Marketing Executive (Milton Keynes or Peterborough)
Purpose of the Role
We are looking for an experienced Marketing Executive to support and take a leading role in the development and delivery of Marketing plans in the firms' central regions (Peterborough, Milton Keynes, Nottingham, Birmingham and Leicester).
The ideal candidate will have come from a large, multi-office firm, (a strong advantage if this is a professional service firm) and be of a confident, energetic and ambitious nature to work with the Marketing Manager, Regional Lead and Partners to develop, drive and implement regional and national marketing activities in a hands-on way. This includes a significant amount of events management (in person and virtual / hybrid), content creation and digital marketing campaigns.
Main responsibilities
- Working with the central region Marketing Manager to support with all aspects of marketing, events, digital and PR activities.
- Build and maintain good and communicative relationships with all stakeholders.
- Forge close working relationships with the other members of the Marketing team to ensure a consistent approach.
- Must be willing and able to travel to all offices regularly.
Marketing Events
- To work with the central region Marketing Manager and partners to agree and plan both online and offline events, their purpose, target audience and budgets.
- To organise events from concept to close utilising other team members' expertise to support you where necessary. NB there are at least 50 events you will need to run per year.
- To set up / break down and attend functions as required and undertake follow up work.
- Ensuring ROI is maximised on all events and marketing activities.
Direct Marketing
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Support general direct marketing campaigns including:
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Data research, cleansing and analysis.
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Sending out digital campaigns in line with sector and regional strategies.
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Monitoring ROI and lead generation follow up.
Business Development and sector related prospect targeting
- Support with personalised targeting campaigns when necessary.
- Report on marketing activity undertaken and leads generated.
- Research potential prospects and competitors.
- Support stakeholders with the creation of PowerPoint presentations when required.
- Support with the management of relationships with various associations and organisations, such as sponsorships.
Qualifications and Skills
- Must have come from a marketing background.
- Must have experience in Events Management.
- Willingness to travel - this can include outside of working hours (no weekends).
- Must have experience of content creation, in particular social media posts and website copy.
- Experience in assisting the development, delivery and ROI of marketing campaigns.
- Must have a high level of attention to detail and accuracy.
- Must have a confident and outgoing personality with the natural ability therefore to build strong relationships with people across all levels.
- Able to work at pace, manage your own time and conflicting priorities whilst consistently delivering high quality work to often tight deadlines.
- Must be an competent user of MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.
- Advantageous but not essential to have Adobe InDesign experience and a flare for creativity.
- Highly advantageous to have experience of working in a professional service environment.
Why join us
Over the last few years, we have won multiple industry awards such as National Firm of the Year, Tax Team of the Year, Graduate and Non-Graduate programme of the Year, Best Advisory Services and most recently the gold standard accreditation by Investors in People.
What we can offer you
- Accredited Investor in People.
- 33 days holiday?including bank?holidays, plus the opportunity to buy up to 5 days.
- Competitive salary.
- Amazing employee referral scheme, paying up to £4000 for a successful referral.
- Retail discount system.
- Paid CSR time.
- Car lease scheme.
- Strong ESG and Sustainability ethos
- And more!
It's an exciting time to join the firm so take your next career step with us!