Greetings from Zealong Tea Estate in the beautiful Waikato! Located just minutes from Hamilton's CBD, Zealong is New Zealand's only commercial tea estate and a celebrated icon of the region, producing 100% organically certified, award-winning tea which are sold in many parts of the world. Recognized as a premier destination for tea, art, and hospitality, we attract visitors from all over the world. At Zealong, our dedicated and talented team consistently exceeds expectations, crafting innovative, world-class ideas and solutions that elevate our brand and products on a global scale. Our journey from just 130 tea cuttings to internationally acclaimed products is a testament to our incredible team! Now, we invite you to seize the opportunity to join us!
We are looking for someone to join our team as a Sales and Marketing Coordinator. The purpose of the role is to assist the sales team in the development, coordination and implementation of sales and marketing strategies for company's products and services.
As our Sales and Marketing Executive, you will be tasked with and get the opportunity to assist the marketing team with digital marketing of which the key activities will involve the administration of digital content and printed media as required, which includes:
content creation across digital platforms including social media, which could include being behind the camera and on-cameracommunication and execution of campaigns across various areas of business development and implementation of marketing and sales collateralcopywriting as needed for content and estate activitieswebsite contentE-newsletters, eDMs, and marketing initiatives to increase sales and brand strategies.Other tasks include:
develop marketing strategies, including creating short-term and long-term marketing strategies and advertising campaigns to improve sales across all business units and/or brand awareness. Liaise with internal stakeholders to coordinate, execute and if required, supervise marketing activities.develop and monitor company budgets for each campaign/strategy, including proposing cost-efficient and/or appropriate budgets and activities for the advertising campaigns. Track spending and coordinate all aspects of producing marketing campaigns, like printing advertising materials and securing influencer support or social media ads.track competitors' social media campaigns, including monitoring Zealong's competitor's social media campaigns and improving our current strategies to counter the competition. keep up with marketing trends and help ensure Zealong gets maximum, optimum coverage by, staying updated on new trends and researching fresh marketing ideas and developments.report on marketing outcomes and measuring the results of each marketing activity. ascertain the effectiveness of digital marketing or social media campaigns and present the outcomes to the marketing team and ensuring that the company optimises every opportunity to achieve successful campaigns every time.create, manage and coordinate social media and advertising campaigns.manage multiple stakeholder needs and ensuring high-quality creative solutions are delivered to deadline.utilise learnings from previous activity, data from internal and external sources to develop and test hypotheses for all campaign activityconduct analysis and producing reporting of each activity identifying impact on commercial results, against agreed KPIs.support performance, CRM, direct sales and CX teams with customer-focused creative briefing to support brand messages and identity.meet with and/or communicating with prospective customers and pursuing sales leads, and ensuring the completion of each sales cycle.drive integration in the content calendar planning working closely with Creative Designer and marketing team, and lead the production of brand content. assist the General Manager, management or the Senior Sales and Marketing Executive with administrative duties, including: - managing and coordinating tasks outsourced to external vendors, such as printing companies;maintaining an inventory and directory of marketing materials while coordinating new material creation as needed;planning and managing marketing efforts for trade shows, conferences, events and meetings; andsupporting the marketing team with day-to-day administrative and marketing tasks as may be required. You will ideally have:
At least 2 years' experience in a marketing role, including digital marketing; Creative flair with interest in photography and visual communication;Superb attention to detail;Proven experience in using creative design software;Ability to learn and utilise software in your work;Good command of English;Great time management and planning;proven experience in various aspects of digital marketing but also with the flexibility to work as needed as part of our sales team;the ability to work weekends;the legal right to work in New Zealand; andthe ability to travel for work.In your cover letter, please provide us with some links to any work products that might give us an insight into your style and approach to marketing and branding.