Junior Email Designer

Superdrug Stores plc; Croydon; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - GBP 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health and beauty retailer in Croydon is seeking a Midweight Email Designer to create engaging digital content. This hybrid role involves designing, building, and testing emails, requiring at least 3 years of experience in email design and proficiency in HTML and CSS. The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of design fundamentals and be passionate about marketing in the FMCG sector. Enjoy competitive benefits, including generous holiday allowance and discounts.

Benefits

33 days holiday rising to 38

30% discount on products

Company pension matching

Unrivalled Learning and Development programmes

Qualifications

• At least 3 years proven experience in email design.
• Excellent practical knowledge of HTML, CSS for email.
• Proficient in presentation and publishing applications.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with the CRM team for high-quality campaign delivery.
• Design and test emails using HTML techniques.
• Ensure high standards for internal and external clients.

Skills

HTML coding

CSS

Adobe Creative Suite

Presentation skills

FMCG marketing

Job description

🌟Join Superdrug Head Office- Make a Real Difference Every Day!🌟

📍Location: East Croydon Station, Superdrug Head Office
🕒Hours: 37.5 | 9.00am - 5.30pm – Hybrid working available (2 days working from home, 3 days in office)
💷Salary: Competitive

🎉Why Superdrug?

Passionate about Beauty and Health? Want to be part of an innovative, trend setting retailer? Our vibrant Head Office, based by East Croydon station is a fantastic environment filled with hundreds of brilliant personalities. We’re a team that puts our customers and our teams at the heart of everything we do. At Superdrug, we aim to be the best in accessible health & beauty, loved by our customers for value, choice, friendly advice, service and fun. Our success comes from our people – they make the difference. We’re all about personality, we have fun, and we work hard to deliver That Superdrug feeling.📅Day includes: Design emails and other digital content and communications for Superdrug. Improve and enhance all digital communications to be optimised and responsive for emerging technology. Ensure traffic to Superdrug.com is maximised via our eCRM programme.

Key Responsibilities

• Work closely with the CRM team to ensure that all creative and campaigns committed to can be delivered to a high standard on a timely basis.
• Design, build and test emails using industry standard HTML techniques.
• Ensure that all internal and external clients are serviced to a consistently high standard.
• Adhere to brand guidelines and understand how they can be used appropriately across different digital channels.
• Research and develop new innovations in email design.
• Champion best practice and user experience.

What you’ll need to succeed

• At least 3 years proven experience in a similar midweight email design role and coding HTML for email in a commercial capacity.
• Excellent practical knowledge of HTML, CSS and coding best practice for email creation.
• Excellent skills and proven experience in presentation and publishing applications – ideally Adobe Creative Suite including Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat and InDesign.
• Strong understanding and appreciation of design fundamentals such as type, colour, layout and imagery creation/optimisation.
• Proactive and ability to take ownership of technical skills development.
• Passion for FMCG marketing.
• Eager to learn and apply latest trends in digital marketing.
• Proven ability to meet critical deadlines.

Here’s what’s in it for you

• 33 days holiday rising to 38 days with length of service (inclusive of bank holidays)
• 2 staff discount codes for yourself and a family member or friend
• 30% discount on Superdrug Own Brand Products both in store and online
• Hybrid working patterns available depending on role responsibilities with 2 days working from home and 3 days in our stylish, modern and collaborative office close to East Croydon Station
• Company pension matching and bonus
• We offer Stream – a money management app that gives you access to a percentage of your pay as you earn it
• Being part of more! We are part of a group who work closely with Savers, The Perfume Shop and Three UK
• We are part of A.S. Watson Group, the world's largest international health and beauty retailer with over 15,700 stores in 25 markets!
• Unrivalled Learning and Development programmes
• Enhanced maternity/shared parental/adoption leave, company sick pay and pregnancy loss and support
• Come and be part of something special!

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Journey to Joining Our Amazing Team

1. Apply online with your CV, highlighting how your skills align with the role at Superdrug.
2. Initial Screening – Our recruitment team will review your application and contact you if it matches our requirements to confirm you are comfortable with the core details of the role and to get to know you better.
3. First Interview – If selected, you will be invited to a competency-based interview with the line manager via Teams.
4. Second Interview – If further selected, you will attend a face‑to‑face interview at our Head Office. Depending on the role, you may be asked to prepare a presentation or complete a task for technical positions. You will be informed in advance if this is required.
5. Offer & Contract – Upon a successful application, you will receive a job offer and contract outlining the specifics of your role, salary, and benefits. Once accepted, we will initiate the onboarding process to collect all necessary details from you.
6. Onboarding – After completing your onboarding, your line manager will contact you to extend a welcome and address any questions you may have to ease first‑day nerves. You will then be provided with a comprehensive induction plan designed to ensure your success.

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