Job description
Do you want to work in one of Scotland’s most successful marketing communications agencies?
As Partner Liaison Officer, your role will sit within our agency’s account management team – Bringing creative campaigns to life by building vital partnerships that will extend the reach of our important campaign messaging to our target audiences.
This role is highly sociable, working alongside account handlers to develop and manage partner relationships for national campaigns. You will work within Union Connect, the experiential, events, partnerships and communications arm of the Union.
Ideal for a recent graduate, or someone returning to work, we are looking for someone who is confident and enjoys building relationships with partners and stakeholders, both on the phone and in person. You will also be comfortable presenting and confident with new people.
This role is guaranteed to present you with a steep learning curve, sharpening your organisation, team working and communication skills.
Some of the things you’ll be doing:
- Organising and updating partner tracker documents to an extremely high level of detail
- Managing and building multiple partner relationships
- Cold and warm partner outreach (phone calls, video calls and face to face meetings)
- Managing your time efficiently to ensure the campaign budget is well spent
- Working on and developing creative partnership solutions, bespoke to the partners you are working with
- Supporting the overall strategic campaign work
- Documenting project progress – status reports, contact reports etc.
- Providing support to your team – you will report directly to an Account Manager.
This is a role for those who enjoy and thrive in a pressurised environment. It’s fast-paced, and you must have the ability to think on your feet, juggling multiple partner contacts, while still ensuring that everything is delivered to a perfect standard and on time. You will be:
Self-motivated
Very sociable and good with people
Positive and have a can-do attitude
Very strong in both spoken and written communication
Well-organised with an eye for detail
Good at problem-solving
As Partner Liaison Officer, your role will sit within our agency’s account management team – Bringing creative campaigns to life by building vital partnerships that will extend the reach of our important campaign messaging to our target audiences.
This role is highly sociable, working alongside account handlers to develop and manage partner relationships for national campaigns. You will work within Union Connect, the experiential, events, partnerships and communications arm of the Union.
Ideal for a recent graduate, or someone returning to work, we are looking for someone who is confident and enjoys building relationships with partners and stakeholders, both on the phone and in person. You will also be comfortable presenting and confident with new people.
This role is guaranteed to present you with a steep learning curve, sharpening your organisation, team working and communication skills.
Some of the things you’ll be doing:
- Organising and updating partner tracker documents to an extremely high level of detail
- Managing and building multiple partner relationships
- Cold and warm partner outreach (phone calls, video calls and face to face meetings)
- Managing your time efficiently to ensure the campaign budget is well spent
- Working on and developing creative partnership solutions, bespoke to the partners you are working with
- Supporting the overall strategic campaign work
- Documenting project progress – status reports, contact reports etc.
- Providing support to your team – you will report directly to an Account Manager.
This is a role for those who enjoy and thrive in a pressurised environment. It’s fast-paced, and you must have the ability to think on your feet, juggling multiple partner contacts, while still ensuring that everything is delivered to a perfect standard and on time. You will be:
Self-motivated
Very sociable and good with people
Positive and have a can-do attitude
Very strong in both spoken and written communication
Well-organised with an eye for detail
Good at problem-solving
The Package
The role, which is a blend of remote and Edinburgh-based at present, comes with excellent career development opportunities. You will learn from and develop alongside some of the most talented marketing minds in Scotland. We are committed to supporting you too – for example through our employee wellness initiatives.
The Union Group seeks to employ the best talent in the market; regardless of gender, orientation, class, culture or ethnicity. If you can do the job better than everyone else, you’re hired. Only by attracting the very best people can we continue to produce the very best work.
Salary is negotiable, dependent on experience.
This is a flexible working role and is 19 hours p/w, between Monday to Friday and the working hours of 9-5.30.
The Union Group seeks to employ the best talent in the market; regardless of gender, orientation, class, culture or ethnicity. If you can do the job better than everyone else, you’re hired. Only by attracting the very best people can we continue to produce the very best work.
Salary is negotiable, dependent on experience.
This is a flexible working role and is 19 hours p/w, between Monday to Friday and the working hours of 9-5.30.
The Agency
Union Connect
Union Connect is one of Scotland’s leading communications agencies, specialising in field marketing, experiential, partnerships and PR. Our current client list extends across both B2B and B2C, public and private organisations, including hospitality, tourism, charity, education, food & beverage, and retail.