Marketing Executive

Looking for a Bright, Creative Marketing Talent

Company Profile

Vivalda is 10 years old, with a turnover this year of £10 million. We supply external facade cladding and building boards for sports stadiums, office blocks, apartment complexes, hospitals, schools and universities, local authority housing and industrial buildings.  The Company has strong relationships with its suppliers and clients alike, and as a young Company we enjoy a strong bond between our own branches. Our 55 staff all know each other and we speak to each other regardless of branch on a daily basis. We work with builders and architects on billion pound complexes as well as much smaller building projects, supplying high value materials. The Company is known for having a successful and effective sales force, and an experienced and effective management team. The MD and directors are directly involved in the day to day running of the business and are always accessible. Vivalda has been profitable every year since its inception in 1999, and owns its London headquarters site and fleet of commercial and other vehicles. The Company is expanding out of recession, and opened its 4th branch in April 2009. Investment continues in the London branch to date with a new state of the art production machinery and new vehicles. The team is growing to include a new external sales manager, and a new contracts manager to cope with demand, in addition to this new role. The working environment at Vivalda is open plan, we all answer the phones, make tea and assist each other where possible regardless of seniority!

Location

Vivalda, 99 Victoria Road, London, NW10 6DJ. (North Acton on the Central Line tube 7 mins. Walk, private secure car parking available).

Remuneration

Vivalda offer competitive salary packages for the right person, dependant on experience.

Working Hours: 8.30am – 5.30pm Monday to Friday. 1 hour for lunch.

Holidays: 20 days per year to which 2 days are to be reserved for the Christmas period.

The Job!
Marketing Executive, Vivalda Ltd.

The opportunity for you to step into an all round marketing role, and make the Vivalda brand yours to nurture and communicate as you see fit. You would be overseeing the company’s communication including design, print, web and DM. The role reports to the Branch Manager for London, the Company’s flagship branch, who set up the marketing function at Vivalda and now needs your full time support with a view to a full handover when you feel ready to take this on.

This includes our many brochures, multiple standard stationary items per location, all other printed materials, power point presentations, our main website and its off-shoots, search engine optimisation and B to B direct mail including management of the valuable database of contacts. In addition there will be the management of other design projects such as truck wrapping, the Company signage and clothing. Some travel will be required between 3 locations namely Hull, Manchester and Birmingham, and to client presentations as the need arises.

There is the opportunity with this role to grow with it and take on more projects, until a level of senior marketing manager is achieved. The salary would follow as this natural progression happened.

Skills Required

• A minimum of one year spent working in a marketing department.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Project management and time management skills
• Be able to work on your own using your initiative as well as be able to work as part of a team
• Be able to work under pressure and meet deadlines
• Have an eye for detail and have a good standard of English, both written and spoken
• Comfortable with Microsoft Outlook, Excel, Word, Power point
• The ideal candidate will have studied Marketing or undertaken Marketing training.
• Knowledge of the construction industry is not required, as you will learn about our product portfolio on the job.

Desirable/Advantageous

• Basic knowledge of design software would be an advantage.
• An interest in copywriting and advanced literacy skills
• The desire to grow into the position and become part of the Company’s management structure

Please email your CV to james@vivalda.co.uk or call 0208 963 9999 to speak to James Butler.