National Marketing Assistant (1 Year Contract - Maternity Leave Coverage)

Love travel, working with people, and bringing creative ideas to life? This might be the role for you!

Maritime Travel is looking for a creative, organized, and motivated full-time National Marketing Assistant to join our Marketing team on a 12-13 month contract supporting a maternity leave. This is an entry-level role ideal for someone eager to gain hands-on experience in digital marketing, social media, and brand communications within the travel industry, while supporting marketing initiatives for more than 90 branch locations across Canada.

This is a hybrid position, with one day per week working from home and the remainder in office downtown Halifax.

Key Responsibilities:

• Assist with the creation, scheduling, and deployment of weekly marketing emails
• Support email design, copy updates, and website landing page creation
• Help manage and update national social media accounts
• Schedule posts, monitor engagement, and respond to comments and messages under guidance
• Manage paid social media advertising, including setup, audience selection, and budget tracking
• Assist with managing and supporting social media teams nationwide
• Use Canva to design social media posts, flyers, and other marketing materials
• Support branch marketing requests such as social posts, email promotions, flyers, and in-branch materials
• Assist with website updates for promotions, escorted tours, and national sales
• Provide general marketing and administrative support to the marketing team as needed
• Support the launch of the new Nordik Spa at Brunello across website and social media platforms
• Attend spring meetings with branch managers in the local region to understand branch marketing tactics

Preferred Qualifications & Skills:

• Degree in marketing, communications or business
• Practical social media experience in a business or professional setting
• Interest in understanding web analytics and performance data
• Creative, detail-oriented, and ability to meet deadlines
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a team environment
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office

Benefits and Perks:

• 2 weeks of vacation
• Comprehensive group benefits coverage on a premium cost-shared basis, including: health, dental, vision, Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Meet the teams! Attend a National Staff Conference for all staff featuring training and plenty of fun

About Us - Maritime Travel

Maritime Travel has been in business since 1949 and is one of Canada's largest independent travel agency chains, with over 90 locations coast to coast. We hire and train the best staff, empowering them to give our clients excellent service and value. Named one of the Top 25 Best Employers in Canada for 2020, and one of Canada's Best Managed Companies for 27 consecutive years, Maritime/LeGrow's Travel provides a dynamic team environment.

If you're passionate about marketing, social media, and travel, and excited to gain real-world experience in a supportive team environment - we'd love to hear from you!

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