Marketing Coordinator – maternity cover
Polatis delivers a broad range of optical switching products with industry leading performance to customers in the communications, video, defense and instrumentation sectors. The company has headquarters located near Boston, Massachusetts and in Cambridge, UK., and is preparing to open a third facility. Polatis Inc. is supported through investments by 3i Group, Alta Berkeley, Esprit Capital Partners, EonTech Ventures, Flagship Ventures, Prism Venture Partners, JK&B Capital, Boston Millennia Partners, Harris and Harris Group, GE Capital, MTDC, Arcadian Venture Partners, and Gainesborough Investments.
Position Summary:
The successful candidate will coordinate all aspects of marketing communications for this growing company. They will have experience working in a hands-on marketing role with the ability to manage their own time and work of their own initiative.
Primary responsibility will be to ensure smooth operations across all
marketing activities; secondary responsibility is to provide office support.
Principal Duties:
- Tradeshow organisation: to coordinate all aspects of a successful tradeshow from planning, the organisation of logistics and booth components, collaboration with the tradeshow organizers and facility providers, to the production of media kits, etc.
- Public Relations: regular collaboration with PR agency to produce press releases and other forms of PR
- Website management: responsibility for all updates to website, therefore a working knowledge of Dreamweaver is necessary. Management of search engine advertising.
- Company literature: Maintenance of customer user manuals, product datasheets, and customer quick start guides, safety notes, and product labels. Knowledge of In-design would be an advantage.
- Production and mail out of quarterly newsletter: collation and formulation of stories including communication with sales team to produce customer testimonials.
- HTML programming to produce and send out electronic e-mail shots.
- Manage demonstration area and equipment. Demonstration equipment shipment support.
- Office & meeting support: ordering of office supplies, and occasional office support.
Candidate Profile:
- BA degree; technical background would be an advantage
- Knowledge of Adobe In-Design, Dreamweaver, HTML programming
- Minimum 2 years of experience in marketing function
- Excellent written, verbal, and presentation communication skills
- Must be disciplined, self-motivated, and organized
- Willingness to “do what it takes” to help accomplish
overall team objectives
Position Type: Maternity cover, Full time, permanent
Location: Cambridge
Reports To: VP of Sales & Marketing, located in Boston, USA
Salary:
£neg
How to Apply:
Send resumes via mail, or email to:
Human Resources (US)
Polatis
5 Fortune Drive
Billerica, MA 01821
978 670 4915 fax
HR@Polatis.com (Word, WordPerfect, or text formats)