Junior Events & Marketing Manager, Aptem

• We welcome applications from people looking for a mid-career change and returners to the workplace, who have transferable skills and have managed large-scale events
• We would prefer to find the right candidate and offer training, but you must have previous events-management experience
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to communicate effectively to all levels of seniority
• We are keen to find the right person for this role, so competencies such as a proactive and inquisitive approach and a commitment to learning and developing skills matter
• Team working skills. We are a small team who works closely together and with the Business Development team. You should have an ability to influence at all levels
• High level of attention to detail
• We value creativity, from ideas to execution, and the ability to think of innovative ways to promote the brand, increase awareness and gain new leads
• There is a large amount of ongoing, time-critical activity. It is important to be incredibly organised with your workload

Desirable

• Reporting To Heidi Marshall
• We are a small team who all have a hands-on, collaborative approach and act as the internal customer. We are responsible for business growth through new logo acquisition, customer retention and identification of new market opportunities
• We work closely with the Business Development team to produce communications that address customer pain points, run relevant events, maintain a wide range of communication channels and increase our brand exposure externally
• We are looking for a Junior Events & Marketing Manager to join our team
• The successful candidate will help us to plan and deliver a calendar of virtual and in-person events for our customers and prospective customers, while providing generalist marketing support to the team
• This is an exciting opportunity to play a critical role supporting the growth of our business
• The Junior Events & Marketing Manager will have exposure to a broad range of events and will have the opportunity to utilise and develop broader related marketing skills across all our channels – including CRM, email marketing, social, partnerships and website
• They will be supported by an experienced and collaborative team
• Our events currently comprise product training and thought leadership webinars, large-scale industry conference sponsorship and exhibitions, speaking engagements, regional industry events, customer forums, and large customer events
• The Junior Events & Marketing Manager is responsible for the successful delivery of Aptem’s calendar of virtual and in-person events (UK), while providing generalist marketing support to the team to deliver on the wider marketing plan
• You will be managing all Aptem events, and providing some generalist marketing support to the wider team
• Work with marketing colleagues and other stakeholders to ensure that events are executed effectively and to the highest standard
• End-to end management of events:
• Contributing to the events calendar
• Developing content and liaising with speakers/presenters
• Managing branded assets and giveaways
• Event promotion via social, email, website
• Guest list management and communications
• On-the-day event management
• Post-event activities to maximise ROI
• Events include:
• Aptem hosted product training webinars, thought leadership presentations and panels, product demonstration webinars and launches, customer roundtables and events, large in-person customer conferences
• External conferences, exhibitions, speaking slots – we currently engage in around 10 industry-led virtual and in-person events
• Continuous improvement – making recommendations to help drive efficiencies and quality output. This includes a desire to stay up to date with latest tools and approaches to deliver on objectives
• Supporting the marketing team and other stakeholders with generalist marketing activities – including but not limited to website updates, email communications, social content, asset creation (brochures, videos, case studies, and more), CRM management, sales enablement, and analysis of marketing campaigns

• Application
• 1st interview
• If we think you'd be a good potential match, we'll schedule a first interview to learn more about your skills and experience, and give you the opportunity to ask any questions you have about the role or working at Aptem
• Events brief with one week submission deadline
• An events brief will be sent by email for candidates who are successful at stage 1 interview, with a one week completion deadline. The response to the brief will be reviewed before a decision is taken on whether to progress to second stage interview
• 2nd interview
• If you successfully get through to second interview stage, following on from your first interview we'll ask you some more in-depth questions to understand your interest in Aptem and the role, and why you feel you would be a good fit. There will be the opportunity at the end to ask any further questions you have on the role, what it's like to work at Aptem or anything else!
• Offer
• We will move forward to offer stage if you are the candidate we feel would be the best fit for the role and our team. We'll issue you with an offer of employment and agree your compensation package and start date
• Hired
• The exciting bit when we can welcome you to Aptem! We'll provide you with joining instructions and your onboarding plan and can't wait to have you join us