Marketing Assistant

Main duties & responsibilities:-

• Co-ordinate the Sales Pipeline and gains reports to include regular meetings with client partners and updating the sales database accordingly
• Represent marketing on Hospitality & Leisure and Technology & Telecoms industry groups
• Responsibility for industry group and Wigmore St section of the intranet – preparing industry group profiles and uploading these onto the intranet – ensuring industry group information on the intranet is up to date
• Ad hoc industry group projects e.g. compiling mailing lists/target lists, putting together client lists, input/approval of letters, organisation of industry group mailings and completion of action points that arise in industry group meetings
• Responsible for regular review of all existing industry group and Wigmore St  website content/updating content/writing new content  
• Use of web management system to upload new industry group and Wigmore St content, create new pages, amend content, add images
• Web traffic improvement and search engine optimisation for industry group and Wigmore St sections of the website
• Monitor and manage industry group website enquiries to ensure leads are followed up in a timely manner and that the outcome of these leads is recorded and managed as appropriate
• Advertising - Profiles in publications and production of adverts: write content, work with designer to agree design, liaise with industry head, ensure brand/compliance guidelines are met, submit, check/agree proofs, liaising with publications to confirm deadlines/specifications/negotiate costs where necessary and ensure we receive what we agreed to. Monitoring of leads
• Industry Cards - Produce content, liaise with industry group members across locations to finalise content. Responsible for proof reading content, ensuring corporate guidelines are met, working with the designers to agree imagery/design concepts, managing relationship with printers to ensure quality level of finished cards is high & deadlines met.  Also responsible for handling any industry card related enquiries in the initial stages, forwarding to appropriate industry group member and following this up
• Co-ordinating the appropriate sign-offs on all documentation produced.

Key skills & knowledge:-

• Clearly demonstrates high attention to detail
• Ability to communicate effectively at all levels.  Expresses available options by clear analysis and judgment, taking into account the circumstances of the recipient
• Shows drive, determination and enthusiasm and is flexible in accordance with the demands of the role
• Is a team player, with good interpersonal skills and the ability to work closely with others 
• A motivated self starter, with a positive attitude to change.  Notices when others are struggling and offers to help
• Demonstrates excellent organisational skills with strong attention to detail and the ability to meet deadlines.  Shares information and keeps line manager(s) informed of progress and potential problems
• Competent IT skills – specifically Microsoft Packages and understanding of databases and back end of websites  and ability to produce graphs in PowerPoint

• London West End