Marketing & Events Associate - London Digital Jobs & Skills Hub

Generation UK & Ireland; London; Hybrid; GBP 29,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading social impact initiative as a Marketing & Events Officer with Generation UK & Ireland. You will be responsible for managing marketing campaigns and organizing events that connect unemployed Londoners with opportunities in the tech industry. This fixed-term role offers flexibility, a collaborative environment, and the chance to make a meaningful difference.

Benefits

25 days paid annual leave plus bank holidays

Flexible hybrid working arrangement

Professional development budget of £1,000

WFH setup offer of £300

Qualifications

• Experience running digital marketing campaigns required.
• Ability to manage multiple projects effectively.
• Fluency in English and right to work in the UK needed.

Responsibilities

• Create and manage marketing campaigns across social media channels.
• Plan, manage, and deliver Hub events both online and in-person.
• Engage with career seekers at job fairs.

Skills

Digital marketing

Event planning

Social media management

Content creation

Communication

Tools

Google Ads

Mailchimp

Canva

Photoshop

Job description

Contract: Fixed-term contract until end of March 2026. Full time Mon-Fri ( 40 hours a week) open to offers of 4 days per week for 80% of salary.

Working hours: Standard working hours are 9am - 6pm (with 1 hour unpaid lunch break) with the option to flex-start and end time.

We offer flexibility to employees to balance their commitments, including medical appointments, parental or caregiving responsibilities, and personal goals.

Salary: £28,808 per annum, full-time equivalent.

Location: Remote/London. UK resident & permission to work in the UK required. Willing and able to regularly travel to in-person events in London and office days in London as per hybrid working policy.

Closing date: Friday, 25 July 2025

SUMMARY

A fantastic fixed-term opportunity to become Marketing & Events Officer with London Digital Jobs & Skills Hub - a social impact initiative with the primary goal to help unemployed and underemployed Londoners to gain access to their first entry levels roles in the tech and digital industries. The Hub connects these career seekers with free training opportunities and raises awareness of these opportunities by organising and delivering events both online and in-person across London. We also have an in-house careers coaching service, and in-house relationships with employers. Learn more about the project here: http://bit.ly/4eDqFh1 .

ABOUT THE PROJECT

The London Digital Jobs and Skills Hub is part of the Mayor of London’s Sectoral Academies programme. The project is funded by the Mayor of London and managed and delivered by Generation UK, an education charity that operates nationwide. The Hub team members are employed by Generation, but work exclusively on the Hub project. However there is also the opportunity for wider teamwork and engagement with other Generation colleagues.

The Hub aims to support diverse Londoners into good, entry-level tech jobs.To do this, the Hub works to build awareness of and guide jobseekers to choose between, access, and thrive on life-changing programmes delivered by an incredible coalition of Hub partners - including The King's Trust, Catch 22, QA Ltd, Just IT, and more. Since it's creation in 2022, the Hub has reached millions of Londoners through its marketing efforts, hosted many Hub events attended by thousands of unemployed Londoners, and reached thousands more at job fairs. Hundreds of people have enrolled onto our partner programmes and been placed into work.

The project is currently funded until the end of March 2026, with the possibility of extension beyond then.

ABOUT GENERATION

Generation's mission is to train, coach and support people into life-changing careers that would otherwise be inaccessible to them.

We are a UK-registered charity, founded by McKinsey and Company, delivering tailored programmes to recruit, train and place unemployed people into work. Through our unique approach, we also solve a wide range of employer challenges—skilled talent shortages, poor job performance, lack of diversity, and high turnover.

Generation launched globally in 2015, and has grown quickly to become the world’s largest demand-led employment initiative. We have placed over 100,000 people into roles, working with over 4,000 employer partners to date across 16 countries and 26 professions.

Since launching in the UK in 2019 have now trained more than 3,500 people. Our work focuses on supporting those from diverse groups facing barriers to desirable employment. For these learners, we have achieved an industry-leading 70% job placement rate with learners now placed at over 800 employers.

We have secured transformative corporate funding from Microsoft, the JP Morgan Charitable Foundation, the Macquarie Group Foundation, Barclays, Blackrock, and many more. We are also the leading charity delivering under contracts from the Department for Education’s Skills Bootcamp strand. This has driven our scale to new programmes, regions and beneficiary groups.

By joining Generation UK, you will become part of an organisation committed to social impact and determined to play its part in changing the system in this context. The work is fast-paced, exciting, and innovative.

Find out more atwww.generation.org.

You can also learn more about our culture, directly from our incredible people -What is it like to work at Generation?

