Graduate Marketing Executive

Conventus Solutions Ltd; Lower Blandford St Mary; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A dynamic marketing firm in Lower Blandford St Mary is seeking a Graduate Business Marketing Executive. This role offers the chance to take full responsibility for marketing activities, work directly with the Managing Director, and grow into a Marketing Manager position. Ideal for recent graduates looking for exposure and development in a professional services context. You will gain hands-on experience with a mix of responsibilities including website management, event coordination, and relationship marketing, while receiving mentorship and support.

Benefits

Direct access to senior leadership

Real responsibility from day one

International exposure

Qualifications

• Recent or upcoming graduate or equivalent early-career experience.
• High personal standards and exceptional attention to detail.
• Willingness to follow direction precisely and ask good questions.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for full range of marketing activity.
• Maintain and improve website.
• Coordinate event planning and execution.

Skills

Attention to detail

Initiative

Organizational skills

Self-learning

Education

Degree in marketing, business, management or related discipline

Tools

Adobe Creative Suite

Job description

Overview

Location: Bournemouth (minimum 3 days/week onsite)

Travel: Some international travel required for trade shows.

We are hiring a Graduate Business Marketing Executive. This is intentionally not a ready-made Marketing Manager role. We are looking for someone early in their career who wants the chance to grow into one.

Our work, our clients, and our market are specialist and unusual. The most successful people in our company learn on the job, take responsibility early, and develop capability through doing. We do not hire “off the shelf” but instead focus on moulding people with potential. We now want to do the same with marketing.

If you are seeking a clearly defined, narrow marketing role, or a career in digital marketing, this position will not suit you.

If, however, you are motivated by responsibility, learning fast, and taking on a role you are not yet fully qualified for but believe you can grow into, this will be an exceptional opportunity.

The role

You will be the sole marketing role in the business, reporting directly to the Managing Director. You will be responsible for the full range of marketing activity, with clear direction, high standards, and close support, particularly in the early stages. This is a hands-on role. You will be expected to try things, learn new skills, and take initiative, while following direction carefully and paying close attention to detail. Over time, the role is intended to grow into a Marketing Manager position as your capability and confidence develop.

This is not a digital marketing role. We do not focus on SEO, email campaigns, YouTube, Instagram, or influencer-led content.

Marketing responsibilities

• Maintaining and improving website (small, specialist site).
• Managing LinkedIn presence and basic company communications.
• Supporting branding and visual consistency across materials.
• Working with external suppliers (designers, printers, stand builders) where appropriate.
• Events and trade shows.
• Event selection support and value assessment.
• Stand design coordination and contractor liaison.
• Travel and logistics planning.
• On-site presence at selected international events.
• Lead capture and post-event follow-up coordination.
• Ensuring events deliver tangible commercial and relationship value.
• Supporting the planning and delivery of occasional in-house events; relationship marketing and strategy development.
• Learning what relationship marketing means in a professional services context.
• Helping develop a structured approach to maintaining and strengthening client relationships.
• Supporting marketing strategy thinking rather than purely execution.
• Market, client, and competitor understanding.
• Researching industry and market trends using public information.
• Building basic client profiles and relationship maps.
• Conducting competitor analysis and positioning reviews.
• Contributing insight to support commercial decision-making.

Skills development

Self-teaching Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, InDesign, etc.).

Using dedicated time provided for learning and development.

What success looks like

In the first 6 to 12 months:

• Reliable, organised execution.
• Smooth, value-driven events.
• Consistent, professional marketing activity.
• Growing understanding of the business and market in the medium term.
• Shaping marketing activity, not just delivering it.
• Providing insight on clients, competitors, and positioning.
• Natural evolution into a Marketing Manager role.
• Providing insight on clients, competitors, and positioning.

Why join us

• Direct access to and mentoring from the senior leadership team.
• Real responsibility from day one.
• International exposure early in your career.
• A role that grows with your capability.
• A business that invests in people who show commitment and potential.

Essential skills/experience

• A recent or upcoming graduate (or equivalent early-career experience).
• Degree in marketing, business, management, or a related discipline.
• High personal standards and exceptional attention to detail.
• Willingness to follow direction precisely and ask good questions.
• Strong initiative and comfort taking responsibility.
• Ambition and the belief that you can accelerate your career if you are given the opportunity.
• Right to work in the UK without a visa.

Desirable experience

• Exposure to events, projects, or coordination roles.
• Interest in professional services, consultancy, or B2B environments.
• Evidence of self-directed learning