About the job
Are you Assistant Brand Manager with 3–5 years’ experience looking to make your next career move?
We’re looking for a brand-centric Assistant Brand Manager (3–5 years’ experience) to join our growing Marketing team, playing a key role in delivering integrated campaigns across digital, social and PR channels, supporting both brand campaigns and new product launches.
Working closely with sales, buying and external agencies, you’ll turn research, insights and early concepts into campaigns, tracking performance and optimising activity to drive growth. This is a fantastic opportunity for an ambitious marketer ready to take ownership of campaigns, contribute to strategy, and support the development of a wider marketing team in a fast-paced and collaborative environment.
The perfect candidate will have experience of running campaigns across all key touchpoints and channels, be passionate about the latest Marketing trends and understand the importance of brand strategy and guardianship.
Why join us?
We’re a fast-growing, market-leading consumer goods business, with products sold through major UK and international retailers. Our culture is collaborative, ambitious and hands-on, offering people the opportunity to take real ownership of their work and develop their careers.
We’re proud to be Great Place to Work® accredited, recognising our commitment to creating an inclusive, supportive and engaging workplace.
What we offer
We care about your progression
– Access to comprehensive structured training and a personal development plan to help you grow and reach your goals
– Ongoing salary reviews with increasing levels of responsibility as you advance your career
– Free external training courses from recognised providers
– Employee Save As You Earn share save scheme
– Option of a salary sacrifice pension contribution of up to 10% in addition to your standard pension contribution
We invest in our people
– Modern £1.6m state-of-the-art office in Oldham
– Private BUPA medical and dental care
– Employee wellness sessions and 24/7 access to wellbeing support via our Employee Assistance Helpline
– Community and wellbeing committee, created to encourage positive change within the company and our wider community
– One full day paid to take part in charity work
– Free minibus to and from the local tram stop
– Prayer room and prayer-friendly working hours
– 3pm finishes on a Friday
– Company football and netball team, plus a book club
We celebrate in style
– Annual Christmas parties paid for by the company
– £250 towards a wedding cake
– Colleague of the Year awards
– £250 retail credit when you buy your first home
– Manchester 10k charity run and post?event social
Graphic Design Graduate Development Scheme 2026
Are you graduating in 2026 (or have recently graduated) and ready to take the first step in your career?
Don’t wait-kick start your professional journey by applying to Ultimate Products’ Graduate Development Scheme 2026.
What makes our graduate scheme unique?
We’re proud to be a Great Place to Work accredited employer, and our graduates are a huge part of what makes that possible. We’re committed to creating an environment where people feel supported, challenged and empowered to develop successful long term careers.
At Ultimate Products, our graduate programme is designed to give you a strong grounding in your chosen discipline, supported by structured training, regular reviews, mentoring and tailored development plans. With a dedicated Learning & Development focus and clear progression routes, you’ll be given the tools, exposure and responsibility needed to grow quickly and confidently.
It’s fast paced, but you’ll never be left to figure things out alone. With support from your team, mentors and the wider business, you’ll have the opportunity to make a real impact from early on-while continuing to develop both professionally and personally in a business that’s officially recognised as a Great Place to Work®.
The UP Story
Ultimate Products is a branded consumer goods business designing, developing and supplying innovative homeware products to over 300 major retailers across the UK and Europe.
Our portfolio includes more than 3,000 products across 15 well known brands, including household names such as Salter, Russell Hobbs and Beldray. Our products are stocked by leading retailers including Tesco, B&M and Morrisons, and are trusted for their quality, innovation and on trend design, backed by over 260 years of combined brand heritage.
Operating across 38 countries and with an annual turnover in excess of £165 million, we continue to grow at pace. With ambitious long term growth plans, this is an exciting time to join the business, offering graduates the opportunity to build their careers within a fast moving, expanding organisation.
The Opportunity – Graphic Design Pathway
As part of the Graduate Development Scheme, you’ll join our Brand team, supporting the creation and delivery of visual content across our portfolio of brands and product ranges.
Design plays a key role within Ultimate Products, ensuring our products, packaging and digital content are consistently high quality, on trend and aligned with brand identity. You’ll work closely with internal teams including Buying, Brand and E Commerce, contributing to the visual execution of products across multiple channels.
From early on, you’ll gain hands on experience across a variety of design tasks, building both your creative and technical skills. Typical exposure may include:
This is a fast paced, detail focused role offering excellent development opportunities for graduates looking to build a long term career in Graphic Design within a commercial business environment.
What We Look For
We’re looking for graduates who are motivated, creative and excited about building a career within a growing consumer goods business.
You will ideally have:
Your creativity, attitude and willingness to develop are what matter most-we’ll support your growth every step of the way.
What’s In It For You?
