Guest Experience Executive - Brand Experience Agency - London - £24k - £30k

Would you like international travel to be part of your job?

We're working with a brand experience agency who create captivating communications that increase brand awareness for their clients. They work with their clients globally to get immersed in their brand whether that's through virtual events, sponsorship, experiential campaigns or film & photography.
They are now looking for a Guest Experience Executive to join the team and help mange the end-to-end delegate experience for a large number of corporate events, both virtual and live.
The Guest Experience Executive will work alongside the Guest Experience Managers, assisting with all aspects of event registrations and ensuring the execution of their events run efficiently both internally, for the client and the guests. The role includes, but is not limited to: Facilitating the scoping, implementation and management of the event registration website set-up, delegate email communication campaigns, management of the CMS system and accurate and timely reporting using Excel.

Who are we looking for?
The role would suit someone who is interested in forging a career in Delegate Management and the 'people' side of events.
We are looking for someone someone who is enthusiastic, driven and who has excellent organisational skills. They must have excellent communication and 'people' skills to deal with colleagues, suppliers and clients.
At the heart of everything they do should be exceptional attention to detail.
- as they will be dealing with large amounts of data that needs to be 100% correct throughout the process. The ability to learn quickly will be essential as they will be trained up on our bespoke registration system amongst other systems.

Key Requirements

• Experience working with excel, mail merge and database systems, showing exceptional attention to detail.
• Background handling regular communication across email and telephone.
• Has a proactive and confident nature.
• Representing the company in a professional manner - must be able to establish and maintain effective, cooperative working relationships with clients, suppliers and internal staff.
• Ideally proficient working on a Mac.
• Valid Passport and the ability to get a US ESTA Visa.
• Full training will be given on our bespoke registration system.

A leading brand expereince agency is looking for a Senior Events Manager to join them. Creative campaigns, varied portfolio is brands and a supportive and welcoming team on offer…

The Agency

This fully integrated brand expereince agency work with a varied portfolio of iconic clients in many sectors and are keen to champion creativity in their work wherever possible. Responsible for a number of award-winning experiential campaigns and events, the agency operates across the UK and U.S with the ability to offer campaigns truly massive in scale. The team here are a welcoming and down-to-earth group at all levels and the people we've previously placed here have all reported excellent things. The agency prides itself on offering clear progression paths and opportunities to staff at all levels as well the opportunity to diversify work load/ projects over time…

The Role

This is an important role for the business that will see the successful candidate taking the lead on event campaigns of significant size while maintain strong and lasting relationships with clients. The ideal candidate will have expereince in an agency environment managing events or experiential campaigns and will be comfortable managing a team to deliver sizable projects. Responsibilities will include:

• Complete management of projects ranging from corporate conferences, VIP events, Experiential events and virtual roadshows
• Forging long lasting relationships with clients built on trust and a consultative approach
• Creating and supporting pitch presentations with wider senior team
• Managing and mentoring junior team members.

The Opportunity

If you're looking for an events role with a focus on creative projects then this role should interest you. You'll get the opportunity to work with top tier brands in many sectors and have the support of both a stellar senior and junior team. The role offers outstanding scope for growth to Director level and we know from expereince that this particular agency offer an excellent work environment (and the team are a great bunch!) Benefits include:

• 27 days Holiday Birthday BH
• Above average pension contribution
• Healthcare after term of service
• Sabbatical after term of service
• Free eye tests
• Cycle to work scheme
• Dedicated training and development plans

An award-winning Partnerships marketing agency is looking for an Account Executive to join their team. Exciting role for any Junior Marketing or Partnerships professional who's looking to work with large brands on varied campaigns.

The Agency

One of the longest standing Partnerships agencies in the UK, this impressive business have been working with high profile brands for over a decade. With creativity and brand awareness at the heart of their offering, the agency boasts an exciting and highly varied portfolio of iconic brands across many sectors. Based out of an excellent central London office, the team enjoy the flexibility of working from home 3 days a week if they prefer and are encouraged and supported at all levels. The team are hugely welcoming, genuinely enjoy their work and the people we've placed here have all thrived.

