Job Vacancy Details
Marketing Director
Childcare and Education
Chesham, Buckinghamshire
Permanent
Updated April 29, 2012
As Marketing Director you will take full responsibility for the planning and implementation of the strategic marketing plan. You will drive sales through the creation and management of a direct sales team and realignment of the existing customer care team.
Your responsibilities will include:
• Delivering established marketing mechanics and core marketing processes to the highest standard and striving to continually improve them
• Revamping the website and developing and driving a strong online and social media presence
• Leading and managing the sales team by creating a high performing sales culture with robust processes
• Monitoring and analysing industry/market trends and competitors products and services to identify opportunities for new service offerings to enhance our customer proposition
Who we're looking for
We are looking for a B2C marketer with first hand experience of building a brand in a service related environment. You will bring creativity and flair to the role combined with proven ability to deliver and make things happen.
To be successful in this role you will:
• Demonstrate a track record of building a brand from a solid base in a 'high end' service industry
• Establish immediate credibility by adding value from day one
• Have experience of operating at executive level
• Demonstrate strong team leadership skills
• Be highly commercial and customer focused with a strong operational and strategic approach
• Be able to bring new ideas to the table which are ambitious and exciting but always grounded in reality
• Work at pace, cope with conflicting demands and deliver multiple projects alongside the 'day job' to an equally high standard
• Share our vision and be results orientated
About our client
Asquith is the UK's leading provider of premium childcare and education for the under fives. Our promise to parents is that every single child in our care will enjoy a unique, stimulating and education-led nursery years' experience that will prove to be a key influence on their learning, development and vital confidence building, ahead of primary school. We have 81 nurseries, 14 of which have been awarded 'Outstanding' and 57 'Good' by Ofsted and 2,800 amazing staff.
The Asquith vision is to deliver rich learning experiences to our children. We do this by providing stimulating and exciting opportunities that promote every child's individual learning and development in unrivalled surroundings. We invest heavily in the quality of our nursery facilities and our people. In 2011 alone we invested £5.6m in bringing our nurseries up to our brand standard and installing the latest technology to give our children new and
exciting ways to learn.
Our aim is for each and every one of our 81 nurseries to gain a good or outstanding Ofsted report and to increase occupancy in our nurseries.
What's on offer
c. £70-80,000 + car, bonus, benefits
Michael Page Contact
For further info, apply or phone on +44 (0) 1727 730 111.
Job Ref: 13213698
Your application will be sent to Ben Wright.
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