Junior Marketing Executive (Kickstarter)

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Location: York City Centre (Temporarily Remote)

Hours: 26 hours per week 

Important: This role has been created via the government’s Kickstart Scheme. To be eligible to apply for this job role, you must be aged 18-24 and in receipt of Universal Credit.

Job Description 

Reporting primarily to the Account Manager, the Junior Marketing Executive will provide administrative and marketing support duties for accounts held by Brightsparks.

Main responsibilities 

The post holder’s responsibilities will include but not be limited to:

• Marketing content creation including; 

  • Blog writing, copywriting and social media content 

• Website administration via CMS platforms 

• Where necessary, making outbound calls, answering calls and providing customer service support for BrightSparks and it’s clients. 

• Document creation, editing and proofing;

• Data entry

• Preparation of support materials, presentations, reports

• Collating, editing and sharing documents and data as required by Brightsparks staff and its clients

• Enquiries administration - sending emails and other correspondence to external individuals and organisations in order to support the smooth delivery of Brightsparks services via different platforms

• Providing administrative support for events, training and projects

• Social media content planning, delivery and scheduling via scheduling applications

• CRM administration

• Support on various marketing campaigns including initial set up tasks, delivery, management and maintenance tasks, reporting and evaluation

• Any other duties as required by Brightsparks in order to deliver its activities and work programme

Required Post Holder Attributes 

The ideal candidate will be: 

• Excellent and proven organisational skills

• Excellent administrative skills

• Multitasks and is able to prioritise workloads based on the immediate and time critical demands of the businesses

• An enthusiastic and hard worker who is resilient and able to use setbacks as motivation to push forward and achieve their goals 

• An authentic communicator, able to communicate confidently with people at all levels and from all cultures in an honest and respectful manner.

• Flexibility to work in varying locations and on lots of different projects. 

• This is a team role and the job holder will be required to be a natural collaborator, working closely with all BrightSparks staff and, where necessary, its clients to ensure the smooth delivery of its services. 

Desirable Experience 

• Previous experience of content writing for various audiences and across digital and print channels is desirable but not essential. 

• Previous experience of administration and customer service support. 

• Experience of managing client facing social media accounts such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Linkedin is desirable

• Experience of using Google applications such as Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Drive, Google Meet, Google Slides, Sheets and Docs

Qualifications 

A good standard of education is preferable. 

Abilities 

• A self starter with the ability to use initiative is essential 

• Must have a friendly, outgoing and customer-facing attitude

• Excellent organisational and time management skills

• Excellent administrative skills

The above job description is correct as at the date it is advertised. However, BrightSparks has the right to alter the job description of a role at any time, in line with the demands and needs of the business. 

Whilst this job description sets out the broad responsibilities of the role, this is not intended to be an exhaustive list of responsibilities and the post holder will be required to deliver any other responsibilities requested in line with the demands and needs of the business.

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