Location: Bitteswell, near Lutterworth, Leicestershire (based on-site in our new office)
Salary: £25,000 - £28,000 (depending on experience) + performance-based growth and bonus
Job type: Full-time, permanent
Hours: 37-hour working week, with an early finish every Friday lunchtime
About PlastikCity & PlastikMedia
PlastikCity is the UK’s leading B2B procurement platform and digital hub for the plastics manufacturing sector. Our entire focus is about providing high-quality sales leads, driving efficiency across the market, and delivering highly useful resources for the industry. PlastikMedia is our specialist publishing and digital marketing division, as the most popular digital news provider in the sector and a full-service marketing agency.
Together, our platforms support over 260 customers. We are a small, down-to-earth team of 6 people. We’ve just moved into a new office in Bitteswell and offer a friendly, relaxed working environment. We don't do high-pressure corporate stress, but we do expect excellent quality and commitment in everything we produce.
Why join us?
We do everything we can to support our team and make sure they are looked after and rewarded. Because of that, we look for team members who bring that same commitment, reliability, and pride to their work every day.
Here’s what you get when you join us:
- Salary & growth: Starting salary of £25,000 - £28,000 (depending on experience). We believe in rewarding good work properly, and we will always review this figure as you settle into the role and demonstrate your capabilities.
- Work-life balance: A 37-hour week with an early finish at 1pm every Friday.
- Generous time off: 25 days of holiday (increasing with years of service) + bank holidays, plus your birthday off as a free bonus day.
- Protected training time: Dedicated, protected time every single week to develop your professional skills.
- Bonuses and extra rewards: A monthly voucher scheme and a yearly performance-based bonus.
- Medical insurance: Full private medical insurance (following a 6-month qualifying period).
- Wellbeing support (EAP): Employee Assistance Programme which includes access to a wellbeing app, 24/7 helpline offering confidential counselling, 4-week health plans, and practical advice on legal or financial matters.
- Pension: Private pension with employer contributions.
- Modern workspace: Based in our brand-new Bitteswell office with free on-site parking and a relaxed, friendly team environment.
The role
We are looking for an organised and reliable Marketing Executive to drive our promotional content and look after the day-to-day digital campaigns for PlastikCity and PlastikMedia.
This is a practical, office-based role for someone with 2+ years of experience who takes genuine pride in doing a job properly. You will use your marketing skills to portray our brands as effectively as possible, creating compelling content that engages our audience and attracts users to our platforms.
While the daily pace is steady rather than rushed, the standard of work must be very high. You will run our digital campaigns using a variety of digital platforms, utilising AI tools effectively to speed up your workflow without relying on them blindly.
Key responsibilities
- Copywriting, content marketing & SEO: Sourcing, editing, and publishing daily news stories and press releases on our WordPress website. You will ensure layouts look highly professional, engaging, and completely error-free, while implementing basic SEO best practices to help our news articles rank well.
- Email marketing: Designing and sending engaging newsletters and promotional email campaigns for both brands using HubSpot, focused on attracting users and showcasing our partners.
- Social media: Crafting and managing daily promotional posts on LinkedIn, using HubSpot for scheduling and tracking to grow our brand presence and drive platform traffic.
- AI content support: Using tools like ChatGPT and Gemini efficiently to brainstorm and draft initial concepts, then applying your own marketing insight to heavily edit and refine the copy so it attracts our target audience.
- Client communication: Managing regular, professional email updates with our clients to ensure they are well looked after, making the occasional trip to visit a client in person, and liaising with satisfied customers to gather testimonials for our campaigns.
- Marketing collateral: Updating and maintaining promotional materials, such as digital media packs and partner onboarding guides, ensuring all imagery and statistics are kept current.
- Event & exhibition support: Assisting with the promotion of industry events and trade shows, including coordinating pre-event email campaigns, creating social media coverage, and occasionally attending events to represent the brands.
- Industry monitoring: Keeping an eye on industry news, trending topics, and competitor activity to spot content opportunities and keep our platforms ahead.
- CRM management & reporting: Keeping client contact details accurate within HubSpot CRM, and tracking website, email, and social numbers to see what content is attracting the most engagement.
- General office duties: Pitching in with day-to-day administrative tasks to support our small team and ensure the smooth running of the office.
Please note: This list of responsibilities is not exhaustive, and you may be required to undertake other duties to meet the ongoing needs of the business.
Skills & experience required
Essential (must-haves)
- B2B Marketing: 2+ years of experience working in a B2B marketing role, with a solid understanding of how to position a brand and write content that attracts a business audience.
- Exceptional written English: Flawless grammar and a sharp eye for detail.
- Client liaison & communication: Experience managing professional email correspondence with clients, with the confidence to represent the company during occasional face-to-face visits or industry events.
- Smart AI utilisation: Hands-on experience using ChatGPT, Gemini, or similar as efficiency aids. You know how to prompt them effectively, but you treat them strictly as a starting point, never a finished product.
- Organisation: Excellent time management; you need to be able to keep on top of daily checklist tasks and event deadlines without needing constant reminders.
- Logistics: Due to our rural location and the requirement for occasional client and event travel, a full UK driving licence and your own transport are essential.
Desirable (nice-to-haves)
- HubSpot: Practical experience using HubSpot for email marketing, social media scheduling, or CRM management is a big advantage.
- Website content: Familiarity with WordPress (or similar) for making basic website updates and formatting feature articles cleanly.
- SEO: A fundamental understanding of Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) principles for written marketing content is highly valued.
- Basic graphic design: Experience editing images and layouts using Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop/InDesign) to keep our promotional assets looking sharp.
Person Specification
- Steady & focused: You prefer a steady, focused working environment where getting things right matters more than speed.
- High standards: You have high standards and pay attention to detail - accuracy is of the highest importance when dealing with technical industry data and client records.
- Team player: You are a friendly communicator with a good sense of humour who enjoys working in a small team.
- Hardworking & committed: You are a hardworking and committed individual with a strong work ethic, ready to get stuck in and take genuine ownership of your day-to-day responsibilities.
- Adaptable & eager to learn: You have a genuine willingness to learn new skills due to the varied and hands-on nature of the role within a small business.
- Client-facing confidence: You feel comfortable interacting directly with clients, whether managing day-to-day email correspondence, making occasional face-to-face visits, or representing us at industry events.
How to apply
If you are a hardworking, detail-orientated marketer who wants to grow with us, we would love to hear from you.
Please send your CV and a brief cover letter explaining why you are the right fit for this role.
Appointment timeline & agency policy
We are looking to progress this vacancy efficiently. Applications are being reviewed on a rolling basis, and we will begin inviting shortlisted candidates to an initial interview over the coming weeks. We encourage early applications, as the vacancy will close once the right person is found.
Strictly no recruitment agencies, please. We only accept direct applications.
Pay: £25,000.00-£28,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Casual dress
- Company events
- Company pension
- Free parking
- Health & wellbeing programme
- On-site parking
- Private medical insurance
- Sick pay
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Lutterworth LE17 4LR: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Language:
Work authorisation:
- United Kingdom (required)
Work Location: In person