The Role

This is an ideal role for any junior marketing or partnerships professional who's looking for a role where they can work with a wide range of brands, learn and develop quickly and take on a good level of responsibility. It's a role that would suit someone with roughly 6 months expereince and a keen interest in working on brand focused campaigns. Responsibilities would include:

• Supporting accounts manager with creative campaign ideas/brainstorms and helping to pitch those ideas to clients and potential brand partners
• Helping to forge lasting relationships with clients built on an understanding of their brand.
• Helping to research and propose potential brand partners across multiple sectors.

The Opportunity

If you're a junior marketing professional looking for a chance to work with high profile brands this role should appeal to you. You'll learn and develop quickly in a hugely supportive environment and the role offers outstanding scope for progression to Senior Executive and Manager level in a marketing discipline that offers incredible career opportunity.

An award-winning Partnerships marketing agency is looking for an Account Executive to join their team. Exciting role for any Junior Marketing or Partnerships professional who's looking to work with large brands on varied campaigns.

The Agency

One of the longest standing Partnerships agencies in the UK, this impressive business have been working with high profile brands for over a decade. With creativity and brand awareness at the heart of their offering, the agency boasts an exciting and highly varied portfolio of iconic brands across many sectors. Based out of an excellent central London office, the team enjoy the flexibility of working from home 3 days a week if they prefer and are encouraged and supported at all levels. The team are hugely welcoming, genuinely enjoy their work and the people we've placed here have all thrived.

The Role

This is an ideal role for any junior marketing or partnerships professional who's looking for a role where they can work with a wide range of brands, learn and develop quickly and take on a good level of responsibility. It's a role that would suit someone with roughly 6 months expereince and a keen interest in working on brand focused campaigns. Responsibilities would include:

• Supporting accounts manager with creative campaign ideas/brainstorms and helping to pitch those ideas to clients and potential brand partners
• Helping to forge lasting relationships with clients built on an understanding of their brand.
• Helping to research and propose potential brand partners across multiple sectors.

The Opportunity

If you're a junior marketing professional looking for a chance to work with high profile brands this role should appeal to you. You'll learn and develop quickly in a hugely supportive environment and the role offers outstanding scope for progression to Senior Executive and Manager level in a marketing discipline that offers incredible career opportunity.

Managing Partner

Integrated Marketing

Central London - Flexible working arrangements/WFH

£90,000-£120,000

Are you a Business Director or CSD looking for more autonomy and less red tape? We're working with an independent B2B marketing agency in central London you might like...

The agency

Having been established for almost twenty years, this agency specialise in B2B marketing communications for clients in Sports, Tech, Manufacturing and Engineering. They produce 'top of funnel' campaigns and support some of the world's largest brands across strategy, advertising, design, copy, direct marketing, visual identity and lots more…

Based in the heart of the West End, they offer a flexible, collaborative working environment that people enjoy being part of. They now need a managing partner to join their team.

What will the Managing Partner do?

· Manage and contribute to the overall culture, tone and style of the agency.

· Ensures that the right people, systems and resources are in place to allow commercial creativity to flourish.

· Ensure pride in the agency and its work

· Set the strategy and overall direction for client development and retention.

· Take the lead on important new business pitches, working closely with the Strategy Partner, and supported by the CEO.

· Oversee the work of the support functions, including HR, IT, Finance, Marketing, Business Development and Office Management.

· Work closely with the company accountants and CEO to monitor company performance

· Acts as a mentor and listening ear for the CEO.

What experience will you need?

· Management: ability to motivate others to produce great work.

· Communication: able to explain complex ideas to others in straightforward language and empower them to do their jobs without hand holding.

· Willing to involve themselves thoroughly within the agency, building strong and cordial relationships with both senior colleagues and junior staff.

· Vision: capable of seeing the whole picture, learning from the past and able to take realistic and strategic decisions about the future of the agency.

· Finance: adept, and able to keep control of agency expenditure and build a sound financial base for future activity.

What's in it for you?

Aside from what is obviously a rare opportunity to join an agency at senior level, you can expect the following benefits;

• Flexible working arrangements/WFH
• £90,000 - £120,000
• 28 days holiday plus Bank Holidays and your birthday off
• Contributory pension scheme
• Bonus
• Share options
• Private healthcare

If you would like to know more about this position, then please click on the link to apply OR reach out directly to Mark Darlington at Stonor Recruitment

Search Lead - Content Marketing Agency - London/Remote - £55k - £60k
We're working with a B2B content marketing agency who are looking for a Search Lead to join their team. This agency produces a wide variety of work, from branding and identities, websites and interactive to content marketing with an emphasis on digital and exciting design innovation.

