Placement Student – Marketing and Communications

Job title:

Placement Student – Marketing and Communications

Company

Frontier Agriculture

Job description

Frontier is the UK’s leading crop production and grain marketing business, committed to driving progress and innovation in the agricultural industry. Through our national team of experts, we also deliver precision technology and specialist crop solutions to our farmer customers.We will be offering a placement within our marketing team for 2024-2025. The placement will commence in July 2024 for a period of 12 months.We are a full-service in-house marketing team, and the successful student will have the opportunity to experience working on varied projects covering multiple marketing disciplines within our marketing function.The Recruitment ProcessStage 1: Apply online (All applicants)Stage 2: VC Interview (For those that have been shortlisted)Stage: 3 Assessment Centre (For those that have been shortlisted)The assessment for this placement opportunity will take place on Wednesday 11th December 2024 and will be at Witham St Hughes, near Lincoln, Lincolnshire.Placement detailsMarketing and Communications AssistantTo be based at Witham St Hughs (between Newark and Lincoln) at least three days a week with the rest of the week home-based. The role is working in a small in-house team across a variety of marketing and communications activity, for our internal and external customers.

• Working with the marketing and communications, you will assist with the creation and execution of internal communications and employer brand campaigns. This includes creating online content, promotional materials, website and social media activity, in-house video production, podcast production and company literature
• Working with key stakeholders from across the business, such as our HR and Operations teams, to generate communications that enhance the company’s brand as an employer
• Supporting major projects such as our employee engagement survey, sustainability initiative and introduction of new digital communications systems such as corporate website and intranet
• Opportunity to get involved with other projects as required by the wider communications team and business.
• You will support with the creation and execution of external marketing campaigns. This includes creating email marketing, direct mail, invitations and promotional materials, the production of printed material including budgeting and artwork management
• Working with a wide network of stakeholders across the business to define and deliver on commercial objectives
• Organisation of events, including exhibitions and conferences, to include attendance where necessary.

Personal requirementsWe are looking for individuals with confidence, enthusiasm and initiative to inspire others and strive for innovation and change. With a proactive nature, you will be required to build effective working relationships inside and outside the business.In a rapidly changing environment, you must be ready to work hard, take on new challenges and turn your ideas into reality. Analytical, hands-on qualities with positive and resilient characteristics are essential to Frontier.With support from directors, managers and colleagues you will be expected to gain a quick understanding of our business environment and add value to our organisation. You will be actively encouraged to push boundaries and inspire new ideas and visions for the future.Travel to various sites and teams is part of the role and therefore a driver’s licence is a must.About usWe live by our company values of Integrity, Customer Focus and Expertise, or ‘ICE’ for short. The way we recruit, select, and develop our people is no exception to this. If you are considering a role with us, then we will need to:

• Understand how you put customer focus at the heart of what you do
• Know how you build trust and great relationships, always acting with integrity
• Understand how you have developed your expertise and how you are using it to benefit the customer.

Why work for Frontier?At Frontier, we believe in rewarding our people for a job well done. As an employee you will have access to the following benefits:

• Opportunities for flexible working
• Helping you plan and save for the future with a contributory pension plan offering you a choice of contributing levels of up to 7% which is matched by us
• We know that time out is important for us all that’s why as standard we offer 25 days holiday (per annum) in addition to bank holidays with the opportunity to purchase up to an additional 5 days holiday per year
• Benefits supporting you and your family such as Life Assurance of 3x Salary
• You and your friends and family (up to five people) will have access to our Employee Assistance Programme which provides 24hour support and advice on a variety of topics including financial and wellbeing.
• Access to money saving discounts at selected retailers through our Employee Discounts Programme and our Cycle to Work scheme
• We have dedicated Learning and Development specialists to ensure our commit to your ongoing development
• Access to free eye tests across all roles
• Complimentary parking on site

Expected salary

Location

United Kingdom

Job date

Sat, 28 Sep 2024 04:01:14 GMT

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