Graduate Marketing Assistant

Graduate Marketing Assistant Job in Ferndown (Hybrid)

Dovetail Recruitment are pleased to be recruiting for a Graduate Marketing Assistant on behalf of our successful client based in Ferndown. The company actively encourages training and growth hence this could be a great position for further development in your marketing career. Importantly, you will also have room to truly make an impact within the business and get involved in many aspects of the marketing process.

What you’ll be doing as Graduate Marketing Assistant:

• Execute the UK marketing strategy, working with the Head of Marketing and Senior Marketing Executive

• Collaborate with key accounts to deliver bespoke marketing plans across digital, print, and event channels

• Design marketing assets in Adobe Creative Suite, such as banners, flyers, and catalogue pages for customer growth campaigns

• Develop materials for lead generation across new distribution channels, including digital content, imagery, and brochures for both online and offline marketing

• Conduct market analysis to identify opportunities and competitor insights

• Act as a brand and product ambassador, support with new product training to internal team

• Build customer-facing presentations that highlight product benefits and value

• Implement Social Media strategy. Analyse, test and optimize content for engagement

• Create social content including reels, carousels, stories, and videos, guiding user-generated content creation where needed

• Create and schedule email campaigns in accordance with the overall email marketing plan and strategy

• Collaborate with international marketing colleagues to support global campaigns

• Review and refine English text/translations for various marketing materials such as landing pages, system updates, sample packs, fact sheets, brochures, social templates, and product packaging

• Occasionally attend international meetings at the Head Office in Germany and offsite events to represent the brand

• Manage our customer enquiry email inboxes

What they’re looking for:

You’ve made your start in the marketing world, and you won’t be the type to want to hide in a big corporation. You like to share your ideas, whether strategic or 'out of the box’, and it’s a bonus if you have good Adobe Creative Cloud skills ideally with InDesign and Photoshop.

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree - ideally in a creative discipline

• 2+ years of B2B or product marketing experience preferred

• Experience with digital marketing activities including social media, email campaigns, and content creation

• Event and trade fair experience preferred

• Proactive self-starter with a problem-solving mindset, able to work both independently and enjoys working collaboratively within a wider marketing and sales team

Salary & Details for the Graduate Marketing Assistant role:

• A competitive salary & Bonus scheme
• 22 days holiday increasing with service
• Hybrid working 3 days in the office and 2 days at home
• Annual personal development scheme
• Full Training and scope for progression

Bonus scheme: 50% based on company performance, and 50% on your performance. You’ll be set 3 skill-related goals and 1 personal goal such as learning a new skill or improving your presentation skills.

Additional Benefits:

• Company pension scheme
• Laptop and mobile
• Travel insurance
• Free parking on site
• Quarterly company socials and town halls
• Opportunity to be involved in company charity activities

If you are interested in this Graduate Marketing Assistant job in Ferndown, please click 'apply now’, or give us a call and ask for Laura. We will discuss your experience in more detail, give you more insight into the role and company and put forward an application on your behalf. This will be a two-stage interview process where you will mean your direct line manager and your colleague in the first interview, and then other senior team members in the 2nd. And of course, we’ll give you help and support along the way.