Job Description
Shillington is the original graphic design bootcamp – as designers from day one, our students graduate industry-ready within just 3 or 9 months. Our purpose is to provide a world-class design education to students all around the globe and provide the canvas for confidence, creative success, career growth and community. We are a catalyst for positive change - in the lives of our students, our employees, the design industry and the education sector. Give back and get back, with a rewarding career at Shillington.
Role Overview
We're looking for an enthusiastic Marketing & Communications Assistant to join the Shillington Education team in London, contributing to marketing and student services across a variety of mediums on a global scale.
A typical day could include community management of our social media channels, making website updates, planning content for graduate engagement, scheduling posts for Instagram, preparing physical materials for an upcoming course intakes, and drafting blog articles and interviews.
Shillington is a fun and inspiring place to work! New ideas are championed, close friendships are made and best of all—the work we do transforms the lives and careers of our students. Working in marketing, you'll get to celebrate those amazing stories every day.
Job Type
- 40 hours per week
- Salary range: £25K–£27K pounds *(Depending on experience)*
- Some remote days are offered after a short probation period.
The role (A typical week as a Shillington Marketing Assistant)–
- Prioritizes and executes weekly tasks as given by the Head of Marketing
- Assists the Marketing Lead with day-to-day administrative tasks
- Assists and collaborates with the global marketing team on promotional activities
- Makes Shillington website updates
- Manages social media channels– content, scheduling and community engagement
- Writes articles and conducts interviews for the Shillington Blog
- Writes and produces content for email marketing campaigns
- Helps run and serves as representative at virtual and in-person events
- Contributes new, interesting and cost-effective ways to potentially promote Shillington
- Attends meetings with in-person and on Zoom with global team
To be successful in this role
- Enjoys working in a fun office environment with some remote days
- Keen interest in education marketing
- Proactive team player
- Can-do attitude
- Exceptional organisational skills
- Keen attention-to-detail
- Interest and/or experience in graphic design
- Interest and/or experience in content management
- Interest and/or experience in social media
- Demonstrated digital media capabilities
Technical
- Strong grammatical and copywriting skills
- Experience with the Google Suite
- Experience in the Adobe Suite is preferred
- Experience in content creation for social media is preferred
Working at Shillington
- 25 paid vacation days per year
- Yearly professional development allowance
- Weekly company lunches
- Employee Referral Program
- Flexible wellness days
Interview process
- If shortlisted for interviews, we request a 2-3 minute introduction video of yourself with some reasons why you want to work at Shillington and why you think you would be a good fit
- Initial interview video call with Head of Marketing
- 2nd interview with Head of Marketing and Head of Operations (In-person or video call depending on candidate’s location)
- Chemistry interview with a colleague from the Marketing and Experience team (In-person or video call depending on candidate’s location)