Marketing Executive - Full Time - Suitable for Graduates

Based in Rishton

A Marketing Executive is required to join a rapidly expanding manufacturer and distributor of innovative children's toys that are sold throughout the world in key markets including: Germany, Spain, Italy, UK, USA, Canada, Australia, Japan and many more. Their product ranges are own brand and include the award winning fun bath time products. The company is currently growing at a massive rate & they require an individual who has a desire to grow with them and is motivated, ambitious, personable, and must be able to multi task.

The Role: You will work closely with the MD, marketing team, & sales team, expanding the portfolios of their brands. You will assist in the management and day to day operation of marketing campaigns over a variety of media platforms. You will experience product launches throughout the UK and abroad, and you will also work with the team in testing new products before they come to market, gaining insight into the product branding and development process.

Jobs & Duties: Your daily duties will include a mix of online and offline marketing activities, as well as other office based work. You will experience a wide range of marketing tasks such as:

- Using Adobe Photoshop to create; Product emails and newsletters; Content for the company website; Presentations, leaflets and posters; Magazine and news print advertisements.
- Using social media - including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube and LinkedIn - to communicate with customers, both B2C and B2B and find potential partnerships with businesses and individuals, and to raise awareness of all products creating hype online!
- Maintaining and updating corporate and consumer product websites.
- Providing product descriptions and images for the company website.
- Market research and researching any given task.
- Preparing for, and possibly attending, tradeshows throughout the UK and abroad.
- Answering the phones and responding to emails on a B2B and B2C level.
- Sending mail shots and product samples to existing and potential customers.

Successful candidates will have to show;

- Confidence and creativeness.
- Strong time management, organisation and multitasking capabilities.
- Initiative to complete tasks on time - alone or as part of a team.
- Comfortable working within a smaller team in a relaxed office environment
- Imagination to create exciting marketing materials.
- They are computer literate with understanding of how to use the Microsoft package, and preferably, some basic Photoshop skills.
- They have an insight into Social Media.