Marketing Assistant
- Recruiter
- Chester Zoo
- Location
- Chester
- Salary
- £17367 per annum + superb benefits
- Posted
- 06 Jan 2017
- Closes
- 26 Jan 2017
- Ref
- 1595
- Sectors
- Marketing, PR & Advertising
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Marketing Assistant
Permanent – Full-time
We are Chester Zoo, and for over 80 years we’ve been a leading conservation and education charity, and an amazing, award-winning visitor attraction.
We’re also a team of passionate, talented, enthusiastic and expert people, doing everything we can to keep the zoo going, from feeding the animals to discovering new conservation ideas, and giving our 1.9 million visitors an inspirational day out.
We work hard because we love animals, we care about nature, we love Chester Zoo and we want to be the best zoo in the world!
If you think you can help us to achieve that, then we’d love to hear from you.
We currently have an exciting vacancy for a Marketing Assistant to join our Marketing team.
The Role:
- To ensure that online content is available and accurate, keeping our websites up to date and providing support to enable our email and social media activity
- To manage the Chester Zoo image and film library to ensure that the team have access to high quality assets in line with the Chester Zoo brand guidelines
- To support the delivery of tourism and community marketing and fundraising projects by attending exhibitions, events and meetings as required
- To support the Marketing Designer, Marketing Officer and third party agencies to ensure that our print and publications are of the highest quality
- To manage levels of print stocks and oversee the delivery of print distribution plans
- To provide administrative support to the Marketing team for all visitor, stakeholder and internal communications activity
The successful candidate will:
- Have a marketing qualification or equivalent experience
- Have a good understanding of marketing principles and channels
- Be a confident digital native with the ability to use content management systems and have a good understanding of social media for marketing
- Be experienced in the use of Microsoft Office applications
- Have good verbal presentation skills, be confident and comfortable representing the zoo at events, exhibitions and meetings
- Be a skilled copy writer with a good attention to detail and the ability to adapt your writing style for different audiences
- Have good organisational skills and an ability to prioritise your work
- Have an interest in Chester Zoo’s mission relating to conservation and education
Hours of work are 40 hours per week from 8.30am to 5.00pm, Monday to Friday with a 30 minute lunch break. Some weekend and evening working may be required, for which time off in lieu will be given.
The salary for this role is £17,367.09 per annum and in addition we offer a range of amazing benefits which can be found on the Chester Zoo careers page.
To apply for this position please click the ‘apply’ button on this page where you’ll be redirected to the vacancy on the Chester Zoo website. You’ll then be required to provide your current CV and covering letter stating why you believe you should be considered for the Marketing Assistant role.
Closing date for applications is Wednesday, 25th January 2017.
This Marketing Assistant vacancy is advertised by JVP Jobs on behalf of the employer Chester Zoo. Please note that JVP is an advertising company NOT a recruitment agency, therefore all applications will be reviewed directly by the employer Chester Zoo, and should they wish to progress your application further, they will be in contact with you.