London, UK
Marketing assistant
at Barr Gazetas
Barr Gazetas is seeking a marketing assistant to join its team in London.
About Barr Gazetas
Founded in 1993, Barr Gazetas is an award-winning Studio, based in London’s West End. The Barr Gazetas team is an impressive mix of over 50 architects, interior designers, master planners and creative support.
Our award-winning projects span a broad range of sectors including workplace, fit-out, residential, public realm and mixed-use.
Our philosophy is simple. We create intelligent design that delights, elevates spaces and places with purpose, and puts people at
the heart.
Our design approach ensures we bring a brief to life and embed vision and purpose across multiple, increasingly interrelated, touchpoints. We take challenging sites and work with people and place to unlock their inherent and often unforeseen value.
Together, we are driven by a deep desire to enrich and improve daily life.
At Barr Gazetas we bring a fresh perspective, we listen and we challenge constructively. The result is co-created outcomes that genuinely surpass everyone’s measures of success. We enjoy working with clients, agents and consultants to create distinctive and flexible buildings.
About the role
The marketing assistant sits within the marketing team and is responsible for promoting the practice and its projects in line with the marketing and communications strategy. The marketing assistant reports to head of brand & marketing.
The right candidate will be an enthusiastic, engaging individual, who enjoys working in a team. You will be highly organised, creative and design-focussed.
You must have strong InDesign skills, and enjoy planning and creating social media content.
Hours, flexible working and holiday:
- full-time, 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday
- one day working from home
- 28 days annual leave, including bank holidays
Responsibilities:
- work with the head of brand and marketing to coordinate the content strategy for the annual marketing and communications plan
- champion brand guidelines ensuring consistency in both internal and external communications
- champion Barr Gazetas’ culture through project promotion and internal communications
- create and maintain sector portfolios
- maintain and update project case studies, pitch case studies and architects’ CVs
- assist with creative pitches
- plan and coordinate project photography and other project collateral
- plan, create and deliver engaging social media content across LinkedIn, Instagram and YouTube
- deliver monthly social media reports, including suggestions and ideas for improvements
- day to day management of website
- create and track engaging newsletters
- prepare project and practice awards entries, under the guidance of the head of brand and marketing
- track awards submissions and maintain awards calendar
- liaise with PR agency to provide written materials, imagery and other collateral to support their promotional work, alongside head of brand and marketing
Skills, experience and qualifications:
- minimum three years’ experience working in a similar role within the built environment or design
- strong interest in architecture and the built environment
- strong understanding of social and digital media
- at least two years’ experience in digital content creation
- design-focussed approach; graphic design prowess essential
- enjoyment of building internal relationships and collaborating
- excellent interpersonal skills, including liaising with team members and external consultants at all levels
- strong writing skills
- high level of accuracy and excellent attention to detail
- proactive, responsive, punctual, approachable
- initiative, ability to prioritise and work under pressure and with little supervision
- problem solving ability, integrity and reliability
IT and software:
- highly IT literate
- essential: Advanced Adobe InDesign and Photoshop, Microsoft Office 365, LinkedIn, Instagram
- desirable: Premier Pro, Illustrator, MailChimp, Google Analytics
Benefits include:
- flexible pension allowance
- private medical insurance
- profit share scheme