Senior Marketing & Communications Executive

Waterman Aspen; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Senior Marketing & Communications Executive, where your creativity will shine in a collaborative team. You'll play a key role in shaping the brand's narrative, managing social media, and crafting engaging content. This position offers a unique opportunity to work on impactful projects while enjoying a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits package. With a focus on employee well-being and professional development, this role is perfect for those looking to make a difference in a supportive environment. Be part of a team that values innovation and community engagement!

Benefits

Company car or car allowance

25 days annual leave

Company pension contribution

Salary sacrifice for additional benefits

Paid community volunteering day

Qualifications

• Experience in an established marketing team or agency.
• Strong skills in editorial, copy writing, and proof writing.

Responsibilities

• Support management and publishing of social media content.
• Draft news updates and manage the Marketing inbox.

Skills

Editorial Skills

Copy Writing

Graphic Design

Social Media Management

Digital Communications

Self-Motivation

Education

Degree in Marketing, Media or Communications

Tools

Mailchimp

WordPress

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe InDesign

Adobe Illustrator

Job description

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Sal

Senior Marketing & Communications Executive

Birmingham, Manchester

Type: Salaried

Location: Home-based with regular team meetups

Contract Type: Permanent
Salary: Competitive + benefits package

An introduction to our unique company...

Waterman Aspen welcomes engineers and technical specialists to make their mark by working on some of the biggest infrastructure projects or in delivering professional services across the UK on a secondment basis. Our diverse client base includes local authorities, consultancies, public bodies and construction companies.

We specialise in providing the right people, with the right skills for the job, at the right time - for as long as our clients need them.

We are proud of how much we value and support our colleagues - taking people from the very start of their careers to Chartered status and beyond. We're a people-centric organisation, placing mutual respect and dignity in the highest regard. This is reflected in our approach to issues such as mental health and wellbeing, family friendly policies, social value, and net zero. We're a Disability Confident Employer and an accredited Real Living Wage Employer.

We have big ambitions for the future, and we'd love for you to be part of it.

We are currently recruiting for a Senior Marketing & Communications Executive to join our in-house Marketing Team at Waterman Aspen. You'll be part of a friendly and collaborative team supporting the day-to-day running of the marketing and communications function, helping to shape our brand and tell the Waterman Aspen story internally and externally.

Your Career with Waterman Aspen..

• Supporting the management of, and publishing content on the company's social media presence - that currently includes X, Facebook, TikTok, YouTube and LinkedIn

• Creation of graphics to post using our suite of assets and images

• Tracking, measuring, and reporting on the effectiveness of the company's digital presence

• Getting involved with planning events and attending exhibitions to represent the company

• Working on our company intranet posting news updates and developing new pages

• Liaising with internal stakeholders and people of all levels across the business

• Managing the Marketing inbox and completing requests and tasks that come in

• Updating Planner to ensure all work is posted and tagged to team members

• Collating new content for the website

• Drafting news updates for publishing

• Involvement in the development of the company marketing & communications plan

• Assisting with the compilation of e-newsletters/emails using Mailchimp and Foleon (online newsletter)

• Administrative tasks relating to charity fundraising and Waterman Aspen in the Community work

Experience Required..

Essential:

• Knowledge and experience of working within an established marketing team or an agency background

• Strong editorial, copy writing and proof writing skills

• Solid knowledge of best practice for crafting internal and external communications

• Graphic design experience

• Experience in working with a suite of branded assets

• Excellent written and oral communication skills, with demonstrated experience in writing for the web and managing social media (with sensitivity and an understanding of different audiences and subject matter).

• Strong editorial skills, with experience of editing content for digital publication and distribution.

• Experience of posting to web (WordPress or similar).

• Experience of digital communications campaigns.

• A confident telephone manner.

• Self-motivation.

• The ability to work independently as well as part of a team.(home working with regular team meet ups)

Desirable:

• Degree qualification (preferably in Marketing, Media or Communications)

• Adobe design software - Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator

• Photo/video editing.

• Website experience (WordPress).

• SharePoint knowledge

• Experience of working in all elements of a busy marketing and communications team

• Knowledge of UK Engineering or Infrastructure sectors would be advantageous but not essential

You'll get this and so much more...

As a salaried colleague, you'll get a salary in line with your experience, skills and location along with an industry-leading benefits package:

• Company car or car allowance
• 25 days annual leave (option to buy up to 5 more), in addition to the normal public holidays (based on a 40 hour week, pro rata for part-time colleagues)
• Company pension contribution
• Salary sacrifice to buy additional benefits
• 1 paid Waterman Aspen in the Community Day to volunteer in your local community