Marketing Assistant
Macclesfield
£27,000 - £30,00 plus benefits


My client, a foodservice buying & marketing consortium based in Macclesfield, now has an excellent opportunity for a Marketing Assistant to join their team.


This is an exciting new role for a marketeer starting out in their career! They want someone who loves food, has a passion for restaurants, cafés, and pub grub, and a keen eye for trends in the food and drink industry. Reporting to the Marketing Manager, you’ll play a vital role in shaping and promoting Own Brand products.


If you’re a proactive, organised team player with a can-do attitude and eager to dive into the world of B2B marketing, we’d love to hear from you!


In this role you will:
*Assist the Marketing Manager to drive up demand for own brands.
*Work with the Marketing Manager to showcase products at food and drink tradeshows across England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and Ireland.
*Confidently engage with customers at tradeshows, discussing and promoting products.
*Work with the creative and technical teams to ensure all packaging created inhouse or by our suppliers is accurate and adheres to brand guidelines.
*Be responsible for briefing and overseeing delivery of all required assets from photographers, food stylists, social media content creators and chef influencers.
*Attend Food & Drink trend conferences in London.
*Undertake general admin duties such as arranging travel and accommodation for events, completing all required paperwork for award entries and liaising with suppliers to ensure products are delivered on time for photoshoots.
*Confidently plan, create, post content and provide monthly performance reports across Instagram, Facebook, TikTok and YouTube, ensuring alignment with the brand’s tone of voice and objectives.
*Provide general marketing support to the wider team as and when required. Including attending group marketing meetings and supplier presentation days.


Key Skills and Requirements:
*The ideal candidate will be confident, proactive, detail-oriented, and highly organised, with the ability to come up with creative ideas based on food and drink trends.
*This role requires travel across the UK and Ireland. Therefore, a degree of flexibility is essential, a full clean driving licence and own vehicle would be a distinct advantage.
*An understanding of brand management and B2B marketing through either a relevant marketing qualification and/or work experience in a similar role would be beneficial.
*Experience of using social media in a professional capacity and scheduling posts across Instagram, Facebook, YouTube and TikTok is essential.
*Photoshop skills or experience of other graphic design tools would be advantageous.






Apply online or for further information contact one of our specialist consultants quoting reference number: NJR16466