Marketing Assistant

Amazing full-time, entry-level marketing opportunity at Australia’s leading lighting retailer
Brand new state of the art offices above our latest flagship store
Flexible and hybrid working arrangements, and a supportive, collaborative team
Questions? Please contact Steve on 0457 535 ***
About Beacon
Established in Melbourne in 1967, Beacon Lighting is Australia’s leading specialist retailer of lights, ceiling fans and light globes, with over 100 stores nationwide. We’re driven by a passion to improve the homes and lives of our customers by always searching for and creating not only beautiful and exciting designs, but products that are innovative and gentle on the environment.
Our care for and commitment to our residential customers extends to our trade, wholesale and commercial customers too. We show them the most cost-effective and energy-efficient ways to light up or cool down their business through Beacon Lighting Commercial, Light Source Solutions, Masson For Light, and our international operations in New Zealand, Hong Kong, Germany, USA and China.
The Role
Due to an internal promotion, we are currently seeking a Full-Time Marketing Assistant to work with our in-house marketing and graphic design departments.
This is a dream entry level marketing role where you will be part of a very successful marketing team, in an incredibly successful Australian business. In this role you will learn everything you need to know to launch your marketing career. You will be exposed to all facets of the marketing function for the Beacon Group, as well as being involved in the broader coordinating and planning for all our marketing activity and providing administrative support to the marketing team.
Other key responsibilities include:
Support the strategy team across retail and trade
Planning, coordinating and executing local area marketing strategies and activities to achieve traffic, sales and growth targets
Coordinating the Point of Sale and other print material for our extensive network of 123 stores (and growing!)
Briefing artwork to our internal design team
Managing printing requirements for stores
Producing internal ‘Ad News’ publication to brief stores on marketing activity
Preparing analytical sales/traffic reports to assist in more effective marketing
Providing administrative support to the marketing team
About You
To be successful in this role, you will possess the following qualities:
A tertiary qualification in Marketing
Demonstrated experience working with teams of people
Strong problem solving and analytical skills
Fast, efficient worker with excellent attention to detail
The ability to take initiative when needed
Great communication skills
A strong desire to learn and grow while contributing to the marketing team objectives
Benefits
In return for your efforts we offer an attractive salary package, generous product discounts and a great supportive team culture. Based in our beautiful, new, purpose-built offices in Nunawading, this role also offers flexible working arrangements that enable significant time working from home. This is a fantastic opportunity to work within an ASX listed company that has been constantly evolving and striving for success for over 50 years.
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