Bamboo Clothing Careers

About the Company

BAM was founded 18-years ago with a vision to prove that business can be a force for good. As a result, BAM’s business grew by innovating fabrics, and designing and developing a range of activewear which were better for the planet. At the same time, developing working practices across its business and supply chain that treated everyone fairly and with respect. This was ahead of its time, but principles that are as important today, if not more so.

Over its journey BAM has gone from strength to strength, but things don’t and can’t stand still. In a category with individual and collective progress at its heart, we’ve built and innovated creating something better for customers and the world. We’ve been unafraid to go the hard way because good things don’t come easy and we’ve had a great time doing it because the right way is where the good people are – nonconformist, upbeat, tenacious, courageous, and here for the journey.

We are now embarking on our next phase of ambitious growth, seeing the potential to create an inspiring consumer brand that customers fall in love with, while continuing to do things the right way.

“I wanted to build something I could present to the world and say ‘this is how it is done. Let’s get rid of all your nonsense and whatever big business is and say, ‘this is the way.’ I wanted to make a point. You can have more success doing things in a nice way” Dave – Founder

BAM values

• We own our impact on the planet.
  · Whilst asking for excellence we always treat people with respect and kindness. Suppliers, customers, and ourselves.
  · We are always looking for creative solutions to drive profitable long-term growth.
  · We believe in the pursuit of active health and encourage and support others regardless of age or ability.

About the job
BAM is an ambitious, ecommerce business offering a genuine alternative to conventional active wear. Now a certified B-Corp and an accredited living wage employer, the company was set up in 2006 by David Gordon who wanted to prove a sustainable business could be commercially successful. We are looking to hire a Digital Marketing Executive to aid us in the next stage of growth. You will be responsible for running our email channel and will also be required to assist in other areas of the marketing department, which may include SEO, Affiliates, and Refer a Friend.

Main duties

• Building emails within ESP
• Work alongside the Creative Team on email campaign design
• Working with Digital Marketing Manager on design briefs
• Building and monitoring automations within the ESP
• Building segments within the ESP

• Copywriting and proofreading

• Actioning email A/B tests set by the Digital Marketing Manager
• Keeping email reports up to date and creating seasonal reports to be shared with stakeholders
• Monitoring competitor activity.
• Tasks supporting the wider marketing department including SEO, Affiliates, and Refer a Friend.

Required Skills and Experience

• At least 2 years of experience in email marketing
• Experience using an ESP (Emarsys preferred but not essential)
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Highly organised
• Strong attention to detail
• Self-motivated with a ‘can do’ attitude
• Ambitious for what the team can achieve together
• Inspired by working for an ambitious, values driven brand
• Have a sport or activity that they enjoy participating in regularly
• Are proactive, resourceful, curious and love thinking outside of the box.

Everyone is welcome

BAM is an equal opportunities employer and actively supports Human Rights, and all Equality legislation.
Our ethos is to respect and value people’s differences, to help everyone achieve more at work as well as in their personal lives so that they feel proud of the part they play in our success. We are all about transparency, honesty, integrity, and fun.
We believe that all decisions about people at work should be based on the individual’s abilities, skills, performance and behaviour and our business requirements.

What you’ll get in return for your experience

A competitive salary, the opportunity to learn quickly, make the role your own, and truly make an impact in a small business environment

Benefits

Generous employee discount.
3 free garments at the start of each new season.
Hybrid working. Office based Tuesday/Wednesday/ Thursday. Mondays and Fridays at home.

Role – Head of Marketing & PR
Reporting to – Managing Director
Manages – Team of 4 and relationships with agencies.
Location –Plymouth/SW. (The marketing team is based in Plymouth). Some opportunity for home working and London office-based working.

Job purpose
To lead the evolution of BAM as a consumer brand. To own and deliver excellence in when and how BAM reaches and inspires consumers. Really understanding the mindset, desires and behaviours of our target audience, predominantly Power Age Gen X women. Developing a detailed understanding of their customer journey across all touchpoints in our end-to-end marketing ecosystem.

To define and drive the development of brand storytelling, bringing the brand to life consistently across the ecosystem, while best presenting and selling a market leading range of activewear and ensuring consumers have no doubt who BAM are and what we stand for.
This is a wonderful opportunity for a commercially minded marketeer, with an understanding and appreciation of both brand and performance marketing. Supporting the strategic development of our brand and delivering against full funnel metrics to deliver BAM’s objectives, targets and considerable growth potential.

About the Company
BAM was founded 18-years ago with a vision to prove that business can be a force for good. As a result, BAM’s business grew by innovating fabrics, and designing and developing a range of activewear which were better for the planet. At the same time, developing working practices across its business and supply chain that treated everyone fairly and with respect. This was ahead of its time, but principles that are as important today, if not more so.

