Marketing/social Media Assistant

Job description

·  Location
Basildon, Essex
·  Category
Marketing & Advertising - Other Marketing & Advertising
·  Job type
Permanent
·  Industry
Marketing and Advertising
·  External Reference
JN-012020-113824

Full Time; Weekends Plus Three Weekdays (including Bank Holidays)

28 days holiday in a full holiday year

This varied office-based role involves supporting all of our marketing and merchandising activities, including social media, web site, printed materials and photography.

Duties will include the following but will vary depending on the day-to-day needs of the business;

Retail point-of-sale sign production:

·  From files or other information provided, add product-specific information to produce individual signs using existing/agreed templates.

·  Create new designs for non-product signage, in keeping with existing templates and design direction.

·  Contribute to annual design evolution for major center changeovers, from gardening focus to Christmas and back again.

·  Oversee physical sign production and display - e.g. ensuring quality, correct materials/colours and types being used appropriately.

·  Help to police the tone of voice/style of any new sign requests according to agreed design guidelines and brand personality.

·  Ad-hoc production of incidental signage and bespoke items to assist with merchandising activity.

Social media:

·  Responding to post comments, encouraging and participating in conversations with our audiences.

·  Answering direct messages.

·  Assisting with photography for our Facebook posts and web site.

Web site:

·  Updating web site content - e.g. repurpose new content produced for social media by editing existing or creating new web pages.

·  Migrating web site content from one iteration to the next, whilst ensuring that information is properly organised and up-to-date.

·  Highlighting and documenting areas for improvement.

Other:

·  Assisting office staff during peak periods of the year with any ad-hoc duties.

·  Updating, laying out existing customer information materials, such as care guides.

·  Creation of new marketing, promotional and informational pieces.

There are key skills required to be successful in this position;

Essential:

·  High level of written English skill, including spelling, punctuation and grammar.

·  Ability to comprehend a design brief and produce design deliverables to satisfy it.

·  High attention to detail to ensure quality and consistency across all work.

·  Ability to contribute to ideas and collaborate with others to find the best solutions possible, taking into account available resources and constraints.

·  High level of technical competency with standard office software and specialist graphic design packages such as Affinity Designer and MS Publisher.

·  Photo editing and retouching skills, including colour correction/grading, isolation, compositing etc.

·  Typographic understanding (and restraint!)

·  Ability to quickly learn and become competent in other software applications.

·  Familiarity with WordPress or other similar web site CMS would be an advantage.

Desirable:

·  Copywriting skills - deliver to a copy brief, taking into account purpose, audience, house style etc.

·  Store merchandising experience would be an advantage.

·  Photographic/video-graphic understanding or experience.

Adecco acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and an employment business for the supply of temporary workers. The Adecco Group UK & Ireland is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

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