Technical Marketing Assistant

Your new company
A leading UK distributor of advanced life science research products. Represent around 50 carefully selected manufacturers and market their products throughout the UK. Products cover a broad range of life science research topics focusing on cell and molecular biology.


Your new role
Now looking to recruit a Trainee Technical Marketing Associate to join their friendly marketing team.


Key responsibilities:
Marketing communications
- Write, edit and proofread scientific content for web, social media, email and print
- Collaborate with graphic designers to produce artwork for web, email and print
- Identify appropriate content for promotion through social media channels
- Monitor website to ensure content accuracy
- Analyse email marketing to determine channel effectiveness
- Assist in the implementation of quarterly focuses

Price file & e-catalogue management
- Manage the receipt of new and updated price files from suppliers
- Clean up and categorise data as per requirements
- Update existing product data and add new products to system
- Liaise with Business Managers to improve product data provided by suppliers
- Check data meets e-catalogue data requirements and submit on a monthly basis
- Optimise data to be sent to e-catalogues based on each platforms requirements


CRM data management
- Manage data on CRM (SalesForce) including:
- Creating new accounts
- Merging duplicate leads/contacts/accounts/opportunities
- Creating/updating reports
- Managing dashboards
- Internal mapping


What you'll need to succeed
- A passion for marketing communications and a desire to learn and progress
- The ability to distil complex scientific information into engaging and relevant copy specific to the audience and channel
- Exceptional attention to detail and high levels of accuracy
- Strong Excel based data management, manipulation and reporting skills
- The ability to prioritise and manage many activities at the same time whilst meeting agreed timelines
- A strong work ethic and a positive, can-do attitude
- Strong interpersonal skills including well-developed listening, written and verbal communication skills
- The ability to work with a degree of independence
- Fluency in written and spoken English


What you'll get in return
- Up to 20% bonus
- Private healthcare
- Dental and optical scheme
- Pension scheme


What you need to do now
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