Over its journey BAM has gone from strength to strength, but things don’t and can’t stand still. In a category with individual and collective progress at its heart, we’ve built and innovated creating something better for customers and the world. We’ve been unafraid to go the hard way because good things don’t come easy and we’ve had a great time doing it because the right way is where the good people are – nonconformist, upbeat, tenacious, courageous, and here for the journey.

We are now embarking on our next phase of ambitious growth, seeing the potential to create an inspiring consumer brand that customers fall in love with, while continuing to do things the right way.

“I wanted to build something I could present to the world and say ‘this is how it is done. Let’s get rid of all your nonsense and whatever big business is and say, ‘this is the way.’ I wanted to make a point. You can have more success doing things in a nice way” Dave – Founder

 
BAM Principles
● Radical honesty: No one is confident when they can’t tell what’s real and what’s not. So, we tell the imperfect truth – no matter what.
● Softly does it: We are kind, we don’t force change, we make change feel better and in turn we make better easier to choose.
● Courageous independence: Just because it’s ‘the way’ it doesn’t make it the right way. We’re always take the better way, even when it’s harder.
● This is the best part: We don’t wait till later to enjoy ourselves or take it all too seriously. Every moment is the moment we never stifle a laugh.

The Role in Detail
● Along with other senior department heads devise a robust, stretching, inspiring and executable marketing and PR strategy to deliver against BAM’s objectives, opportunities, and ambition.
● Map the Power Age Gen X consumer ecosystem identifying how to drive awareness, familiarity and demand, and clarifying the most impactful opportunities as well as identifying and addressing the barriers to purchase.
● Working closely with the Brand and Product Director, and in-house creative team, to bring the brand to life through storytelling moments that consistently connect the essence of the brand and the products to consumers across all marketing activity and customer touchpoints.
● Enthusiastically lead, manage, develop, and mentor the in-house marketing and digital team, as well as the Agencies that support the business.
● Contribute to sales forecasting and own building and managing an aligned marketing budget. Finding creative and cost-effective ways to optimise opportunities and spend and take responsibility for ROI.
● Possess knowledge, experience, and passion for both brand and performance marketing activities. Specific channel experience across a mix of CRM, Search & Shopping Ads, Social & Influencers, affiliates, PR, content & SEO, partnerships, and other media is necessary. As is a keen interest to learn about new channel opportunities and the commercial acumen to assess their potential for BAM, especially in the area of brand awareness and building.
● Take the lead in seeking out, negotiating, and launching new brand partnerships.
● Influence the evolution of the BAM website using a blend of instinct, data, commercial and marketing experience, to deliver an inspiring, effortless, premium shopping experience that reflects the brand at every touchpoint and ultimately delivers profitable sales to target.
● Demonstrate brilliant reporting and communication, leading the team to deliver regular updates on activity, key learnings, and insights, and make relevant recommendations which drive profitable growth.
● Oversee, co-ordinate and optimise Agency relationships to ensure they are accurately briefed and managed by the team and that their activity and input is aligned with the strategy. Ensure commercial value is being achieved from the relationships and that their combined efforts are optimised.
● Support the team to develop clear channel strategies, KPIs and an annual brand calendar aligned with the overall marketing strategy and deliver against BAM’s objectives.
● Have a proven track record effectively using the key metrics and levers to drive traffic, convert and retain customers, and optimise lifetime value.
● Develop and introduce other key metrics for assessing and measuring effectiveness of brand building and awareness marketing investments.
● Skilled at building and managing multi £million budgets based on robust data analysis and forecasting.
● Able to plan and implement a complementary and incremental marketing investment plan as well as monitor and adjust planning based on a test and learn strategy.
● Get things done – know how to be responsible for identifying and driving priorities and working collaboratively with other departments to establish timelines and deliver to deadlines. Have a strong ‘can do’ attitude.

Other Expectations
• You will have 7-10 years’ relevant consumer marketing and brand experience.
• You have an appreciation for the importance and meaning of sustainability, with a passion to share in our desire to lead and bring about change.
• You are passionate about consumer brands and confident in how to build them
• You are inspired by working for an ambitious, profitable, values driven brand and the idea of changing a category for the better
• You have a demonstrable understanding of the Power Age (Gen X Female) target audience and an instinctive view of how to connect with her.
• You are equally confident briefing and reviewing creative work as analysing data so that you can ensure every part of the marketing ecosystem is working together and at its optimum.
• You have a track record in growing a consumer base using innovative ideas without compromising brand equity.
• You have a collaborative approach, are a great manager and have a track record of developing a team to achieve objectives, while thriving and growing in their roles
• You are proactive, resourceful, curious and love thinking outside of the box.

