Organisation: Eastern Shires Purchasing Organisation (ESPO)
Work Location: This is a hybrid role with a minimum of two days per week based in our Leicester office (Barnsdale Way, Grove Park, Enderby, Leicester, LE19 1ES)
Salary:Grade 8:£27,717 - £30,066 per annum
Working Hours:Full-time, 37 hours per week
Contract Type:Permanent
Closing Date:Friday 06 December
Interview Date(s):18 - 19 December
Positions available: 2
We are looking for two enthusiastic, hardworking individuals with a keen interest in marketing to join our friendly team as Marketing Assistants.
About the Role
As a key member of the Marketing and Sales team, you will help to deliver the annual marketing plan using a combination of traditional and digital media, communicating to both internal and external audiences. This includes supporting the wider Marketing team with a variety of different tasks across multiple platforms including email marketing, website updates, and social media.
This role is a great opportunity for recent marketing graduates and individuals with some marketing experience looking to build their career in marketing. You will gain experience with a wide variety of marketing activity, across all of ESPO's varied products and services, as well as multiple brands.
You will use your creativity and attention to detail to support the team with a hands-on approach and have the ability to work across multiple projects at any one time.
Key responsibilities include:
* Support the marketing team to implement the marketing plan across all ESPO brands; working across traditional and digital media, ensuring plans are delivered in a timely manner.
* Ensuring the ESPO websites are kept up to date by creating content and building blogs, landing pages, and other webpages in line with campaigns.
* Assist with the planning and support the execution of all types of events including exhibitions, online events, and webinars, among others. This may include gathering print and merchandise quotes, following up with customers, and helping to create event content.
* Work closely with Marketing Officers to help plan, create, and schedule engaging social media posts across all ESPO brands. These will be created across organic and paid posts using both video and static content. This will also include coordinating/supporting the recording of ESPO staff and products in line with campaign plans to create engaging posts, reels, stories, and videos that can be used online.
* Support internal communications by updating ESPO's internal staff newsletter and creating and distributing posters, and other relevant communications throughout the organisation.
* Co-ordinate and lead on a number of administrative tasks including mail out of promotional packs, manning the Communications inbox, updating and uploading documents onto the website, and ordering/organising products for photoshoots.
About You
To apply for this post, you must:
* Have an NVQ2 or equivalent qualification or currently hold a marketing position.
* Have an interest in online and traditional communications campaigns.
* Have lots of creativity! Experience creating engaging reels, stories, and other short form video content on varying platforms is advantageous but not essential.
* Strong planning and organisation skills.
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to work with others.
* Strong understanding and practical use of Microsoft Office suite.
* Ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously and meet deadlines and have basic experience with email platforms such as DotDigital or Klaviyo, social media platforms, and a website Content Management System (CMS).
We'd also expect you to share our commitment to our values and will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the interview process.
What we offer:
* Hybrid working (minimum of 2 days in our Leicester office)
* 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays (increasing to 30 after 5 years' service), and a scheme to buy additional leave.
* Local Government Pension Scheme with a generous employer contribution.
* Opportunities for learning development, including CIM qualifications.
* Great office location next to Fosse Park, with free on-site parking and easy access to M1 and M69.
* Salary of £27,717 - £30,066
Interested in Flexible Working?
We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual's personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of ESPO. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below. This may include requests for term-time working, part-time hours, compressed hours, flexible start and finish times, home/remote working, etc.
For more information or an informal discussion, please contact:
Jess Burn, Marketing Campaigns & Brand Manager
Telephone: 07788229672
Email: j.burn@espo.org
How to Apply
ESPO is an inclusive organisation which is on a journey to embed and celebrate equality, diversity, and inclusion at every level. We warmly welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, as having a diverse workforce with different perspectives and ideas is fundamental to our values and enriches the services we offer our customers. We particularly welcome applicants from Ethnically Diverse and LGBTQ+ communities and people with disabilities to create a balanced workforce and one that reflects the customers we serve. Applicants with a disability who meet the criteria listed in the About You section above will be offered an interview under the Disability Confident Employer Scheme.
To apply for this job, please click 'Apply Now'. You will need to upload a supporting statement as part of your application which explains how you meet the criteria listed in the About You section above. For more information, see the How to Apply section on our career site.
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