Digital/Event Sales Account Manager, Near Brighton - £30-36K + Comms + Excellent Benefits

We’re looking for an account manager for a well-established and successful media company operating in a friendly and dynamic industry.

You’ll be woking across a portfolio of digital content solutions and some exciting awards and conferences within a collaborative team.

The role is to:

• Develop a creative solutions sales approach

• Network with brand owners, producers and operators

• Build long-term client relationships

• Develop, analyse and evaluate digital campaigns

• Build event sponsorship and digital marketing revenues

• Be a effective and positive brand ambassador

It's a well-led, well-resourced media/events company with market-leading brands and lots of opportunities for development/growth.

To find out more please contact derek@escapehatchmedia.co.uk

Digital Partnerships Sales Manager, Sussex/Hybrid - £High + Comms + Benefits

The Role

Working across a high-profile events portfolio you’ll be an experienced and creative digital sales professional with a strong knowledge of digtal content marketing solutions.

You’ll be building relationships with current clients and driving new business in the consumer lifestyle sector.

Through a creative sales approach you’ll be selling impactful marketing campaigns for key partner brands using content marketing, video, social media, banners and newsletters.

You’ll be devising partnership campaigns that deliver your clients’ marketing objectives.

The Person

• Digital media and creative solutions sales experience in a consumer media environment

• Experienced in selling to major clients and media agencies

• Proven track record in managing complex client accounts and campaigns

• A consultative sales approach with entrepreneurial flair

• Strong team player

• Creative and innovative

• Internationally-minded

• Confident, outgoing, persuasive and determined

Rare opportunity to join a high profile events business in a senior role.

To apply please email derek@escapehatchmedia.co.uk.

Event Sponsorship Sales, West Sussex/London/Remote - £35-40K + High Comms

The Company

Leading events company in the emerging technology sector with a portfolio of international conferences and events. Well-led, ambitious and rapidly expanding. Big company benefits and lots of opportunities to grow and develop your career.

The Role

• Maximising commercial potential of events brands via event sponsorship, speaker opportunities, exhibition space, delegate places and brand partnerships

• Building long-term client relationships

• Seeking out and generating new business

• Networking and being a good brand ambassador

• Growing an intetrnational client base

• Taking ownership of a specific event

• Contributing ideas for new product development

The Idea Candidate

• Confident, outgoing, positive

• Naturally self-motivated and able to work remotely

• Self-starter

• Tech-savvy

• Effective time manager

• Collaborative and good team player

• Target-driven - both personal and team targets

• Happy to travel internationally

• Flexible

This is an excellent opportunity to join an established, fast-growing and ambitious company at an exciting stage in its development.

To apply please send your CV to derek@escapehatchmedia.co.uk.

Content Editor, B2B Media & Events company, Remote working & some global travel, £30-35K

This established, award winning B2B digital media and events company in the global travel retail arena is currently in its next phase of growth and is seeking a truly dynamic Content Editor looking to make their mark in this fast paced industry.

Job responsibilities

Reporting to the Managing Editor, the Content Editor will be expected to juggle a number of wide-ranging responsibilities, from seeking out and populating the company website with daily retail and product news, interviewing key industry stakeholders and submitting features to sending breaking news alerts, managing regular email newsletters and social media content activity.

You will possess a keen eye for detail and a natural flair for producing succinct and compelling copy that appeals to all stakeholders in the exciting and energetic $90 billion-plus global duty free and travel retail industry – from global luxury brands and suppliers, to travel retailers, airport operators, airlines, border shops, trade associations and industry lobbyists.

Additionally, you will act as an ambassador for the company at press and trade events, most of which take place abroad and require the ability to travel internationally, often at relatively short notice.

Requirements

·       Minimum 3 years’ experience in B2B journalism (ideally in aviation, retail or related industries)

·       Excellent writing, editing and verbal communications skills

·       Ability to produce well-sourced, accurate copy to deadline

·       Comfortable using Microsoft 365 platforms

·       Ability to work independently and collaboratively as part of a team

·       Support the Managing Editor and Editorial Director in subbing, proofing and fact-checking tasks across all editorial products.

·       Working knowledge of SEO best practices and CMS platforms (ideally Wordpress), plus Photoshop to independently upload photos to web stories and newsletters

·       A bachelor’s degree or post-graduate qualification in journalism

You will joining a close-knit, fun, friendly and supportive team within a fantastic company. The role is completely remote with expenses covered (telephone, broadband and computer equipment) with travel to events & conferences globally (US, Europe, Asia) so a valid passport is a must along with someone who is happy and will enjoy this part of the job!

Please forward your CV to zoe@escapehatchmedia.co.uk

B2B PR Senior Account Executive/Junior Account Manager, Brighton, circa £25K plus fantastic benefits

Our client is a B2B PR Agency made up of a hugely passionate bunch of talented people and it’s because of this that they take rewarding hard work seriously and receive a large number of company benefits.

The PR & communications executive will make up a key part of the agencies client-facing team and has a critical role in determining the future and long-term success of the company. Acting as a key contact for your specific portfolio of clients, you will have the confidence, skills and relevant industry expertise to provide day-to-day PR services to your clients, as well as providing research, content development and media relations support to the consultants.

