Marketing Assistant

The William Reed Group; Brighton; Hybrid; GBP 22,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

The William Reed Group is seeking a Marketing Assistant in Brighton to support the promotion and organization of international events in the food-tech and agriculture sectors. This full-time, permanent role will involve content management, social media engagement, and proactive communication with event partners. Join a company that values employee development and offers excellent benefits including additional leave for cultural celebrations and a supportive hybrid working environment.

Benefits

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Cultural celebration day or birthday leave

Volunteer day for charity

Opportunity for hybrid working

Contributory Pension

Life Assurance Scheme

Group Income Protection

Enhanced family-friendly leave pay

Wellbeing benefits and resources

Cycle to Work Scheme

Electric Car Scheme

Qualifications

• Experience in marketing, PR, or related role.
• Proficient with MS Office, especially Word and Excel.
• Experience with website content management systems required.

Responsibilities

• Support promotion and organizing of events.
• Upload and edit content for event websites.
• Assist in social media campaigns.

Skills

Communication skills

Attention to detail

IT skills

Social media understanding

Proactiveness

Tools

Salesforce

Canva

Job description

We are a global media group delivering exceptional content through events, digital, data & insight.

From agribusiness, ingredients and food processing, to retail, hospitality & fine dining – we provide the inspiration, insight and connections to power our customers’ success.

We have offices in Gatwick, Brighton and London, UK; Montpellier, France; Singapore and Chicago, US. The successful candidate will work from our Brighton office.

Position

Position: Full time – permanent

Location: Brighton

Are you looking to advance your career in the exciting world of events or marketing? Do you want to work on a portfolio of international events, while making a meaningful impact on global sustainability? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for a Marketing Assistant to join our Global Brands marketing team.

The Marketing Assistant will support the team in the promotion and organising of our international portfolio of face-to-face and digital events, awards, media and online publications in the agriculture, food-tech and nutra-ingredient industries.

What you’ll be doing:

• Uploading new content to the event websites, including blog posts, images, and agendas
• Editing photos and biographies to match our company style
• Proofreading and checking all websites regularly to ensure they are accurate and up to date
• Keeping up to date with SEO, web analytics, and tools, and implementing improvements
• Creating graphics and editing videos in Canva for use in our email campaigns and social media, and sharing with our speakers, delegates and event partners
• Liaising with external graphic designers as needed for graphic templates and brochure updates
• Supporting our social media campaigns by monitoring industry news and partner or influencer activity, gathering internal news from the team, writing, and scheduling content
• Assembling content for brochures, programs, and web stories, following up with speakers and sponsors by telephone where needed
• Coordinating and reporting on activities with marketing and media partners to amplify noise before the event
• Issuing press invitations to journalists and following up on post-event articles
• Gathering data from relevant associations and competitor events to build our internal database
• Coordinating advertising content, ad banners and bookings on our media sites
• Helping to run events on the day as a key part of the event team onsite

Requirements

What you’ll need:

• Experience in a marketing, social media, PR or related role
• Excellent communication skills (written and verbal), accuracy and attention to detail
• Proficient IT skills including MS Office, especially Word and Excel
• Experience working with website content management systems is essential, and further experience using database or CRM systems, such as Salesforce is desirable
• Proficiency in Canva or a similar image and video editing design software and an eye for design
• Understanding of social media for business, especially LinkedIn
• Self-motivated, proactive and highly organised, with an ability to work well in a fast-paced environment and juggle multiple priorities
• Additional languages such as Portuguese, Spanish, Arabic or Mandarin would be advantageous but not essential
• Flexibility in working hours to work with international stakeholders
• Willingness to travel and support onsite at the events (UK-based to start, with international travel as you progress) and occasionally travel to our Gatwick office

Other information

Company Benefits and Initiatives Include:

• 25 days annual leave in addition to bank holidays – increasing by one additional day after 6 years, up to a maximum of 30 days.
• An additional day of leave for you to take on a cultural celebration day or on your birthday if you like. A day for you! At William Reed, we call this our “MeDay”.
• A volunteer day to take for supporting a chosen charity and giving back to the community.
• Opportunity for hybrid working
• Contributory Pension
• Life Assurance Scheme
• Group Income Protection
• Enhanced family-friendly leave pay entitlements
• Wellbeing benefits, including: A health care cash plan, Employee assistance programme, Virtual GP service and Access to health & wellbeing resources and tools.
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Electric Car Scheme

Why work for us

We provide a supportive work environment and are committed to maintaining a healthy work/life balance for all of our employees. Working for William Reed means that you will be joining a stable organisation that is committed to developing its employees and brands.

We warmly welcome and encourage applications from talented individuals of all backgrounds and characteristics.

If you need any support in accessing this opportunity, please do not hesitate to discuss this with us.