Marketing Assistant

Marketing Assistant 
Birmingham, West Midlands 

Our client is a leading global supplier of precious metals in gold, silver, platinum and palladium alloys. They are the UK's largest one-stop shop for the jewellery maker. 

They currently have an exciting opportunity for a Marketing Executive / Marketing Assistant to join us in Birmingham. They are looking for a bright, enthusiastic, marketer to join a friendly, energetic and professional Marketing team. This is an exciting opportunity for a driven, self- motivated marketer who wants to ‘own’ projects from inception through to delivery. 

Working within a fast-paced environment, you will focus on all aspects of Marketing. You will provide support for the Marketing Manager by contributing to the preparation and implementation of strategic and tactical marketing plans. You will do this by assisting in ensuring all products / services are launched to agreed plans, ensuring the sales team understand the offers and communicating details of launches to management. 

Other activities will include placing adverts in the press, organising trade exhibitions and events to agreed plans and timescales, liaising with external agencies, collecting and refreshing competitor information, managing the customer database and undertaking project work as required. 

You will have: 

- A degree qualification or equivalent in Marketing 
- Prior experience of working within a marketing environment or similar. 
- Strong copy writing skills 
- Problem solving, interpersonal skills, be results driven, creative and enjoy working to tight deadlines. 

Hours of work: 
Total 37.5 hours per week, core office hours are Monday to Thursday 0830 - 1645, Friday 0830-1530 with a 30 minute lunch break each day. However our client is open to flexible working requests 

Benefits: 
- Competitive salary 
- Up to 26 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays 
- Company Pension Scheme with employer contributions matched up to 8% 
- Life Assurance 

As part of the new starter vetting process the successful candidate will be asked to complete a criminal records check from the DBS and asked to provide references; due to the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) please do not disclose referee details on your CV. 

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