You will be responsible for delivering a stream of services, ensuring your accounts are consistently delivering high standards and outstanding service on time. You will also play a role in growing your accounts both in terms of days and services offered and you will also be involved in new business pitches.

Role requirements

If that sounds like your cup of tea, get in touch if you have –

• hands-on experience of media relations, content creation and client servicing within a PR/ comms agency

• the ability to demonstrate understanding and passion for client’s business in the B2B environment

• experience in identifying press opportunities, understanding the requirements to sell in client stories, and draft copy as required

• proven skills in developing and nurturing relationships with key media

• solid research and investigation skills

• second-to-none copywriting skills

• a proactive, ‘can do’ attitude backed up with the ability to organise and prioritise your time

• confidence, charm and charisma

• proactivity, creativity and an eye for detail

• the same values as the whole team – they are curious, they love learning, they are not afraid of trying new things, they work hard and play hard, and they support each other.

Please forward your CV to zoe@escapehatchmedia.co.uk

Agency Sales Manager: Brighton - £35-55K + Good Comms

The Company

Established lead generation business working with an impressive client list running demand generation campaigns across content, paid media, email, events and lead qualification. Ambitious, entrepreneurial environment.

The Role

• Building relationships with and revenues from London agencies

• Maximising current and future revenue opporttunities

• Pitching and presenting face to face

• Understanding agency/client needs and devising and selling solutions

• Identifying new revenue streams

• Developing loyal customer relationships

• Executing the sales strategy to meet goals and objectives

The Person

• Understanding of lead/demand generation

• Understands how agencies work

• Proven track record of selling to agencies and building revenues

• Natural relationship builder, able to develop loyal customer relationships

• Commercially-minded and success-driven

• Confident with senior clients, outgoing, credible, with gravitas

• Energetic, entrepreneurial, ambitious and enthusiastic

• Keen to develop and grow

This is a great chance to join an ambitious, growing company and make your mark on the business. For more information please contact derek@escapehatchmedia.co.uk.

Event Sales Manager: Brighton - £30K + Good Comms

The Company

Leading international events company seeks event sales manager for flagship event. Ambitious plans for new launches so lots of opportunities for the right person. Hybrid working (2 days in the office).

The Role

• Building revenues via proactive new business activity and effective management of existing client relationships.

• Achieving all sales targets

• Collaborating with the event director, marketing and operations teams

• Attending competitive events with travel to Europe and US

• Growing the event by securing targets, proposing new growth strategies and suggesting launch activity

• Shaping the event and its future direction

The Person

• Ambitious, resilient, hard-working

• Proven events sales person

• Strong commercial understanding of events and sponsorship

• Quick learner able to get under the skin of the industry!

• Good research and analytical skills

• CRM user

• Able to work autonomously with a team mentality

• Organised, entrepreneurial, flexible, good time manager

• Articulate, well-presented sales professional

This is an excellent opportunity to join an ambitious, succcessful events company on one of their flagship events. For more information contact derek@escapehatchmedia.co.uk.

Marketing Manager, B2B & B2C, Brighton circa £35K

This established independent Sussex business based in Brighton really does stand out amongst its competitors and are looking for a Marketing Professional to work with each of the departments and execute their marketing strategy. You will be looking for a hands on challenge and will thrive on bringing your skills to the company and taking repsonsiblity for all the marketing and working with a great brand and team of people and their departments across Sussex. As well as marketing and social media you will have a strong creative eye and some graphics experiece. This is a super role, with a highly professional bunch of fun people who also socialise in and out of the office.

Responsibility

• Studying company profile and operations to understand its marketing needs

• Conducting marketing research to identify industry trends and commercial opportunities

• Developing and implementing an overall company marketing strategy according to objectives and budgets and running departmental campaigns

• Reporting to Directors and Managers

• Provides information regarding promotions, branding, media channels, and other key information for marketing success.

• Guides the implementation of marketing strategies for various products and services.

• Observe and maintain cohesive branding across at the companies departments and marketing materials

Duties

• To take responsibility for overseeing and producing online and offline marketing activities.

• Assist managers and directors in coming up with focused branding, positioning, and marketing tools for each department

• Working within both company and client budgets to produce effective promotional materials and advertising opportunities

• Establish marketing tracking methods to help evaluate company performance over time and report ROI

• Analyse details of competitor offerings, including specifications, market share, pricing, and promotional materials

• Create reports with research findings for Directors to analyse and inform marketing strategies

• Assist in providing written documents and verbal presentations for clients to assist in winning new development instructions

• Recommend specific marketing approaches and spending budgets to achieve desired sales goals

• Helps generate new service offerings to increase share in new or existing markets

• Liaising with each department to create content for the company blog, Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter, using a content schedule calendar.

• Creating and overseeing email and social media marketing campaigns

• Responsible for growth and development of social and digital marketing channels.

•  Ensuring the website is current in style terms, monitored and kept up to date.

Experience

• Experience in managing multiple projects including sponsored social media campaigns, and liaising extensively with internal and external contacts.

• Proficient content creator with the ability to edit photos and create graphics for social media

• Experience of email marketing campaign creation and distribution.

• Knowledge of B2B and B2C marketing 

• Apt in writing proposals and reports

• Qualification in marketing, communications, business or relevant field.

