid working approach to give more flexibility on where and how we work. You'll find out more about what this means for this role during the recruitment process.

Your office base:

Osterley:

Our Osterley Campus is a 10-minute walk from Syon Lane train station. Or you can hop on one of our free shuttle buses that run to and from Osterley, Gunnersbury, Ealing Broadway and South Ealing tube stations. There’s also plenty of bike shelters and showers.

On campus, you’ll find 13 subsidised restaurants, cafes, and a Waitrose. You can keep in shape at our subsidised gym, catch the latest shows and movies at our cinema, get your car washed and even get pampered at our beauty salon.

Inclusion:

At Sky we don’t just look at your CV. We’re more focused on who you are and your potential. We also know that everyone has a life outside work, so we're happy to discuss flexible working.

We are a Disability Confident Accredited Employer, and welcome and encourage applications from all candidates. We will look to ensure a fair and consistent experience for all, and will make reasonable adjustments to support you where appropriate. Please flag any adjustments you need to your recruiter as early as you can.

Why wait?

Apply now to build an amazing career and be part of a brilliant team. We can’t wait to hear from you.

To find out more about working with us, search #LifeAtSky on social media.

Just so you know: if your application is successful, we’ll ask you to complete a criminal record check. And depending on the role you have applied for and the nature of any convictions you may have, we might have to withdraw the offer.