Marketing Assistant / Executive Trowbridge, England
Job description
Looking for a hands-on marketing role? Want to be part of a small, fast-growing business? Do you have the energy and enthusiasm to help us to develop and implement our plans – particularly in the area of digital marketing?
If so, we would love to hear from you!
Astranti is a small, fast-growing online training organisation. We are proud to help thousands of people from around the world to pass their professional qualifications as a stepping stone to success in their careers.
We are looking for an individual that has a marketing/business degree or CIM qualification or has previous work experience in a marketing environment. If you're completing your university course in May/June this year, we are happy to delay the start date and for you to begin the role once graduated.
The successful candidate will be a team player who is able to stay calm under pressure and delivers on their commitments. They will be able to think strategically and act proactively in developing and executing our marketing plans.
In order to support our students with up-to-date high-quality materials and services, the Astranti team focuses each working week on achieving clear targets against specific deadlines. Similarly, our marketing plan is developed against a calendar of activities to communicate to our students when they need it.
The role will be based in either Trowbridge or Cardiff. For an initial period the role will be mostly office-based, then there will be the opportunity to work partially from home on a regular permantent basis.
The role
Typical tasks that you will be expected to undertake include:
- Creating and writing marketing material – primarily email campaigns and website content.
- Designing and managing social media activity (Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and TikTok)
- Managing Google Ad campaigns
- Managing Social Media Ad campaigns
- Ensuring search engine optimisation to maximise traffic
- Building website pages and updating content
- Managing and updating the customer database
- Responding to customer questions and queries
- Managing online training course content
- Working with new and existing affiliates to generate traffic to our website
- Support the marketing manager in a range of ad-hoc projects
Benefits
- The salary package for this position will be between £23,600-£26,000 depending on marketing experience (the total package assumes people opt into the pension scheme)
- A performance-related promotional system allowing high-performers to progress quickly
- A ‘10 in 9’ working arrangement - every other Friday is a non-working day
- 25.5 days of annual leave under the ‘10 in 9’ arrangement (including bank holidays) - equivalent to 28 days for a normal 5-day working week
- Astranti Flex scheme - allows you to decide what benefits you have as part of your employment. You can vary items such as your pension contributions, annual leave and participation in the company's profit-sharing scheme and manage those against the impact on your take-home pay.
- Supportive environment
- Working in a close-knit team focused on working on team-based goals
- Training and team-building initiatives
- Opportunities to gain a new qualification
What Astranti people are like:
Successful Astranti people in the area of marketing share some key qualities:
- A keen eye for design and an interest in cutting-edge online marketing
- Strategic thinking and proactive
- Excellent writing skills with attention to detail
- Ability to generate creative ideas
- Strong IT skills
- Willingness to go the extra mile with a positive ‘can do’ attitude
- Excellent communication skills
- Team player who supports their colleagues
- Continuously seeks to learn and improve
Criteria for application and how to apply:
Please apply by sending us a cover letter and CV. The cover letter must include answers to the following questions (the failure to answer these questions will result in immediate rejection):
- Why you think you would be suitable for this marketing role, including one non-academic example of something which demonstrates this.
- A brief assessment of what you believe are the top 3 key challenges for a fast-growing online training business such as Astranti.
Job Type: Full-time
Salary: £23,600.00-£26,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Additional leave
- Company events
- Company pension
- Profit sharing
- Work from home
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
Application question(s):
- Applications without a covering letter will be rejected. Have you checked out what we're looking for in a covering letter in the job ad and included yours?
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Trowbridge
Application deadline: 26/02/2023