• Proficient in MS Office/Working knowledge of IT and marketing software

Please forward your CV to zoe@escapehatchmedia.co.uk

Graduate Events Assistant, Global Sustainability Events, Central Brighton, £20k-£22k plus £5-£10k profit share

Do you have a degree and some experience working in events?

Would you like to work on global events whilst having a positive impact upon the planet?

Our Brighton based client runs global events which take place in, San Francisco, New York, Sao Paulo, Singapore, Toronto and London.  Due to rapid expansion, they are now looking for a bright, and highly organised Events Assistant to join their hard-working and friendly team based in central Brighton. Great interpersonal skills and happy to turn your hand to whatever job needs doing is a MUST!

The Events Assistant role is very varied with the key aim to support the team in the organisation of their international business summits. In the past year all of these events have been run online and they have built a very successful virtual event platform.

This role would suit a recent graduate or someone with a few years’ work experience it is an excellent opportunity to gain a foothold in the industry and there is great potential for progression either as an event manager, or in marketing and PR.

With lots of new projects on the horizon and massive growth potential in their marketplaces you will be able to shape and grow your career within the business over the coming years.

The Company:

This highly reputed company have built a reputation for excellence in each of their markets and are planning rapid expansion in the next two years they are based in a new, modern & relaxed office located in central Brighton, just a couple of minutes ‘walk to the beach.

The company work with innovative start-ups and leading brands such as Google, Coca-Cola, IBM, GE and Intel. Their events take place in London, San Francisco, New York, Toronto and Singapore, so international travel is also plays a part of this role.

Their events are targeted at and built with the very top people in the sustainability sector. They are research led, but with a commercial purpose in mind. They design high quality programmes with unrivalled speakers, and due to this they have an excellent reputation in the markets they serve.

The company continue to grow year on year and are committed to re-investment to ensure they hit their long-term growth goals.

The Events Assistant Role

From client liaison to venue sourcing the Events Assistant will support the team in the organisation of the international business summits both online and live.

Working closely with the Event Managers, the Events Assistant will be responsible for the following:

-        Helping research and shortlist new venues, AV companies and other suppliers for upcoming summits

-        Liaising with speakers in the run up to each summit, gathering photos, biographies and presentations

-        Sending out session guidelines to moderators and setting up panel preparation calls with moderators and speakers

-        Supporting the business development team with client liaison, chasing in logos and corporate profiles, and registering delegates and guests

-        Assisting in the set-up of the virtual event platform and 1-1 meeting software, and keeping this up to date in the run up to and during the summit

-        Building and managing the registration site for each summit, processing new registrations, updating details where needed, and pulling regular reports and data

-        Proof-reading delegate lists in Cvent, creating branded delegate lists for the sales team to share, and organising badge printing

-        Formatting summit presentations and managing speakers and presentations on the day of the summit – whether live-streamed or in-person

-        Helping to run each event on the day, including set-up, registration, managing delegate queries, venue liaison and AV liaison

-        Pulling post-event analytics from the summit platform to support the business development team with client reports

-        Helping with the day-to-day running of the office, ensuring that the office is equipped with stationery and kitchen supplies and other administrative tasks

-         Help to run events on the day as a key part of the events team

The Events Assistant Candidate:

You will be self-motivated with an ability to work well in a fast-paced environment. Confident with technology is a MUST.

Skills and Experience

This is a busy, varied role and the ideal candidate will be bright, energetic and highly organised, with the following skills:

- Customer relations - we believe that building strong relationships with our speakers, sponsors and delegates is essential to our future success

- Project management - with an ability to organise and prioritise a variety of tasks

- Strong written communication skills - accuracy and attention to detail is a must

- Excellence in Microsoft Office - especially Word, Excel and PowerPoint

- Ability to manage external suppliers - including designers, printers and AV

- Self-motivated and organised - with an ability to work well in a fast-paced environment

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The Package:

Ø  Generous pension scheme

Ø  International travel – once restrictions are lifted

Ø  Cycle to work scheme

Ø  Coffee Mondays, Beach picnics, Sports Day – once back in the office

Ø  Strong training programme and career development opportunities

Ø  Small, fun & relaxed office which is located just a couple of minutes from the beach!

Please email your CV to cat@escapehatchmedia.co.uk or call Cat on: 07540 993111

Event Sales & Sponsorship Account Manager, Sport/Fitness, Brighton Up to £30k + comms

Do you have sales experience?

Do you have an interested in sport and fitness?

Would you like to AEO Award winning events company?

We are recruiting for an AEO award winning exhibition client who is now looking for a new Exhibition and Sponsorship Account Executive to join their successful sales team who are based in Brighton. You will be selling exhibition space and sponsorship to carefully selected fitness and sports therapy suppliers.

This is a great opportunity to work in the exciting, fast pace and extremely satisfying world of exhibitions - no 2 days will be the same!

If you are ambitious and enjoy a fast paced and rewarding role with plenty of autonomy then this is just the job for you.

The company:

Now in its 6th annual event this UK based trade show has already won a prestigious AEO Award and their show, visitor and exhibitor figures are rapidly growing year on year.

With glowing testimonials and big name exhibitors and sponsors on board, it clearly reflects that the event is a success and is well respected within the industry.

