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Closed CLOSING DATE: 28/02/2015

Catalent CTS (Edinburgh) Ltd

Marketing Assistant

Undergraduate Degree

Closing Date:: 28/02/2015
Skill:: Marketing market research and PR
Region:: Edinburgh and Lothians
Salary: £6.50 per hour
Length:: 12 weeks
Ref code: HSZXVWBLNW

Placement summary

The successful student will lead a 12 week project to market the Catalent Bathgate site to the Life Sciences sector in Scotland through mail shots and using Social media to outline the services, capacity and capabilities of the site.

Job description

Project Description

Catalent is a large Global organisation with 30 sites across 5 continents. We provide contract services to the pharmaceutical industry including development and manufacturing of drug products. The site in Bathgate is the only site in Scotland and has very few Scottish customers. The life sciences industry in Scotland, particularly in Regenerative medicine requires clinical trials as part of the drug development process and we want to ensure that they use the Bathgate site to package and distribute the clinical trial supplies. In addition, to market the other development and manufacturing services which Catalent provides globally. The project will provide a one off mail shot to potential clients so that they know what we do and where we are. In addition provide a legacy of social media information which can be repeat messaged/marketed in the future. The successful student will work with the necessary departments, including business development, marketing and the site to design and create any marketing materials for mail shots. They will identify the target companies and the most effective types of social media to make the biggest impact for market growth in Scotland.

Qualifications

This placement is part of Skills Development Scotland’s ‘Life Sciences CV Competition’. Please ensure that you have read all of the following information before submitting an application: http://bit.ly/LifeSciencesComp. These placements are only open to undergraduate students in 1st, 2nd, or 3rd year, who are studying a Life Science Degree in Scotland.

Skills / Experience

Essential Skills

Studying towards a Life Sciences qualification with understanding of Marketing
Good IT skills Good communicator (written and verbal)
Organisational skills Use of and understanding of Social Media

Desirable Skills

Experience of a similar project

Benefits

Company benefits

The graduate will receive training induction to the site including EHS and understanding what the site produces and how it operates including an overview of clinical trial processing. The graduate will communicate at all levels of the business and will be exposed to many department functions (operations, quality, finance, procurement, project management, supply chain, business development and marketing).

Placement benefits

As part of the ScotGrad Graduate Placement Programme, the candidate will benefit from support from the ScotGrad Team and may have access to training.

Additional information

Location: Bathgate

Planned interview date: TBC

Preferred start date: 01/06/2015