Vacancy: Marketing Executive (part-time)

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Are you a marketing ninja looking for an exciting opportunity in Brighton? Well, you might be in luck!

We are Creative Blend, a small team of creatives, foodie aficionados, passionate about delivering excellent results for our clients and supporting local charities in our community.

As a team, we have known each other for many years working across many projects and businesses. This has allowed us to build a business that really focuses on relationships with our clients and our own internal team.

We offer our clients a range of services from design through to app development, so there will be plenty of room to develop your own understanding of each of these skills from a selection of the most creative digital experts around.

Okay, enough about us! Here’s the job description for you:

Job Overview: Marketing Executive

Part time, temp, remote (working 22hrs/week)

This role is set for an individual who already has marketing experience and is looking for an opportunity to work for a growing digital business where they can make a difference to both our clients and our community.

We are looking for someone with a real love of digital and a desire to progress their understanding of social, content/copywriting, SEO, branding and creative projects. The role will allow plenty of opportunities for creative hands-on work on a day-to-day basis, whilst also giving you the freedom to develop the position for yourself.

We look for the best people – positive-minded, enthusiastic, bright, and creative individuals. Our marketing team ninjas are expected to love writing (whether is a tweet or a case study), someone who takes pride in the decisions made in each campaign and communicates with the user in mind.

The ideal candidate needs to be a motivated, quick self-learner, but also be able to take instruction and be comfortable working well with others, both online and face-to-face (if required).

Key responsibilities

- Helping to promote Creative Blend; communicating brand messages, our focus on local community & service range working alongside Digital Marketing Manager
- Working with the team to support & implement client campaigns and realise objectives/goals
- Attending weekly team meetings
- Producing market research and competitor analysis documents (working alongside Digital Marketing Manager)
- Actively participating in reviewing marketing activity including analysing results, identifying lessons learned, and sharing best practices
- Taking part in idea generation sessions for social media campaigns or blog content and then making them happen!
- Continually seek to improve the customer experience by listening to and acting on client needs
- Prepare and update reporting and presentation materials and collateral
- Uploading content to different websites using WordPress and Squarespace
- Creating blog posts about different topics and for different audiences
- Creating social media updates for different audiences and scheduling them
- Liaising with different team members within the business to identify target areas and marketing opportunities
- Support the day-to-day handling of social media channels such as LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and Instagram, adapting content to suit different channels
- Support and facilitate social media communities by responding to social media posts and developing discussions
- Monitor, track, analyse and report on performance on social media platforms using tools such as Google Analytics and Facebook insights (with training)
- Design engaging graphics (for social media, newsletters, presentations, reports) using Canva (with training)
- Curating content and sending our monthly newsletters using Mailchimp
- Keep our lovely clients updated with projects and deliverabl

Must Haves

Minimum 2 years working in a marketing team
Excellent written English
Great attention to detail (very important)
Strong copywriting and editing skills
Experience using social media for business
Creative skills for contributing new and innovative ideas
Organisational skills, with the capacity to prioritise
Experience using Google Analytics (creating reports & analysing data)
Experience with marketing strategy

Knowledge of

Facebook for business
Twitter for business
LinkedIn for business
Instagram for business
Mailchimp
WordPress

Personal qualities

Creative and able to think outside of the box
Great communicator
Proactive
Friendly
Self-motivated
Self-aware
Empathic
Comfortable working on your own and as part of a team
Highly organised and can manage your own time
Ability to prioritise your own workload
Comfortable asking for help
Genuine passion to learn
Comfortable liaising with clients
Likes to do good in the world

Additional information and benefits

The position will be a mix of remote & office-based work, with creative and team meetings held in person (subject to current COVID guidelines)
Following a successful initial term, there is the opportunity for the role to be made permanent (if mutually agreed)
The opportunity to be part of a small team making a difference
Two annual team events in Summer & Christmas bringing together the larger team. Also with partner events throughout the year
Sociable working environment with frequent after work drinks, BBQs, dinners, pub quizzes and lots more (subject to current Gov guidelines)
Corporate pension scheme
Discretionary bonus scheme based on performance
Annual training budget
Annual wellbeing budget
Company PC or Mac provided

Recruitment process

No Agencies please

1.- If this sounds like you, please email your CV with a covering letter stating:

How your relevant experience relates to this job
Why you want to work for Creative Blend (no marketing jazz, just your honest thoughts!)
What you are hoping to gain from the role

2. – After reviewing applications, short-listed candidates will have to complete a short task to show their writing and creative style

3. – Video interviews will be arranged to get a feel for each other and ask any questions