This year’s event consisted of 1 confernece, 4 seminars and 5 industry led workshops and 220exhibitors. The exhibition allowed attendees an unrivalled opportunity to discover new insight, ideas and innvoations meeting leading suppliers within the exhibition.

Exhibiting at Elevate is the most effective route to market for suppliers wishing to access a fitness and sports therapy market worth an estimated 5.1bn here in the UK.  

The Exhibition Account Executive role:
You will be working alongside 2 other people in the sales team selling exhibition space and sponsorship to potential clients in your designate area of the show.

Your role will be:

Ø  To ensure the revenue budget is achieved or exceeded.

Ø  To sell exhibition space and sponsorship via phone calls and meetings

Ø  To identify, research and develop new business opportunities.

Ø  To review and monitor competitive exhibitions/publications and identify new leads.

Ø  To research and contact potential clients to ensure current and new business is developed.

Ø  To liaise and communicate effectively with other members of the team in sales, production and service departments

Ø  To ensure that event revenue is maximised whilst promises are kept.

Ø  To ensure the revenue budget is achieved or exceeded.

The Exhibition Account Executive candidate:

Ideally you will have some exhibition or media sales experience, or from a recruitment background and will be keen to ambitious to pursue a career in the events industry.

Ø  Ambitious

Ø  Can do attitude

Ø  Driven

Ø  Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

Ø  Ability to deliver budgeted revenue

Ø  Competitive with good team working ethics

Ø  Able to manage time and work under pressure

Ø  Willingness to learn more

Ø  Interest in the subject matter

Ø  An understanding of marketing

Ø  Report writing / sales letter writing / presentation skills

Ø  Anticipation of market trends and pro-active market involvement

Ø  Able to drive and holds clean driving license

Please email your CV to: cat@escapehatchmedia.co.uk or call Cat on: 07540993111

Event Marketing Executive, Brighton, £26k-£30k, 1 Year Maternity Cover

Do you have 2+ years’ Marketing or PR experience?

Would you like to work on global events whilst having a positive impact upon the planet?

Our Brighton based conference client runs global events in the sustainability sector which take place in, San Francisco, New York, Toronto and London as well as some virtual events since the Covid pandemic.  They are now looking for an experienced marketing executive to plan, manage and execute the marketing campaigns for their international business summits. This is a 1 year maternity cover contract commencing 1st December 2022. (with the potential to then become permanent)

The Event Marketing Executive role is very varied role you would be working on their international business summits which they are successfully running as virtual events since Covid as well as face to face events as markets open once again.

Our client is looking for is someone who has a 100% can-do attitude, who can turn their hand to anything, who’s a good writer, and super-efficient and organised.

The Company:

This highly reputed company have built a reputation for excellence in each of their markets and are planning rapid expansion in the next two years they are based in a small, fun & relaxed office which are located just a couple of minutes from the beach.

The company work with innovative start-ups and leading brands such as Google, Coca-Cola, IBM, GE and Intel. Their events take place in London, San Francisco, New York, Toronto and Singapore.

Their events are targeted at and built with the very top people in the sustainability sector. They are research led, but with a commercial purpose in mind. They design high quality programmes with unrivalled speakers, and due to this they have an excellent reputation in the markets they serve.

The company continue to grow year on year and are committed to re-investment to ensure they hit their long-term growth goals.

The Event Marketing Executive Role:

Working closely with our Marketing Managers and Director, the Marketing Executive will be responsible for the following: This is a busy and varied role, responsibilities include:

·      Help develop the brand design and core sales messages for each conference they work on

·      Keep the conference websites up to date with fresh content and information

·      Write, design, build and deliver high-impact, content-rich email campaigns to our network

·      Select, negotiate and manage marketing partnerships and relations with industry associations and media

·      Liaise with speakers and sponsors to endorse and market our conferences to their networks

·      Create and manage industry-relevant content including case studies, influencer interviews, webinars, infographics, photography and video

·      Oversee the design and print of conference brochures and on-site materials including signage and banners; liaising with external design, production and print suppliers

·      Develop the in-house marketing database for each conference and manage an external database research agency

·      Attend and help run the conferences as a core part of the event team

The Event Marketing Executive Candidate:

You will be self-motivated and organised, with an ability to work well in a fast-paced environment

Skills and Experience

·      2+ years marketing experience

·      Project management

·      Relationship building and negotiation

·      Digital tools including Website CMS (eg Wordpress), Canva, Social Media, SEO, Paid Digital

·      Branding, design and imagery

·      Copywriting for print and online

·      Mailchimp / email marketing systems

·      Marketing analytics and reporting

·      Data segmentation and selections

·      Advanced Word / Excel / PowerPoint

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The Package:

Ø  Generous pension Scheme

Ø  Central Brighton location

Ø  Flexible working hours

Ø  International travel

Ø  Cycle to work scheme

Ø  Coffee Mondays, Beach picnics, Sports Day

Ø  Strong training programme and career development opportunities

Ø  Small, fun & relaxed office which is located just a couple of minutes from the beach!

Please email your CV to: cat@escapehatchmedia.co.uk or call Cat on: 07540 993111

Brand Marketing Executive - Brighton, Home Interiors, £25-35K DOE

One of the largest global suppliers in their sector within the home interiors business are now looking to bring on board a Brand Marketing Executive for this newly created role. You will be joining an ambitious, fast moving company poised to take its marketing approach to the next level and indeed with this role have plenty of scope for growth also.

