Marketing Assistant

Teacheroo; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 27,000; Full time

Job summary

A prestigious educational institution in Edinburgh is looking for a full-time Marketing Assistant to join their team. The successful candidate will support various marketing activities, including digital and social media campaigns, content creation, and events. Strong communication skills and some experience in multi-channel marketing are required. The role offers a salary of £26,519 and various employee benefits, including a generous holiday allowance and access to facilities.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance

Enhanced sick pay

Family friendly policies

Access to swimming pool and fitness room

Discounts at 130,000 retail and entertainment locations

Qualifications

• Experience working on multi-channel marketing campaigns and using social media in a professional capacity.
• Strong, diplomatic communication skills; ability to design and deliver influential and engaging campaigns to key stakeholders; exceptional writing skills.
• Experience of working in an education setting is desirable but not essential.

Responsibilities

• Provide general support to the Marketing Team in the delivery of the marketing strategy.
• Work across a range of marketing activities and platforms including digital and social media platforms, content creation and events.

Job description

Overview

Erskine Stewart’s Melville Schools are currently recruiting for a Marketing Assistant to join the Schools on a permanent basis. The position will be available from November 2025 (subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks). The role is full-time, working 36.25 hours per week, Monday to Friday with a salary of £26,519.

The Marketing Assistant will provide general support to the Marketing Team in the delivery of the marketing strategy, working across a range of different marketing activities and platforms including digital and social media platforms, content creation and events.

Responsibilities

• Provide general support to the Marketing Team in the delivery of the marketing strategy.
• Work across a range of marketing activities and platforms including digital and social media platforms, content creation and events.

Qualifications

• Experience working on multi-channel marketing campaigns and using social media in a professional capacity.
• Strong, diplomatic communication skills; ability to design and deliver influential and engaging campaigns to key stakeholders; exceptional writing skills.
• Experience of working in an education setting is desirable but not essential.

Other details

To learn more about this role, please access the job description provided.

Eligibility: ESMS is unable to sponsor the employment of international workers in this role. International applicants will therefore be unable to apply for and secure a Skilled Worker visa. The successful candidate will only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK.

Benefits

• Staff are offered a range of benefits including: a generous holiday allowance, enhanced sick pay, family friendly policies, use of the Schools’ swimming pool and fitness room outside school hours, membership of the ESMS Discount and Benefits Scheme, including a range of discounts at 130,000 retail and entertainment locations.

Values and culture: ESMS aims to embody and promote values of Kindness, Confidence, Resilience, Integrity, and Curiosity while role modelling behaviours in line with school pillars of Ambition, Innovation, and Community.

ESMS is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. Applicants must undergo child protection screening, including checks with past employers and Disclosure Scotland. All staff working at ESMS have direct access to young people; therefore all posts within the school are considered exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

Application procedure

In order to apply for the position, please complete the attached application form. Any enquiries about these positions should be directed to the ESMS Recruitment Team at #removed#. The closing date for applications is Wednesday 8 October 2025. We anticipate interviews will be held week commencing 27 October.

About ESMS

Welcome to the ESMS, a vibrant family of independent schools, set in beautiful grounds in the heart of Edinburgh. We offer a co-educational nursery and junior school, single-sex but closely twinned secondary education, and a co-educational sixth form. We are a consistently award-winning School, with an educational legacy that stretches back more than 300 years. Our Schools have always been pioneers of rounded education. Children’s education is underpinned by our values: kindness, confidence, resilience, integrity and curiosity. From virtual reality headsets in the classroom to developing one of the first outdoor learning programmes in Scotland, we are always searching for new ways to develop the whole child. The people that work for us are passionate, pioneering and strive for excellence in everything they do. We value the incredible contributions they make to school life, we invest in their careers and we support their ambitions so that they flourish professionally and personally.