Director of Sales Marketing and Communications
Full time
£25-30K plus sales bonus
Office hours based in Brighton (some flexibility needed as occasional evening or weekend working may be required)
Initial 6 month contract subject to review towards permanent role
Starting August 4th
We are seeking a Sales and Marketing Director to lead our income generation and digital expansion strategy. You will also be the major student sales and communications liaison at Jing Advanced Massage and training.
Jing is an internationally renowned educational institution founded in 2001. It is the largest of its kind in the UK and Europe. Serving over 20,000 massage therapists, physiotherapists, osteopaths and midwives. Jing offers the only UK degree in massage therapy written and delivered by its founders. We deliver online and in-person courses geared toward complementary medical professionals in the area of clinical massage, pathology, musculoskeletal anatomy, and several diverse CPD courses.
We are looking for a strong candidate to lead all sales, marketing strategies and support our students through their journey. You have to love people and have a real passion for supporting people to achieve their dreams through education, particularly non-traditional students.
This is a creative, demanding, engaging role that is highly diverse.
This is a senior management position in an exceptional company. We are a small powerful team. It is a very unique opportunity to straddle both the day-to-day interaction with clients and have a strong input strategically.
All team members have a sense of individual and collective responsibility for Jing. That means we all contribute to the big picture and we all roll up our sleeves when needed. We love our work. We change people’s lives for the better. We teach and support professionals to get people out of pain. Jing is an amazing organisation, join us.
Jing is innovation in action. We achieved the unachievable and now want to get that education out worldwide. Help change the world for the better.
The successful candidate will be
– Passionate about life,
– Believe all things are possible.
– Drive for sales at all levels
– Believe in what we do
– Highly motivated and thrive in a context of creativity and innovation.
– Work to deadlines with accuracy and self-motivation
– Great team player
– Emotionally Intelligent
– A confident communicator at all levels including global conferences as well as 1 to 1 on the phone
– Understand the role that digital plays in all types of engagement
– a natural problem solver
– Confident with technology especially with mac based software– MS Office, Cloud-based database(Infusionsoft), and online e-commerce package (woo-commerce)
– Have experience in communications, events and brand building
– Experience with SEO a plus
– Want to make every day the best one yet
Main Duties
· Create annual and 5-year expansion strategy
· Oversee and execute all annual sales targets – hands-on and digital courses including a membership site
· Report to directors on weekly/ monthly/quarterly and annual sales targets
· Lead generation and prospecting
· Be both manager and direct sales contact.
· Plan promotions and problem solve supportive technology through website and accounting software.
· Student support liaison- booking and keeping students on courses, dealing with all student scheduling, cancellations, and rebooking- 1st line of communication
· Overseeing website, social media, and brand awareness
· Creating digital content and communication
· Daily posting on Social Media – create content and all client communications
· Report to Directors re: projects sales targets and all relevant communications
· Liaise with stakeholders and create partnership opportunities
· Manage team of freelancers and work with the management team
We welcome and strongly encourage individuals of all backgrounds to apply for this role.
Please apply with CV, and a professional statement of interest -outlining your relevant experience and what you feel you can bring to the role. (500-1000 words)
Deadline: Monday 19th July at 12pm.
Interviews will be interactive and in-person: Thursday 22nd 1-3pm