Marketing Executive
Bristol (hybrid working)

About Us

Business West is a newly-certified B Corp with over 200 staff and a turnover of £12 million, which comes from business, UK Public sector and European funded contracts. 21,000 businesses trust us to help them start, grow, innovate and export - as well as lobby the government on their behalf. Profits are reinvested back into the business in order to achieve our mission.

Now listed as one of the best companies to work for in business services, our staff have voted that we have a strong social conscience, promote a positive work/life balance and have fun teams to work within.

Business West is now carbon neutral and aims to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2030.

Our Workforce for the Future programme provides impartial skills support to employers, particularly small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), strengthening connections and dialogue between skills providers and employers in the West of England.

We are now looking for a Marketing Executive to join us on a permanent, full-time basis.

The Benefits

- Salary of £24,000 - £28,000 per annum, depending on experience
- 25 days’ holiday plus Bank Holidays (rising to 28 days after 3 years’ service)
- Laptop and mobile phone
- Pension
- BHSF health cash plan scheme
- Life cover (x4 salary)
- Your birthday off
- Subscription to Headspace
- 2 volunteer days each year

This is an exciting opportunity for a creative marketing professional with experience in a B2B environment to join our exceptional organisation.

You will have the chance to showcase your marketing skills across a variety of platforms whilst knowing that the work you’re doing is helping businesses to boost productivity and find outstanding new talent.

So, if you’re looking for a role that offers you variety in your day-to-day activities as well as in opportunities to grow your career, then apply today!

The Role

As a Marketing Executive, you will help to promote our Workforce for the Future programme.

Developing, implementing and project managing marketing activities, you will aid in reaching project goals, objectives and targets, including the acquisition of new businesses.

You will also develop and schedule acquisition and retention campaigns through to implementation, measurement and evaluation, ensuring their delivery is within time and budget.

Additionally, you will:

- Develop segmentation and target strategies for campaigns
- Use email marketing systems to plan, build and execute campaigns and communications
- Produce written and video content and distribute via social media and other channels
- Use video editing tools to produce short videos

About You

To be considered as a Marketing Executive, you will need:

- A minimum of one years’ experience in a similar role
- Experience of working in a B2B environment
- Experience of copywriting for a range of content
- Knowledge of design programmes, such as Canva or Indesign
- Knowledge of social media scheduling tools
- Knowledge of email platforms, such as Dotdigital
- Knowledge of using data insights for customer segmentation
- Strong project management, organisational and planning skills
- A degree or equivalent qualification in Marketing, PR, English or other related discipline

Other organisations may call this role Marketing Officer, Marketing Co-ordinator, Marketing & Communications Executive, Communications Executive, Digital Marketing Executive, Marketing Communications Executive, Campaign Executive, Content Executive, or Social Media Executive.

Webrecruit and Business West are equal opportunities employers, value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conduct business and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be.

So, if you’re looking to take your next step as a Marketing Executive, please apply via the button shown. This vacancy is being advertised by Webrecruit. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency.