Brand Assistant

Brand Assistant/Associate

About the Company

Vanquish Fitness was created in 2015 by two school friends, Oliver Maloney and Ruben O’Brien, and is now, not just an apparel brand and online retailer, but one of the fastest growing fitness communities in the world! Our mission is to inspire our colleagues on their pursuit of self-defined greatness. Providing the time and resources that our employees need to strive to become Better Than Yesterday.

About the Role

We are looking for a Marketing Associate to join our team to work with our Influencer marketing program and Social Media platforms. We are looking for someone with experience and an understanding of influencer and social media marketing that can hit the ground running to build and manage relationships with our athletes, influencers and internal teams, isn’t afraid to think outside the box, and can help to drive our social media platforms.

The ideal candidate will have experience using their initiative and think outside the box to plan and strategise engaging and creative social media campaigns and have experience/knowledge of influencer marketing strategies. You will be able to assist the Marketing/Social Media Manager and Influencer Manager to execute the marketing strategies across brand and marketing. You will play a key part in increasing brand awareness and pushing the brand identity to our audience. You will be excellent at relationship building and communication with an understanding of the talent acquisition process. You will also assist the team in booking campaign shoots, organising models, stylists etc

The ideal person will have a creative mindset to put together briefs and creative campaign concepts and work with the wider team to execute campaigns, attend photo shoots and deliver high quality content. You must have your finger on the pulse when it comes to social media and thorough knowledge of different platforms and how to utilise them. Experience and understanding of the fitness industry would be beneficial.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Assist the Influencer Manager in talent acquisition
• Asist in liaising with Influencers and agents to build strong relationships and negotiate rates
• Assist in writing creative, engaging and clear briefs for athletes on content required to execute campaigns across the Vanquish social channels
• Conceptualize ideas for new influencer campaigns
• Event coordination and assistance throughout with the wider teams
• Manage and plan company content calendar for each social media platform, per week, reporting to the wider team and amending content where necessary
• Regularly monitor and report on follower changes as well as algorithm changes across all platforms and report to all departments to maintain a full understanding of the VQ customers
• Edit both existing and original content and be comfortable creating graphics, memes, reels, TikToks and stories
• Deliver relevant and impactful content across all Vanquish social channels through our brand ambassadors
• Constantly research and conceptualise the best practices to drive conversion
• Work with Social team to organise influencers when needed for shoots and events
• Help drive traffic to increase overall engagement rates and sales
• Mood board, plan and conceptualise ideas for Vanquish shoots including campaign, video, location, studio, ecommerce and content days
• Pre-production management for shoots including negotiating and booking models, locations, equipment, photo/videographers, freelancers and sourcing relevant permits/ insurance documents required
• Booking travel/ accommodation as required ahead of shoots
• Preparing, packing, ordering and transporting all samples, props and equipment required for shoots
• Create organic visual content including TikToks and Instagram assets - Using your initiative at photo shoots, content days, events and in the office
• Involvement in conceptualizing, planning and executing creative campaigns
• Work closely with our Graphic Designer on content for Social Media
• Research market trends and carry out competitor analysis
• Understand KPIs and analyse metrics
• Involvement in internal processes and department ways of working

About You

• 1+ years within a similar role (even better if it’s within a similar industry)
• Understanding of influencer and social media marketing
• Event/shoot booking/management experience
• Excellent organisation and time management skills
• Creative and innovative mindset
• Budget management
• Experience working with talent
• Experience working with social media platforms, analysing and noting data and strategizing changes for growth
• Impeccable written and verbal communication skills
• Confidence to think outside the box and bring ideas to the table
• Passion and understanding of the fitness industry

Benefits

25 days annual leave (plus BH)

Sick Pay

Healthcare cash plan

Annual apparel allowance

Discounts on everything Vanquish

Attendance to our community events

Free drinks in the office

Quarterly Socials

Hybrid working (2 days from home)

35 hour working week

Free Parking

Modern office in the grounds of a beautiful House gardens, perfect for lunch time walks to get your steps in