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Blood Cancer UK • London/Hybrid

Direct Marketing Coordinator

Employment type:  Full time
Salary:  £32,000 - £36,000 / year

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top 3 scores:
92%

Location flexibility

90%

Hours flexibility

90%

Autonomy

Job Description

As a charity, we are hugely proud of the impact we have had on behalf of people affected by blood cancer. The £500million we have invested in research over the last 60 years has saved many thousands of lives. This is an exciting time to join Blood Cancer UK as we are now in a position where the day we will beat blood cancer is finally in sight as we strive towards our mission to beat blood cancer within a generation. We are looking for an experienced and driven Direct Marketing Coordinator to support the Direct Marketing Managers in the delivery of our fundraising campaigns and development and managing our online shop. Our fundraising channels cover a number of channels including Direct Mail, Social Media, PPC, TM etc. While the role will be supporting the Direct Managers in delivery of the team’s objectives there is the opportunity to lead on projects and delivery of objectives for the right candidate.

Key Responsibilities

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Aid the delivery of a long-term acquisition and development strategy within Direct Marketing, incorporating both prize and cause led fundraising products
  • Monitor and manage supporter journeys across all direct marketing activities
  • Ensure digital integration and tracking is in place for all campaigns
  • Take the lead for day to day management of campaigns
  • Manage day to day relationships with external agencies if necessary and take immediate action if any problems arise, working with the agencies to find a solution
  • Produce and circulate results reports for direct marketing activities
  • Work across the organisation to gather and develop content for direct marketing activities
  • Support Direct Marketing Managers on other projects as requested

THINGS WE ALL DO

  • Promote Blood Cancer UK’s vision, mission and core values
  • We’re all fundraisers. This is slightly different for all roles, and your team will have fundraising KPIs and objectives we all work to
  • Attend and assist at Blood Cancer UK events and activities as required (NB this involves evening and weekend work)
  • Be an effective ambassador for Blood Cancer UK at any activity you attend
  • All staff are expected to adhere to Blood Cancer UK’s policies and procedures
  • Do any other reasonable things your manager needs you to do
  • We work in partnership with our community by actively involving people affected by blood cancer in the decisions we make about our work – what we do and how we do it

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

  • Experience of delivering direct marketing campaigns and/or ecommerce platforms.
  • Experience of working on campaigns or products from brief to evaluation, including planning, reporting and budget management.
  • Experience of briefing and managing relationships with external suppliers and building and maintaining relationships with internal teams to foster team spirit and achievement of shared goals.
  • Experience of working on digital fundraising campaigns.
  • Good understanding of fundraising regulation and data protection.
  • Works with minimal supervision to ensure the successful achievement of results through the effective planning and understanding of objectives, maintaining high standards while working on multiple tasks.
  • Comes up with imaginative solutions to business situations and have the capacity to identify alternatives to traditional methods and approaches.
  • Builds and maintains good working relationships with colleagues to foster team spirit, commitment to the team and achievement of shared goals.
  • Possesses a problem-solving mentality to challenges and identify alternatives to traditional methods and approaches.
  • A commitment to equal opportunities, diversity, inclusion, and the values of Blood Cancer UK.

Company benefits

Open to part-time employees
Open to job sharing
Open to compressed hours
Sabbaticals
Enhanced maternity leave – Our maternity/shared parental/adoption offer is 12 weeks at full pay, 12 weeks at half pay, followed by 15 weeks at the statutory rate.
Enhanced paternity leave – Our paternity leave offer is 6 weeks at full pay.
Adoption leave
Shared parental leave
Work from anywhere scheme – For the vast majority of our roles, there is no requirement to work from one of our offices. We meet up as an organisation at 2-4 in-person events each year, such as all-staff away days.
30 days annual leave + bank holidays
Enhanced sick pay – Our enhanced sick pay offer is: Up to two years’ service: 4 weeks full pay and 4 weeks half pay After two years’ service: 12 weeks full pay and 12 weeks half pay
Pregnancy loss leave
Fertility treatment leave
Teambuilding days

We asked employees of Blood Cancer UK what it's like to work there, and this is what they told us.

Location flexibility
92%
Employees are very happy with their working location freedom
Hours flexibility
90%
Employees are very happy with the flexibility in the hours they work
Benefits
82%
Employees are very happy with the benefits their company offers
Work-life balance
78%
Employees feel that they can switch off quite easily from work
Role modelling
85%
Employees feel that flexible working is part of the culture
Autonomy
90%
Employees feel they have complete autonomy over getting their work done

Working at Blood Cancer UK

Company employees

120

Gender diversity (male:female:non-binary)

21:78:1

Currently Hiring Countries

United Kingdom

Office Locations

Awards & Achievements

Most flexible companies

Most flexible companies

Flexa100 2024
3rd – Charity & Tech For Good

3rd – Charity & Tech For Good

Industry awards 2023
Most flexible companies

Most flexible companies

Flexa100 2023
1st – Charity & Tech For Good

1st – Charity & Tech For Good

Industry awards 2022

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