Starting Salary: £23,133 per annum

Job Type: Permanent

Working pattern: 35 hours per week. Monday-Thursday in our Head Office in Lancaster, work from home on Fridays (flexible working options will be considered)

We are looking for a creative and driven Marketing Assistant to join our team and support the delivery of the IDL marketing and growth strategy. Working closely with the Marketing and IDL Sales Teams, you will play a key role in delivering integrated marketing campaigns, ensuring all activity aligns with Ascentis standards and regulatory requirements. This is an exciting opportunity for someone looking to develop their marketing career in a dynamic and fast-paced environment.

In this role, you will build a strong understanding of IDL products and services to support targeted marketing initiatives. You will monitor competitor activity, identify sector award opportunities, and contribute to enhancing brand visibility and credibility through award submissions. You will also take ownership of key initiatives such as the IDL Learner Awards, ensuring their successful coordination, promotion, and impact.

You will be responsible for managing and growing IDL’s digital presence, including social media channels, website content, and email marketing campaigns. This will involve planning and delivering engaging content, scheduling campaigns, and optimising performance to drive awareness, engagement, and lead generation. You will develop creative assets and compelling copy across multiple channels, including blogs, landing pages, podcasts, and PPC campaigns.

A key part of the role is maintaining high-quality, consistent brand messaging. You will ensure all marketing materials, both digital and print, adhere to brand guidelines and are regularly reviewed and updated. You will collaborate with internal teams to produce and promote valuable resources, support product launches, and ensure all collateral, including event materials and promotional assets, remains fresh and relevant.

You will also play an important role in analysing and reporting on marketing performance. Using tools such as Google Analytics, you will track campaign effectiveness, generate insights, and provide recommendations to improve performance and support commercial objectives. Additionally, you will help drive customer engagement by supporting review generation and managing communications with existing customers.

This role may also involve attending events and conferences to support marketing activities, occasionally requiring flexibility with working hours and travel. We are looking for someone who is proactive, detail-oriented, and passionate about marketing, with a keen interest in emerging technologies and trends that can enhance audience engagement and business growth.

The full Job Description can be found by clicking here.

So, what are you waiting for?

If you like the sound of the role and the organisation, and you think the below attributes describe you well, then we would love to hear from you.

· Strong communication skills and the ability to build relationships with internal and external stakeholders

· Solid IT skills, including Microsoft Office, with confidence using digital platforms

· Understanding of social media and digital marketing channels, with hands-on experience desirable

· Creative abilities, including design (Adobe Creative Suite) and video content creation (desirable)

· Minimum of 5 GCSEs (Grade 9 – 4) and ideally experience within the education or training sector

Further information

Closing date: 19 July 2026

If you have any questions or would like to discuss this opportunity further, please contact Jess Hollings-Tennant, Marketing Engagement Manager at [email protected]

We reserve the right to close the job vacancy early if we find an appointable candidate or receive a high volume of applicants.

This job does not meet the eligibility requirements to qualify for visa sponsorship.

About us

We are proud to be one of the UK’s leading educational charity groups, encompassing an awarding organisation, a provider of dyslexia intervention software. Our enthusiastic people bring genuine passion and natural energy to everything that they do and through their infectious energy they transform the lives of thousands of people each year through the power of education. It has never been a more exciting time to join Ascentis as we continue our journey of growth across the UK and overseas.

We are market leading in the education sector and the specialist areas we operate within, maintaining the #1 provision for ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) in the UK as well as being a leading Access Validating Agency. We are based in Lancaster but we have a national reach, with a significant customer base in London. We have recently secured two major achievements, winning the Innovation of the Year and Awarding Organisation of the Year at the 2024 Federation of Awarding Bodies awards.

In addition to working with Colleges, Training Providers and Local Education Authorities, Ascentis also operates within the Primary and Secondary school sector in the UK and International schools, using our specialist IDL software that provides multi-sensory programmes in literacy, numeracy and phonics. Today the software is used by thousands of children across the world.

Ascentis is made up of brilliant people, unique in terms of background, personality, characteristics, experience and skill. We value our people for the differences they bring to the table and believe this diversity is powerful. We are an equal opportunities employer, and we are determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, age, disability, religion, belief, sexual orientation, marital status, or race, or is disadvantaged by conditions or requirements which cannot be shown to be justifiable.

To find out what our employees have to say about working at Ascentis watch the video found here.

Benefits

• 25 days annual leave plus 8 public holidays, birthday day off, closure days gifted during the Christmas period, increased annual leave with long service and an Annual Leave Purchase Scheme (up to a maximum of 43 days)

• Competitive pension benefits, including a salary sacrifice scheme

• Access to Informal Flexibility, allowing you to flex your working times and location where viable

• Incremental service benefits as a family-friendly employer, including enhanced Maternity, Neonatal, Paternity, Shared Parental, Adoption Leave and Pay, Sick Pay, Life Insurance, and Paid Compassionate Leave

• Access to state-of-the-art office and break facilities, such as bean-to-cup coffee machine, vending machine, pool table, Xbox, outdoor seating, dressing room (with access to hair dryers, straighteners, airers, shower facilities), Harry Potter reading room, employee library and more

• Free parking, locked bike storage shed

• Access to car electric charging points (charges payable by employee)

• Tailored learning and development opportunities

• Cycle to Work Scheme

• Home and Tech Scheme

• Discounted gym membership at 3-1-5 Health Club

• 24-hour employee helpline and a proactive focus on wellbeing

• Aviva DigiCare+ health app with access to virtual GP appointments, annual health check and more

• Reward and recognition scheme, regular team building and communication activities

Do you like the sound of Ascentis, but think your skills might suit another role?

We also have other vacancies available. Take a look at our website for more! www.ascentis.co.uk/jobs