Marketing Assistant (Apprentice or Graduate)

DriveWorks Ltd; England; Hybrid; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company in Warrington is looking for a Marketing Assistant, either an apprentice or graduate. You will support the marketing team by writing newsletters, creating content for social media, and maintaining our websites. The ideal candidate is reliable, organised, and possesses excellent communication skills. A-level education is required, with a degree for the graduate scheme. Attractive development opportunities and flexible working arrangements are offered.

Benefits

Excellent training and development opportunities

Flexible working hours

Free parking

Refreshments provided

Qualifications

• Reliable, resourceful and able to work well in a team setting.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficient with Microsoft applications and social media platforms.

Responsibilities

• Write monthly email newsletters to our global customer base.
• Create graphics and content for social channels and email campaigns.
• Help maintain our websites and user portal.
• Take ownership of events listings.
• Support the marketing team with content for the reseller network.
• Provide content and resources to our community of users.

Skills

Reliability

Excellent communication

Organizational skills

Creativity

Attention to detail

Education

A-levels

Degree (for graduate scheme)

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Canva

Job description

Marketing Assistant (Apprentice or Graduate)

DriveWorks HQ, Warrington, United Kingdom

Monday to Friday, 9am-5:30pm

Who we are

We’re an award-winning international technology company based in Thelwall, South Warrington, and we’re hiring! Our automation software is sold to businesses in over 50 countries worldwide through our global network of resellers. It’s transforming our customers’ sales and manufacturing processes and improving customer experience. It’s a great market to develop and hone your marketing skills.

Our technology drives our business too. We use automation to help us work smarter. We make sure everyone has the right tools to do an excellent job, in a fun and supportive environment that encourages learning and development, allowing everyone to thrive.

The role

In this role, you’ll work as part of a creative and productive marketing team. We work with our resellers, ensuring they have the content and resources needed to promote our products. We also plan, execute and review our own content strategy, sharing our brand with our international community, tracking what works, and coming up with new ideas to make a difference.

You’ll work alongside and learn from a team of supportive marketing professionals, as well as the wider DriveWorks team. Your main responsibilities will include:

• Writing monthly email newsletters to our global customer base.
• Creating graphics and content for social channels, email campaigns, etc.
• Helping to maintain our websites, including our user portal.
• Taking ownership of our events listings.
• Supporting the marketing team in providing content to our reseller network.
• Supporting the DriveWorks team in providing content and resources to our community of users worldwide.

About you

You must be reliable, resourceful, highly organised and an excellent communicator, both written and verbal. We are looking for someone who pays attention to detail, who can think creatively and who will work to finish a task. As long as you can demonstrate you can grasp new concepts quickly and are to learn, formal marketing qualifications aren’t necessary. A minimum education level of A-levels is required.

We will support an apprentice through a level 3 or above apprenticeship with a local provider.

A degree is required to join our graduate training scheme.

Knowledge of social media platforms and being proficient in the use of Microsoft applications such as Word and Excel are essential. The ability to use Canva would be advantageous.

Your attitude, aptitude and ability are all really important to us.

What we can offer you

• Excellent training and development opportunities – if you want to learn, you can.
• Work with the latest technology in a picturesque setting on nature’s doorstep with free parking.
• A supportive environment where your voice is heard and your individuality is celebrated.

We mean it when we say your work/life balance is important to us. We have flexible working hours, and you can work from home 1-2 days per week.

We’ve thought about the little things to make your working day run smoothly – our cupboards are stocked with condiments, there’s butter and milk in the fridge, fruit available throughout the day, and freshly brewed coffee on tap.

We listen to our users so we can deliver great software for customer success, and we are committed to our team.

We’re the proud recipients of 2 prestigious Queen’s Awards, one for our Innovative Technology and one for our International Trade success.

How to apply

Send your CV and a short cover letter [e-mail] . We promise to do our best to reply to every application as fast as we can, please be aware that we may receive a high number of applications which can mean our replies are slower than we’d like. We may close this vacancy early depending on the number of applicants so don’t delay, apply today!

Good luck and thank you for taking the time to apply!

We have a legal responsibility to ensure our people have the right to live and work in the UK. If we make an offer of employment, we will need to check that you are eligible to work in the UK before you start work.