Marketing Placement

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Marketing Placement

About this Role

Looking to get real experience in all aspects of Marketing on your placement year? Then ProspectSoft’s Marketing role is not to be missed!  

In the Marketing team, you’ll be encouraged to show your creative side when completing projects such as blog writing, creating infographics, developing content for our websites, and much more! As a Marketing Assistant, you’ll have the opportunity to get involved in a variety of projects, including the delivery of direct and digital marketing communications.

Reporting to our Head of Marketing, you’ll have a hands-on role and make a real impact on the business. Whether it be managing social media content across our company and placement platforms or generating new strategies to increase the number of qualified leads for our Sales team, you’ll develop a strong understanding of B2B marketing and will gain valuable skills in both inbound and outbound marketing. Marketing efforts will be centred around online lead generation, with a real focus on attracting and converting high quality leads via several marketing channels.

Some of the things you’ll be doing:

• Social Media – Managing ProspectSoft’s corporate and placement social media platforms, you’ll have the opportunity to develop social media campaigns to engage our audiences. You’ll also be reporting on and analysing social media data and results, as well as building and monitoring new strategies to generate more enquiries.
• Email Marketing – Whether it be developing email marketing campaigns to drive up the number of new business enquiries or developing educational material for existing customers, there’s plenty to get involved in! You’ll also be proofing and writing content, building targeted lists and reviewing campaign results.
• Copywriting – You’ll be tasked with creating exciting blogs to publish on both our corporate and placement websites, on a variety of personal and professional topics. This directly contributes towards our SEO efforts.
• Design Content – A Marketing placement will take a lead role in generating visual content for both our corporate and placement channels, such as creating banners, infographics, and diagrams. You’ll be required to use software like Photoshop, Illustrator, and Canva when producing design work (but don’t worry if you don’t have much experience with these yet, although it’s a bonus if you do!).
• Video Content – Using programmes like Camtasia and Adobe Premiere Pro, you can get involved in creating, editing and enhancing videos, as well as scripting and storyboarding videos for us to use in our comms!
• Event Organisation & Co-ordination – You’ll be pivotal in assisting with any in-person or virtual events ProspectSoft run or exhibit at. This will include liaising with organisers, as well as designing and ordering merchandise or promotional material for attendees.
• Website Management – You’ll be given the responsibility of managing our placement and corporate websites to ensure they’re always up to date and engaging to our audiences. This will involve you creating new and captivating content, as well as delving into Google Analytics to gain key insights about our traffic like lead attribution.
• Recruitment – There will be the opportunity to be selected as the next placement recruiter for Commercial roles. This will involve you managing the entire recruitment process end to end; from reviewing CVs and cover letters to booking and conducting Telephone Interviews. You’ll also be responsible for organising and running our Commercial Assessment Centres! 
• HubSpot & Google Certifications – Boost your marketing knowledge by undertaking industry-accredited certifications, like HubSpot’s Inbound Marketing Certification and Google Analytics courses…ideal to add to your CV! 

What you’ll need: 

• Impeccable attention to detail 
• Excellent time management & organisation skills 
• Strong communication skills (verbal & written) 
• Enthusiastic approach & positive attitude at all times  
• Creativity & design skills
• Completed a minimum of 2 years of your undergraduate degree but won’t have graduated at the start of your placement

Why ProspectSoft?  

We’re a growing software company, and we deliver on what we say we do! We take the development of our people very seriously and work with you to carve out your success plan. A placement with us is an opportunity to accelerate your career and make a real difference. 

At The Access Group, we're all about helping everyone Love Work and Love Life. Why? Because we believe people can only be their best when they can be themselves. So, if you’re excited about this role, but your experience doesn't match perfectly, we'd still love to hear from you. You might just be who we’re looking for. 

• A Unique Placement – The ProspectSoft placement experience is like no other. You'll be working for the Prospect CRM product (a team of around 50 people) within a much bigger software company – The Access Group (thousands of employees). It really is the best of both worlds! From branded clothing, to instant discounts on your favourite restaurants, shops and activities – there are plenty of Access extras to take advantage of as a placement!
• Real Responsibility – Right from the get-go, you’re given real responsibility, being treated and respected just like your full-time peers. Tasks and projects will influence the business’ reputation, success, and growth, so your skills are hugely valued and appreciated. 
• Personal Development – Your line manager and the team at Access want you to get the most out of your placement. Throughout the year, you’ll be working alongside industry experts who’ll guide and support you along your placement journey. Plus, you'll be encouraged to complete additional training and development to boost your CV, like achieving online certifications.
• Dynamic Team – The friendly, young, and energetic atmosphere at ProspectSoft is something we pride ourselves on! We’re a supportive company that treasures every single employee. 
• Product Training + Pizza – Who doesn’t love Pizza? The last Friday of every month combines food and learning! Bringing the ProspectSoft team together, we learn about exciting features that have just been released in the software, whilst simultaneously indulging in endless amounts of Dominos pizza!
• Team-building Fridays – Every Friday, the ProspectSoft team take the last half an hour to socialise – whether that be remotely or in-person!
• Social Events & Charity Days – ProspectSoft team members love to get involved in events organised by The Access Group – from big social events to charity days!

About ProspectSoft

ProspectSoft is rated one of the UK’s Best Student Employers, ranked 5th in the RMP Awards “Best 45 Small to Medium-sized Schemes 2023-2024" category. In 2022, ProspectSoft was acquired by The Access Group – the largest software company in the UK. We create, develop and deliver our Customer Relationship Management software, Prospect CRM, to more than 5,000 SME users worldwide.

What we do is possible because of the expertise and experience of our team, who strive to deliver the best possible solutions and customer service. We’re proud that 65% of our company is made up of current and returning placements and that we’re the most awarded SME in the UK for its placement programme!

We’ve found it to be essential to the continuing growth of the driven, young and sociable team we are today – four of our returning placement students are now in senior management positions! We know that we’re only as good as our people, which is why we invest heavily in recruiting, training and developing amazing placements.

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