Ardent
Marketing Assistant
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Who we're looking for
We are looking for a Marketing Assistant to join our digital agency on a 3-month contract. You will be assisting with client marketing campaigns on paid social, PPC, TV, OOH, and other channels. Alongside that, you will assist with Ardent's own marketing.
About Ardent
Ardent is a specialist marketing agency for the education sector. We help schools, universities, and learning providers grow through exceptional content and smart advertising.
With more than 20 years' experience, 100+ education clients, and 500+ campaigns delivered, we bring strategy, creative production, and digital marketing together under one roof. That covers everything from brand films and animation to paid social, PPC, and SEO/AEO.
The role
This is a great chance to learn how a specialist agency grows some of the best-known names in education. You'll work alongside our strategy, creative, and digital teams from day one.
As our Marketing Assistant, you'll support client campaigns across digital channels. You'll help with getting campaigns live, prepare reports, and keep assets up to date and make sure projects land on time. You'll get hands-on experience with paid social, PPC, and campaign reporting for schools, universities, and other learning providers.
You'll also sink your teeth into Ardent's own marketing, from social content and lead magnets to awards entries and case studies.
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It's a contract role based in London with hybrid working, and it has the potential to become permanent.
Client work
Campaign support
- Support the paid media team day to day across our digital retainers, building ads, uploading approved copy + creative
- Monitor campaigns daily for budget pacing, disapprovals, and broken links
Reporting
- Pull data and draft monthly paid media reports for sign-off
- Keep a log of results that could be used in future case studies
Account admin
- Take notes on client calls, log actions, and send follow-ups
- Keep account plans and renewal dates up to date
Ardent's own marketing
Beyond client work, you'll have the chance to gain broader experience in B2B content marketing by supporting Ardent's own marketing.
- Help create social content, lead magnets, and case studies
- Support our newsletter and awards entries
What we're looking for
- At least 1 year's relevant experience, ideally in an agency or the education sector
- A marketing qualification, a degree, or equivalent
- A clear, confident communicator, in writing and in person
- Diligent and detail-driven - you master your craft and check your work before it goes out
- Committed and proactive - you take the initiative and go above and beyond for clients and the team
- Digitally confident and quick to pick up new platforms, from Google Ads and Meta to HubSpot, ClickUp, and AI tools like Claude
- Experience in digital marketing and knowledge of ad platforms desirable but not essential
- Able to work from our Hackney office three days a week
- Must be available to start immediately
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Life at Ardent
We believe education has the power to transform lives and drive real change in society. Our vision is a fairer future and a better world through education. Our mission is to help educators make a wider positive impact by crafting powerful stories and helping them share those stories with the world.
We're a small, creative team in Hackney, and everything we make is in service of that belief. If you want your work to mean something, you'll fit right in.
What you'll get
- Real responsibility on live campaigns for some of the best-known names in education
- Training and support to upskill in Google Ads, Meta, and HubSpot
- Hands-on experience with AI tools which we use across the whole team
- Creative inspiration sessions in the studio - watching films, pulling references apart, and sharing ideas
- Regular one-to-ones and direct, honest feedback, so you always know where you stand
- Quarterly company updates on how we're doing and where we're heading
- The potential to become permanent
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