London, UK
UK showroom and marketing executive
at Tai Ping Carpets
International luxury brand Tai Ping is looking for a new UK showroom sales and marketing executive to join the team in London.
A highly organised individual, who is passionate about luxury interior design and is ready to take on new commercial and creative challenges. A unique opportunity to combine both sales and marketing, this exciting full-time role will involve being responsible for retail sales together with developing, coordinating and implementing marketing initiatives in the UK.
The successful candidate’s principal responsibilities will be to:
- achieve sales targets which are set annually
- be the first point of contact for showroom visitors, provide guidance to retail customers on products, create quotes and manage the lifecycle of retail sales orders
- contribute to showroom inventory selection in order to meet market needs (prices, sizes, colours, designs etc.)
- merchandise the showroom inventory, display materials and window designs on a predetermined schedule in order to drive aspiration and steady foot traffic
- develop and execute marketing activities that contribute to consumer and trade sales
- manage UK marketing budget
- travel may be required, such as Paris and Milan to support marketing activities and trade fairs
The marketing activities include but are not limited to:
- London showroom events and trade fairs
- branded sales tools and merchandise
- tailored client newsletters
- content for social media, including reels, stories and posts
- advertising strategies, photo shoots and copy for press releases, in partnership with our UK PR agency
- upkeep of the UK e-shop, including layout, content, pricing and imagery
- understanding the local competitive landscape e-shop
Qualities
For this position, we will require the candidate to have two-plus years of experience in a similar position within the luxury interior market and a good knowledge of the interior design and decoration industry.
In addition, the job will require the following qualities:
- creative, dynamic and proactive
- objectives and business development-oriented
- highly organised and self-motivated
- excellent communication skills, with a very good level of English
- able to work independently and within a team, as well as collaboratively with external organisations
- sense of diplomacy and team player
- problem-solving and reliable
- ability to use MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint
- ability to manage social media platforms (content management, basic copywriting etc.)
About Tai Ping
Tai Ping is a luxury carpet manufacturer, creating exceptional hand-crafted products since 1956. On a daily basis, Tai Ping artisans transform the most complicated custom designs into works of art that exceed the expectations of discriminating customers worldwide. Tai Ping’s ethos of community, longevity and employee care began in the company’s first workshop in 1956 and it proudly continues today.
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We will respond to all suitable applicants within five days. However should you not receive a reply, unfortunately, this will mean your application was unsuccessful.