Marketing & New Business Executive

JR United Kingdom; London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading agency in London is seeking a Marketing & New Business Executive to support their marketing and new business activities. The role involves creating content for social media, managing databases, and liaising with various teams. The ideal candidate will have excellent communication skills and a flair for social media. This position offers a dynamic work environment with opportunities for growth and collaboration.

Qualifications

• Excellent communicator with great confidence.
• Superb written, admin, and organization skills.

Responsibilities

• Create posts for owned channels and monitor responses.
• Help prepare presentations and attend meetings.
• Manage incoming new business inquiries.

Skills

Research

Communication

Organization

Social Media

Job description

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Marketing & New Business Executive, London

Client: Don't Panic London | Certified B Corp

Location: London, United Kingdom

Job Category: Other

EU work permit required: Yes

Job Views: 3

Posted: 12.05.2025

Expiry Date: 26.06.2025

Job Description:

JOB DESCRIPTION

Marketing & New Business Executive

Role

Want to work for one of the most exciting agencies around? An agency that creates campaigns for clients like Oxfam, YouTube, Shelter, Uber, and Greenpeace? Based in Shoreditch, Don’t Panic has evolved into one of the top independent agencies of our size in the UK. We are a purpose-led creative agency that delivers projects that benefit our clients, consumers, and the wider world. As Marketing & New Business Executive, you will be pivotal in supporting the agency’s marketing and new business activity. You’ll work closely with the Junior Marketing Manager, the Founding Partner, and the Client & Commercial Partner; whilst liaising with the Client Service, Strategy, and Creative teams. You will demonstrate excellent research skills and with a flair for social media, you will be a natural at gathering and collating information to help inform the agency’s marketing activity and create business development opportunities. You will be an excellent communicator with great confidence, and the ability to influence others. You’ll have superb written, admin, and organization skills. We are looking for someone to join us for 12 months minimum and welcome applications from all backgrounds, communities, and industries. We are committed to having a team that is made up of diverse skills, experiences, and abilities.

Responsibilities

Marketing and Social Media

• Create posts for our owned channels (LinkedIn, Instagram, and Facebook) and monitor responses
• Maintain the marketing database and internal systems, ensuring that information is accurate
• Help create agency email campaigns, managing and tracking them
• Liaise with all relevant contributors to ensure all activity happens on schedule after the Marketing/New Business meetings
• Update the website, working with all contributors to ensure content is regular and current and SEO performance is maintained or improved
• Manage the outreach to prospects and follow-ups, whether that's by email or by sending corporate gifts
• Maintain the marketing database and internal systems, ensuring that information is accurate
• Carry out SEO reports and social media reports to monitor the agency’s presence on the web / in the media

Business Development & New Business

• Help prepare presentations and attend meetings, ensuring creds decks are prepared and relevant
• Contact potential clients on behalf of the Founding Partner, via his email or phone, to set up meetings; sourcing and attending events and speaking opportunities with them
• Research organizations and individuals (using social media) to identify new business contacts and potential new opportunities
• Help propose possible speakers, themes, etc., for Shoreditch House events; liaising with all relevant internal and external people to organize the events
• Manage incoming new business inquiries, reviewing and interrogating the opportunity using the ‘new business questions form’, then liaising internally to ensure the adequate response is given as agreed with the Founding Partner and updating the databases and spreadsheets accordingly.
• Work alongside the Client and Commercial Partner, help manage new business workstreams as they come in, feeding into the client services team in advance, sharing background information, including client overviews, brief background, and pointers covered in the ‘new business questions form’
• Ensure follow-up communication is efficiently organized and documented, with improvements to the process adequately identified and implemented
• Diary management/booking meetings with clients/ chasing for responses/setting locations
• Actively monitor press and digital media for new opportunities
• Buying, sending client gifts, and keeping track of what has been sent

General

• Ensure a consistent positive and helpful approach to client work and briefs
• Maintain team documentation and administration to support the team
• Work on internal agency projects, social initiatives, and events
• Perform ad-hoc tasks and PA duties including greeting visitors, teas & coffees, booking flights, etc.

Everyone at Don't Panic needs to:

• Roll up their sleeves and get stuck in, creating energy and embracing change
• Thrive under pressure and welcome challenge
• Take a solutions-focused approach to work, be highly motivated, and look to improve
• Encourage open communication and have a sense of curiosity
• Be passionate about making fresh, innovative work and being part of a team that helps others to succeed
• Put their ego aside, be down to earth; always treat others with integrity and decent behavior
• Be upbeat and fun-loving… we don’t take ourselves too seriously!

If this sounds like you, please send your CV and cover letter, explaining why you are suited to the role, to [email protected].