We Care About Your Progression
We Invest in Our People
We Celebrate in Style
Are you graduating in 2026 (or have recently graduated) and ready to take the first step in your career?
Don’t wait – kick?start your professional journey by applying to Ultimate Products’ Graduate Development Scheme 2026.
What makes our graduate scheme unique?
We’re proud to be a Great Place to Work® accredited employer, and our graduates are a huge part of what makes that possible. We’re committed to creating an environment where people feel supported, challenged and empowered to develop successful long?term careers.
At Ultimate Products, our graduate programme is designed to give you a strong grounding in your chosen discipline, supported by structured training, regular reviews, mentoring and tailored development plans. With a dedicated Learning & Development focus and clear progression routes, you’ll be given the tools, exposure and responsibility needed to grow quickly and confidently.
It’s fast?paced, but you’ll never be left to figure things out alone. With support from your team, mentors and the wider business, you’ll have the opportunity to make a real impact from early on – while continuing to develop both professionally and personally in a business that’s officially recognised as a Great Place to Work®.
The UP Story
Ultimate Products is a branded consumer goods business designing, developing and supplying innovative homeware products to over 300 major retailers across the UK and Europe.
Our portfolio includes more than 3,000 products across 15 well?known brands, including household names such as Salter, Russell Hobbs and Beldray. Our products are stocked by leading retailers including Tesco, B&M and Morrisons, and are trusted for their quality, innovation and on?trend design, backed by over 260 years of combined brand heritage.
Operating across 38 countries and with an annual turnover in excess of £165 million, we continue to grow at pace. With ambitious long?term growth plans, this is an exciting time to join the business, offering graduates the opportunity to build their careers within a fast?moving, expanding organisation.
The Opportunity – Buying Graduate Pathway
As part of the Graduate Development Scheme, you’ll join our Buying function, working at the heart of a fast?paced, international consumer goods business.
Buying at Ultimate Products is responsible for bringing innovative, on?trend products to market at the right price and quality, across a wide range of product divisions and brands. Our Buying teams work closely with Brand, Design, Supply Chain, Quality Assurance and Sales, as well as our overseas offices and supplier base, to deliver commercially successful ranges for major retailers.
From early on, you’ll gain hands?on experience supporting the end?to?end Buying process and developing a strong commercial understanding of how products move from concept through to customer. Typical exposure may include:
This is a challenging, fast?paced role designed to stretch and develop you, offering excellent long?term career opportunities for graduates looking to build a future in Buying within a growing consumer goods business.
Buying?Specific Experience Requirement
Due to the nature of the Buying role and the level of responsibility involved from an early stage, we typically require applicants to have completed at least 12 months’ relevant work experience, such as a placement year or internship in Buying, Merchandising, Product, Supply Chain or a related commercial role.
If you do not yet have this experience, don’t worry we still want to hear from you. We offer opportunities to join the business in other departments, where you can build relevant commercial experience with a tailored development plan designed to support progression into a Buying role within approximately 12 months, subject to performance and business needs.
What We Look For
We’re looking for graduates who are motivated, ambitious and excited about building a career within a growing consumer goods business.
You will ideally have:
Your attitude, drive and willingness to learn are what matter most – we’ll support your development every step of the way.
What’s In It For You?
We Invest in Our People
We Celebrate in Style
Graduate Scheme – Business Studies Graduates (2026 Intake)
Are you a Business Studies graduate looking for a graduate role where you can gain broad commercial experience, take real responsibility, and build a long?term career within a fast?paced consumer goods business?
Join Ultimate Products’ 2026 Graduate Development Scheme and kick?start your career across a range of business?critical functions. This scheme is ideal for graduates who are curious about how businesses operate, enjoy problem?solving, and want exposure to multiple career pathways before specialising.
Why Join Ultimate Products?
We’re proud to be a Great Place to Work® accredited employer, and our graduates play a key role in shaping our future. You’ll join a supportive, ambitious environment where you’ll be trusted early on, encouraged to develop quickly, and supported with structured training and mentoring.
Our Graduate Development Scheme offers a hands?on, real?world introduction to the business, giving you exposure to live projects, senior stakeholders, and cross?functional teams from day one.
Business Pathways You Could Be Involved In
Depending on your interests, strengths, and business needs, graduates on this pathway may gain experience in areas such as:
E?Commerce– supporting online trading performance, analysing sales data, and working closely with internal teams and external partners
Supply Chain & Order Management– supporting the end?to?end supply chain, overseeing purchase orders, stock flow and supplier coordination to help ensure product availability
Buying– assisting with supplier relationships, trend analysis, range reviews and commercial decision?making
Quality Assurance & Product Quality Management– supporting product quality standards, supplier compliance and product testing processes to ensure products meet customer and regulatory expectations
A business degree develops a broad, transferable skillset that can be applied across a range of roles. Through the interview process and the scheme, we will identify the pathway best suited to you.
