Job description
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We are looking for a Marketing Assistant to support our marketing and communications efforts. Whilst the role will focus on email marketing, events, internal communications, and research and admin support, there will also be a lot of scope to contribute to other creative briefs.
The ideal candidate will have a good understanding of the full marketing mix, a proven track record of executing email marketing, events programmes and research tasks and be driven and self-motivated.
About the role
Email Marketing
- Design and code the B2B and B2C email newsletters
- Add and check the segmented audiences
- Report on the success of all emails from engagement metrics to revenue generated
- Keep up to date with best practices and suggest improvements
Event Coordination
- Find the best trade shows to attend and organise everything needed for our stand
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless execution of events, including coordinating logistics and overseeing post-event evaluations
- Negotiate the best rates on trade stands
- Monitor and analyse event performance to optimise future event attendance
- Lead on all internal events, from arranging team get-togethers, logistics for team training days, Christmas parties and the company away days
- Organise B2B webinars with partner businesses
General Marketing Support
- Own and draft internal communications for our monthly team newsletter
- Report on the success of marketing campaigns
- Find the best deals on marketing materials and facilitate orders
- Help to negotiate partnership deals, manage relationships with partners and regularly report on the success of partnerships
- Conduct market research to identify trends, competitor strategies, and opportunities for innovation
- Draft copy for social media and schedule daily posts on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Twitter & Bluesky
About you
- You will have experience of working in Marketing, ideally in a startup/scale-up, where you understand the pace of delivery and working with sometimes ambiguous requirements. If you have worked for an online-first, digital or e-commerce business, even better
- HTML coding skills are required to create our email marketing campaigns
- Previous event coordination/management experience
- Comfortable compiling and analysing data from various sources
- Flawless copywriting skills
- Personable with a good telephone manner and good negotiation skills
- Strong organisational and time-management abilities
- Self-starter with the ability to work independently on projects
- Show a willingness to learn and adapt to new platforms and technologies
- If you speak another European language, that would be a plus
- Experience using Salesforce, Slack and Google Analytics is a bonus
- Educated to degree level or equivalent
Salary: 35-38k, depending on experience
Pitchup employee benefits:
- 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays
- Pension matched to 4%, private healthcare, life insurance, critical illness cover and income protection - for peace of mind
- Discounts including: gym memberships, sports equipment, Caffe Nero, Odeon cinema and various hotel and retail outlets
- Great staff discounts on Pitchup bookings across thousands of properties in 70 countries
- A work-from-home office equipment allowance
- Company away days
- Employee assistance helpline, in case you ever need someone to talk to, with access to get-fit programmes, nutrition advice, financial and legal advice and counselling
- Enhanced maternity and paternity leave
- Cycle to work scheme
About Pitchup
Want to work with an award-winning and quickly expanding company? We’re the leading website for outdoor holidays, making it a doddle to book camping, glamping and caravan sites all over the world, with over 6,000 to choose from.
Pitchup.com receives 38m annual visits and up to 7,657 bookings per day. So far £400m worth of holidays have been booked through us and we’ve helped 15m holidaymakers make their great escape. This year we launched our new mobile website, updating the look and feel and increasing conversion, with the desktop version soon to follow. The company is profitable and was founded in 2009 by former lastminute.com staff with a background in the holiday park sector.
You will join a nimble team of 70 based in 10 countries, all working from home, as we are a 100% remote business.
Our site has been featured in leading global media titles, such as BBC News, New York Times, Le Figaro, and more, and has been translated into 17 languages. We’re members of the Financial Times’ FT1000 fastest growing companies in Europe and recently were awarded the Platinum Trusted Service Award by Feefo, for achieving a customer rating of at least 4.5 out of 5 for the sixth year in a row.
Read some of our press coverage
UK:
- https://inews.co.uk/inews-lifestyle/travel/uk-camping-campsites-august-bank-holiday-2022-availability-pitch-prices-1804816
- https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/67423068/camping-trade-world-issue-11⁄43
- https://www.farminglife.com/country-and-farming/international-womens-day-women-playing-key-role-in-growth-of-agritourism-study-finds-4055326
- https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/storm-clouds-on-the-horizon-for-temporary-campsites-mg7nz5cv6
IT:
- https://vincenzochierchia.blog.ilsole24ore.com/2022/01/18/estate-2022-pitchup-turismo-glamping-gonfie-vele/
- https://www.vanityfair.it/gallery/tende-da-campeggio-facili-da-montare-da-portare-in-vacanza
US:
- https://medium.com/authority-magazine/dan-yates-of-pitchup-the-future-of-travel-in-the-post-covid-world-949495433861
- https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/tips/camp-rental-utah-california-yellowstone/
- https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/27/travel/love-or-leave-winter-on-the-cheap.html
ES:
- https://www.elmundo.es/viajes/hoteles/2022/06/23/62b2c84ffdddffd5758b45ef.html
- https://www.europapress.es/turismo/nacional/noticia-sector-camping-espana-preve-2023-cifras-record-reservas-pitchup-20230215125405.html
FR:
- https://www.lefigaro.fr/actualite-france/ces-commercants-contraints-aux-promos-pour-rassurer-les-vacanciers-20220808
- https://www.camping-car.com/nos-actus/27057-laissez-vous-tenter-par-une-escapade-en-van
