The Guild of Fine Food
Marketing & operations assistant
Full time, permanent – office-based role in London, SE1
THE ROLE
We are looking for an enthusiastic marketing and operations assistant to join our busy team. This is a new role in the team and a rare opportunity to join the small and close-knit team who run some of the world’s most respected food and drink competitions: Great Taste and World Cheese Awards.
A fantastic opportunity that might suit someone wanting to build their experience in food, media or events, this multi-faceted role will focus on marketing our awards schemes and events as well as having an hands-on operational role in running our judging processes.
Reporting overall to the operations & marketing director, but working on a day-to-day basis with our marketing officer, as well as on specific operational tasks. You will be a key member of our operations and communications team, who are based across our two offices in London and Dorset. During Great Taste judging (February – June), this person will have a hands-on role helping to run the judging process in our London venue.
Due to the nature of our events and activities, this is an office-based role, and you need to be able to work in our office in London Bridge on a daily basis.
You will be joining the Guild at an exciting time, as we develop and grow our wide range of activities that support the independent food and drink sector. Specifically, you will be involved in:
This is predominantly a desk-based role, however due to the nature of the role and the Guild’s activities, there will also be significant hands-on event and marketing tasks on many activities throughout the year.
YOUR BACKGROUND
We’re a small and growing business with a brilliant team (meet them here !) who work across a broad range of activities. We’re looking for a self-motivated team player who is keen to get stuck into a variety of tasks across our projects. This is a great opportunity to gain a variety of experience and build on your marketing, operational and communications skills.
If you have some of the following skills and experience – or have the ability and willingness to learn – we’d love to hear from you:
Useful experience
Ideally you’ve got some basic marketing experience and are keen to learn more. Useful marketing experience might include:
On the events side of things, it’s helpful, but not essential, if you’ve been involved in some event planning and execution, for example:
You’ll be working in an environment that handles food so a background in food or hospitality will also be beneficial:
Please note, none of this experience is a requirement for applying for this role, but we want to give a good idea of the type of experience that will put you in a strong position and to give you more of an idea of what the position will entail if you join us.
Skills
WHAT WE CAN OFFER YOU
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Guild as we grow our team and develop our business – and in a small team, everyone plays a key role in the delivery of many of our projects.
We are offering a compelling package, including:
Our normal office hours are Monday to Friday, 9.30am – 5.30pm. During our events, especially Great Taste judging, the team work on a rota to cover opening and closing the judging venue, which might involve occasionally coming in slightly earlier or staying slightly later.
At the Guild of Fine Food, we are committed to creating an open and inclusive working environment. We want to offer equal opportunities for all and encourage applications from all – regardless of ethnicity, race, gender, sexuality, age or disability.
HOW TO APPLY
Click on the ‘Apply now’ button below. Please upload your CV and a cover letter outlining why this is the role for you and what experience you have to date.
The closing date for applications is 31 October 2024. Please note we may start interviewing before the closing date and if a suitable candidate is found then the position may close early – so please get in touch with us as soon as possible if this position is of interest to you.
For more information: gff.co.uk/about-us