Digital Marketing Executive

Salary: £30,000 – £33,600 per year

Are you a Digital Marketing Executive ready for that next step in your career?

If you are looking for something with real potential that pays well, this growing marketing team in a forward-thinking company might be just the move for you.

If you are relatively new to the digital marketing industry and are enthusiastic about carving out a career in this field, this really is a great opportunity for you and can help you build your expertise in the digital marketing arena.

The role is based at Head Office in City Centre Manchester with an option to ‘work from home’ two days a week initially (optional), and offers occasional travel to other offices for training, collaboration, team building etc. (travel expenses paid). This gives you great exposure to other ways of working, other ideas, different ways of thinking about how best to use and build your skills.

Your role here is to work collaboratively to help the wider team strengthen the position of the company as one of the UK’s leading firms in the property consultancy sector.

As it’s a digital marketing role, we need someone who understands how websites work and has a passion for website optimisation. We can train, but that base knowledge is important.

You’ll also be working closely with the Marketing Manager and would be responsible for day-to-day optimisation of the website as well as implementing on-page optimisations (metadata, titles, copy, internal linking strategies) to off-page optimisations (link building, copywriting).

This role will suit you if you enjoy SEO and digital marketing, are a good communicator and have the desire to learn and better yourself.

It really is an exciting position within an established company that provides expertise across a range of commercial property services. These property services include agency, valuation and auction as well as including the sale of business assets and a range of complementary advisory services.

Duties will include:

• Creating web copy and optimising digital content
• Producing, distributing, and measuring email marketing campaigns
• Creation of Google AdWords campaigns and Microsoft ads (after internal training)
• Uploading content using different CMS systems and ensuring it is optimised for SEO
• Using a suite of tools to conduct ongoing keyword research to help discover new opportunities
• Content idea generation based on data and competitor research
• Researching and analyse competitor backlinks
• Understanding of Google’s Core Web Vitals and working with our partner web agency to implement best practices
• Assisting with social media profiles including scheduling posts and being responsive to enquiries through our main channels on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn – all in line with brand guidelines
• Ad-hoc marketing activities to support the wider team as and when required

We are looking for:

• Some experience across a variety of digital marketing channels such as: SEO, PPC, analytics and social media
• Website copywriting experience
• Good level of understanding of current digital marketing strategies
• Experience with Google AdWords campaigns and Microsoft ads
• A positive approach to researching and analysing new business opportunities
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Self-motivated with capability of working independently
• An eagerness to learn more advanced techniques
• Excellent organisational and time management skills
• Experience using Google Sheets, website content management systems, Google Analytics, Search Console
• Whilst not essential, knowledge of Ahrefs, AdWords, Screaming Frog and other social media and digital monitoring tools would be advantageous

In return you can expect:

• Circa £30,000 – £33,600 salary (dependant on experience)
• 24 days holiday, plus Bank Holidays
• 3% Salary Sacrifice pension scheme – company matching contribution
• 4 x Annual salary Life assurance cover

This really is a terrific opportunity for someone who is working as a digital marketing executive at the minute but wants more and wants to learn more. This company has an established and experienced marketing team so your career can really develop here.

If you are interested in applying for the above position and embark on a rewarding career, please e-mail your CV using the link and quoting reference number: 3031.

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