About You
We’re looking for graduates who are motivated, commercially aware and keen to learn. You don’t need detailed experience in a specific function – we’re more interested in your potential, mindset and enthusiasm for business.
You will ideally have:
What’s In It For You?
We Care About Your Progression
We Invest in Our People
We Celebrate in Style
We’re proud to be officially certified as a Great Place To Work®, and it’s easy to see why.
Ultimate Products is a fast paced, global company looking for enthusiastic second year University students who are interested in an Industrial Placement in 2026. We are a multi–million-pound business who are recruiting for several roles across our E-Commerce department with a competitive salary of £25,500! We are seeking driven individuals who relish the opportunity to have trust and autonomy from the beginning. During your 12-month placement, you will become an invaluable part of our team, forget about doing the brew run, you’ll be contributing to real life projects and gaining essential industry knowledge.
Role & Responsibilities
This role offers the chance to work in the fastest-growing division, helping to shape the online strategy for innovative consumer products and major customer accounts like Amazon, TikTok shop and eBay. With expanding online platforms, there is strong career growth potential. You will learn to manage online listings, item setup, stock management and sales analysis to name a few! Additionally, you’ll oversee online sales across multiple platforms and international accounts.
The UP story
We are an international PLC branded consumer goods business, renowned for designing, developing, and supplying branded ranges to the largest retailers across the UK and Europe. Our extensive portfolio boasts over 3,000 products and 15 key brands, including household names such as Salter, Beldray, and Russell Hobbs.
Our brands, found in major UK stores like Tesco, John Lewis, and Morrisons, have a reputation for high quality and on-trend design, standing the test of time with over 260 years of heritage. Since 1997, Ultimate Products has provided top-of-the-line kitchen and laundry products to consumers across 38 countries. We have since become a public limited company, achieving an annual turnover that surpasses £165 million each year.
As part of our ambitious growth strategy, we aim to triple our turnover within the next 5-10 years, with the ultimate goal of becoming a £1 billion organization. We are on the lookout for talented individuals to join us on this exciting journey.
What we look for:
What is in it for you?
We are committed to helping you succeed and progress:
We invest in our people:
We celebrate in style:
Please complete your application form by 29th May 2026.
Are you graduating in 2026 (or have recently graduated) and ready to take the first step in your career?
Don’t wait – kickstart your professional journey by applying to Ultimate Products’ Graduate Development Scheme 2026.
What makes our graduate scheme unique?
We’re proud to be a Great Place to Work® accredited employer, and our graduates are a huge part of what makes that possible. We’re committed to creating an environment where people feel supported, challenged and empowered to develop successful long-term careers.
At Ultimate Products, our graduate programme is designed to give you a strong grounding in your chosen discipline, supported by structured training, regular reviews, mentoring and tailored development plans. With a dedicated Learning & Development focus and clear progression routes, you’ll be given the tools, exposure and responsibility needed to grow quickly and confidently.
It’s fast-paced, but you’ll never be left to figure things out alone. With support from your team, mentors and wider business, you’ll have the opportunity to make a real impact from early on – while continuing to develop both professionally and personally in a business that’s officially recognised as a Great Place to Work®.
The UP Story
Ultimate Products is a branded consumer goods business designing, developing and supplying innovative homeware products to over 300 major retailers across the UK and Europe.
Our portfolio includes more than 3,000 products across 15 well-known brands, including household names such as Salter, Russell Hobbs and Beldray. Our products are stocked by leading retailers including Tesco, B&M and Morrisons, and are trusted for their quality, innovation and on-trend design, backed by over 260 years of combined brand heritage.
Operating across 38 countries and with an annual turnover in excess of £165 million, we continue to grow at pace. With ambitious long-term growth plans, this is an exciting time to join the business, offering graduates the opportunity to build their careers within a fast-moving, expanding organisation.
The Roles
As part of the Graduate Development Scheme, you’ll join a dedicated training programme within your chosen department, gaining hands?on experience and exposure to real projects from day one.
Our graduate roles are challenging, fast-paced and designed to stretch you – offering excellent learning opportunities and long-term progression. We recruit into multiple areas across the business, including:
We welcome applicants from all degree backgrounds – your mindset, curiosity and potential matter more than your subject.
What We Look For
We’re looking for graduates who are motivated, ambitious and excited about building a career within a growing consumer goods business.
You will ideally have:
Your attitude, drive and willingness to learn are what matter most – we’ll support your development every step of the way.
What’s In It For You?
We Care About Your Progression
We Invest in Our People
We Celebrate in Style