Job Description:

Dates & Times: The working week will vary depending on the level of promotions but the average working week will be 20 hours. Any additional hours would need to be cleared.  A typical week: Tuesday 9.30am to 2.00pm,  Wednesday 9.30am to 2.00pm,  Friday 9.30am to 2.00pm,  Saturday or Sunday 10.00am to 4.30pm

Rates:  £8 per hour Days covered will however be varied to match the requirements and reflect specific events. The Modelsearch and Fashion Show for instance, involves 10 consecutive days work during the Autumn Half Term period. The working week will include every Bank Holiday with the exception of Easter Sunday and Christmas as well as at least 24 Saturdays or Sundays each year.

Holidays: There are 4 weeks paid holiday per year

Locations:  East, Home Counties
Role:  Employed by Messages Public Relations but working as part of the Grafton Centre Management team.
Further information on the company visit
www.messagespr.co.uk.

Messages PR are a specialist shopping centre promotions company. We have worked on this Cambridge site and account for 12 yrs, organising promotions with the supporting media liaison. In 2009, the role has been broadened to encompass the Public Relations role and tenant liaison aspects of the marketing function. There is also considerable scope to generate and monitor on-site activities & retailer driven promotions and for this reason a new part time role of Marketing Co-ordinator has been created.

There is dedicated office space for this job but we expect 70% of the work to be done in the malls, in the stores or in the local community. This is not a desk job.

The Job:
The job encompasses a variety of regular and simple jobs but also offers a great opportunity for imagination and initiative.

It is important to stress however that this is a hands-on role and the bulk of the workload is in the execution and implementation of promotions.

Deadlines must be met, targets matched and results measured.
Public Relations / Advertising / Digital Marketing

Liaising with retailers to source offers and discounts.
Generating updates and posting this information via the web content management system for the centres website.
Putting up posters and distribute leaflets
Maintaining regular contact with media
Writing copy for advertising and newsletters

Keeping and evaluating press cuttings
Checking advertising copy and maintaining schedules.
Promotion / Income generation
Working on events including Customer Service Campaign, Christmas Launch, Modelsearch and Fashion Shows
Assisting with running Children’s club on the last Sunday of each month.
Collecting research and generating database contacts for e-mail-outs.
Promoting events in the malls
Assisting in setting up income generating events and promotions and commercial lettings.
Promoting the Grafton Gift Card
External Affairs
Co-ordinating community and charity events
Ensuring that the Grafton pages are linked from other sites.
Liaising with City Centre Marketing and Park and Ride
Administration / Retail Liaison
Maintain retail trading index
Assist Centre Management team
Update tenants packs
Working with Customer Information Desk team and staffing when required
Ensuring Marketing costs are kept within the budget.

A more complete job specification will be provided at an interview stage.

Interviews will be held in July.

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