Digital Marketing Executive

**This is a three-month fixed-term contract where you will act as a support function to the wider Marketing team, assisting on various projects**

This may go permanent however, there are no guarantees.

The Company

A great opportunity to join the largest independently owned property services group in the UK. Working with thousands of customers every year using industry-leading marketing technologies to help people buy, sell, let and rent property.

Their success is attributed to their ambition to be the best at what they do, with the emphasis on delivering the ultimate customer experience. This role will be developed and supported by industry-leading training and development, delivered by our highly skilled in-house team.

Their people are their brand, and their unique organisational culture echoes their commitment as a forward-thinking business.

The Role

Are you a passionate and energetic Digital Marketing Executive who wants to join their Estate Agency & Lettings marketing team in Colchester, for an initial three-month contract.

This is an exciting content creation role that would suit a keen marketer wanting to take the next steps in their career within a national organisation.

The Digital Marketing Executive will work closely with the wider marketing team and their external agencies to achieve specific company goals and objectives.

Key Activities / Main Duties

The key purpose of this focused role is to help accelerate the delivery of their content strategy across multiple brands’ websites and certain social platforms.

• Content Marketing and Management: Collaborate with content creators to develop high-quality, SEO-optimised content for the websites, blogs, and social media platforms. Assist with the development, update and management all group CMS platforms.
• Search Engine Optimisation (SEO): Assist with the management of on-page and off-page SEO efforts to improve organic search rankings, drive traffic, and increase the online visibility of the estate agency and lettings businesses.

Essential Skills

• Digital marketing experience with a creative streak in written content creation and social media.
• Writing and editing experience preferable, together with great attention to detail.
• Content Management Systems (CMS) experience desirable.
• Familiarity with Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) principles desirable.
• Project management and organisational skills.
• Ability to work to tight deadlines.
• Ability to demonstrate problem solving excellence.
• Ideally educated to degree level or equivalent.
• 1-3 years digital marketing experience.
• Marketing qualification (e.g. CIM or equivalent is desirable).
• Proficient in IT and Office packages.

Salary

£24,000 to £26,000 pro rata