Location

Manchester

Company

Marketing Manchester

Contract type

Permanent/ Full- time

Salary

£23,176.80 per annum

Closing Date

10/11/2024

Ref No

4368

Marketing Manchester is the agency charged with promoting Greater Manchester to a global audience as a place to visit, invest, meet and study. As the city-region's Destination Marketing Organisation, Marketing Manchester is responsible for the strategic positioning of Greater Manchester and the development of its promotional brand framework.

Marketing Manchester leads on the visitor economy and incorporate the Manchester Convention Bureau and Sports Bidding Unit. Marketing Manchester delivers campaigns in partnership with MIDAS focused on the promotion of frontier sectors including digital, innovation and green, and undertakes a range of place promotion activities, for capital investment and real estate sector.

Marketing Manchester (MM) has an exciting new opportunity for a Digital Assistant to sit within the Digital team, which has responsibility for a wide range of digital channels, content and campaigns to achieve the organisation’s objectives. The Digital Assistant will support the development of Marketing Manchester’s digital channels, content and the delivery of digital campaigns and activity.

Key Responsibilities

To work as part of the Digital Team to help develop and deliver strategic digital activity.
Able to write and edit engaging and informative copy for multiple audiences on multiple channels.
To create and edit images and films for multiple audiences on multiple channels.
Assist in the management of digital channels including websites, social media and email marketing to meet group and stakeholder requirements.
Facilitate data collection and content generation by liaising with internal teams, partner organisations, stakeholders and other organisations.
To support the development of a house style in conjunction with existing internal and external proofing and editing standards and requirements.
To support the extraction, analysis and interpretation of statistical data for Marketing Manchester’s digital portfolio and production of regular reports.
Assist in the management of day-to-day operational issues associated with the Marketing Manchester’s digital platforms.

About you

Must be IT literate with sound knowledge of Microsoft Office applications.
Interest and experience in digital marketing.
Proven ability to prioritise individual workload.
Experience of working with the public and private sectors and experience of partnership working.
Confidence when communicating with people on all levels .
Desire to work as part of a team along with the ability to work independently.
Have a proactive approach to work and able to show initiative.

Skills Required

Ability to write platform-suitable content that is informative and interesting.
Experience of using digital platforms such as content management systems, image manipulation software, video editing software, email marketing systems and Google Analytics.
Have a passion for Manchester.
Ability to work with other team members and stakeholders to interpret their requirements and implement activity accordingly.

We are committed to increasing the diversity of our workforce, we provide a guaranteed interview to applicants who meet the essential requirements for a role. This commitment applies to candidates who have a disability or are from a diverse ethnic community.

As part of our application process, you can ask to be considered under this scheme if you are from an ethnic community or have a physical or mental impairment that has a substantial and long-term negative effect on your ability to do normal daily activities. Providing that you meet the essential criteria for the role, you will then be invited for an interview. Your guaranteed interview application will only be shared with the Hiring Manager and our Internal Recruitment Team.

We are a member of the national campaign Ban the Box; this campaign aims to open opportunities for people with convictions to compete for jobs. We’re supporting the campaign by removing conviction questions at the applications stage.

GC aims to promote a culture of flexibility and agile working. Going forward we will be transitioning to a culture where full agile working will be a feature of many of our roles. We also recognise that there may be a need for more permanent flexibility in your working arrangements and in such cases, we encourage you to have these discussions at the interview stage, to enable your flexible working request to be considered as early as possible.

If you require support with the recruitment process, please contact or Internal Recruitment Team at careers@growthco.uk or call us on 0161 237 4447.

All GC colleagues will work inline with the Health & Safety at work act and the GC Health & Safety Policy.

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