Digital Marketing Assistant

Fred. Olsen Travel was established in 1988 with family values at its heart with a passion to create unforgettable holiday experiences. As one of the UK’s most established travel companies, we continue to provide an environment where our people can thrive, and where growth and great culture go hand-in-hand. We are proud to provide an outstanding customer service, choice and value for money through our distinct specialist areas.

With 28 retail travel branches distributed across East Anglia and the South Coast, our retail team are on hand to offer holiday advise whenever needed. We are also the UK General Sales Agents for Star Clippers, Amadeus River Cruises, Pandaw River Cruises and American Cruise Lines. Additionally, from our Head Office in Ipswich we operate Fred. Olsen Business Travel providing a full corporate travel service and Fred. Holidays specialising in tailormade holidays in Rail and cruises, as well as Go Cruise and Travel Franchises.

Our mission is to be a world class provider of travel products and services with a reputation for outstanding customer service, unrivalled choice, exceptional quality and value for money.

We are searching for a passionate Digital Marketing Assistant to join our growing Fred. Holidays Marketing team based in our Ipswich Head Office. The ideal candidate will be eager to learn and assist with various digital marketing tasks, including creating social media campaign posts across multiple platforms including Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, YouTube and X, promotional campaigns, assisting with support for paid media across multiple platforms, as well as contributing to aspects of video design and development. Reporting to the Social Media Manager, this exciting and varied role will provide support and training in Social Media, Promotional Campaigns and Paid Media.

We are keen to hear from candidates who are creative and eager to jump in, learn fast, and help shape exciting campaigns. Familiarity with key social media platforms-including Facebook, Instagram, X (formerly Twitter), TikTok, and LinkedIn-will give you a strong advantage. We’re especially interested in candidates who understand how to create content tailored to each platform, stay on top of trends, and know what drives engagement in different digital spaces. While not essential, having a basic familiarity with graphic design tools-such as Adobe, as well as a working knowledge of simple video creation or editing tools would be a great advantage. These skills will help you bring creative ideas to life and contribute more dynamically to our digital campaigns.

This is a Full-Time permanent position based at our Head Office (Fred Olsen House, 42 White House Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP1 5LL) Working 35 hours per week (Monday - Friday 9am-5pm) A hybrid work pattern is also available.

The salary for this position is £18,200 - £23,920 per annum, depending on experience.

As an equal opportunity employer, we celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We want to ensure that you feel supported throughout the application process and provide reasonable adjustments where necessary and requested. If you require any reasonable adjustments as part of your application and interview process, please do not hesitate to let us know.

We know our people are our biggest strength, and we’re determined to continuously enhance the way we manage, develop, and lead. Here at Fred. Olsen Travel we are proud to be accredited by Investors in People, and we take pride in putting our employees first.

Fred. Olsen Travel offers a wide range of exciting employee benefits including but not limited to Bupa Private Medical, Life Assurance, Enhanced Maternity & Paternity Pay, Discounted Travel, Cruise Concessions plus retail discounts and cash back incentives through our MyBenefits scheme.

Attached to this advert you will find a full overview of the fantastic benefits we offer, along with a detailed Job Profile for this position.

Our values are:

Customer Driven: We strive to look through the lens of each customer to ensure we continuously put their needs and expectations at the heart of everything we do.

Valuing Diversity: We believe differing views and experiences make us stronger. By working to create a representative and inclusive business, we can deliver the right solution to our customers in the right way.

Investing in people: We believe that by continuously seeking to grow personally and professionally develop our people, we can improve our future today.

Winning Together: We deliver our best outcomes and results when we all pull in the same direction, creating a positive team spirit where people feel valued, support each other and share in success together.

Doing the right thing: We pride ourselves on doing what is right and building trust in every situation with our people, customers and community.