Marketing Assistant

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Marketing Assistant
Online community websites

March 2010
4 months or longer
£500 per Month
Buckinghamshire

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Job description:

The company is offering a placement opportunity for suitably qualified and motivated students. They are looking to significantly expand online traffic to their niche web community sites. Reporting to the Managing Director, the roles have a mix of tasks and responsibilities all centred on building online traffic.

* Search Engine Optimisation
* Search Engine Marketing
* Social Media Marketing
* Email Marketing
* Co-ordination of volunteers
* Content Management
* Working in a small office with a friendly atmosphere
* Hours of work – 40 per week, Monday to Friday

Essential requirments:

* Fluent written & spoken English skills
* Studying for a relevant degree
* Knowledge web marketing techniques
* Good IT skills (this is not a technical web or IT position)
* Enthusiastic
* Tenacious
* Willing to learn
* Team player
* Good communication and interpersonal skills

Additional requirments:

* Previous web marketing experience will be an advantage though not essential
* An interest ort knowledge of toys and models

About the company:

* The Company runs online community sites. Their first community is a web community for the €4 billion world-wide vintage and collectible toy community with these functions:
* Blogs, clubs, directories, competitions, events, forums, friendships, galleries, reviews, videos
* A wiki style catalogue of every toy ever produced
* Context engine allowing all content to be personalised (a member sees only Batman stuff, or Teddy Bears or Fire Engines, for example, - subject to what he/she likes or chooses)
* A Google Finance style Collection Management capability that links press releases and buy/sell events to track the current value of individual collectables together with a collectors entire portfolio.
* There are plans for other communities (stamps, coins, sporting memorabilia etc.)

Internship placement location:

* Based in offices in Buckinghamshire.
* Close to all the amenities that you would expect from a capital city.

Remuneration:

A training allowance of £500 a month will be provided to assist with accommodation and subsistence costs.