Key Responsibilities:

·       Developing and briefing content with both internal and external teams. Includes briefing creative and design teams for assets, CGI imagery and print materials.

·       Ensuring that communications and consumer touch points are presented in-line with the brand guidelines and fit with the overall brand image.

·       Working with the external PR agency to ensure they deliver against their objectives and increase brand awareness through relevant publications and outreach.

·       Developing the affiliate and referrals schemes, as well as brand collaborations which currently include household names such as John Lewis & Partners and B&Q.

·       Delivering the brand email strategy, including data segmentation, with a focus on both customer acquisition and retention.

·       Finding ways to engage a wider audience through organic social platforms and developing methods for obtaining user generated content.

·       Supporting copywriters to deliver content in the correct tone of voice, that supports the customer purchasing journey and contributes to the organic growth strategy.

Experience:

• 2+ years in a marketing or brand marketing role

• Content planning and delivery

• Email and data segmentation

• Organic and paid social

• Offline channels including OOH and direct mail

Skills:

·       Excellent verbal and written communication skills  

·       Creative with an eye for detail.

·       Strong analytical and data skills

·       Ability to work dynamically, in a fast-paced environment

·       Strong aptitude for collaboration and teamwork 

·       Competent in setting and working to targets and deadlines

Additional:

·       Experience in the home interiors industry would be advantageous

·       Education to degree level in a marketing or business related subject would be advantageous

·       Client and/or agency-side experience required.

Benefits:

• Pension scheme with employer contribution

• 31 days Annual Leave (inclusive of Bank Holidays), increased for long service employees

• Heath-focused benefits package

• Flexible working supported, finding a healthy balance between office-based and WFH

• Enjoy unlimited coffee and soft drinks in the office

• Opportunities for career development with an ambitious and growing company

Please foreard your CV to zoe@escapehatchmedia.co.uk

Account Executive/Senior Account Executive, B2B Comms Agency, Brighton circa £25K plus super benefits

This established and renown agency in central Brighton boasts multi-award-winning B2B PR and content campaigns. Their clients include industry leaders from sectors such as hospitality, FM, legal, accounting and architecture, and many more. They are proud to have won over 60 awards in recognition of their fantastic work.

They put their people first, and insist on working with ambitious clients who share their values and who respect the team. Their clients consider them trusted advisers and they pride themselves on their collaborative, flexible approach to cracking business briefs and driving positive change.

They are at a tipping point in the agencies growth and are looking to bring on board a smart , energetic executive who ideally has a minimum of 1 years agency or inhouse B2B experience and who will help the team deliver campaigns for the clients to help build the reputation they desrive in business, trade and national media.

A strategic thinker, you will have thirst for knowledge and a nose for news and will get a buzz from confidently pitching to media to land stand out coverage. You will also be a super social media user and understand the value of what this can bring to the marketing mix.

You will be a strong team player and will understand the value of impressing and building strong relationships with both the agencies clients and journalists.

Founded in 1995, they are a well-established business, with a great reputation and fresh ambition for the next stage of the agencies growth, following a management buy-out in 2018.

Please forward your CV to zoe@escapehatchmedia.co.uk

Content Marketing Manager, B2B Marketing & Branding Agency, Hove, £30-40K DOE

This super agency based in lovely offices in Hove really go above and beyond for their large global clients, helping them define their position in the market place, or aligning content to an already existing brand.

They are now looking for an a Content Manager to join the team and help move the company to their next growth phase, so an exciting time to join and be a part of the journey!

Having been producing quality content for their clients marketing material for many years, this role will be key contributing to the agencies development. This role offers fantastic personal growth and the successful candidate will be the only person who will limit this!

Key Experience:

Content strategy for existing and potential/new clients

Account Management

Analytics & SEO

Proof reading

Copywriting

Social Media

Email marketing

You will be joining a small, friendly and professional team who work part office/part hybrid

Please forward your CV to zoe@escapehatchmedia.co.uk

Account Director, B2B Marketing & Branding Agency, Hove, £45-50K DOE

This super agency based in lovely offices in Hove really go above and beyond for their large global clients, helping them define their position in the market place, or aligning content to an already existing brand.

They are now looking for an Account Director to join the team and help move the company to their next growth phase, so an exciting time to join and be a part of the journey!

You will be an experienced Account Director with a B2B agency background and bring with you the passion for delivering excellence to your clients.

Experience Required

Client servicing

Creative thinking

Business development and agency marketing

Communication

Project Management

Financial Manaegment

Team Management

You will be joining a small, friendly and professional team who work part office/part hybrid/

Please forward your CV to zoe@escapehatchmedia.co.uk

PR/Marketing Junior Account Executive/AE, Pulborough, £19k-£24k

Are you an ambitious graduate who is passionate about a career in PR/Marketing Communications?

Or do you have 1 year’s marketing/agency experience?

Do you want to be a force for good & do you want to create meaningful work that makes a difference?

We have an exciting opportunity for a Junior AE/AE to join our client’s PR, Marketing and and Creative Consultancy communications team. Their clients span across the healthcare sectors, including animal, pharma and consumer health.

