Job description
At Funky Pigeon our people are at the heart of everything we do. They are the ones that go the extra mile for our customers. The ones that enable our growth.
We now have an exciting opportunity for a Paid Media/Digital Marketing Assistant to join our team at our offices in Bristol.
The main purpose of this role is to support in creating and delivering our online paid media strategy, ensuring high quality traffic to FunkyPigeon.com. This is a fantastic opportunity to learn and grow in a variety of online marketing channels for a well-established e-commerce brand. You will be working within a friendly marketing team with plenty of opportunity for career development, knowledge sharing and collaboration.
What you will be doing:
- Assisting in the day-to-day management of all paid media campaigns. This will involve using a variety of marketing platforms to fully create campaigns from top to bottom (write ad copy, manage bids, monitor/analyse performance data and much more)
- A large part of this role will be working in paid search (PPC) using Google AdWords and other platforms and tools to help deliver a profitable ROI and efficient marketing campaigns
- This role will require a broad skill set, also assisting in paid social, online video, display, remarketing and app campaigns, meaning the successful candidate will get to work across a wide range of marketing channels
- With a creative mind, you will also assist with social media campaigns, coming up with unique ideas to engage with our customers/followers
- Use in-house reporting tools to deliver insights and ideas on performance/plans, continuously testing, improving and optimising campaigns to achieve KPI’s and targets
- Keep on top of industry changes and appropriate tools and software to enhance all relevant marketing channels
- Take charge of ad hoc projects to help the wider marketing team
What we are looking for:
- Previous experience working in digital marketing preferable, ideally including exposure to paid media/paid search and Google AdWords/Google Analytics
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, as well as collaboration, planning and estimating skills
- The successful candidate will be writing a fair amount of ad copy and will need to have a high standard of written English with a keen eye for detail
- A good head for numbers and/or previous experience with data. A large part of this job will be reporting performance and using numbers/data on a daily basis
- Time management, punctuality and ability to meet busy deadlines while working effectively under pressure.
- A good knowledge of commercial indicators, market conditions and competitors etc.
How we reward our teams:
- Hybrid Working Model from home and in the office
- Flexible Working
- 24 Days holiday, plus your Birthday off, plus Bank Holidays with an opportunity to buy extra days holiday
- Family Friendly Leave
- Company Pension scheme
- Sharesave Scheme
- Annual Bonus based on company and personal performance
- Staff Discount Card for stores and online
About us:
Our amazing Funky team specialise in helping our customers create memorable and keepsake greeting cards and gifts, with a personalised touch, for any occasion.
Today, we’re based in Bristol with fulfilment centres in Guernsey and Swindon. Wherever you join us, you’ll need to bring a creative approach, loads of ideas, and the ability to get stuck in when things get busy. In this fast-paced online business, there’s plenty of opportunity for innovation and creativity to make sure our customer experience and every card and gift we sell is extra special!
Funky Pigeon are a part of the WHSmith Group. Celebrating 230 years, we’re proud to have grown and evolved into a globally recognised brand present in over 30 countries around the world, and we’re proud to be that air of familiarity people love and trust on their journey, both in life and through life. As a diverse group of over 12,000 colleagues, we are all on the same journey to a better business through our commitments to our planet, people and the communities we serve.
WHSmith are proud to be an inclusive employer, we want our colleagues to feel welcome, and free to be themselves with us.
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