Job Description

Business South are recruiting a Marketing Assistant to join the team on a part-time basis (20-24 hours per week). Based at the Solent Business Centre in Southampton. This is an ideal role for someone looking to harness their creativity, communications and organisational skills to raise the profile of Business South, Enterprise South and the Central South region through a range of marketing campaigns.

This role is suitable for someone looking to work on a part-time basis.

Business South is a business engagement organisation that works with leading employers from the public and private sector including education to collaboratively promote the Central South Region for investment, trade and talent.

Reports to:

Head of Strategy

Key skills

Confident working autonomously as well as part of a small team Experience of creating engaging content for social media channels Knowledge of planning and implementing effective B2B marketing campaigns Experience using analytics and reporting tools A proactive approach and a team player Familiarity of website CMS systems such as Wordpress Basic knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite software (an advantage but not essential Knowledge of using Mailchimp, Survey Monkey and social media scheduling tools such as Hootsuite (an advantage but not essential) Knowledge of CRM systems such as Salesforce (an advantage but not essential) Must have a Driving licence and own vehicle (essential)

The Role

Responsibilities will include (but not limited to) the following:

Assisting the comms lead to deliver a comprehensive marketing and communications plan/schedule to help promote all Business South and Enterprise South activities and events. Assisting in developing and managing the Business South social media platforms. Delivering marketing and communication benefits to our clients (Champions) as part of the Champion programme, including but not limited to: publishing news and events and social media engagement. Supporting with monthly reporting of Social media performance using analytics. Assisting with organising content and graphics for promotional materials online and offline Communicating with external companies (Champions) to gather relevant information for the websites. Attending and supporting the team at Business South events.
Job Type: Part-time

Pay: 10.00-12.21 per hour

Expected hours: 20 - 24 per week

Work Location: In person