Job Description
Marketing Assistant
Location: Boston, Lincolnshire
Hours Of Work: 40 per week - 8:30 am - 5:00 pm
Days Of Work: Monday to Friday
Term: Permanent
Location: Boston, Lincolnshire
Full-Time, Permanent role
Working hours: Monday - Friday, On-Site, 0830 - 1700
About Pilgrim Foodservice
Pilgrim Foodservice is a growing, family-owned foodservice business based in Boston, Lincolnshire, supplying hospitality and catering customers across the UK. With over 330 colleagues nationwide and continued investment in our prepared veg facility and purpose-built butchery, we now offer more than 5,000 product lines across fresh produce, chilled, frozen and locally sourced ranges.
Digital ordering is central to the company’s commercial success, with nearly 80% of customers placing orders online. The website, marketing campaigns and digital content all play an important role in how customers discover products, place orders and engage with the brand.
About the role
Pilgrim Foodservice is seeking a motivated and creative Marketing Assistant to support the delivery of digital marketing activity and help maintain a consistent and engaging brand presence across multiple channels.
The Marketing Assistant will support the Marketing team with website content, digital brochures, social media, email campaigns and online product information. This is a varied role providing hands-on experience across digital marketing, content creation and e-commerce.
The position is well suited to someone at the beginning of their marketing career who is eager to learn, develop practical digital marketing skills and contribute to the continued growth of the brand.
Key Responsibilities
* Assist with the creation and maintenance of digital brochures, ensuring product information is accurate, up to date and aligned with brand standards.
* Support the delivery of email marketing campaigns by preparing content, uploading assets and testing campaigns before launch.
* Help create, schedule and monitor content for social media platforms.
* Upload and maintain website product listings, ensuring product descriptions, imagery and information are accurate and well presented.
* Assist with graphic design tasks for digital campaigns, adapting artwork for use across email, social media and website channels.
* Write and edit blog content to support SEO, brand messaging and customer engagement.
* Provide general support across wider marketing campaigns and assist the Marketing and E-Commerce Executives where required.
* Ensure brand consistency across all marketing communications.
Skills & Experience
* A degree in Marketing, Business, Graphic Design or a related field is preferred.
* Strong interest in marketing, digital media and e-commerce.
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
* Strong attention to detail and organisational ability.
* Comfortable using Microsoft Office.
* Experience with graphic design tools such as Adobe Creative Suite or Canva would be advantageous.
* Proactive, organised and comfortable managing multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment.
Why join us?
Pilgrim Foodservice is a growing and ambitious foodservice business where marketing plays a key role in communicating with customers and driving sales.
As a Marketing Assistant, you will gain broad exposure to digital marketing, e-commerce and brand development while working alongside an experienced commercial and marketing team. This role offers a strong opportunity to develop practical marketing skills within a successful and expanding family-owned UK business.
Apply today for immediate consideration. Have any questions? Please contact recruitment@pilgrimfoods.co.uk