The Search Lead will play a vital role in the agency and will be an opportunity for the right person to develop it into their own. As a small tight-knit team that's going places, you'll work alongside a very talented team of marketers, writers, designers, video producers and animators. You'll know how to help plan content to drive the right search traffic whilst running and managing key software packages.

Responsibilities

• Work with the planners, writers and account handlers to establish best search practices.
• Seamlessly link with analytics, optimization and reporting tools.
• Be responsible for search performance management with a clear focus on implementation, testing, optimization and application across client lifecycles.
• Work with the analysts, development and strategy teams to prepare effective reports that show results and drive new ideas.
• Contribute to the growth, development and expansion of performance marketing with your search knowledge.
• Ensure understanding and execution of best practices into the fabric of the team's operational processes.
• Represent the business at industry events and help create a body of literature on search marketing in the content sphere.

About you

• Have at least five years' experience working with search marketing in an agency environment.
• Demonstrate an understanding of the content marketing industry and the role of search within it.
• Will be able to debate and articulate the latest search thinking with your clients and colleagues with a cool, measured expertise.
• Are a digital native familiar with the search industry: methodologies, toolsets, personalities and opportunities.
• Can work effectively across the digital marketing projects and collaborate well with clients and your team members.
• Are service oriented, but able to stand up for yourself and the agency so we're always focused on the right objectives and outcomes, able to communicate well with different types of clients, work comfortably in the classic office tools, as well as social platforms.
• Are hungry to learn about tech markets and B2B working.
• Communicate clearly, on paper and verbally, both with clients and colleagues.

We're looking for an energetic person with great attention to detail with a hunger for success and an ambition to succeed.

Benefits

• A great company culture well set up for hybrid/remote working
• A focus on personal development
• Training time and budget - you get to choose how to spend it
• Lots of social stuff and 'organised fun', both company wide and driven by interest/ hobby groups
• 25 holiday days pro rata
• Additional time off between Christmas and New Year
• Pension: 5% employer contribution on qualifying earnings
• 1 x Volunteer/ Community Day
• Life Assurance

An industry leading promotional merchandising company is looking for a Buyer to join their global sourcing team. Top tier brands, global support network and strong development prospects…

The Business

This London company are one of the top businesses in their sector. Specialising in the design, production and delivery of promotional products for multiple sectors, they work with over 20 of the World's most valuable brands in sectors including, automotive, finance, food, logistics, technology and retail. The company is proud of its office and workplace environment and the large team are a welcoming, diverse and social group. As a result of this growth, the company is very keen to speak with experienced buyers or junior buyers...

The Role

Reporting to the head of sourcing and working with a strong team of senior buyers and merchandisers, as a buyer you will support the development and purchasing of promotional merchandise from a range of European suppliers. It's an ideal role for a junior buying professional who's looking to join a large, global business. Responsibilities will include:

• Management of the sampling process
• Sourcing products from the most appropriate suppliers for each brief
• Produce and provide accurate 'delivered' prices to sales teams
• Propose products in response to briefs
• Help to negotiate best prices/payment terms from suppliers.

The Opportunity

This company are extremely well backed and form part of large global group. They have a commitment to offering an excellent work and staff well-being is a priority here. On top of this, they offer strong progression opportunities, above average pension and holiday entitlement (33 days) as well as work from home options. If you're keen to find a stable buying role with potential, then this role should appeal to you...

One of the UK's longest established, and most well-respected media groups is looking for a Senior Advertising operation Manager to lead planning and execution for a range of digital campaigns.

The Business

Established over 150 years ago, this multimedia, news and publishing brand is one of the UK's finest and most respected. Delivering award winning journalistic content for international print and digital distribution, this world-renowned media group is continuing to grow year on year. Their large UK team are based in stellar central London offices and enjoy a fast-paced, exciting, and highly rewarding workplace environment. Their rapidly growing operations team are integral to the groups marketing efforts and they now have need of a senior manager to join them and take the lead on a range of technical projects.

