About Savona
We service 20 counties across the South East, South West and Central England, delivering in our fleet of 40+ multi-temperature vehicles to the hospitality, education, care, contract catering and leisure sectors. We are a group of likeminded people with a modern outlook, on a mission to provide foodservice that just works. Employing around 240 staff, we have three locations: Kidlington in Oxford, Barking in London, and Ilfracombe in Devon.
The Role
The Marketing & Events Coordinator is a newly created role, instrumental in building our customer and partner communities to reinforce our brand values, generate leads and meet business goals.
The role requires someone who can confidently work with internal and external stakeholders to plan, coordinate and deliver in-person events. These range from small, personalised, promotional and education events, to larger exhibitions (both own and third party). You must be available January to end of February for our annual exhibition.
With the Savona brand integral to cementing our point of difference in a busy marketplace, this role will be based in our Oxford location, while working closely with the Head of Marketing (based in Ilfracombe) to be the brand ambassador for our Oxford and London locations and supporting the broader marketing efforts.
Job Responsibilities
- Ensure brand consistency across all touchpoints
- Plan and deliver our annual exhibitions
- Work with cross functional teams to organise personalised sales events in our development kitchen at our Oxford depot
- Create company invites, flyers and literature that will be utilised at events
- Research and suggest future events and marketing initiatives that meet company growth plans
- Support wider marketing campaigns and activities, aligning event goals with broader brand and business strategies
- Be the primary point of contact for managing all print media, ensuring timely production and delivery of materials that support events and other sales and marketing initiatives.
Person Specification
Knowledge, Skills and Experience
The ideal candidate will be passionate, creative, and detail-oriented, with exceptional project management skills and a drive to make a meaningful impact. This is a fast-paced environment, so must be adept at working flexibly and adapting as needed.
While this role will be primarily located at our HQ in Kidlington, Oxford, regular travel to our other depots and event locations will be required.
This is a very collaborative role in a fast paced, forward-thinking business. You will…
- Work closely with the purchasing & sales teams to agree a calendar of events to drive sales
- Generate ROI reports showing marketing influence on sales growth
- Collaborate with your colleagues in marketing to promote activities on social media, websites and emarketing.
- Writing and creating compelling invites and supporting literature
- Have design skills to create the invites and literature – preferably using canva (or similar)
- Display outstanding attention to detail
- Have knowledge of audience segmentation to create appropriate invite lists
- Assist in the formulation of strategies to build a lasting community with customer
- A minimum of 3 years experience
How to apply
To apply, please send your CV to Erica Bennett for an informal discussion about the role, please call her on 07521 417169.
