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British Corner Shop® is a profitable, entrepreneurial, online British food export company that strives to exceed customer expectations.

British Corner Shop was established in 1999 and is now a rapidly growing Ecommerce business with an annual turnover of £3M. The company delivers food and groceries worldwide to British Expatriates, and individuals living or working abroad. The business also has a large wholesale arm, and exports food globally.

If you'd like to work for British Corner Shop, and be part of a dynamic and exciting business, please email your CV and a covering letter.

Marketing Assistant


Role Details

Job Title: Marketing Assistant

Location: Iron Acton, Bristol, UK.

Salary: up to £17k.

Reporting to: Technical & Digital Marketing Director

Starting Date: from 1st June 2012

Job Role Overview

A marketing assistant is required to run various aspects of the company's well established online marketing activities. The role is multi-faceted, covering social media, email newsletter production, affiliate programme management and running the pay-per-click campaign, amongst other tasks.

The successful candidate would benefit from working closely with Digital Marketing and Technical Director Peter Howarth, who has a wealth of experience to share.

As well as a learning opportunity, there is scope for career progression within an expanding, entrepreneurial company. Additional online businesses are being launched within the group, and larger offices are currently under construction.

Specific Tasks

The successful candidate will be responsible for a wide range of marketing tasks including:

  • Social Media (Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Blog)
  • Managing the Affiliate Programme
  • Running the Pay-per-Click campaign
  • Writing news articles for the website
  • Link building
  • Creating the email newsletter
  • Filming video content
  • Organising and liaising with Advertisers
  • Administrative tasks and reporting

Key Skills

The successful candidate will be a strong communicator and writer, be well organised with good attention to detail, and adept with computers and digital marketing.

Desirable Attributes

  • Strong Communicator
  • Technically Capable (computers, web, online marketing)
  • Quick learner
  • Good at multi-tasking
  • Creative thinking
  • Attention to Detail
  • Well Organised
  • Relationship Building
  • Adaptable/Flexible

Desirable Skills

  • General Marketing Knowledge
  • Marketing Qualification
  • Copywriting
  • HTML
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Use of web based systems
  • Good Computer Skills (Email, Web, MS Office etc.)

How to Apply

Please email your CV and covering letter to: recruitment@britishcornershop.co.uk, with subject line "Marketing Assistant".

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