The Role

Reporting directly into the head of the operations team, this is a vital role that will see the successful candidate planning, executing and optimizing a range of digital advertising campaigns aimed at attracting subscribers. It's a role that offers the opportunity to work with the highest tier partner brands in many sectors and the ideal candidate will:

• Have strong previous experience working in an Ad ops or Ad tech role at manager level
• Have previous expereince with tools (or similar to) such as Google Ad manager, Teads, Liveintent, Art19, Grapeshot and some understanding of HTML would be a bonus
• Be comfortable working directly with senior external stakeholders.

The Opportunity

This role offers the opportunity to undertake a senior role at one of the world's largest media groups in a rapidly growing team. You'll get to work with a multitude of iconic partnered brands and the role offers outstanding prospects for further growth. The team are welcoming, inclusive and the business offers an award-winning environment and benefits/perks offering that includes (but is not limited to):

• Medical Cover
• Flexible lifestyle and Wellbeing benefits package
• Hybrid working
• Increased shared Parental leave offering
• Life assurance
• Season ticket loan
• Multiple progression avenues
• Above Average holiday allowance
• Above average pension contribution

A central London agency with an outstanding client list of film and entertainment giants is looking for an experienced Social Media Manager to join them…

The Agency

True entertainment specialists, this award-winning integrated agency has been working with film and home entertainment clients for nearly 20 years. Offering Social, Digital, PR, Influencer relations and creative services, the agency has grown well since its founding and is now one of the industry leaders in its sector. Their client list reads like a who's who of the entertainment space and the team are a social, passionate bunch who benefit greatly from strong development opportunities, an adult culture and plenty of flexible/home working options. The team are now looking for an experienced Social Media Manager to lead social strategy for clients…

The Role

This is an important role for the agency and will see the successful candidate working closely with clients (large Film & TV studios) and overseeing creative, content focused social campaigns to engage with audiences. To be considered you'll need some expereince working in a social role for entertainment brands and the responsibilities of the role will include:

• Developing and implementing social media strategies
• Taking ownership of social planning, social calendars, social reports, and client communications
• Keeping up with social trends and the entertainment industry as a whole to ensure strategies are relevant, up-to-date and will properly engage with audiences of each IP

The Opportunity

If you're looking for a chance to work with the top names in entertainment, then this role should interest you. You'll get to join a welcoming and close-nit team, have an excellent level of responsibility to define strategy and will enjoy a varied role with plenty of scope for development.

Senior Research Consultant - Employee Research
WFH 4 days a week OR remote
£40,000-60,000 Full time OR Part-time

A forward thinking and flourishing agency is looking for a Senior Research Consultant OR Research Consultant to join their team. They work with some of the world's largest and best companies, have a strong and experienced support network and enhanced development prospects. They are all about people and culture!

The Business
They are an Employee Research agency that sit at around 120 people at the moment after doubling in size over the last 2 years. What they do is help some of the best companies in the world build more inclusive and connected cultures through social affairs. In a nutshell they want someone who is passionate about data and insights, love client relationships and can see past the numbers to create a story to help their clients understand their cultures and how best to support their employees.

The Role

Reporting to the Principal Consultant and working with a strong team of Analysts and Project Managers, as a Senior Consultant you will be giving genuine advice and consultancy - right the way through from designing the research programmes, through to designing question sets, shaping research questions, shaping and presenting reports to back to board-level clients. It's an ideal opportunity for a mid-senior insights professional who is looking to develop in their career. Responsibilities will include:

• Leading client projects, working with their talented team of data scientists, analysts, writers, designers and project managers
• Shaping, designing and executing a range of solutions for clients based on your understanding of their specific needs
• Pitching new ideas and proposals to new and existing clients to support their business growth
• Working as the Account Director for specific clients, addressing challenges, influencing client behaviour and ultimately purchasing decisions
• Continually improving our overall proposition, by contributing to our proposition development agenda

Experience

• A strong understanding of research techniques and their applications within organisations
• Relevant experience in a similar role ideally in the employee engagement space, with a specific focus on employee research
• Strong stakeholder management skills, both internally and with clients
• Good understanding of employee engagement

What's in it for you?

