Marketing Assistant

Marketing Assistant - GBP16k - Leicester City Centre - Law Firm

The role:

Marketing assistant to join the Clients & Markets team based in their Leicester City Centre office, and will contribute to a variety of activities covering the full marketing duties.

Key duties include:

working as part of a larger marcomms team to deliver the event element of integrated marketing campaigns

having responsibility for the delivery of a number of regional events

assisting in pre-event planning, which may include but not limited to, the creation and management of lists, dealing with logistics

including travelling to venues to conduct site visits, venue booking, diarising updates, setting and attending briefing and de-briefing meetings, ensuring the despatch of invitations and collation and monitoring of responses, and all associated tasks

creating HTML mailings for internal and external use using the firm's e-marketing technology

assisting in collateral development, including co-ordinating inputs (progressing to copywriting) for bespoke event materials

assisting in the on-the-day event management, including attending all events, arriving early to ensure rooms are set up including but not limited to, layout / audio-visual / catering, and client registrations

assisting in post-event management, including but not limited to, dispatching follow-up communications to attendees and no-shows, processing and analysing feedback reports

collating data to prepare return-on-investment reports and areas for improvement

taking ownership of the event in-boxes

assisting with website content

assisting in data management, including the use of research tools such as MINT to develop mailing lists, gathering information

about event attendees, and supporting on cleansing 'bouncebacks' from the events invite process

liaising with stakeholders of all levels

delivering events within an allocated budget

developing relationships with external suppliers, such as contractors, caterers, audio-visual suppliers, venues

Flexibility to travel to the firm's other offices nationally and to work extra hours sometimes at short notice is essential due to the nature of the role.

Skills and experience you will have:

to be educated to degree-level in marketing (or equivalent), or experience working in a similar role

an understanding of legal or professional services sector (ideally)

a working knowledge of social media

Key competencies you will need:

strong writing skills and good attention to detail

the ability to prioritise workload and organise effectively

excellent communication and interpersonal skills

enthusiasm, commitment and a team player approach with in a busy team

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