Marketing and Events Executive

VANRATH have exclusively partnered with a well-known and long established company that is a leader in their field. The organisation is recruiting for a Marketing and Events Executive position.

Hours

Monday - Friday

9am - 5pm (Early finish Friday)

Salary
£25,000 - £30,000 plus a fantastic benefits package and BONUS

Job Description

Working closely with the senior leadership team, the Marketing & Events Executive is an important role within the business that will help boost the company profile through events and marketing campaigns. The successful candidate will be experienced with both traditional and digital marketing campaigns as well as event management.

• Working closely with key stakeholders to develop a strategic marketing plan in line with key objectives and establish KPIs for evaluation.
• Help raise brand awareness and secure new sales across markets.
• Writing and proofreading creative copy.
• Maintaining websites and tracking data analytics.
• Coordinate the logistics of UK and International regional shows and events, including booking events, packing event resources, managing external couriers and raising purchase orders.
• Support organisation of logistics for larger scale National events and conferences.
• Regularly adding leads and activity information accurately to the CRM database.
• Create event briefs and objectives documents for events or marketing campaigns
• Create and schedule social media posts.
• Mail and Email campaigns to existing and new customers.
• Sending out marketing collateral to customers/prospects when required.
• Have a passion for marketing with a working knowledge of key industry tools such as Google Analytics, Adwords. Have a working knowledge of SEO/PPC.
• Have excellent communication, organisational and interpersonal skills with a proactive and flexible approach.

Person Specification

Essential Criteria

• Educated to degree in a Marketing, Event Management, PR or Comms related subject.
• 1-2 years marketing / event management experience
• Ability to brainstorm and generate innovative ideas for brand messaging, content and promotional strategies that differentiate us from competitors.

• Utilize data and analytics to refine and optimize campaigns, balancing creative vision with performance metrics.

• A self-starter with ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines prioritising tasks

• High attention to detail, ability to work at pace with accuracy.
• Strong user of various IT systems and packages.
• Experience running social media accounts and video editing.
• Ability to think strategically and execute tactically, with a results-driven mindset.
• Ability to pass an Access NI check

Desired Criteria

• Experience of working in IT and/or cyber security.

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