Marketing & Brand Executive
Possible
Sponsorship likelihood
This job is eligible only on a shortage list
Not disclosed
Salary
Not disclosed by employer
£41,700
Going rate
Skilled Worker going rate
This role likely qualifies for a Skilled Worker visa
SOC 3554 (97% match) is an eligible occupation, with a going rate of £41,700, and Love Sum Dumplings is a licensed sponsor. That is our reading of the rules. Whether they issue a Certificate of Sponsorship is still their call.
New graduate or PhD holder? Pick one of the lower rates.
What each route needs for this job
| Occupation code | New entrant 70% of going rate | STEM PhD 80% of going rate | Relevant PhD 90% of going rate | Standard rate 100% of going rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
3554 Advertising and marketing associate professionals Most likely code | £33,400 | £41,700 | £41,700 | £41,700 |
We use the lowest threshold across the plausible codes. Likelihood is Possible at most when the pay clears only a lower rate, or only under a less likely code. How the Home Office picks the code
About the role
Like the idea of doing more than your job title suggests?
LOVE SUM is a food start-up founded by MasterChef finalist Sandy Tang, making amazing dumplings fresh here in the UK.
You might have seen us on Dragons’ Den (with Peter Jones offering to invest) — and you’ll now find us in Sainsbury’s, Ocado and beyond.
We’re looking for a Marketing & Brand Executive to join our CMO as the second person in our marketing team.
This is very much a start-up job.
Small team. Lots going on. Plenty to build. Ideas can become actual things quickly. You’ll get involved in stuff that would probably belong to five different people in a bigger company.
There’ll be brand, campaigns, social, content, retail, new products, packaging, events, creative, merch and plenty we haven’t thought of yet.
Some things you’ll own. Some you’ll work on with the CMO and founders. And sometimes everyone will just get stuck in and sort something out.
We want someone who enjoys that.
Someone bright and creative who thinks and does. Who can have an idea and then help make it happen. Who likes trying things, learning quickly and doesn’t need six meetings before getting started.
You could be an FMCG Marketing Executive / Assistant Brand Manager looking for more variety and responsibility.
Or an agency SAE / Account Manager who fancies going client-side and getting properly involved in one brand.
You don’t need to know everything. You do need to be curious, useful, organised and up for learning quickly.
If you want a perfectly defined job with very clear edges, this probably isn’t it.
If the idea of joining a small team, getting stuck in and helping build something sounds like fun, it might be.
We’re based in Reading, so you’ll need to be able to get here reasonably easily.
Dumpling love probably helps too. 🥟
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Where this offer sits in the market
Advertising and marketing associate professionals (SOC 3554) · UK · ONS ASHE 2025 · basic pay · ~137k in sample- Middle half £27,404–40,404
- Median £32,760
- Going rate £41,700
- Threshold £41,700
- New entrant £33,400–37,530
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Does this job guarantee visa sponsorship?
Not necessarily. Love Sum Dumplings holds a sponsor licence, but sponsorship for a specific hire is always the employer's decision. Be upfront in your application that you'll require it.
What salary is needed for this role to be eligible?
The offer must clear both the general threshold and the SOC 3554 going rate of £41,700. New-entrant and shortage discounts can lower it.