Graduate Marketing Assistant Corporate

About Us  

Advance Northumberland is a “place shaping” one stop shop focused almost exclusively on regenerating Northumberland. Our people are our core competence, with a diverse skills mix, they form several discrete specialised business units, enabling us to deliver some of the most visionary and transformational projects. Whether its support and funding for new and developing businesses, the remediation of challenging brownfield sites, building of large-scale manufacturing units, delivering new purpose-built offices, delivery of major town centre redevelopments, including complex retail developments, leisure facilities or the delivery of high-quality market sale and affordable housing it can all be found in this unique regeneration company.  We work collaboratively with stakeholders and partners, delivering positive physical and economic development.  Focusing on the needs and aspirations of the county, addressing economic, housing and infrastructure challenges whilst capitalising on Northumberland’s significant assets and opportunities. We deliver a comprehensive regeneration capability to improve the County’s economic prosperity, regenerate communities, improve liveability and create a more connected and aspirational County.

In doing so, we will support a broader county-wide assets-based approach to promote economic growth and an improved quality of life for its communities. Building on the opportunities emerging from the Combined Authority’s initiatives to enhance its regeneration impact, taking its lead from Northumberland County Council, and working in collaboration with key partners.  Our marketing team provides support to the whole business, whether that be updating websites, managing social media posts or supporting arrangements for our annual conference, the team provides a full-remit marketing and communication service. This is a new role within the team, as we work on our ten year business plan and comms strategy.

The Role 
As our Graduate Marketing Assistant, you will work with teams across the business, assisting in the preparation of a wide range of marketing materials ensuring that our marketing plans are fulfilled. You will support events across the business from show home launches to business meetings and engagement with local communities. As a small team, it is likely that your marketing skills will be broad ranged, so that you can contribute to the wider marketing team.

Recent projects have included:

• Production of an in-house video to showcase the achievements of the group
• Production of streamlined power point for presentations at our colleague conference
• Updating and managing websites, to ensure accuracy
• Liaison with a variety of teams within the business, to understand their needs for social media and wider marketing activities
• Production of our monthly colleague newsletter
• Analysis of social media

Salary – £24,24.40 – with career pathway and agreed milestones. 

We care about our colleagues and their wellbeing and have been nationally recognised for this. Apart from the competitive salary and performance related incentive scheme, we also have fantastic benefits. We focus on our colleague’s health, wealth, and lifestyle.

Hybrid Working – We offer the capacity to work on a hybrid basis, with three days in the office / on site. Of course, initially you might be in the office more, whilst you get to know your colleagues and our activities in more detail. 

Our values are at the centre of our activities, linking to our vision to make Northumberland a wonderful place for people to live work and do business.

• Dedication – passionate and tenacious about delivering for Northumberland.
• Honesty – working to the highest standards of integrity and accountability.
• Collaboration – deliver in partnership with Northumberland County Council and organisations across the public and private sectors.

How to apply

To apply for this position, please send us your CV, and a letter of application, stating why you want to work for us, and what you would bring to the role, and send these to workforus@advancenorthumberland.co.uk

For an informal discussion, please contact: Alex Wiley on 07740401834, Closing date for applications – Monday 13^th October 2025 at 10.30am

Interviews will be held on the 20^th October 2025

We may close this role early if we receive sufficient applications. If you wish to withdraw your consent for us to process your application, please email us at: workforus@advancenorthumberland.co.uk