Changing lives through travel
At G Touring we’re passionate about travel and we love exploring the world with our customers, while we explore it together our goal is to try and help the places we go to and the people that live there. G Touring operates two market leading touring brands, Travelsphere and Just You. Travelsphere has been discovering the world with its customers for nearly 60 years whilst Just You is one of the original dedicated solo operators. G Touring is built on the mission of “Changing People’s Lives Through Travel”.
Leading the way in guided touring holidays, Travelsphere takes its customers all over the world and is centred around the customers’ shared experiences. Just You’s collection of worldwide guided touring holidays has been designed exclusively for solo travellers. From short breaks to epic journeys, customers travelling with Just You discover fascinating cities, spectacular scenery, and fabulous sightseeing in the company of other solo travellers.
G Touring is the touring division of Bruce Poon Tip’s group of companies, he also owns G Adventures and Tru Travels. As a group we believe travel can have a positive impact and be a force for good in the communities we visit. We operate Travelsphere Cares, and Just You Cares in partnership with Planeterra, the world’s leading non-governmental organisation turning travel into impact in communities around the globe.
We are always looking for people to join our team who have a desire to go above and beyond for the customer to deliver excellence, who have a passion for travel, who are bold and fearless and love to share their experiences and learning.
Marketing Assistant
Do you want to be part of a fun, enthusiastic and creative team? We are looking for a Marketing Assistant to join our Marketing Team based in our office in Market Harborough.
Working Hours
Full-time permanent role working 37.5 hours per week 09:00 am - 17:15 pm Monday to Friday with 45 minute lunch break.
Purpose of the role:
Reporting to the Marketing Manager, this entry level role’s primary focus is to assist with the execution of the company’s marketing initiatives for the Just You, Travelsphere and G Touring brands to ensure the correct product placement to drive sales, in an extremely competitive market.
In this role you will:
Work closely with the marketing team to develop creative campaigns and briefing those campaigns into the creative teams and external suppliers for delivery.
Maintain and update the brands social media platforms.
Assist with the organising of marketing events.
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Provide administrative support to the team.
Respond to customer feedback on digital platforms.
Copywriting for some customer facing comms such as social media posts and emails.
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To be successful in this full-time role you will:
Preferably have experience in online and offline marketing and brand campaigns.
Have strong written and verbal communications skills.
Have a very high level of attention to detail.
Be able to keep calm under pressure with a high degree of flexibility to meet the demands in a fast-paced environment with tight deadlines.
Be passionate about multi-channel marketing and producing content across multiple sales channels.
Take ownership for the delivery of projects.
Have an interest in travel.
Why work with us?
Be part of something greater than yourself.
We’re all about “you” being the best you can be and we want you to be yourself too.
You’ll have access to Vocational Learning Support
Every year the opportunity of a “Learning Journey” to learn about our holidays and to meet our customers
Up to 5 dedicated learning days towards your Vocational Learning or Learning Journey.
Freedom to accelerate / drive change
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A competitive salary
Generous holiday allowance – 25 days plus Public Holidays. You can also purchase additional leave up to 1 of your working week.
We think it’s important that there is always some time for you. So, every year you will get your birthday as an extra day of paid leave.
Supporting the local community is an important part of our ethos, so we offer you the opportunity to spend one of your normal working days supporting a ‘registered charity’
If you are a care supporter for someone with a long-term illness, we will support you with up to 6 working days per annum (pro rata for part-time team members) in any rolling 12-month period.
‘Cycle to Work Scheme’ to support the purchase of a cycle to use for your commute.
Employee Assistance Programme – 24/7 GP consultation via phone or video plus support services for your health and wellbeing to include support with your mental health, finances, fitness, dietary requirements and life event support.
Life Assurance – 4 times your salary for death in service for your nominated beneficiaries.
Competitive company Pension Scheme
Holiday discounts for yourself, friends and family
Travel industry benefits
Opportunity of flexible working, if you want to change your hours for a period of time during your career.
Hybrid working - 2 days or 50% of your hours if you are part time to work from home for non-customer facing roles.
If you think this sounds like the right business for you and fulfill the criteria above, then please click “Apply” now as we wouldn’t want you to miss the opportunity to become part of our team and to experience our unique culture
