Brand and Marketing Assistant Scholarships

The Institute of Physics (IOP) exists to help physics and the people behind it realise their potential for our lives, our society and our planet.

Working alongside our members and leaders from across the physics community and beyond, we ve identified three priorities that will shape our work over the next five years: Skills, Science and Society. These priorities sit at the heart of everything we do.

We re proud of our ambitious and forward looking strategy.

We re currently looking for a Brand and Marketing Assistant Scholarships on a fixed term basis, working 17.5 hours per week until the end of September, to help us deliver our mission.

What s it like working at the IOP?

The IOP is a friendly, inclusive and ambitious organisation. Diversity and inclusion are central to how we work. We focus on supporting our people to thrive, offering competitive pay, great development opportunities and a generous benefits package.

Some of our benefits include:

• An excellent pension scheme
• Private medical insurance, life assurance, dental insurance and a healthcare cash plan
• Eye care vouchers, annual flu vaccinations, long service awards and access to an employee assistance programme
• 25 days annual leave as a standard, in addition to floating bank holidays
• Flexible working opportunities

The Role

What will I be doing?

You ll be responsible for a range of activities, including:

• Assisting the wider team to deliver marketing strategies and plans for IOP priority projects.
• Building and maintaining excellent working relationships with internal and external stakeholders across the organisation.
• Acting as a brand ambassador and ensure that all materials are designed in accordance with the IOP s brand guidelines and visual identity.
• Supporting the delivery and maintenance of high quality, effective offline and online marketing communications materials that meet set objectives and targets, adhere to brand guidelines and deliver consistent messages.
• Applying creative thinking to support the wider team and assist with developing new promotional opportunities.
• Working closely with the wider Marketing team and internal and external stakeholders.
• Assisting with the evaluation of the effectiveness of campaigns, using insight and monitoring tools. Utilise these learnings to optimise future campaigns.
• Copywriting, editing and proofing a range of online and offline marketing communications materials.

Projects you may work on include:

• Teacher scholarships promotion.
• Promoting teaching as a career to a range of target audiences.
• Working with student ambassadors to raise awareness of the IOP and our membership.

Who will I work with?

You ll work closely with a range of colleagues and stakeholders, including:

• Predominantly within the communications and marketing team but also with a range of colleagues across multiple departments.
• The Department of Education.
• External freelancers and production companies.

Ideally, we hope you ll apply if you bring:

Essential:

• Experience of working within brand guidelines.
• Understanding of basic marketing concepts.
• Strong writing and copy-editing.
• Working within a complex organisation and liaising with multiple internal and external stakeholders.
• Good organisation skills and attention to detail.
• Flexibility and willingness to learn new skills and adapt to take on new tasks.

Nice to have:

• Working with databases, reports and analysing research.
• Familiarity with social media, email marketing and search engines.

At the IOP, we know that great candidates don t always tick every box. If your experience looks a little different, but you bring enthusiasm, curiosity and a willingness to learn, we d love to hear from you.

How to apply

Alongside your CV, please include a cover letter explaining how you meet the person specification.

How will I be working?

We work in a flexible, trust based way through our How We Work model. This gives individuals and teams the independence to choose how, when and where they work best, while recognising that some in person collaboration is important for impact especially from an operational standpoint.

You ll be assigned a base office, which can also be your chosen place of work. Most of our roles offer hybrid working as standard, with occasional office visits to help us stay connected and support our inclusive way of working. As an organization we meet in person once a quarter at our Head Office in Kings Cross, London.

Why join the IOP?

The IOP is the professional body and learned society for physics in the UK and Ireland. As a charity, we re passionate about increasing public understanding of physics and supporting a diverse and inclusive physics community.

We re committed to creating a welcoming and inclusive culture for everyone. If you need any reasonable adjustments during the application or recruitment process, please let us know we re always happy to help.

Please note whilst we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role, we warmly encourage applications from candidates who already have the right to work in the UK and Ireland.