Ecommerce Growth Manager - Contract

Day rate: £330 per day, outside IR35
Duration: 3 months initially, with scope to extend
Start date: 9 November 2026
Location: London Bridge
Working pattern: 5 days per week, with 3 days on-site and 2 days working from home

A growing direct-to-consumer sports nutrition brand is seeking an experienced Ecommerce Growth Manager for an initial three-month contract.

Joining ahead of Black Friday, you will take ownership of the day-to-day trading and performance of the brand’s Shopify website. You will work closely with paid media, creative, retention, operations and external development partners to deliver seasonal campaigns and improve the online customer journey.

Previous experience managing ecommerce activity through Black Friday is essential.

Key responsibilities

• Lead onsite preparation and delivery for Black Friday and the wider peak trading period, including promotions, landing pages, bundles and merchandising.

• Manage the day-to-day running of Shopify, maintaining accurate product information, pricing, content, navigation and availability.

• Monitor trading performance, identify issues and implement timely improvements.

• Prioritise and deliver conversion rate optimisation activity using analytics, customer insight and testing.

• Improve product page performance through clearer messaging, content, imagery, subscription options and cross-sell opportunities.

• Work with retention to improve subscription uptake and align onsite activity with lifecycle campaigns.

• Coordinate creative requirements, technical updates and development support.

• Work with operations to ensure stock availability, fulfilment and delivery messaging support trading activity.

• Report on revenue, conversion rate, average order value, subscription mix and campaign performance, translating findings into practical recommendations.

Skills and experience

• Demonstrable experience in a hands-on ecommerce role within a DTC business.

• Proven experience delivering Black Friday trading activity, from preparation through to live monitoring and post-campaign analysis.

• Strong practical knowledge of Shopify, including onsite merchandising and promotional implementation.

• Experience improving product pages, customer journeys and conversion rates.

• Confidence using Shopify, GA4 and other analytics tools to assess performance and inform decisions.

• Experience developing and evaluating A/B tests.

• Understanding of subscription models and the factors influencing customer uptake and retention.

• Strong commercial judgement and attention to detail.

• The ability to establish priorities quickly and deliver within a short-term assignment.

• Clear communication skills and experience coordinating internal teams and external partners.

Experience with Skio, Recharge, Intelligems, Shoplift, Convert or Klaviyo would be advantageous, as would familiarity with sports nutrition or wellness brands.