They are looking for a candidate who is either a graduate or someone with one years experience in an agency/relevant marketing based role, someone who is ambitious and passionate about working in communications and driven to succeed.

The company:

The PR, Marketing and and Creative Consultancy was founded over two years ago by ex-directors at leading Healthcare Agency who worked there for 15 and 10 years so their industry knowledge and contacs are vast. Their desire to do good work that makes an impact led them to start their consultancy and since launching the company, it has grown from strength to strength. Given their experiences the consultancy is a harmony of communications and creative, working across exciting clients in the healthcare space.

They are a kind, hardworking group, that are focused on doing excellent work and enjoying it in the process. They are taking the best part of their previous agency life and committed to making the consultancy a place where talent can grow, have fun and do good.

The Junior AE/AE candidate:

-       You’ll enjoy working in a fast-paced environment sometimes managing several projects at a time

-       You’re an excellent communicator able to understand, question and articulate comms rationale

-       You get a kick out of solving problems, not making them

-       You rise to the challenge of tackling communication problems

-       You’re extremely organised and able to manage your own time

-       You’re determined, considered and conscientious

-       You’re honest, committed and kind

-       You’re always looking for opportunities to learn and develop your skill-set

-       You’re a natural team player with a collaborative approach

The Junior AE/AE role:

You’ll be working within a fantastic team, across a wide variety of clients within the healthcare sector, including animal, pharma and consumer health. Your role will include:

-       Media relations and outreach: Building long-lasting relationships with press and securing top tier media coverage

-       Influencer engagement: Managing successful influencer campaigns

-       Social Media and digital activation:

o   Community management

o   Delivering impactful content plans

-       Project Management: Liasing well with the creative team to brief and deliver creative work, ensuring timelines are met and projects delivered within budget

-       Client management: Building strong relationships with clients, impressing them with top quality work, and successfully implementing campaigns – shown in achieving campaign targets

The benefits:

They believe in doing good work, and doing good for their team. That’s why they have worked hard to deliver a comprehensive employee package that includes:

-       Private Healthcare

-       Flexible working dynamic (inc opportunity to work from home)

-       Annual Bonus (up to 10% of salary dependant on company profits)

-       £500 personal growth allowance

-       Book allowance of up to £100 a year

-       Personal challenges wellness fund of up to £100

-       25 days holiday, plus birthday and Christmas days given

-       Holiday exchange opportunity (to buy extra holiday or exchange un-taken holiday)

-       Regular team social and celebrations based on new business wins

-       Welcoming, inclusive, supportive and inspiring office environment

-       Competitive salaries: £19,000-£24,000 for AE/SAE roles, depending on experiences

Please email your CV to: cat@escapehatchmedia.co.uk or call Cat on: 07540 993111

Conference Researcher/Producer, Central Brighton, £24k-£30k plus £5k- £10k profit share

Do you have Conference Producer experience?

Or….. are you a post grad with 2 years PR, Journalism or Research experience?

Would you like to work on global events whilst having a positive impact upon the planet?

Our Brighton based conference client runs global events taking place in, San Francisco, New York, Toronto and London.  Due to rapid expansion, they are now looking for a new Conference Producer to join their hard-working and friendly team based in central Brighton..

The Conference Producer will research and produce the speaking programmes for their international business summits focused on investment in sustainable technologies, including water, food and agriculture. In the past year all of these events have been run online and they have built a very successful virtual event platform

With lots of new projects on the horizon and massive growth potential in their marketplaces you will be able to shape and grow your career within the business over the coming years. There is also the opportunity for international travel once COVID travel restrictions are lifted.

The Company:

This highly reputed company have built a reputation for excellence in each of their markets and are planning rapid expansion in the next two years they are based in a new, modern & relaxed office located in central Brighton, just a couple of minutes ‘walk to the beach.

The company work with innovative start-ups and leading brands such as Google, Coca-Cola, IBM, GE and Intel. Their events take place in London, San Francisco, New York, Toronto and Singapore, so international travel is also plays a part of this role.

Their events are targeted at and built with the very top people in the sustainability sector. They are research led, but with a commercial purpose in mind. They design high quality programmes with unrivalled speakers, and due to this they have an excellent reputation in the markets they serve.

The company continue to grow year on year and are committed to re-investment to ensure they hit their long-term growth goals.

The Conference Producer Role

The Conference Producer will research and produce the speaking programmes for their international business summits focused on investment in sustainable technologies, including water, food and agriculture.

·       Conduct online and telephone research to identify the issues, challenges and opportunities within a specific clean-tech investment sector

·       Write an engaging agenda for the conference, and invite and secure high-profile speakers for your programme

·       Work closely with the sales and marketing teams to ensure we maximise the number of sponsors, exhibitors and attendees at your events

·       Write promotional and marketing materials, including web content, brochure and emails

·       Travel to and co-manage each conference on the day, looking after speakers and ensuring the smooth running of the presentations and panels

The Conference Producer Candidate:

Ideally you will be commercially savvy with experience in conference production and/or Research, PR or Journalism.  Strong academics are essential, as is the “presence” to be able to introduce speakers onstage (or online as it is at the moment!).

