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Graduate Marketing Assistant - Cafea UK (Dunstable)

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REPORTS TO:           Head of Marketing & New Product Development

DEPARTMENT:         Marketing

LOCATION:                Dunstable - Office based

ENQUIRIES TO:         recruitment@cafeauk.com 

SALARY BAND:        £25,000-£30,000

MAIN PURPOSE OF ROLE

To create engaging content for social media, digital marketing and blog posts, manage and develop the Company website and provide commercial administrative support to the MD, Head of Marketing and the Sales team to ensure high customer satisfaction.  This role is best suited to a recent graduate who is looking for a wide and varied first role within a fast paced business setting.

 

KEY RELATIONSHIPS

Sales, Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing, Finance and Technical teams. Externally work closely with Marketing Agencies, Brand Bank, Customer Web Sites and Trade press publications. Work cross functionally with Dunstable teams and other Cafea Group sites.


Key Responsibilities:

 

  1. Develop & implement a creative strategy to increase the number of followers for Cafea UK LinkedIn, Instagram and Facebook pages in line with targets.
  2. Work & liaise with other Group social media contacts to share ideas and content. 
  3. Manage the Cafea UK website, ensuring it is kept updated and fresh.
  4. Be responsible for the Cafea UK internal communication strategy to ensure all employees are kept up to date and informed.
  5. Create pack designs using Adobe Photoshop or Canva for customer presentations.
  6. Monitor Cafea UK customers’ web sites to ensure they have the correct Brand Bank images, descriptive text, meta tags and suggest ways of optimising taxonomy to benefit Cafea
  7. Manage online visibility of current vacancies on our website and our recruitment process alongside the Head of Human Resources
  8. Administratively support the Sales and Marketing team to grow Cafea UK business keeping accurate and up to date records.
  9. Office and administrative support, as required. Including, but not exclusively ; preparing for customer meetings, organising events & staff briefings, ordering and despatching samples, organising customer gifts.
  10. Be the Cafea UK contact for trade press releases; including The Grocer, The Caterer, Asian Trader etc. Be the Cafea UK contact for Das Neuste company magazine, ensure Cafea content or editorial is submitted each quarter
  11. Manage Cafea UK’s relationship with Grocery Aid, including organising customer and Cafea attendance at industry events and the maintenance of our Gold Grocery Aid status
  12. Support the Cafea UK NPD process to ensure new launches are as smooth as possible.
  13. Be an ambassador for the Cafea UK business within our customers and in the wider UK Grocery market
  14. Be a key member of the Marketing team. Work collaboratively with peers from other parts of Cafea UK and the Cafea Group to ensure the growth and success of the business, including contributing ideas and sharing knowledge and experiences

 

Qualifications, Skills and Experience

Qualifications

A recent graduate with a relevant degree; business, media or marketing.

Essential

  • Able to demonstrate a knowledge of digital marketing and social media
  • Knowledge of using Photoshop &/or Canva
  • Experience editing and creating videos and photographs
  • PC literate with good Microsoft office skills.
  • Excited by the idea of working within a commercial environment and being part of a fast-paced dynamic team  
  • Full UK driving license, with use of a car

Behaviours

  • High energy, passion, a good intellect and a will to win
  • An eye for detail with good time management and organisational skills
  • Excellent interpersonal skills, particularly in terms of cross functional working and internal relationships
  • Self-starter who can work without supervision
  • Quick learner who is keen to become involved in real business challenges and solutions

Who are Cafea UK

Part of the Hamburg based Cafea Group GmbH established in 1955. The largest private label instant coffee manufacturer in the UK & EU. Multinational family-owned company with UK division in Bedfordshire. Produce +60,000 tonnes of coffee per year. 8 factories and expertise in all areas of coffee production. Customers in every channel; retail, foodservice, wholesale, vending and B2B. www.cafeauk.com www.cafea.com