# Print Marketing Design Manager - 12 Month FTC at Mountainwarehouse > Hybrid · United Kingdom · Manager · Other · open. Source: https://alderhq.app/jobs/pinpoint%3Amountainwarehouse%3A567141 (read 2026-11-12). ## Facts (observed) - Company: [Mountainwarehouse](https://alderhq.app/companies/mountainwarehouse) - Location text: London, Greater London - Where it can be done from (inferred): Hybrid · United Kingdom (evidence: "Location: London, Greater London") - Posted: already open when tracking began; date unknown - First seen by alder: 2026-11-04 · last verified: 2026-11-12 - Reposted: 0 times · edited: 0 times - Apply on the employer's site: https://careers.mountaingroup.com/en/postings/772bdf88-10ab-4d55-abe4-0e66dfe43b34 ## Pay and sponsorship - Posted pay: not posted - Market band for similar posted roles (London, n 283): p25 £41k, median £63k, p75 £97k ## Description (the employer's text) We’re looking for an experienced and commercially minded Marketing Design Manager to join our team on a 12-month maternity cover contract. This is a key creative leadership role responsible for the creative direction, design output and delivery of all retail print campaigns across our three brands and store estate. You’ll lead a team of three Designers, setting a clear customer-first creative vision and ensuring our in-store communications are engaging, commercially effective and consistently delivered to a high standard. The ideal candidate will come from a marketing-led design background, with strong experience creating customer-facing campaigns and managing complex creative projects from brief through to final production. ### Responsibilities Creative Direction - Shape the creative vision and direction for all retail print and promotional activity across three brands and nine international markets - Develop customer-first creative that brings brand strategy and commercial objectives to life in-store - Ensure all creative is on-brand, commercially relevant and rooted in business objectives, regional trading patterns, and previous performance insights, with a focus on like-for-like sales growth - Challenge and elevate the creative output of the team, driving innovation and consistency - Ensure campaigns deliver a clear and compelling customer journey across the store environment - Work closely with the Senior Campaigns and Promotions Manager to ensure campaign design and development is planned and launched on time - Monitor competitor activity and market trends to inform and strengthen promotional campaign design ### Commercial and Customer Focus - Collaborate cross-functionally across Retail, Web, Commercial, and B&M teams to design impactful campaigns, translating marketing and commercial strategies into clear creative briefs and impactful in-store communications - Use customer insight, competitor activity and campaign performance to inform creative decisions - Ensure retail promotions are relevant, easy to understand and commercially effective - Maintain a strong understanding of the customer across all three brands and nine international markets to ensure creative reflects their needs Cross Functional Collaboration - Confidently present creative concepts and recommendations to senior stakeholders - Build strong relationships across the wider business and influence creative decision-making - Work closely with production partners to ensure creative intent is maintained through to final output Project and Critical Path Management - Own the end-to-end design delivery of retail print campaigns, from initial brief through to production - Manage complex creative critical paths, ensuring deadlines, approvals and production milestones are met - Identify potential risks and dependencies early and proactively develop solutions - Balance multiple projects and competing priorities within a fast-paced retail environment - Ensure artwork is accurate, production-ready and delivered on time - Collaborate cross-functionally across Retail, Web, Commercial, and B&M teams to deliver impactful campaigns - Evaluate campaign effectiveness and embed learnings into future planning ### Team Leadership - Manage and motivate the Promotions design team, supporting communication, capability building, and performance - Foster strong cross-functional collaboration with POS, Graphics, VM, Merchandising, Buying, Retail, Web, and IT teams - Identify opportunities to improve processes and drive operational efficiencies - Support system enhancements and adoption of new ways of working - Create a collaborative, positive and accountable team culture - Coach and guide wider teams on best practice and new processes - Set clear creative and delivery expectations, managing workload and priorities across the team. - Conduct regular store visits and competitor benchmarking (comp shops) ### Skills - Proven experience in a Marketing Design, Creative or Brand Design management role, ideally within retail - Strong marketing background with a clear understanding of customer-led communications and promotional campaigns - Experience managing and developing a design team - Excellent project and critical path management skills - Strong understanding of retail print and in-store customer communications - Highly creative with the ability to balance creative ambition with commercial reality - Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills - Confident presenting and influencing at senior level ### Benefits - Competitive salary and benefits package - Hybrid working, 3 days in London based office & 2 working from home - Holiday allowance - 50% staff discount & 25% for family and friends - Pension scheme --- Data: alder (https://alderhq.app). 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