Generation acknowledges the duty of care to safeguard, protect, and promote the welfare of staff and learners and is committed to ensuring safeguarding practice reflects statutory responsibilities, and government guidance and complies with best practice. All our staff in the UK are required to undergo a DBS check.

THE ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The Hub team is looking for a new Marketing & Events Officer. This role will be part of the London Digital Jobs & Skills Hub team reporting into the Programme Manager. This team also includes our Employer Engagement Executive and Careers Coach. However, you will have a wider community of other Generation colleagues to work with and share ideas with too.

We're a small but mighty mission-driven team who are excited about problem-solving, bettering our best and making a real impact. We're looking for someone who thrives on seeing real results, is creative, can think fast on their feet and is looking for a new challenge.

Key responsibilities include:

Marketing Campaigns

• Creating and managing paid marketing campaigns across multiple social media channels including: Meta, GoogleAds LinkedIn, TikTok, Snapchat, and more.
• Creating and maintaining organic social media content for the Hub.
• Designing email newsletters and the maintenance of the Hub's mailing list audience.
• Creating and managing trackable web links and UTMs.
• Writing copy for different audiences
• Reporting metrics on a regular basis.

Events

• Working with the Programme Manager and partners to plan, manage and deliver the Hub's programme of events.
• Attending Hub events #across London in-person and online, including career fairs
• Creating event pages using Ticket Tailor (similar to Eventbrite and other platforms).
• Sending email and SMS reminders for event attendance using platforms such as ClickSend.
• Visual content creation including graphics and posters for events, flyers, online assets, and more.

Here are the essential attributes we think you’ll need to be successful in this role:

• Experience running organic and paid digital marketing campaigns using tools such Google Ads and Mailchimp (or similar).
• Knowledge and experience using Instagram, Facebook, TikTok and Snapchat.
• Experience with and knowledge of Canva, Photoshop and/or similar visual design software.
• Basic reporting skills (using data from marketing campaigns, etc.)
• Experience designing and delivering newsletters or group mail outs (e.g. to interest groups, societies, clubs, customers).
• The ability to speak with and help career seekers at in-person Hub events and job fairs.
• Experience designing presentations using Google Slides, PowerPoint or Canva.
• Experience with booking venues, coordinating with vendors and managing logistics.
• The ability to juggle multiple projects at the same time.

Desirable (not completely essential and training can be provided) :

• Experience organising or supporting at in person and online events
• Experience with OR an interest in public speaking.
• Experience with Search Engine Optimisation.
  

We’re looking for someone with the right to work in the UK, is fluent in English, and is comfortable working both in person (at London events and in our office) and in a digital workplace using online chat, email, video calls, and spreadsheets to engage with the team.

At Generation (the organisation that London Digital Jobs & Skills Hub sits within), we're changing the lives of many individuals, and that in itself gets us out of bed! Here are a few other benefits you'll experience working with the team:

• Purpose and social impact in the heart of your work.
• Opportunity to make your mark on a meaningful non-profit project
• Flexible hybrid working (this role has semi-regular required in-person attendance at events)
• 25 days of paid annual leave plus bank holidays off
• The option to buy extra days of annual leave in addition to the standard allocation.
• WFH set up offer of £300 to help you make your working-from-home setup comfortable and efficient
• Professional Development budget - Generation employees can access up to £1,000 towards learning & development each year. This could be a formal training course for example. This support is accompanied by up to 5 days of training days/study leave per year to enable your development activities.

A FAIR CHANCE

Every role at Generation is open to applications from all sections of society. We believe in the potential of everyone; regardless of race, religion or belief, ethnic origin, different physical ability, family structure, socio-economics, age, nationality or citizenship, marital, domestic or civil partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other aspect that makes you, well, you.

We believe that the more diverse we are the better we become. More than just encouraging your application, we're committed to conscious inclusion that (we hope) cultivates an ethos of belonging, connection and shared purpose. We go further together. It’s this philosophy that drives us towards our mission. We open our doors to those who share this mindset.

We are particularly interested in hearing from candidates from marginalised groups. We will assess applications on a rolling basis and close this posting as soon as we have found the right candidate. We look forward to hearing from you.

THE PROCESS

We operate a multi-stage application process including the following steps, as we aim to fairly assess candidates against a rubric.

• CV and details upload - cover letter not required, expected or evaluated and may not be read (applications reviewed on a rolling basis)
• A set of written answer questions in the application form
• A pre-recorded video interview at a time of your choosing
• A live video interview
• A follow-up senior manager interview
• DBS check on offer