Marketing Assistant

We are looking for a part-time Marketing Assistant to support our marketing and communications efforts, helping to further increase our reach for 30 hours per week. Whilst the role will focus on events, internal communications, research support and recruitment marketing, there will also be a lot of scope to contribute to creative briefs and PR angles.

The ideal candidate will have a good understanding of the full marketing mix, a proven track record of executing research tasks and be driven and self-motivated.

About the role 

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 annual away day/s
• Organise B2B webinars

Recruitment Marketing

• Work closely with the HR team to develop and implement effective recruitment marketing campaigns to attract top talent
• Create engaging content for job postings, social media, and other recruitment channels to enhance the company’s employer brand
• Coordinate virtual and in-person recruitment events, job fairs, and other activities to connect with potential candidates

General Marketing Support

• Own and draft internal communications for our monthly team newsletter and build content to drive culture and employee engagement, posting regularly in internal channels
• Report on the success of marketing campaigns
• Find the best deals on marketing materials and facilitate orders
• Conduct market research to identify trends, competitor strategies, and opportunities for innovation
• Research awards we should be entering and draft entries
• Help with PR requests
• Research the effectiveness of potential new marketing channels

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
• As event management will be a key element to this role, previous event coordination/management experience is required
• You will have impeccable research skills, and be comfortable compiling and analysing data from various sources
• A dab hand at building content with faultless copywriting skills
• Familiarity with recruitment marketing strategies and tactics would be a plus
• If you speak another European language that would preferable
• Experience using Salesforce, Slack and Google Analytics is a bonus
• Personable with a good telephone manner
• 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
• Educated to degree level or equivalent

Salary: 25-28k based on a 30 hour week  depending on experience

Pitchup employee benefits:

• 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays (pro-rated for part-time employees)
• 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
• IT equipment
• 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 5,300 to choose from.

Pitchup.com receives 33m annual visits and up to 7,500 bookings per day, with total transaction value up double digits compared to 2022 (a record-breaking year). So far £300m worth of holidays have been booked through us and we’ve helped 10m 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 3 years in a row.

Read some of our latest 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