· An opportunity to join a fast growing business with a clear mission
· Salary of £40,000-£60,000
· Bonus scheme
· 25 days holiday
· Private Health Care
· Flexible time off policy due to culture founded on trust
· Mobile phone and laptop
· Flexible working, mix working from home & London office (1 day in office)
· Work with a fun team, with focus on continual learning and development
· Flexible benefits package including additional holiday purchase, cycle to work scheme, access to a wide range of high street discounts, car lease and financial loans and savings at preferential rates

If you would like to know more about this Senior Research Consultant position, then please click on the link to apply OR contact me directly.

Strategist (B2B Marketing), Central London/WFH
£35,000 - £50,000

The agency

Having been established for almost twenty years, this agency specialise in B2B marketing communications for clients in Sports, Tech, Manufacturing and Engineering. They produce 'top of funnel' campaigns and support some of the world's largest brands across strategy, advertising, design, copy, direct marketing, visual identity and lots more…
Based in the heart of the West End, they offer a flexible, collaborative working environment that people enjoy being part of.

They work on worldwide campaigns for some of the biggest names in tech across some very cool projects including the Olympics.

This is the opportunity to join as a Strategist reporting directly to the Head of Strategy.

The role

* Developing brand communications strategies
* Writing the creative brief that will be used by the agency's creative teams to produce the creative ideas from the Client brief.
* Conducting brainstorming sessions with the whole team, evaluating all ideas against consumer insights, research, the strategic framework, and the underlying client business need.
* Striving to make the complicated simple for our clients and for each other, by exploring the business context, to gather insights, and to establish a clear ambition for each campaign and project. - this will include: desk research, structuring and conducting interviews with client contacts, interviewing target audience customers directly, and briefing and working with researchers and other planners.

You'll need:

* Minimum of 5 years in a strategic planning role within an integrated agency, ideally B2B
* Experience in differentiating core advertising ideas from their executional treatments, and astute in assessing when these meet the brief and how they will influence behaviour.
* Proven track record of guiding and nurturing creative work that meets clients' briefs.
* Experienced in building a depth of knowledge about client's businesses, including where and how advertising and marketing contributes to success.

Why?

On top of the generous salary you can expect the following:

• Annual personal development plan and training budget for your growth
• Work from home 3 days a week
• A positive, fun working environment where your opinion counts and you're encouraged to give it!
• Home office budget
• Perkbox
• Company funded days/nights
• 25 days holiday plus your birthday off
• A healthy respect for work-life balance
• Annual bonus

This is an exciting role with plenty of room to progress.

If you would like to know more about this Strategist position, then please click on the link to apply OR contact me directly.

Performance Manager - Creative & Performance Marketing Agency - Up to £38k - London/Hybrid
We're working with an award winning creative and performance marketing agency, who are looking for an energetic and results-driven Performance Manager to join their growing team. People love being a part of their fun, collaborative team environment, everyone is passionate about the work they do and aspire to ensure they are the best agency dedicated to the property sector.

The role
As part of this role, you will report directly to the Head of Performance and will work with a broad range of clients on their Paid Media requirements. You'll be delivering a range of predominantly B2B performance marketing strategies whilst activating and optimising paid search and social campaigns. You'll work with the wider performance and creative teams, write and execute client briefs and manage multiple clients.

Skills Required

• 2 years minimum of Paid Media experience
• Previous experience working in an Agency
• A strong understanding of social advertising across Facebook and LinkedIn
• A strong understanding of Google Ads, GDN and YouTube
• Experience and understanding of using Google Analytics
• Experience setting up and managing tracking pixels and custom events
• Comfortable working independently and managing a small portfolio of clients
• A very high standard of written and spoken English
• Confident managing own schedule and time management
• Strong knowledge in digital marketing best practice
• An analytical, data-driven mindset
• A proactive, can-do attitude

Preferred skills/qualifications

• Facebook proficiency or Blueprint Media Buying / Planning certification
• Google Ads proficiency or certified across Search/Display
• Google Analytics proficiency or certified
• Programmatic proficiency

Benefits

• 25 days annual leave Bank Holidays
• Flexible hours
• Hybrid working (2 days in the office min.)
• Structured training and progression program, including two days a month spent on personal development
• External training where required and Google/Facebook partner events
• Opportunity for international travel
• Regular company social events via the social committee
• An always stocked beer fridge

Please get in touch if you would like more information with emmaline@stonorsearch.com