Job Description
Marketing Assistant
£23,000 per annum
3 days per week on site in our Kendal Office, upto 2 days per week Remote.
Be our ‘man on the ground’ at our Kendal office to ensure the delivery, packing and shipment of key material for all key offline events.
About us
We are a rapid-growth scale-up disrupting the infant nutrition space through our award-winning brand Kendamil– the only infant milk made in Britain, proudly used by the British Royal Family and uniquely crafted locally using British full cream milk, without the nasties.
Our company, Kendal Nutricare, is a 170 person team passionate about giving children a better start to life. We’re proud to be a Queens’ Award winning business and to be ranked by the Financial Times as one of Europe’s 1000 Fastest Growing Companies in 2020.
We’re on an exciting path – join us!
The role:
Looking for a motivated junior marketer to join our rapidly expanding marketing team, helping to ensure best in class delivery of our marketing plan. The role will be hybrid, working as part of our marketing team but will also require travel to events and time in our head office.
As part of a fast-growing team, this execution-focused role will offer real responsibility and rapid potential career advancement and is ideal for a junior marketer or graduate looking to gain experience across marketing as we scale our business.
To ensure the successful delivery and coordination of our marketing projects at Kendamil, ranging from online and offline events, influencer marketing and social media.
What you’ll be doing:
● Help to project manage our marketing initiatives, and ensure they are fulfilled in a timely, high quality and efficient manner, with great attention to detail
● Work with our Social and Content team to help source, outreach and gift to key influencers within our demographic
● Work with our Kendal warehouse team and external event coordinators to ensure the delivery of all key collateral to offline events
● Be our ‘man on the ground’ at our Kendal office to ensure the delivery, packing and shipment of key material for all key offline events
● Representing the brand at key offline events around the UK with other team members
● Work with other departments and creatives to ensure that all projects are executed to the best standard
● Utilise our team collaboration platforms including Asana and Slack to work to projects and deadlines
What you’ll need:
● 1+ year in a similar role, or graduation from a relevant marketing degree
● A very high attention to detail and strong organisational skills
● Knowledge of marketing, including social media marketing, influencer marketing and events
● Experience of working to a deadline on projects with multiple stakeholders
● Flexibility in managing new challenges / changing priorities in a fast-paced environment
● Strong communicator who can update confidently to key stakeholders, customers and brand partners
● A driver’s license and transport for getting to/from the Kendal office
What we would like you to have:
● Online and offline PR experience (including influencer interaction)
● Experience working within a consumer brand / baby brand / nutrition brand
What you’ll get from us:
The opportunity to work for the fastest growing infant milk brand in Europe, alongside a young talented team dedicated to serving thousands of passionate customers.
We offer 28 days holiday (incl. bank holidays) with additional holidays granted each year for the first 5 years, a pension scheme, Employee Assistance Programme, Life Assurance at 2 x basic salary, on-site parking, and subsidised breakfast. Oh and did we mention our factory is located in the heart of the beautiful English Lake District?
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Salary: From £23,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Canteen
- Casual dress
- Company events
- Company pension
- Discounted or free food
- Free parking
- Gym membership
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Wellness programme
- Work from home
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Kendal: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Education:
Experience:
- Marketing: 1 year (required)
Licence/Certification:
- Driver's License (required)
Work authorisation:
- United Kingdom (required)
Willingness to travel:
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Kendal
Application deadline: 15/05/2023
Reference ID: Marketing Assistant