Business Development & Marketing Assistant

Chelmsford, England, United Kingdom

11/25/2024

More than you expected

Grant Thornton UK LLP is part of a global network of independent audit, tax and advisory firms, made up of some 73,000 people in over 150 countries. We're a team of independent thinkers who put quality, inclusion and integrity first. All around the world we bring a different experience to our clients. A better experience. One that delivers the expertise they need in a way that goes beyond. Personal, proactive, and agile. That's Grant Thornton.

Job Description:

The Regional Business Development and Marketing teams play a critical role within the wider Grant Thornton markets and clients team by focusing on opportunities within the region and ultimately contributing to overall growth and local market success. The Business Development and Marketing Assistant assists the South business development and marketing team in delivering local market facing activities across the Southern regional offices.

A look into the role

• You’ll support the business development and marketing team in the delivery of local and national business development plans and campaigns, playing a key role in driving ROI through purposeful internal stakeholder communication
• You’ll conduct various research activities such as identifying potential targets, running internal relationship management checks as well as preparing research for meetings
• You’ll support the regional roll out of national campaigns and events, helping to communicate with internal stakeholders, working with client facing and support teams to ensure relevant clients and targets are included and play a pivotal role tracking and recording follow up
• You’ll be liaising with regional, sector, service line and firmwide marketing and business development teams to help ensure we’re all working collaboratively on campaigns, initiatives and events
• You’ll be responsible for all aspects of event co-ordination, including liaising with co-hosts (where relevant), booking venues, event administration, support with identifying invite list, attendee research, updating CRM system, on the day event management and post event follow up ensuring all leads are captured and tracked
• You’ll assist the regional business development team on internal and external communication such as providing content for the internal business development updates, providing information to our PR agency to support press releases as well as provide social media support to client facing teams
• You’ll support with handling business development and marketing administrative tasks such as maintaining CRM, support with reporting and scheduling meetings.
  
  
  

Knowing you’re right for us

We’ve set ambitious growth targets for the firm, and we need the right people to help us achieve these. We’re looking for people who will bring ambition and drive to their role. In changing markets, we need to be able to work at pace and be adaptable to change and to be curious, asking questions of ourselves, each other and our clients to ensure we are delivering the services and quality we expect.

• You’ll have strong communication and interpersonal skills and able to build relationships at all levels
• You’ll have excellent attention to detail and thrive in a fast paced environment
• You’ll have excellent organisational skills and the ability to effectively manage multiple tasks simultaneously
• You are highly motivated and eager to learn
• You’ll have experience of Microsoft packages
  
  
  

Joining us as a Business Development & Marketing Assistant, the minimum criteria for the role is

• Degree or apprenticeship educated with practical experience in a business development or marketing role either in a B2B or professional services environment and looking to step up to a business development enablement role.
  
  
  

Knowing we’re right for you

The culture at Grant Thornton is what sets us apart, we’re known for our inclusive culture and creating environments where all our people can flourish. The things that set you apart, we value them, and this helps us all to perform at our best.

Our values are the unwavering principles that shape our daily behaviours and decisions, alongside our drive to do the right thing. We’re looking for people who align with our values and are purposefully driven, actively curious and candid but kind. You can learn more about our values in practice here.

It’s not just about our culture and values, in addition to a competitive salary and reward package, us you’ll also get:

• Tailored development programmes and access to coaching
• Flexible bank holidays – allowing you to celebrate the days that are important to you
• Benefits including pension, life assurance and private medical, additional holiday purchasing and health benefits
• Any benefits giving you access to shopping discounts, gym memberships, financial advice
  
  
  

And more. Visit our benefits section to read more.

How We Work

We have a trust-based way of working, driven by responsible people who have the best interests of our firm and our clients at heart. Our how we work framework gives flexibility in where, how, and when we work to deliver the best results for our clients, whilst helping you keep a balance between work and life. Life is more than work, the things you do, and the people you’re with outside of work matter, that’s why we’re happy to look at flexible working options for all our roles.  That is how it should be.

We’re looking for people who can help drive the business forward, who want to contribute, spark fresh ideas and go beyond expectations. People who want to be able to proudly do what’s right, for the firm, our clients, our people and themselves. It’s how it should be.