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Cell Line Products Marketing Specialist – Cambridge UK
Horizon Discovery, a leading provider of translational genomics research tools, is searching for a Cell Line Products Marketing Specialist to support the commercial success of the Cell Line Products’ catalogue.
This is an office based role and you will be responsible for tactical marketing
- Generating high quality content for Horizon’s cell line products portfolio (online and offline).
- Content management for existing and new configured products covering the X-MAN™ cell line product range.
- Delivering marketing communications activity (website content, monthly emailers, scientific editorials, scientific posters,…) as agreed with the Cell Line Product Manager.
- Marketing portfolio management.
- Work closely with the e-commerce team to automate targeted marketing where appropriate.
Communication
- Engage directly with customers and collaborators for producing customer facing technical application notes.
- Interact regularly with Horizon’s distributors to support their marketing requirements.
- Manage X-MAN™ cell lines news feed and coordinate social media activities.
- Regular reporting of activities to the marketing and commercial team.
- Communicate marketing strategy and tactics to sales team and distributors.
We will require you to work closely within the Cell Line Products team to meet and exceed team sales targets.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Responsible for product literature (web, flyers, emailers) of core X-MAN cell line products. Technical accuracy and attention to detail is important.
- Take responsibility for all new technical marketing literature (scientific posters, white papers, editorials).
- Build relationships with key customers to drive development of technical data-rich marketing collateral.
- Work collaboratively within the Cell Line Products team to meet and exceed sales targets.
- Identify new leads from conference lists, publications and the web to support the sales team.
- Play a central role in the development of the website and work closely with the e-commerce team to achieve this.
These tasks are essential functions for this position. However, these responsibilities may change as the Cell Line Products team expands and develops. The role will be separated into core tasks and defined projects. The projects will be commercially driven and look to improve the customer experience, drive sales and/or lead to process efficiencies. There will be opportunities to lead key projects. You will be reporting to the Associate Director, Product Management & Marketing.
REQUIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
Educational Background:
- Scientific bachelor’s degree or equivalent required.
- Post-graduate marketing qualification or commercial experience in a life science company is required.
Skills & Experience:
- Excellent scientific writing abilities.
- Ability to quickly understand highly technical concepts and translate them into marketing collateral required.
- Outstanding listening, verbal and written communication skills required.
- Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate effectively with a wide range of personality types required.
- Proficient with Microsoft Office (Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint) required.
- Familiarity with Horizon’s X-MAN Cell Line Product catalogue and technology desirable.
- Scientific marketing experience desirable.
- Experience working with a website content management system desirable
We can offer a varied and interesting working environment and as a growing company we are focused on recognition and empowerment of our employees. We are committed to high quality science to meet our client and growth needs. In addition to competitive salaries we can offer an attractive flexible benefits package.
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Job details
Employer:Horizon Discovery
Website:http://www.horizondiscovery.com
Expires:September 08, 2015
Job type:Other
Salary:Unspecified
Qualifications:Unspecified
Employment type:Unspecified
Job hours:Unspecified