Skills and Experience

·       Strong academic credentials: Min 2:1 at degree level

·       At least two years’ commercial experience: Conference production experience is ideal, but experience within journalism, PR or research would be a good background for this role

·       Research skills: The ability to quickly get up to speed with new topics and identify the key issues and players within each

·       Commercial acumen: An understanding of what makes a conference work, and how we can create events which generate real business opportunities for our audience

·       Excellent communications skills: The ability to connect with CEO-level business leaders by phone and in writing, and to create persuasive marketing copy

·       Project management: Self-motivated and organised – able to plan your own time to complete a project to tight deadlines

·       Strong interpersonal skills: The ability to work within a close-knit team and to inspire and motivate your team-mates

·       Language skills an added bonus

The Package:

Ø  Generous Pension Scheme

Ø  International travel

Ø  Cycle to work scheme

Ø  Coffee Mondays, Beach picnics, Sports Day

Ø  Strong training programme and career development opportunities

Ø  Modern office in the centre of Brighton located just a couple of minutes from the beach!

Please email your CV to: cat||@escapehatchmedia.co.uk or call Cat on: 07540 993111

PR Account Director, B2B Communications Agency, Brighton, circa £50K plus excellent benefits

This established and renown agency in central Brighton boasts multi-award-winning B2B PR and content campaigns. Their clients include industry leaders from sectors such as hospitality, FM, legal, accounting and architecture, and many more. They are proud to have won over 60 awards in recognition of their fantastic work.

They put their people first, and insist on working with ambitious clients who share their values and who respect the team. Their clients consider them trusted advisers and they pride themselves on their collaborative, flexible approach to cracking business briefs and driving positive change.

They are at a tipping point in the agencies growth and are looking to build the senior team with the addition of an experienced B2B Account Director to lead key accounts, manage the talented team and join the MDs on the management team.

Founded in 1995, they are a well-established business, with a great reputation and fresh ambition for the next stage of the agencies growth, following a management buy-out in 2018.

They are looking for a righthand person to help grow and shape the future direction of the agency. This is a key position, with significant scope to build a long-term senior position within the agency for the right candidate.

AD responsibilities will include:

• Client management: Provide strategic direction of campaigns. Oversee team to ensure effectiveness and that targets are exceeded. Nurture excellent client relationships to become a trusted adviser.

• Creative development: Ideate creative b2b campaigns. Manage creative development process, to get the best from the team. Co-create impactful campaigns with clients.

• Account delivery: Provide hands on campaign delivery, including writing, planning, logistics. Edits and approvals.

• Business management: Manage resourcing on accounts, working to three-month resource plans to identify recruitment needs.

• People management: Manage the team, nurture their development; inspire and maintain team cohesion.

• Client development: Regularly review cross and up-sell opportunities; identify new service opportunities.

• New business: Identify new and organic business opportunities, developing proposals and playing a senior or leading role as part of the pitch team for prospective clients.

• Strategic direction: Help develop the business, and creative direction of the agency.

• Operations: Identify business needs and improvements to increase efficiency and improve smooth running of consultancy and suggest / implement solutions.

• Professional development: Commit to continuous professional development.

You will be an exceptional senior B2B PR professional, with experience leading impactful campaigns, nurturing teams and developing business. The right candidate will have that magic mix of strategic insight, commercial acumen, emotional intelligence, natural creativity and boundless enthusiasm.

Naturally, a first-class writer, media and social pro, with the ability to think big picture as well as focus on the detail when needed. Just as importantly, the agency are looking for the right cultural fit – the team members are down-to-earth, positive and problemsolvers, who rally round to support each other.

Please note this is a full time role as it is key that the candidate can deliver nuturing the team, leading impactful campaigns and develop business.

Please send your CV to zoe@escapehatchmedia.co.uk

Graduate Event Marketing Assistant, Central Brighton, £20k-£22k

Are you a Graduate or do you have 1+ years office or events experience?

Are you driven with a positive attitude?

Would you like to kick-start a career in B2B marketing, and/or the events industry?

Our Brighton based international events client is looking for a proactive Marketing Assistant to join their busy Marketing team. They are a vibrant, dynamic business-to-business conference company who pride themselves on their friendly and supportive team environment. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work on their thriving international face to face and virtual events.

This role would suit a recent graduate or someone with a few years’ work experience who is looking to move into events or marketing. This is an excellent opportunity to gain a foothold in the industry and there are excellent opportunities for progression into event marketing or event management.

You’ll be joining a friendly, supportive team environment, and, who knows, you may even get the chance to attend one of their overseas events.

The Company:

Our client is a vibrant, dynamic business-to-business conference company based in the centre of Brighton they deliver conferences in Europe, USA and São Paulo and Singapore.

They pride themselves on their ability to develop relationships with the leaders of their industries, by bringing qualified decision-makers together, establishing their events as the industry meeting place.

The Marketing Assistant Candidate:

This is a busy, varied role and the ideal candidate will be bright, energetic and highly organised, with the following skills:

-        Strong written communication skills - accuracy and attention to detail are a must

-        Excellence in Microsoft Office - especially Word, Excel and PowerPoint

-        Knowledge of website content management systems - ideally WordPress

-        Proficiency in Canva or other image editing/design software

-        Understanding of social media for business, especially LinkedIn and Twitter

-        Self-motivated and organised, with an ability to work well in a fast-paced environment

Over and above, they are looking for a team player who works hard, is keen to learn and work their way up the career ladder and embraces the company culture.

