Digital Marketing Executive (Graduate Opportunity)
Reporting into: Performance Marketing Manager
Salary: £28,000
Role Overview:
We're looking for an enthusiastic and curious Graduate Digital Marketing Executive to join our growing Digital team.
This is an exciting opportunity for someone at the beginning of their digital marketing career who is passionate about learning, enjoys solving problems, and wants to develop specialist skills across paid media, SEO and digital performance.
You'll work closely with our Performance Marketing Manager, Senior SEO & Content Manager, Digital Analyst and agency partners to support the growth of Golfbreaks across the US market. Through structured training and mentoring, you'll learn how to manage campaigns across Google, Microsoft, Meta and TikTok, analyse performance data, optimise customer journeys and contribute to the continued growth of one of the world's leading golf travel companies.
Whether you've completed a degree, relevant placement year, internship or have gained experience through university projects or personal interests, we're looking for someone with the right attitude, curiosity and desire to build a career in digital marketing.
Key Responsibilities:
Paid Media
- Support the planning, execution and optimisation of paid campaigns across Google Ads, Microsoft Ads, Meta and TikTok.
- Learn how to monitor campaign performance and identify opportunities for improvement.
- Assist with campaign updates, ad copy, audience targeting and creative testing.
- Work alongside our external agency to learn best practice across paid media.
- Help maintain consistent messaging between adverts and landing pages.
Digital Analysis & Reporting
- Learn to analyse campaign performance using specialist platforms and tools.
- Produce regular performance reports for the Digital team.
- Help identify trends and opportunities using campaign data.
- Gain experience using a range of digital marketing tools, with full training provided.
SEO & Website Optimisation
- Work closely with the SEO team to understand how paid and organic search work together.
- Support keyword research and competitor analysis.
- Help identify opportunities to improve the customer journey and website performance.
- Learn how different digital channels contribute to business growth.
Collaboration
- Work closely with colleagues across Digital, Sales, Product and Design.
- Support the testing of new ideas and digital marketing initiatives.
- Stay up to date with digital marketing trends, new technologies and platform updates.
- Take ownership of your personal development through training and continuous learning.
Required Skills and Experience:
Essential
- A degree (or soon to graduate) in Marketing, Business, Digital Marketing or another relevant subject (although we welcome applicants from all disciplines with a passion for digital).
- A genuine interest in digital marketing and online consumer behaviour.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Curious and eager to learn new skills.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Highly organised with strong attention to detail.
- Positive attitude and willingness to take ownership of tasks.
- Comfortable working with numbers and data.
- A team player who enjoys collaborating with others.
Desirable
- Any experience with Google Ads, Meta Ads, Google Analytics or other digital marketing platforms (through university, internships, placements or personal projects).
- Basic understanding of SEO or Paid Search.
- Experience using Excel or Google Sheets.
- Interest in golf, travel or ecommerce.
- Experience running your own website, blog, social media account or online business would be an advantage
What we can offer you...
- Well-being days (half a day each month)
- Employee Assistance Program – 24-hour confidential helpline
- Opportunity to enrol in our Private Healthcare
- Opportunity to buy up to 5 days additional holiday
- Enhanced Maternity, Paternity, and Adoption Leave
- Perkbox discounts and freebies
- Cycle to work scheme
- EV cars through salary sacrifice
- Free eye tests with Specsavers
- Staff discounts on hotels and golf courses
- Corporate golf membership at two local golf courses for all staff to use
- Exclusive staff discount on Callaway and TravisMathew golf equipment and apparel
- Opportunity for hybrid working
Company Profile
Golfbreaks was formed in 1998 by Chief Executive, Andrew Stanley. We organise an extensive range of golf breaks, holidays, and tournament experiences and so far, have sent over 3 million golfers to more than 2,500 resorts and golf courses worldwide.
With over 25 years’ experience, we are the world’s number 1 rated golf tour operator with over 90,000 5-star reviews. We are renowned for delivering outstanding choice, value and service, whilst providing the reassurance and security of booking with a fully bonded travel company (both ABTOT and ATOL in the UK).
We have 150+ staff based at our head office in Windsor, Berkshire – we also have offices in Charleston, South Carolina and Copenhagen, Denmark, from which our North American and Scandinavian operations are run.
We reserve the right to close this job application earlier than the stated closing date if a sufficient number of applications are received. We encourage applicants to apply as soon as possible.
No agencies please.
Pay: £28,000.00 per year
Work Location: In person
