Country House Weddings offers six hand-picked wedding venues across Essex, Cambridgeshire, Warwickshire, Somerset and Gloucestershire. Each one chosen for its picturesque location, charming exterior, and opulent interiors, whether that be a Georgian Mansion, Tudor Manor or fairy-tale Castle.
Country House Weddings specialises in weddings, providing exclusive use of the venues to couples from midday to midnight on the day of the wedding, while also offering all-inclusive wedding packages to ensure a couple's wedding runs smoothly from start to finish. This includes, although not limited to, multiple wedding ceremony options per venue, a three-course wedding breakfast created by expert chefs who specialise in wedding catering, fully stocked bars, and an evening reception with buffet, DJ and disco. Each venue also boasts accommodation that can be added for overnight guests, as well as numerous grand reception rooms for couples and their guests to use throughout the wedding.
The multi-award-winning venues are highly-regarded as some of the most sought-after wedding venues in the UK, with the team at each venue offering an above-and-beyond service to our couples. With over 35 years of experience making wedding dreams come true, Country House Weddings is the perfect choice for anyone looking for a beautiful country house for their big day.
For over 30 years, Country House Weddings Ltd has been hosting
all-inclusive tailor-made weddings and receptions in our collection of
magnificent, award-winning venues. As
a family-run business we offer six hand-picked country house wedding venues,
chosen for their picturesque settings and opulent interiors, and designed
solely with weddings in mind.
About you:
We are looking for someone who is excited about
working in weddings and is innovative, highly organized,
self-motivated and keen to learn from a small but highly experienced
marketing team. With the company looking to pivot its Marketing towards
Gen Z, this is a fantastic opportunity for someone to join at an exciting time
and really make their mark. The successful candidate will have
experience with social copywriting & content creation. Some design
skills, including InDesign & Canva / Adobe Express, would be
advantageous. Knowledge of email marketing platforms is desirable – including
Click Dimensions, Airship or MailChimp. You will form a key part of a small but
highly experienced team, so you will need to be comfortable working both as a team
player and on your own initiative.
The role is remote, with occasional travel
requirements to our 6 venues in the south & southwest of England, so a
clean driving license and your own transport are required.
The ideal candidate must be based in and around
Warwickshire, Bedfordshire, Northamptonshire, Essex or Suffolk.
Salary from £25k – subject to experience.
Digital Listings
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Responsible for the ongoing optimization of the
listing sites with up to date imagery, content, offers & late availability
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Developing relationships with Third-party account
managers with a view to developing mutually beneficial arrangements & added
value.
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Supporting the marketing director in analyzing the
return on investment from digital listings, and optimizing our digital listing
plans accordingly.
Real Weddings, Online reviews & Testimonials
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Working with the venue teams to ensure a continual
stream of fresh testimonials & real wedding content
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Support the Marketing Manager with development of Real
Life Wedding blogs & social assets.
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Working with the Marketing Manager to promote real
wedding content, including with online publishers & print wedding magazines
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Working with the venue teams to ensure positive
testimonials are converted to online reviews across Facebook, Google, Hitched,
Bridebook & GFB.
The Pubs
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Responsible for the organization & implementation
of social media, website & promotional activities for the Hope & Anchor
and The Wyndham.
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Responsible for creation of all pub-related assets
& campaign artwork including flyers, blogs, social artwork & print ads.
Website
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Supporting the Marketing Manager with the continual
refresh of Website imagery, galleries, Trusted Suppliers & FAQs
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Continual updating of testimonials pages
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Coordinating, creating & publishing blogs inc.
Events & Real Weddings
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Continually updating the events section of the website
with upcoming open day, dinner dates & events
Social Media
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Responsible for developing our Pinterest Strategy with
the support of the Marketing team.
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Supporting the Marketing Manager with the development
of social media strategies & posting plans
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Creating video & imagery for social media in line
with the social media strategy inc. real wedding content & photoshoots.
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Supporting the Marketing Manager with social media
asset creation & posting across all accounts of CHW social media.
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Supporting the Communications & Marketing Exec in
implementing social media campaigns
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Managing negative social media campaigns against the
venues
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Overseeing Facebook family groups for all venues
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Responding to comments & direct messages
Email Marketing
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Supporting the Marketing Manager with the implementation
of our Email marketing strategy.
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Creating campaign mailshots in Click Dimensions, and
keeping automated email templates up to date.
Strategy & Planning
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Supporting the Marketing Director and Marketing Manager
in developing yearly marketing strategies & plans.
Branding
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Supporting the Marketing Manager in ensuring that all
company communications & marketing assets are in line with branding
guidelines
Campaigns
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Working with the Marketing Director, Marketing Manager
and third party agencies to develop & implement marketing campaigns across
all marketing channels
Trusted suppliers network
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To establish & build
relationships with suppliers and develop collaborative projects to aid in the
marketing of CHW venues across social media & editorial.
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Managing & liasing with trusted suppliers where
necessary to support marketing campaigns (photo shoots, video shoots etc).
Customer Communications, Content & Imagery
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Assist the Marketing Manager
with the continual updating & improvement of customer
communications & resources, including Wedding Books, Advice & Guidance,
FAQs and other customer-facing content.
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Supporting the Marketing Manager with the continual
updating & curation of venue imagery & content
Print & Local Advertising
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To assist Marketing Director & Marketing
Manager with the
implementation, reviewing and development of Print marketing strategy.
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Carry out amends to print adverts
for ongoing print advertising deadlines.
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Investigating & implementing
local advertising opportunities where possible.
Design
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Supporting the Marketing Director and Marketing Manager
and third-party agencies with design work.
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Providing updated venue signage on a ongoing basis.
Sales & Sales Activation
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Assisting with the promotion of
sales activities across the group, including blog creation, social media
posting & email shots.
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Support sales efforts
including assisting with venue viewings and open days.
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To assist in covering the Group Enquiries &
Sales Support Exec duties where necessary – inc Annual Leave & Illness.
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Assisting with the promotion of
non-wedding events across the group, including production of blogs, social
media promotion & email shots.
Other
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To act as Brand Ambassadors for CHW
and maintain brand consistency in all communications.
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Any
other duties as required by the Board of Directors