MCP3 - Marketing Assistant

Placement:MCP3 - Marketing Assistant
Placement Location:Langley Mill, Nottingham
Application Deadline:28th June 2010

Vacancy Description

Start Date: End of June
Duration: 6 months (minimum)

The Host Company

The company is a supplier of high quality compatible imaging supplies.

As a major UK and European distributor for their brand, the host company guarantees premium customer satisfaction through quality, service and value. The products are manufactured in a quality-focused infrastructure committed to providing every customer with the highest quality compatible products available.

The company continues to be committed to providing premium customer satisfaction and with the support of our extensive Research and Development laboratory, we also ensure our presence at the forefront of new product development, design and technology.

The Placement

Responsibilities would be:

  • Website management and control.
  • To support and help implement sales strategies via marketing.
  • Identify new business opportunities.
  • Promotions, campaigns and advertising.
  • To create and maintain a professional image/perception of the host company to the public.
  • Utilization of Exact to its full marketing potential.

Main Duties To Include:

  • Implement, control, manage and update the host company's new website. 
  • Providing relevant, meaningful statistical information on a monthly basis.
  • Ensure clear website prominence in search engine results.
  • Quantifiably measure the telesales and customer support team to give sales and marketing orientation.
  • Provision of relevant database to sales personnel.
  • Research and plan in targeting competitor's customers.
  • Monitoring and control of all business leads/prospects from all sources and providing monthly reports.
  • Ensure adequate supplies of all marketing materials.
  • Management and control of company website URLs. 
  • Ensure all host company's external documentation is of a uniform professional standard.
  • To prepare and update company profile packs and welcome packs.
  • To carry out various monthly marketing campaigns in conjunction with the sales department in the sale of old stock as necessary.
  • Regular updating of price lists for issue to customers once sanctioned by finance department.
  • Frequent periodic reviews of competitor pricing on inkjets, toners, paper ribbons, and other products as necessary.
  • Investigations and reports on how to win business from government bodies, local councils, financial health and education sectors, corporates, multiples, supermarkets etc.
  • To work closely all sales personnel ensuring efficient sharing of market knowledge to enable informed decisions to be made and new strategies formulated.
  • Any other ad hoc duties as required by your manager.

The Ideal Student

  • Excellent English language skills, both written and spoken.
  • Good communication skills and telephone manner.
  • Marketing/Business administration student.
  • Advanced working knowledge of Photoshop and Excel.
  • Mature and outgoing personality. 
  • Hard working approach.