Marketing Assistant

£22,000 to £25,000pa DOE

Hybrid/Kings Hill, Kent

Commercial Services Group are looking for a Marketing Assistant to join its Community Services division. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone looking to ‘learn as you do’, with hands-on training and development across a range of digital and traditional marketing activities, including digital campaigns, social media, web management, PR, photography and events.

You will be working alongside the Brand Manager to create, implement and develop effective marketing campaigns for our main operational services – which include grounds maintenance and waste management - with the objective of increasing sales, brand awareness and improving customer experience.

Content creation, tracking, analysis reporting, and social media management are just some of the activities you will be involved with, as well as building key relationships within the business, the Group, the industry and with suppliers. With this role every day is different!

As this position will be a hybrid of home, office and on-site working, we require the successful candidate to have a Full UK Driving License.

In return we will offer you -

The opportunity to develop a wide range of marketing skill sets

A work phone, laptop and camera for use on site visits

The chance to work with at least three key brands simultaneously

An invite to the big annual Commercial Services summer party

25 days holiday, plus bank holidays and your birthday

A culture of progression and development

Plus many more perks and benefits
Key duties -

Assist with monthly reporting, tracking of marketing activities and sharing feedback on progress

Create attractive, high-quality and compelling email and social media campaigns

Stay up to date with industry and local news, using our digital platforms to share with our customers and staff

Produce, analyse and report on key data stats for our marketing to help drive future campaigns

Acknowledge and respond to customer communications through our social media platforms

Assist with trade or brand events and contribute to idea development

Work alongside the Brand Manager to delivery dynamic marketing campaigns for chosen channels, scheduling and delivering campaign plans to feed into the master marketing plan
What we need from you -

A very good understanding of social media platforms and the power of analytics

The ability to develop and maintain strong working relationships both internally and externally

Skilled at being highly organised with multiple tasks requiring completion, ensuring deadlines are met

Proficient use of Microsoft Office programmes including PowerPoint, Excel and Word

Strong written ability for copywriting and email correspondence
About Us -

Commercial Services Group is an international £800m organisation, with 1,800 employees across 25 trading brands, and is wholly owned by Kent County Council. The Community Services division manages two key brands within the operational sector - Landscape Services and CSG Managing Waste - as well as assisting brands within Commercial Services with marketing support.

Landscape Services is a key supplier to the education, public and corporate sectors, and has provided a wide range of outdoor maintenance and management services tailored to our many customers for over 80 years. CSG Managing Waste oversees the management of five KCC-owned household recycling centres, plus two waste transfer stations in Kent