About Us

Founded in 2019, Ocean Bottle is a brand dedicated to positively impacting the world, built on the power of collective action and imperfect sustainability efforts. We have shipped hundreds of thousands of units across the world and formed partnerships with renowned brands from all walks of life. We have also collected 14,164,500 kg of plastic whilst simultaneously improving the livelihoods of the communities we work with. With a focus on diversity and our impact pillars of Ocean Health, Social Good, Closing the Loop, and Climate Action, our aim is to prevent the equivalent of 7 billion plastic bottles from entering the ocean by 2025.

Born from Ocean Bottle, we have recently launched our new proposition, Ocean Co., which is the world's first ocean health platform, committed to restoring, protecting, and securing the well-being of the ocean. Our goal is to connect individuals and brands worldwide with the ocean's prosperous future, through plug-and-play solutions. Using our technology platform, our community members are provided with immersive education, measurable impact, real-time traceability information, and inspiring field stories. By combining education and action, Ocean Co. strives to ensure a healthy and sustainable ocean for the benefit of all.

Together, Ocean Bottle and Ocean Co., are united in a joint mission to combat ocean plastic and promote environmental and social justice.

About The Role

We’re looking for a B2B Marketing Assistant to join our Marketing team. Reporting to our Trade Marketing Manager, this role will deliver marketing activities online and at events aimed at driving new business leads and supporting our top clients across various B2B channels, including direct sales, vendors (think corporate merchandise), and wholesale.

Success looks like:

Creating high-quality, engaging content that resonates with our B2B audience
Effectively planning and executing trade shows and industry events, ensuring they run smoothly and within budget
Keeping the Ocean Bottle Partners’ Portals updated with accurate and current product and brand assets
Designing and implementing successful email campaigns that achieve high open and click-through rates

Key Responsibilities

Your core areas of focus across the organisation will be:

Content creation, including assisting with copywriting for blog and LinkedIn posts, product listings, sell sheets, brochures, and other collateral as required
Assisting with planning and cost tracking for trade shows, webinars, and industry events to optimise lead generation and elevate the brand
Keeping the Ocean Bottle Partners’ Portal up-to-date with the latest product, order, and brand assets for our clients
Supporting the creation of email campaigns to nurture and convert leads
Staying up-to-date with and sharing industry trends and best practices in marketing and sustainability

What You’ll Get

Remuneration

We’re looking to pay a starting salary of £27,352 for this role, depending on experience. In addition, we offer a range of benefits as detailed below.

Other Benefits

📈 Stock options: We provide stock options so you’re as invested in our future growth as we are!

🏝️ Enhanced annual leave: we’ll give you 25 days of paid holiday, plus bank holidays, and the day off to celebrate your birthday each year! We also offer discretionary leave at the EOY to fully reset!

⏰ Flexible working: we have a hybrid working model which includes options for team remote-working months, flexible working, and flexible unpaid leave

🍼 Family leave: enhanced family leave for all employees based on tenure

🩺 Private Medical Insurance: we offer all employees PMI through Vitality to access high-quality private medical facilities and medical treatments, at a time and place that suits you.

🧠 Mental Health Support: all employees can access mental health support through the Spill platform

📚 Learning perks: get access to unlimited Professional Coaching through Mor Happi and £200 towards learning materials, books and courses every year, for your professional development

🔋eCommute Programme: access great salary sacrifice deals on electric vehicles through the eCommute Programme run by WeVee.

🚴 Cycle to Work: get access to 26-40% off your next bike purchase to help you reduce your carbon footprint

🧳 Annual team trip: we plan to do a team trip once a year if circumstances allow, bringing our team together to connect, learn and come away inspired

👕 Team merch: who better to rep our brand than our awesome team?! That’s why when you join you can get your hands on your very own Ocean Bottle, branded team merch and access to discounts on other products.

🐶 Friendly workspace: we have an awesome pet-friendly office in the heart of Soho. We want to make sure our office is a place you want to come to, therefore we put on regular team socials, have a fully-stocked fridge, provide DAME period products in our bathroom, and host regular lunch and learns, to name a few!

Equal Opportunities Statement

Ocean Bottle provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants. All employment decisions (including recruitment, hiring, promotion, compensation, transfer, training, discipline and termination) are based on the applicant’s or employee’s qualifications as they relate to the requirements of the position under consideration. These decisions are made without regard to age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic characteristics, race, colour, creed, religion, ethnicity, national origin, alienage, citizenship, disability, marital status, military status, pregnancy, or any other legally recognised protected basis prohibited by applicable law. If we can offer accommodations for you in the recruitment process or you have feedback on how to make our recruiting more accessible, please contact us at team@oceanbotte.co.

What We’re Looking For

We are looking for someone who will have experience in the following areas:

At least 1-2 years experience in a marketing role, preferably within a B2B environment.
Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to welcome honest and open feedback, and ask questions.
A great listener - you collaborate with and take notes of conversations, feeding back to other team members when relevant
Ability to multitask and prioritise tasks effectively in a fast-paced environment.
Outstanding organisational skills and the ability to work with colleagues collaboratively using project management tools such as Notion, Trello, and Miro
A willingness to learn and adapt to new systems and processes
Someone who embodies our values of Do Good, Take Ownership, Drive Innovation and Open Communication

Bonus Points - these are nonessential, but a bonus if you have them!

Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Business, or a related field
Previous experience working in a rapidly growing startup environment
Active involvement or passion for environmental advocacy and sustainability initiatives
Multilingual beyond English in either French, Spanish, or German
Previous experience in planning and executing events or trade shows
Strong understanding of LinkedIn as a communications and marketing platform

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