The Marketing Assistant Role:

You’ll be joining the Marketing team and will be working closely with the Marketing Executives and Senior Marketing Executives. This is a challenging and varied role, with the following responsibilities:

·       Upload new content to the event websites, including blog posts, images and agenda 

·       Edit photos and biographies to the company style

·       Proof-read and check all websites regularly to ensure they are accurate and up to date

·       Keep up to date with SEO, web analytics and tools and implement improvements 

·       Create graphics in Canva for use in email campaigns and social media

·       Liaise with external graphic designer as needed for graphic templates, brochure updates 

·       Support our social media campaigns by monitoring industry news and partner/influencer activity, gathering internal news from the team, writing and programming content

·       Assemble content for brochures, programmes and web stories, following up with speakers and sponsors by telephone where needed

·       Format summit presentations in power-point and help manage presentations on the day 

·       Issue press invitations to journalists, and follow up on post-event articles

·       Gather data from relevant associations/competitor events to build our internal database

·       Help to run events on the day as a key part of the event team

Benefits:

o Competitive basic

o Pension ‘contribution matching’ 5%

o Cycle to work scheme

o Coffee Mondays, Beach picnics, Sports Day

o International travel opportunities (post Covid-19)

o Strong training programme and career development opportunities

o Working with a tight-knit friendly team

o Small, fun & relaxed office which is located just a couple of minutes from the beach!

· Opportunities to work on successful, growing, brands and events, including launch events

Please email your CV to: cat@escapehatchmedia.co.uk or call Cat on: 07540 993 111

Graduate Event Sales Executive, Sustainability Events, Brighton, £20k-£24k plus £10k comms

Are you a Graduate who feels passionate about the preservation of the environment?

or do you have phone sales experience and are you a competitive person?

Would you like to work towards supporting the vital and continued need for Innovation and collaboration within the Sustainability Industry for the preservation of the Environment, whilst having the capacity to earn money?

Our Brighton based events client creates international summits within the Sustainability sector. They are now looking for 2-3 highly motivated Event/Delegate Sales Executives to join their friendly close-knit team. This highly reputed company are based in a spacious modern office in the centre of Brighton, just a short walk to the beach. They offer a strong training programme and excellent career development opportunities.

Their summits target senior level business people globally and are developed with the very top people in the sustainability sector. They are research led, but with a commercial purpose in mind traditional run as face to face international summits but due to the impact of Covid-19 they are currently very successfully running all of their summits as virtual events for the time being.

The Event/Delegate Sales Executive will sell delegates tickets to attend and network at both their international face to face events and virtual events which take place in various locations throughout the year. You'll be working across the portfolio of B2B summits each one addressing different aspects of sustainability. Commission is uncapped so there is great earning potential whilst supporting a positive impact on the planet due to the nature of their events. You can also earn special bonuses if you outperform.

The Company:

The company have created a series of international summits, designed by experts across a variety of sustainability sectors. Through extensive research, they create hard hitting agendas, rich in content which feature the industry’s most influential figures. The summits have an excellent reputation and as a result attendance is high - interactive debate and extensive networking opportunities encourage the sharing of ideas and information, and the formation of new business relationships.

Their goal is to inform and shape the future of Industries with greater presence and impact of cleantech and renewables. Partners who share their mission and see the value in their Summits includes brands such as; Google, Coca Cola, IBM, NASA, Intel, Nestle, Melinda & Bill Gates Foundation and United Nations.

The company continue to grow year on year and are committed to re-investment to ensure they hit their long-term growth goals.

The Event/Delegate Sales Executive role: 

Your job will consist of CRM & Data management to find & qualify the best, most senior candidates within the industry and then using telephone & email communication to convert these leads into paid registrations for the Summit. Delegates are director-level, and based globally, so an ability to sell to senior, international contacts, in an effective and efficient manner, is a must.

What you will do:

· Follow up inbound leads and enquiries and convert to sales

· Identify and account manage past multi-buyers and key customers

· Build, operate and maintain a sales database

· Work directly with the marketing team to generate new leads

· Develop the portfolio of products and Identify new business opportunities

Eventually, you will specialise and become an expert on a specific Industry. 

The Event/Delegate Sales Executive Candidate:

· A graduate

· Previous phone sales experience preferred but not essential

· An interest in sustainability

· CRM experience (preferred but not essential)

· Track record of high achievement

· A highly self-driven sense of motivation

· Natural curiosity and passion for sustainability

· Confident when selling to Senior-level business people globally

· Ability to work well within a team environment

· Good IT skills including Excel, Word, Outlook and Google

· Educated to Degree level (preferred but not essential)

· A good sense of humour!

Bonus skills, but not essential! 

· Additional languages – Spanish, German, French

· Understanding and experience of the B2B conference model

· Experience with Salesforce /databases

The Package: 

o Competitive basic, uncapped commission

o Pension ‘contribution matching’ 5%

o Cycle to work scheme

o Coffee Mondays, Beach picnics, Sports Day

o International travel opportunities (post Covid-19)

o Strong training programme and career development opportunities

o Working with a tight-knit friendly team

o Small, fun & relaxed office which is located just a couple of minutes from the beach!

Please email your CV to: cat@escapehatchmedia.co.uk or call Cat on: 07540 993111