Marketing Assistant

At Close Brothers we look to recruit individuals from all different backgrounds and encourage you to apply even if you don’t tick every box. We celebrate diversity, promote inclusivity and are open to discuss flexible work options to help you balance your work and home life.

Join our Asset Finance & Leasing Marketing Team where you will be responsible for day-to-day marketing support activities relating to events and exhibitions, hospitality, sponsorship, design and print, direct mail, invoice processing and award entries. This is an exciting opportunity to join a productive and results-driven marketing team where you can expand your knowledge and experience within a marketing team, with a specific focus on marketing content (rather than digital & analytics).

Our ideal candidate will be a highly organised individual with excellent communication and attention to detail. Prior experience is not as important as the right attitude and desire to learn.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Maintain stock levels of all collateral across all office locations, including re-prints when needed and coordinating the delivery from central stock, including factsheets, brochures, merchandise and display stands.
• Support the Marketing Manager and Marketing Executives with the set-up of events and exhibitions, including the order and collation of all collateral needed – delivery of this to the venue and set up of stands for the sales team when required.
• Work with a number of 3rd party suppliers including printers and merchandise companies, ensuring that the team have all the information they need.
• Be a brand guardian, ensuring the adherence to the Close Brothers brand guidelines when overseeing the production of marketing materials.
• Organise internal marketing meetings including venues and refreshments.
• Ensure all marketing procedures are followed in relation to the recording and filing of all projects and files.
• Maintain all information and calendars of events, exhibitions, awards and hospitality.
• Log and process marketing invoices that feed into wider budget records.
• Regularly review the invoice log against the plan to ensure marketing budget is tracked and accounted for correctly.
• Provide ad-hoc support on tasks as requested by the wider marketing team.
• Source merchandise for all businesses – review costs and make recommendations.
• Ensure that all Governance and Compliance requirements are adhered to and all reporting and reviewing activities required by the Regulatory Bodies are carried out to the standards required.

WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU IF YOU HAVE:

• An interest in working within a marketing department.
• Strong communication skills both written and verbally.
• Good understanding of written English language and grammar skills.
• Strong organisational skills.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Ability to juggle several requests and prioritise.
• Happy to work independently and as part of a team.

IT IS NOT ESSENTIAL BUT IT WOULD BE GREAT IF YOU POSSESS:

• Knowledge/Experience working in a Marketing role.

We are an inclusive organisation and committed to ensuring our recruitment process is as accessible as possible to everyone. We will make adjustments for people who have a disability or long-term condition. If you need the job description or application form in an alternative format or would like to discuss the recruitment process with us, please email us at or request a call back.

ABOUT US

At Close Brothers we support employees to balance their work life priorities and in this role you will be able to enjoy a mixture of hybrid working. Close Brothers is a leading UK merchant banking group providing lending, deposit taking and securities trading. We employ approximately 3,000 people, principally in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Close Brothers Group plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250.