Direct Marketing Officer 

Position: Direct Marketing Officer 
Location: Central London, WC1N 
Job type: Full Time, Permanent 
Hours: 37.5 hours per week 
Salary: £Competitive 
Benefits: 30 days annual leave plus bank holidays, generous pension scheme, flexible working, discounted season ticket loan and many more! 

Closing date: 9am on Tuesday 23rd April 2019 

About the role: 

Do you want to work in a friendly and collaborative team on a range of direct marketing and digital campaigns? Then this is the role for you! 

Our client is looking for a Direct Marketing Officer to provide campaign management support across their upgrade and reactivation campaigns, welcome programme and digital retention activity to help retain their regular givers. You might have direct marketing and digital experience in a charity or are looking to move into the sector from an agency or commercial background. 

About the Team: 

The role sits within the Direct Marketing team who help fund the hospital’s life-saving work through the recruitment and retention of cash, raffle and regular givers worth over £18 million to the charity. This post will support the Retention Manager. 

About you: 

The ideal candidate would be passionate about delivering great supporter experience, who is keen to develop their already strong project management and digital skills. It would suit someone with a creative and analytical mindset who takes a collaborative approach to projects. 

They’re looking for someone with: 

- Experience working within a charity, agency, direct marketing or digital team, through at least one annual marketing cycle 
- Strong project management and organisational skills, with a great eye for detail 
- Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate effectively with people of all levels 
- Previous experience in working on digital campaigns (email marketing and social media advertising) 
- Passionate about the creative process e.g. copywriting 

The ideal candidate will also have: 

- Experience of reporting on financial information 
- A relevant marketing degree and / or qualification 

Applications will be reviewed on an on-going basis and we reserve the right to close the role prior to the closing date, should a suitable applicant be found. Therefore, you are encouraged to apply right away, to avoid disappointment. 

Due to the large number of applications we receive, we are unfortunately only able to inform shortlisted candidates of the outcome of their application. If you do not hear from us within two weeks of the closing date, please assume that you have been unsuccessful on this occasion. If your application is not successful, we hope that you will not be discouraged and will still apply for other suitable vacancies in the future. 

About the Charity: 

Every day brings new challenges at our client. Every day, over 600 seriously ill children from across the UK arrive for life-changing treatments. Every day, young lives hang in the balance as patients, families and staff battle the most complex illnesses. And every day, the brightest minds come together to achieve pioneering medical breakthroughs that change the lives of thousands of children – and change the world. This extraordinary hospital has always depended on charitable support to give seriously ill children the best chance to fulfil their potential. Without donations, they can’t help fund ground-breaking research, advanced equipment, child and family support services, and the rebuilding and refurbishment of wards and medical facilities. Their staff help to raise these vital funds for the hospital. A better future for seriously ill children starts with you. 

You may have experience of the following: Direct Marketing Officer, Marketing Executive, Marketing Officer, Marketing Manager, Direct Marketing, Digital Marketing, Digital Marketing Executive, Social Media, Email Marketing, Copywriting, Charity, Third Sector, NFP, Not For Profit etc.