Marketing Assistant

Reporting into the Head of Marketing, the successful candidate will assume responsibility for supporting the marketing activity for developments in London.
This is an ideal role for an individual looking to start a career in marketing or a marketing graduate looking for their first marketing role in a company with high profile residential developments. For the successful candidate there will be lots of opportunities to progress your career in marketing.
You will provide administrative support to the marketing team in order to implement effective and efficient marketing plans and campaigns for the regional sales sites. You would act as the first point of contact for internal customers and external suppliers and stakeholders.
Your role will be varied and include managing email accounts, raising POs and processing invoices and updating IT systems where necessary. You will collate on and off-line marketing collateral including sales brochures, digital placements, imagery, media and PR coordination for each development.
A large part of the role will also include keeping our website and property portals up to date with accurate data and information each week and in line with guidelines as well as compiling weekly email marketing to nurture the existing lead database.
You will contribute to marketing strategies and creative briefs through regular competitive analysis producing reports where required. You will also collate local information for prospective buyers to help our wider vision of improving the customer experience and journey.
You will also co-ordinate the creative pitches for branding, websites, video content, signage, interior design etc as required for our wide range of developments. When we're close to launching a new build development, you will assist the Marketing Manager with ensuring the sales team are well-equipped with everything they need to run a sales office.
To be successful in this role, you will have:

• Capability to undertake accurate and efficient office processes
  
  Computer literate with good proven competency in MS Office, CMS systems, email marketing platforms (CRM systems and Photoshop is desirable).


• Strong organisational skill


• Ability to multi task and meet strict deadlines


• Proactive with strong initiative


• Strong, effective communication with all internal and external parties


It would also be desirable to have a knowledge and understanding of the key components of a marketing strategy and the ability to understand the creative process and production of marketing.
If you are interested in this role and have the experience required, then apply without delay!

• We are a multi-site organisation, and this role will require regular travel to London and occasional travel to our developments, but expenses will be covered. Please also note that our office in Sale Point, Manchester will be relocating to Old Trafford by Spring 2025.
  
  About L&Q

L&Q is a regulated charitable housing association and one of the UK's most successful independent social businesses. The L&Q Group houses around 250,000 people in more than 97,000 homes, primarily across London, the South East and North West. As a charitable organisation, our role goes beyond providing homes and housing services. Our vision is that everyone has a quality home they can afford, and we combine our social purpose with commercial drive to create homes and neighbourhoods everyone can be proud of.
Our commitments
At L&Q, people are at the heart of our business and our success depends on employing the best people and getting the best from them. This is why we are committed to developing our people. It's only by investing in a well-trained and motivated workforce that we can continue to prosper and sustain business success.
We are committed to supporting your work-life balance and recognise the changing demands and circumstances in life. Please let us know during the recruitment process if you're interested in part time working or job sharing. In addition, should your circumstances change once you have joined L&Q, you can also request flexible working arrangements, e.g. a change to working hours - if it's feasible then we'll make it happen.
We are recognised externally for our commitment to inclusion. We are a Stonewall Diversity Champion, a Disability Confident (Committed) employer and have signed the Time to Change Employer Pledge to demonstrate our commitment to end mental health discrimination in the workplace.
We expect all of our employees to support our environmental policy and social responsibility work. We are an employer committed to environmental and social responsibility.

L&Q is Great Places to work certified (2023) and for the fifth year in a row, we have been recognised as one of the UK's Best Workplaces for Women in the super large category. The successful candidate will have access to our full suite of benefits, which includes;

• 28 days annual leave rising to 31 days after 3 years service



• Excellent Pension scheme and non-contributory life assurance



• Investment in your career development with continued support and training (in-house & external courses)



• Employee assistance programme



• Health & Wellbeing program



• Employee discount scheme



• Up to 21 hours per year to volunteer with a registered charity of your choice



• Strong family-friendly policies