Marketing Operations Assistant

Marketing Operations Assistant

Remote , South Africa

We are specialist recruiters in the world of Real Estate, Finance & Construction, operating from 10 offices globally. We work with professionals and clients across the built environment - from investors and planners to the construction and management of properties - across commercial, residential and other applications. Reporting into the Head of Marketing, the Marketing Operations Assistant is the perfect role for someone near the beginning of their marketing career, that has a solid grounding in administration and operations, and that is looking to learn how a full-service marketing department functions in a competitive environment. You will get the opportunity to gain marketing experience across a broad mix of international (currently UK and US) and local marketing activities using the whole marketing mix; therefore, you will need to be a well-organised and motivated individual, willing to take on a busy and varied schedule.

Within this role, you will be supporting the Head of Marketing and our team of consultants with:

• Website Management: Day to day updates on our website using a Content Management System (CMS), including basic optimisation for Search Engine Optimisation (SEO).

• Design: Within brand guidelines but with the opportunity to push boundaries, lead on design projects primarily via Canva – creating social graphics, internal materials, and external reports and presentations as required.

• Social Media: Contribute to our social media calendar with ideas, graphics and, preferably, the ability to write engaging and optimised posts using excellent English writing skills.

• Proposals: Work closely with our recruitment consultants to assist them with company proposal and presentation documents as and when required.

• Data Integrity: Data input and reviews of existing data, ensuring that it’s useful for further analysis by the Head of Marketing and wider business.

• Email Marketing: Ongoing assistance managing email automations and editing e-mail marketing communications to candidates and clients.

• Competitor analyses: Completion of competitor analyses across social media, websites and other activity.

• Job board management: Ad-hoc management of day-to-day roles we post across our network of job boards.

• Employer Branding: Working closely with our internal recruitment team, creating fun and engaging content that continues to make us a sought-after place to work in the sector.

• Ad-hoc management of mar-tech: Day to day management of different marketing systems critical to the functioning of the business (after training).

Requirements

Critical

• Previous working experience within a marketing role.

• Excellent written and spoken English.

• A confident individual who is good at building working relationships remotely.

• Proficiency with Canva, Microsoft Excel, Word & PowerPoint.

• Great organisation and planning skills.

• The ability to work under pressure and towards deadlines.

Preferred

• The ability to proofread and write engaging copy for LinkedIn, Email marketing and Instagram accurately.

An understanding of how to leverage ChatGPT and other AI programs to improve marketing productivity and processes whilst not compromising on quality.

• Video editing experience an added benefit.

• Recruitment marketing or professional services experience would be an advantage.

Originally posted on Himalayas