Marketing Executive

Job Title: Marketing Executive

Location: Northenden

Salary: £27,000 per annum

Job Type: Full Time / Permanent ; 8:30am to 5:30am Monday-Thursday and 8:30am to 5pm Friday

Established in 2000, Express Solicitors is an award-winning law firm that supports personal injury and clinical negligence claims. Based in Greater Manchester, we serve clients nationwide. We are proud of the work we do helping injured people, and this is our core business. We are currently ranked 80 in the Top 200 UK law firms and are a Legal 500 Recognised Leading Firm for both Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence. We have a five star ranking with Trust Pilot from over 5,500 reviews, which, coming from our clients, means a lot to us.

The Role:

The Marketing Executive position is a newly created role supporting Express Solicitors during a period of significant growth and acquisition. The postholder will provide marketing support to the Head of Marketing and Communications, with a particular focus on brand, digital marketing and advertising.

This role requires close working with our digital marketing partners, as well as establishing excellent working relationships with other departments and teams.

This role also requires attention to detail and excellent organisational abilities. You will need to be able to manage and respond to a wide variety of enquiries promptly and efficiently.

Creative skills such as design, copywriting, photo / video skills, creating social media content and posts and website CMS skills would be an advantage, but training in these areas can be provided for the right candidate.

Responsibilities

• To undertake any specific training when required to do so and overall to have a responsibility towards self-development.
• Ensure marketing materials and all branded items are up to date and well stocked.
• To support the effective delivery of our marketing and brand strategy, helping to drive and deliver growth.
• To help compile reports and other evidence, showing the effectiveness of marketing activities.
• To support our company events, as requested by HR and by the Head of Marketing and Communications.
• To source, write and create content for the website and other platforms as directed by the Head of Marketing and Communications and in collaboration with our digital marketing partner agencies.
• To edit content to maintain our tone of voice and appropriate format for the channel.
• To create new content such as case studies and articles from seminars and other existing content.
• To work with our SEO partner on the company’s websites and CMS, ensuring content meets agreed editorial standards as well as technical requirements for tagging and search engine optimisation.
• To ensure content on our marketing platforms and channels is accurate and updated by content owners according to an agreed schedule.

About You

• Educated to degree level (or equivalent) qualification.
• At least two years’ marketing experience.
• Experience of writing and creating content (social media / website etc) would be an advantage.
• Superb organisational skills and ability to manage own and others’ time.
• Excellent communicator with great interpersonal skills, and a can-do, roll-up sleeves attitude.
• Excellent listening skills, able to take feedback on board and respond appropriately.
• Willingness to undertake any specific training when required to do so and overall to have a responsibility towards self-development.
• Excellent digital technology skills, good software knowledge and the ability to pick up new skills easily. Photography, video capture/editing, social media and website CMS management all advantageous.

Salary, Hours and Benefits

• 3/2 alternative working from home pattern for all staff after completing three months’ probation.
• 23 days holiday a year, rising to 26 days (3 days reserved for Christmas closure of the office)
• 3 holiday buy backs per year after 1 year of service.
• Extra day’s holiday for your birthday after 2 years’ service.
• Private medical insurance available after 2 years’ service.
• Death in Service – 2x salary.
• Active social committee with generous departmental and firm-wide social budget.
• Active training culture and various groups and events such as Diversity & Inclusion.
• Netball / Football team, 10km Manchester team and more.
• Enhanced Maternity Leave payment if you have over 1 year tenure.
• Other benefits including Employee Assistance Programme, free fruit and annual flu jab.

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