Marketing Assistant & Events Coordinator

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Granta Design is a rapidly growing engineering software company. We are a spin-off from Cambridge University and a world-leader in our field. We now employ around 70 people at our Cambridge headquarters, and are looking for a Marketing Assistant and Events Coordinator to join our expanding team.

What you will be doing:

You will manage Granta's marketing events and provide administrative support for our marketing campaigns and other activities.

Your role will include:

• Coordinating arrangements for Granta's events (seminars and scientific symposia)—identifying and booking venues, arranging catering and social program, travel & accommodation, delegate registration, production of meeting materials...
• Organizing Granta's exhibition booths at worldwide conferences (the role will not normally involve attendance at these conferences)
• Set up and registration for Granta's regular web seminars
• Managing contacts from Granta's marketing activities, ensuring that these leads are entered into our contact management system and distributed appropriately
• Tracking and reporting on leads and marketing expenses
• Distribution of marketing mailings, e-mailings, and newsletters
• Supporting the Granta sales team with supplies of marketing materials
• Maintaining Granta's public relations database and distributing press releases

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About you

You definitely:

• Are extremely well-organised, with excellent attention to detail and an ability to manage multiple tasks
• Are energetic, committed, and enthusiastic
• Have good communication skills and work well in teams
• Are IT-literate, preferably including experience using Microsoft Excel

You probably:

• Have a degree or other higher-level qualification
• Have some experience of organizing events or managing projects—this could be gained though a previous job, or as part of your education or hobbies
• Have an interest in a career in marketing or some related business activity—a marketing or business-related qualification would be an advantage

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Granta Design is successful, focused, trusted, intelligent, and a great place to work. If you're bright, enthusiastic, committed, and like the look of Granta, send us your CV/resume and a cover letter explaining what you are looking for. We are growing and new opportunities are always opening up—some of them may not even be on the website yet.

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