Closed
CLOSING DATE:
28/02/2015
Marketing Assistant
Undergraduate Degree
- Closing Date:
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28/02/2015
- Skill:
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Marketing market research and PR
- Region:
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Edinburgh and Lothians
- Salary
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£6.50 per hour
- Length:
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12 weeks
- Ref code
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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
Bathgate
TBC
01/06/2015
Company information
Catalent is a global provider of pharmaceutical solutions. Our name derives from Catalyst + Talent and we are the world's number 1 drug development, delivery and supply partner for drugs, biologics and consumer health products. Catalent Bathgate is part of the Clinical Supply Services division and at the cutting edge of patient centric packaging solutions.
Life Sciences
Company website: www.catalent.com
John Harrison
01506 813123