Personal Attributes
The BAM team demonstrate certain characteristics which we would love for you to share.
● Self-motivated with a ‘can do’ attitude.
● Ambitious for what the team can achieve together.
● Entrepreneurial nature
● Inspired by working for an ambitious, values driven brand.
● Have a sport or activity that they enjoy participating in regularly.
● Are proactive, resourceful, curious and love thinking outside of the box.

Everyone is welcome.
BAM is an equal opportunities employer and actively supports Human Rights, and all Equality legislation. Our ethos is to respect and value people’s differences, to help everyone achieve more at work as well as in their personal lives so that they feel proud of the part they play in our success. We are all about transparency, honesty, integrity, and fun. We believe that all decisions about people at work should be based on the individual’s abilities, skills, performance and behaviour and our business requirements.

About the job
BAM is an ambitious, ecommerce business offering a genuine alternative to conventional active wear. Now a certified B-Corp and an accredited living wage employer, the company was set up in 2006 by David Gordon who wanted to prove a sustainable business could be commercially successful. Identifying bamboo as one of the planet’s most sustainable crops, which could be made into supersoft performance fabrics, inspired him to create BAM, the first bamboo clothing company in Europe.
In recent years, we’ve won awards for our circular product development and nature-based fabric innovations. We craft supremely soft products that prioritise function and quality, whilst staying true to our core values of treating people and the planet with respect.
BAM is now looking for a maternity leave cover, to contribute to, and be part of, our exciting next stage of growth.

BAM Value’s

· We own our impact on the planet.
· Whilst asking for excellence we always treat people with respect and kindness. Suppliers, customers, and ourselves.
· We are always looking for creative solutions to drive profitable long-term growth.
· We believe in the pursuit of active health and encourage and support others regardless of age or ability.
· We never stop pushing ourselves.

Role

This role is primarily to support the product team administratively to ensure the smooth running of the department.
A unique and exciting opportunity, BAM is a fast-growing brand so there will be opportunity for individual growth and development.

Ideally, you’ll have 1-2 years’ experience in the industry either post grad or as a placement within a degree. You’ll have a track record of professional & friendly communication as you will liaising with suppliers regularly.

Reporting directly into the HO Buying, you will be supporting in Buying and Tech functions. You will be involved in all aspects of the product life cycle within the product team as well as the chance to work cross departmentally and learn about the wider business.

You will be at the forefront of innovation and have the chance to learn about what creating circular ranges really means.

Responsibilities & Duties

Sample Management

• Chasing photo samples for key shoot/location dates
• Ordering pre-shipment samples – checking labels/trims/against spec
• General management of development, fit and production samples and Sharewear sample donation management
• Checking in photo samples returned from shoots

Tech Team Support
• Season Creative range plan management
• Bulk fabric approvals for colour
• Wash test factory requests
• Fit model booking
• Measuring and preparing samples for Womenswear and Menswear for fit sessions, and typing up comments during fitting sessions
• Monitoring returns data and feefo comments

Product Team Support

• To administratively support with weekly trade documents, fits and colour and trim approvals
• Carry out regular comp shops. You will need a good understanding of the activewear market, ability to identify key competitors, and emerging brands in this sector
• Support product team with critical path management to ensure delivery is on time
• Working with our suppliers – on fabric and garment prices, chasing samples and communicating order amendments
• Packaging and labelling – care label ordering/management. Work with suppliers to develop new labelling/ticketing, adding packaging information to workbooks
• Processing QC issues – liaising with customer service team, investigation, and communication to wider team
• Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment

Personal Attributes

The BAM team demonstrate certain characteristics which we would love for you to share.
· Self-motivated with a ‘can do’ attitude
· Ambitious for what the team can achieve together
· Entrepreneurial nature
· Inspired by working for an ambitious, values driven brand
· Have a sport or activity that they enjoy participating in regularly
· Are proactive, resourceful, curious and love thinking outside of the box.

Everyone is welcome

BAM is an equal opportunities employer and actively supports Human Rights, and all Equality legislation.
Our ethos is to respect and value people’s differences, to help everyone achieve more at work as well as in their personal lives so that they feel proud of the part they play in our success. We are all about transparency, honesty, integrity, and fun.
We believe that all decisions about people at work should be based on the individual’s abilities, skills, performance and behaviour and our business requirements.

What you’ll get in return for your experience

A competitive salary, the opportunity to learn quickly, make the role your own, and truly make an impact in a small business environment

Benefits

Generous employee discount.
3 free garments at the start of each new season.
Hybrid working. Office based Tuesday/Wednesday/ Thursday. Mondays and Fridays at home.