Marketing Associate Belfast 2024

When you join Kainos, you get to think beyond limitations to make an immediate and positive impact – like transforming digital services for millions of citizens or helping Fortune 500 companies get live and thrive on Workday. You’ll be part of a people-first culture that is growing around the world. We’re a creative, committed, and diverse group of individuals who succeed as a team. At Kainos your ideas are heard and valued and you’ll leave a legacy that you can feel proud of. Join us and discover how our people write our story.

Our vision is to create a world-class business development and marketing capability for Kainos, fuelled by a diverse range of highly talented and motivated professionals working collaboratively and innovatively to ensure we continue our growth trajectory.

We do this via an open and supportive environment where colleagues can share information, learn from one another, and excel in their own career. With consistent ways of working aligned to industry best practice, we build sustainable and predictable sales pipelines for our market-leading offerings.

As a Marketing Associate at Kainos, you will support in delivering the marketing campaigns and activities that are aligned to commercial needs and designed to drive brand awareness and lead generation to fuel sales pipeline. This will include supporting and executing on events and key programmes,

Your key responsibilities will include

• Assisting with planned go to market activity: you will support and lead the delivery of events including research, planning and delivery. You will partner with sales colleagues and customers as part of event execution. You will ensure deliverables are met on-time and within budget and ensure tasks are updated regularly within the marketing plan.
• Own research and administration of event management process. You will research and source suitable venues and speakers for event programmes and ensure all supporting documentation is maintained and updated.
• Assist with content creation: Partner with customers and Kainos colleagues to develop content for event presentations, landing pages and email communications.
• Support campaign development: Work with marketing colleagues to drive and implement in person and virtual campaigns across channels that achieve lead generation objectives. You will also support wider marketing activities in this area as and when needed
• Contribute to reporting: Leverage marketing reporting tools to monitor and analyse the performance of events and provide updates to key stakeholders
• Developing alliances with partners and user groups – supporting colleagues you will develop or foster strong relationships with Workday and liaise with external stakeholders and customers.
• Working as part of a team - you will proactively work and collaborate as part of the marketing team to deliver against overall OKRs. Supporting and liaising with internal stakeholders of all levels across the business as needed.

Minimum (essential) requirements

• Good understanding of marketing techniques including event management and social media
• Willingness and desire to develop further expertise across all channels.
• Event Management and Decision Making: Experience of event management and the ability to make sound decisions under pressure, taking a balanced view of customer & business needs and requirements and communicating outcomes effectively.
• A self-starter who is highly motivated, confident, focussed, disciplined with a drive to succeed, whilst upholding Kainos values
• We all work in teams here in Kainos – a proven ability to collaborate and work effectively in a team environment; can-do attitude
• Show resilience and persistence with the ability to learn from mistakes plus guidance and coaching from colleagues
• Ability to work efficiently and prioritise your workloads in a fast-paced environment, delivering a high level of accuracy and attention to detail within tight timeframes.
• Strong interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to cultivate ideas, utilising creative writing while holding to branding and messaging direction and strategy
• Ability to think ‘outside the box’
• Comply with all confidentiality and non-disclosure policies and/or agreements and ensure security of information at all times.

Desirable

• Degree or professional qualification in a business or marketing related discipline.
• Experience of working in a SaaS or Professional Services Technology company.

So what are you waiting for? Let’s write the next incredible chapter of our story together.

Embracing our differences

At Kainos, we believe in the power of diversity, equity and inclusion. We are committed to building a team that is as diverse as the world we live in, where everyone is valued, respected, and given an equal chance to thrive.   We actively seek out talented people from all backgrounds, regardless of age, race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, religion, disability, or any other characteristic that makes them who they are.   We also believe every candidate deserves a level playing field. Our friendly talent acquisition team is here to support you every step of the way, so if you require any accommodations or adjustments, we encourage you to reach out. We understand that everyone's journey is different, and by having a private conversation we can ensure that our recruitment process is tailored to your needs.