Marketing Assistant in Bromsgrove

Location: Hybrid with occasional travel to Bromsgrove office

Salary: £26,000

Benefits:

• 30 days' annual leave increasing to 35 days with length of service plus bank holidays
• Company pension scheme
• Life insurance x2
• Employee discount scheme
• Free on-site parking

If you're a creative, organised and proactive individual looking to build your career in marketing, this could be the perfect opportunity for you. We are looking for a Marketing Assistant to join our growing marketing team, supporting a wide range of exciting campaigns and projects across social media, digital and PR. This is a hands-on role, making it ideal for someone who enjoys working across multiple areas of marketing in a fast-paced environment.

You will play an important role in helping drive awareness, engagement and enquiries across our brands, while supporting the wider marketing team with business-critical projects and day-to-day activity. This is a hybrid working role with occasional travel to our Bromsgrove office required.

Role Details

The successful candidate will support the delivery of marketing activity across a range of channels but mainly focusing on social media, digital marketing and PR. You will help create and schedule engaging social media content, support community growth across platforms, assist with short-form video and graphic creation, coordinate marketing administration and provide support with wider marketing campaigns and projects. The role also includes supporting virtual event communications, managing internal requests through the shared marketing inbox, coordinating print requests and assisting with refer-a-friend payment processing.

Working closely with recruitment teams, marketing managers and internal stakeholders, you will help ensure campaigns and marketing activity are delivered efficiently and effectively. This role would suit someone who is highly organised, creative, eager to learn and able to manage multiple tasks at once while maintaining excellent attention to detail. You will report directly to the Senior Marketing Manager and work closely with the wider marketing leadership team.

Essential Skills

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong organisational and administrative skills
• Good understanding of social media platforms and trends
• Experience creating content for social media
• Basic graphic design and/or video editing skills
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• High level of attention to detail
• Strong time management and ability to prioritise workload
• Proactive and enthusiastic attitude
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines in a fast-paced environment
• Confident using Microsoft Office and digital platforms

Desirable Criteria

• Experience in a marketing or communications role
• Experience using Canva, Adobe Creative Suite or similar tools
• Experience scheduling social media content
• Knowledge of PR or event coordination
• Experience using CRM, CMS or project management platforms
• A qualification in marketing, communications or a related field

Why Join Us?

This is an exciting opportunity to join a supportive and collaborative marketing team where you will gain hands-on experience across multiple areas of marketing and communications. You'll have the opportunity to develop your skills, contribute to meaningful projects and play a role in helping us grow and engage our communities.

Polaris Community is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates. Polaris Community is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment.