Who we are
We are William Reed.
We are the leading expert in the global Food & Drink industry.
From manufacturing through to retail and hospitality - we provide the inspiration, insight and connections to power our customers' success.
We have offices in Gatwick and London, UK; Montpellier, France; Singapore and Chicago, US. In line with the Company's current Agile Working Policy, the successful candidate would be eligible to work part of the week from our Crawley office and to work remotely for the rest of the week.
Position
Position: Full time (35hr per week), permanent
Location: Crawley / Hybrid
Do you thrive in a collaborative environment? Do you consider yourself a creative thinker, ready to bring fresh ideas to our marketing and social media strategies? Does the prospect of joining a dynamic and successful team excite you?
This Marketing & Social Marketing Assistant role is to support the Marketing Manager deliver effective promotional communication to ensure that the right quality and quantity of visitors and exhibitors attend the event.
William Reed has built an unrivalled event portfolio for the UK food and drink industry. The department is responsible for marketing Foodex Manufacturing Solutions, Food & Drink Expo, National Convenience Show, Farm Shop & Deli Show and Awards, The Forecourt Show, The Restaurant Show and The London Coffee Festival. Each event is independently marketed to our industry-wide and sector-specific media, and we pride ourselves on getting the right audience.
What you'll be doing:
- Ensuring all deadlines are met.
- Liaising and co-ordinating activity with the features, operations, sales, ad production, multimedia and publishing teams when required.
- Ensuring websites are up to date with the latest logos, timetables, exhibitors, and relevant content highlights.
- Producing and posting social media content.
- Creating digital inventory in Canva and Adobe XD.
- Ensuring show strategy and timeline are constantly updated and deadlines are met.
- Ensuring promotions responses are monitored.
- Keeping an updated file of promotions.
- Building and creating e-marketing campaigns in adobe campaign.
- Helping the marketing manager manage the email list.
- Updating online marketing manuals.
- Assisting in producing post show report analysing response to all promotional activity.
- Liaising with external clients such as registration company, associations, sponsors, designers,
- Encouraging exhibitor self-promotion.
What you'll need:
- Excellent time management and organisational skills.
- To be a creative thinker.
- Strong administration skills with an eye for detail.
- To be an enthusiastic, self-motivated, and pro-active individual.
- To be able to use initiative with the ability to multi-task.
- To be able to work collaboratively and as part of a team.
- Possess patience and understanding.
- To be confident with strong communication skills.
- Ability to create engaging digital content.
Company Benefits Include:
- 25 days annual leave in addition to bank holidays- increasing by one additional day after 6 years, up to a maximum of 30 days.
- An additional day of leave for you to take on a cultural celebration day or on your birthday if you like. A day for you! At William Reed, we call this our "MeDay".
- A volunteer day to take for supporting a chosen charity and giving back to the community.
- Opportunity for hybrid working
- Contributory Pension
- Life Assurance Scheme
- Group Income Protection
- Enhanced family-friendly leave pay entitlements
- Wellbeing benefits, including: A health care cash plan, Employee assistance programme and a 12-month wellness calendar for company-wide health, wellbeing, diversity & inclusion awareness dates.
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Electric Car Scheme
Why work for us
We provide a supportive work environment and are committed to maintaining a healthy work/life balance for all of our employees. Working for William Reed means that you will be joining a stable organisation that is committed to developing its employees and brands.
We warmly welcome and encourage applications from talented individuals of all backgrounds and characteristics.
If you need any support in accessing this opportunity, please do not hesitate to discuss this with us.