{"id":2436,"date":"2013-04-19T11:00:04","date_gmt":"2013-04-19T10:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kbs-news-events\/?p=2436"},"modified":"2013-04-19T11:00:04","modified_gmt":"2013-04-19T10:00:04","slug":"operations-and-marketing-assistant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kbs-news-events\/2013\/04\/operations-and-marketing-assistant\/","title":{"rendered":"Operations and Marketing Assistant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Operations &amp; Marketing Assistant Job Spec: <\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Optical Distribution Ltd<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p>We are one of the fastest growing online companies selling optical goods online. \u00a0We have been expanding for 10 years serving millions of customers with a Fast, Friendly and Professional service. Optical Distribution is one of the most trusted and fastest growing online contact lens retailers in the UK and growing worldwide. We offer great deals on all replacement contact lenses. Customers can order through the convenience of our website or via telephone and have their lenses delivered straight to their door without the hassle of visiting their optician.<\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Job Description:<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Assist the e-commerce team with various digital marketing activities.<\/li>\n<li>Manage various projects independently and within a team. This requires researching, planning, implementing, executing and delegation to other members of the team where needed.<\/li>\n<li>Be able to devise e-mail and webpage content and complete tasks immediately within tight deadlines.<\/li>\n<li>Student will be required to assist other departments of the business when needed in order to understand the business much more thoroughly.<\/li>\n<li>Required to attend exhibitions, business meetings with suppliers and industry associates. Will also be required to attend, present and hold meetings with corporate bodies to bid for contracts and affiliates.<\/li>\n<li>Constant competitor product, pricing and marketing analysis and research<\/li>\n<li>Supporting the marketing team in day-to-day operations alongside project work which requires the need for thinking &#8220;out of the box&#8221;.<\/li>\n<li>Involvement and assisting the Operations team with the day to day tasks involved in serving our customers through all buying channels.<\/li>\n<li>Be able to work in a busy B2C environment and gain extensive experience in all aspects of marketing strategy, planning, execution and operational activities.<\/li>\n<li>Assisting customers via telephone and Live chat as and when required.<\/li>\n<li>Dealing with customer and supplier queries.<\/li>\n<li>Ensuring stock levels are maintained to adequate levels.<\/li>\n<li>Ensuring that products are dispatched with 100% accuracy.<\/li>\n<li>Reports to Optical Distribution Directors<\/li>\n<li>Training on internal systems to be provided<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Our ideal candidate:<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Studying a business and marketing related degree and has general business management skills and knowledge.<\/li>\n<li>An excellent team player with good communication skills and the ability to work independently.<\/li>\n<li>Strong administration &amp; organisation skills and the ability to problem solve<\/li>\n<li>Proactive and innovative forward thinker with fresh new ideas.<\/li>\n<li>Ability to manage time and workloads.<\/li>\n<li>Creative individual with excellent attention to detail with strong numerical, planning and analytical skills<\/li>\n<li>Enthusiastic and self- motivated.<\/li>\n<li>Strong verbal and writing skills.<\/li>\n<li>A good knowledge of MS Excel.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Good knowledge of how an E Commerce business operates and some understanding of new trends surrounding social media and internet marketing would be desirable.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Role<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Title: Operations &amp; Marketing Assistant<\/li>\n<li>Location: Stanmore, London<\/li>\n<li>Wage: \u00a3TBA<\/li>\n<li>Start Date: \u00a0Mid June 2013<\/li>\n<li>Duration: 12 months<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Please forward your CV and covering letter to:<\/p>\n<p>Email: <b><a href=\"mailto:Pooja@cleuk.com\">Pooja@cleuk.com<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Call Us on: <b>0800 037 4000<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Write to:<\/p>\n<p><b>Optical Distribution Ltd<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Devonshire House,<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>582 Honeypot Lane,<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Stanmore,<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Middlesex,<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>HA7 1JS<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Operations &amp; Marketing Assistant Job Spec: Optical Distribution Ltd We are one of the fastest growing online companies selling optical goods online. \u00a0We have been &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kbs-news-events\/2013\/04\/operations-and-marketing-assistant\/\">Read&nbsp;more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2437,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[19205,19112],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kbs-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2436"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kbs-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kbs-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kbs-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kbs-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2436"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kbs-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2436\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2439,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kbs-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2436\/revisions\/2439"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kbs-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2437"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kbs-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kbs-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2436"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kbs-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}