Marketing Officer - Lisburn

Position: Marketing Officer

Job type: Full-time, permanent

Location: Lisburn, Northern Ireland - office based

Salary: £24,000 to £26,000 per annum DOE

Reports to: Head of Marketing and Customer Relations

Experience: 3+ years

The Role

An excellent opportunity has arisen for a creative, organised and passionate Marketing Officer to join our high performing team of marketing professionals in a fast-paced and fast-growing entertainment company.

This role is ideal for a marketing professional with a degree in marketing (or other relevant subject e.g. Communications, Journalism) who is looking to join a growing marketing department and develop their career.

The successful candidate will work closely with the Head of Marketing and Customer Relations to create and manage engaging and complex marketing campaigns for multiple entertainment centres offering a wide range of activities fit for all ages.

Key Responsibilities

Support the Marketing team, the Head of Marketing and Customer Relations and the Airtastic and Funky Monkeys centres with the planning and implementation of all marketing campaigns through a wide range of tasks covering the full marketing and communication spectrum.

You will need to demonstrate initiative and acceptance of accountability, tracking and reporting on results will be crucial. You will also need to be very organised and thorough in your work, in order to complete multiple and diverse tasks, often under tight deadlines.

Some of your responsibilities are listed below, but your job will evolve in line with the projects we have, your own skills and willingness to progress.

· Digital marketing: You will assist the digital marketing team with managing, growing and optimising the various digital platforms, social media, e-mails, websites, search engines, etc.

· Design, Printing and production: you will be creating simple designs that are needed regularly, liaise with our design and production partners to produce various marketing materials and follow up with all parties involved to ensure the centres have the necessary support for their activity. You will be responsible for ordering printed marketing materials for the centres when required.

· Operational/admin: you will be a key person responsible for reporting, maintaining various databases, marketing research, data mining, etc and creating valuable tools to be used by the marketing team in the day-to-day activity as well as to help making strategic decisions. You will also ensure that deadlines and quality standards in our executions are met, across multiple projects often overlapping.

· Liaising with outside partners: Social media accounts, listing websites, influencers, media agents, etc. You will liaise with all our outside partners to ensure timely completion of all our projects, by following up on the terms of our partnerships, building out network, following up on results.

· Content marketing: you will plan, create and manage engaging content for websites, email & social media campaigns across all brands, with great graphics, photo, video and text.

Support

You will be part of a professional dynamic and highly motivated team and supported in your activity by your direct manager and your colleagues. You will also be required to offer support within your scope to centre managers, company directors and your manager. You will have the opportunity to work with creative and specialised agencies to develop and run campaigns. Your activity will be in line with the brand identity and the overall marketing strategy. You will receive training, attend regular marketing meetings and have continuous support and communication with your manager.

What you need to succeed

In order to successfully perform in this role, you will need to be very organised, very thorough and exigent with the results of your own work. You will have to demonstrate the capacity to understand the business and its goals, and integrate your activity with the specifics of the business. Teamwork and accountability are highly valued traits within our department and company.

The following are the competencies which are desired or required for this role and will be assessed during the Recruitment Process:

Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in Marketing or related discipline
• 3+ years of experience in a similar role
• Experience in an office-based environment
• Sound knowledge of the main digital marketing tools as well as MSOffice tools (PowerPoint, Excel, Word)
• Graphic design skills with experience using Design programs such as Adobe Illustator/InDesign or Canva.
• Video editing skills with experience using Adobe Premiere Pro/Rush or other video editing software
• Fluent in English - excellent proof reading and copywriting skills.
• Excellent time management skills and an ability to effectively manage and prioritise multiple tasks under tight deadlines and with accountability for your work.
• Capacity to work on your own initiative across complex projects without the need for supervision.
• The ability to work well under pressure.
• Ability to work well with our partners, including briefing and following up on all projects.
• Strong planning and organisational skills, being methodical and process driven. Strong attention to detail.
• "Can do” attitude, eager to learn and a desire to always do better.
• A passion for marketing, learning and the capacity to think outside the box.
• Being a reliable team player is very important in our work.

Desired:

• Experience in managing Social Media channels, in content management, excellent copywriting skills and ability to deliver creative content (text, image and video).
• Tech savvy.
• Some experience in hospitality or entertainment, either through part time work or work experience would be advantageous. This would give you a level of understanding of our industry.
• Full drivers’ licence with access to own vehicle.

Please note, this role is office based. Please do not apply if you live outside Northern Ireland or are unable to commute to Lisburn. Some occasional travel within NI and ROI , mainly to visit the centres may be required.

The hours of work are Monday to Friday 9am-5.30pm (with 30 min break). This role may involve some occasional evening or weekend work for special events and promotions throughout the year.

Salary dependent on experience.

How to apply

Please apply on indeed: https://indeedhi.re/4fS4p1L

Or e-mail your CV to recruitment@air-tastic.com. Reference ID: Marketing.

Closing date: 31/01/2025. Only selected candidates will be contacted.