Marketing Assistant

Morson Group; Wigan; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency in Wigan is seeking a Marketing Assistant responsible for day-to-day marketing activities. In this role, you will engage in content creation, manage social media, and assist with email marketing campaigns. Strong organisational skills, attention to detail, and excellent communication abilities are essential. Join a high-performing team that values career development and collaboration. Experience in a similar marketing role and proficiency with creative software like Adobe are preferred.

Qualifications

• Experience in a marketing role is preferable.
• Excellent IT skills with creative software.
• Strong written communication skills necessary.

Responsibilities

• Create and manage high-quality content.
• Engage followers on social media channels.
• Assist in email campaign execution.

Skills

Content research

Graphic design

Social media engagement

Email marketing

Organisation skills

Attention to detail

Written communication

Teamwork

Education

Experience in similar marketing role

Tools

Adobe Creative Suite

Mailchimp

Job description

Established in 1969, Morson Group has grown from a small start-up to a global leader in recruitment, with a £1.4 billion turnover. With over 30 offices in the UK and locations across Canada, the USA, Australia, and Europe, we’re proud to be the UK’s top technical recruitment agency and the 3rd largest worldwide. We're also honoured to be ranked among the Top 100 Best Large Companies to Work For!

Under the leadership of our CEO, Ged Mason OBE, who took the reins from his father, founder Gerry Mason, nearly a decade ago, we've thrived while maintaining the values that make Morson unique. We’re a close-knit, hardworking team that’s grounded in kindness, care, and collaboration. It’s why over 35% of our colleagues have been with us for over 10 years – loyalty and passion run deep at Morson!

The Role:

The Marketing Assistant is responsible for carrying out various day to day marketing activity, ensuring Morson Nexus is well represented at all times. Organisation and attention to detail is essential in order to assist the wider Marketing team to execute the marketing plan and meet business needs.

Key Responsibilities:

Content Creation

• Carry out detailed content research for use across all marketing channels
• Produce high quality content for the company website
• Carry out graphic design work
• Ensure media resources are updated regularly and well organised, including taking photos, gathering stock images and creating graphic designs.
• Assisting with other content creation as required by the wider team including case studies, video, infographics etc.

Social Media

• Keeping up to date with industry news and updates to ensure the company is involved in all relevant discussions
• Writing and scheduling social media content across all channels
• Engaging with followers/connections across social media channels
• Supporting wider teams in their use of social media
• Review and report on social media performance

Email Marketing

• Assist with the creation of email campaigns including data segmentation, content writing, A/B testing and email creation
• Ensuring data is updated accordingly between our CRM and email marketing system
• Review and report on email performance

Other Duties

• Organise marketing stock and distribution
• Gather quotes, place orders and maintain relationships with print and merchandise suppliers
• First point of contact for Marketing requests and queries
• Answer department calls and take detailed messages for colleagues when required
• Ensure the company is well promoted at all times
• Follow all company policies and procedures
• Experience in a similar marketing role would be preferable
• Excellent IT skills and experience using creative software such as Adobe, mailchimp (or similar) are essential
• Excellent written communication skills including grammar is essential
• Great attention to detail is required
• Organisation and prioritisation skills
• Hard working, team player

If you want to join a high-performing team that will invest in your career development we want to hear from you!