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Location

Croydon, Cambridgeshire | United Kingdom

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Job description

• Brand : Packaging News
• Base Location: Croydon/Hybrid ( 3 days from home, 2 days in the office)
• Employment Type: Full time, Temporary Contract start date 2 nd April 2024 to 5 th February 2025
• Salary: £35,000- £37,000 DOE

Trading as emap for its B2B division, Metropolis International is a fast-growing business, privately owned Media Group with over £50m of annual revenue, structured in two divisions – consumer media, and business-to-business media. In both parts of the business, we run print magazines, digital content and both face-to-face and virtual awards, conferences, and other events. Metropolis is actively looking at acquiring more media businesses. We employ over 480 people in offices in West London, Croydon, Fleet street, Devon and Dublin.

Packaging News Is at the heart of the UK packaging supply chain, offering news, expert analysis and insight on every aspect of the packaging supply chain, from brands and retailers through to design agencies, suppliers of glass, metal, plastic, corrugated and carton board packaging, label printers, contract packers and waste management businesses.

Overall Purpose of the Role:

We are seeking a dynamic and experienced Marketing Manager to cover a maternity leave period, overseeing the marketing strategy for our prestigious Environmental Packaging Live (Summit and Awards) and the UK Packaging Awards, as well as other related Packaging News initiatives (webinars, podcasts, and other brand communications)

This Marketing Manager – Maternity Cover maternity offers a chance for a talented marketing manager to take on challenging and impactful projects and contribute to the success of well-known events and brands, all while enjoying the benefits of a supportive and innovative work environment, as part of a team of 5 marketers.

This position is ideal for an experienced and dynamic marketing professional with a proven track record in developing and executing successful event marketing strategies. The candidate should possess strong project management skills, creative thinking, and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment. Collaboration with cross-functional teams (events, brand sales, publishers, editors) will be crucial to drive impact.

Key Responsibilities:

• Drive ticket sales, entries and bookings for all Packaging News Awards Events and Conferences (Environmental Packaging Live and UK Packaging Awards)
• Manage the delivery of the event marketing plans to help increase our event delegate numbers and revenues and enrich customer relationships with the brands
• Plan and implement email campaigns, ensuring effective segmentation and reporting on engagement metrics
• Produce printed and digital event assets and brochures, coordinating with logistics, editorial, and design teams, while adhering to schedules and budgets
• Manage event websites, optimise enquiries, bookings, and traffic using Evessio
• Optimise data collection customer journey on the editorial website using WordPress
• Develop and grow the brands’ communities, reporting on social media and online traffic, entries, and followers
• Proactively manage and expand the current Packaging News database, identifying new sources for future growth and implementing data selection strategies
• Utilise market intelligence and customer insights to enhance audience understanding and campaign effectiveness
• Attend and assist at our events
• Any other ad hoc duties as requested

Skills and Experience:

• 3-5 years of Marketing experience. Relevant experience driving ticket sales, entries and bookings for established Conferences, Exhibitions or Awards events is highly desirable
• Excellent written communication skills to create compelling content and effectively convey messages to diverse audiences.
• Exceptional organisational skills, attention to detail, and the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Understanding of Google Analytics and the ability to track KPIs and report on campaign success.
• Ability to read data, reporting on statistics, revenue, and progress.
• Proficiency in using social media scheduling tools like Hootsuite and experience with PPC management tools (preferred but not essential).
• Strong stakeholder management skills
• Entrepreneurial spirit – ready to work as part of the team and test and innovate to drive results.

Personal Attributes:

• Collaborative team player
• Practical, resourceful and results oriented
• Creative thinker with drive and commitment

Learning & Development:

At emap, we believe that employee learning and development are the key drivers of our success. To ensure continuous growth and meet the ever-changing demands of the workplace, we provide an environment that fosters continuous development for our employees.

Our employees are encouraged to identify their areas of personal and professional development aligned with our strategic areas, including  management development, health, safety & wellbeing, sales, events management, marketing strategy, editorial, and information technology . We have a structured framework designed to help equip our employees with the necessary knowledge, skills, and behaviors to excel in their job roles, contributing to achieving our organizational objectives.

To support our employees’ career development, we have designed specialized programs, as well as other stand-alone role-specific and generic courses, under the emap academy .

This exciting position is a full-time hybrid role. 2 days in the office, 3 days from home. This could change over time depending on business needs.

Remote working or visa sponsorship are not available. emap does not offer visa sponsorship. Based on the UK employment law you need to have valid right to work in UK. Share code will be required during the interview process.

Benefits: emap is part of Metropolis Group. Together we are committed to providing a happy and healthy place to work, so we offer fantastic benefits and perks to our employees.

• 25 days of holiday per year (with the option to buy or sell)
• Health plan
• Life assurance
• Cycle-to-work scheme
• Discounted gym memberships
• Retail discount vouchers
• Rail season ticket loans
• Private virtual GP access
• Pension scheme
• Income protection and more
• Continuous learning & development opportunities
• Seasonal flu jabs on site
• One paid volunteer day per year
• Summer and Winter parties
• Work from home during August
• In-house Excellence Awards and other innovation projects

*certain benefits are subject to 12 month continuing employment.

Privacy: Metropolis Group respects the privacy of every person for whom we have personal data. We comply with data protection legislation such as the Data Protection Act 1998 and the General Data Protection Regulation which regulates the processing of data and ensures that your data is processed fairly and lawfully, is kept secure and only that data necessary for any processing is kept. You can see our privacy policy at  .

Diversity and Inclusion: We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity and inclusion. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, age, religion or belief, pregnancy and maternity, marriage and civil partnership, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or disability status.

How to apply:  Please send your CV and covering letter. Due to the volume of applications, we receive, we are unable to give individual feedback at the application stage, however if you are successfully shortlisted you will be contacted within 10 working days of the closing date.

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