Job Description
Position:
Marketing, Ecommerce, and Social Media Specialist
Salary:
Expenses Only
About The Artisan Food Company
The Artisan Food Company is a specialist e-commerce business focused on fine food, premium wines, luxury hampers, and high-quality kitchen equipment. We serve both private customers and the hospitality trade, offering carefully curated products that celebrate craftsmanship, quality, and exceptional taste.
As a growing, entrepreneurial business, we combine commercial ambition with a genuine passion for premium products and customer experience.
The Placement Opportunity
We are offering exciting Business & Marketing University Placements for two motivated and commercially curious students looking to gain real-world experience in a fast-growing e-commerce environment.
This placements provide hands-on exposure across both commercial operations and integrated marketing, giving you the opportunity to contribute meaningfully to the business while developing highly transferable skills.
Key Responsibilities:
Both will be a varied role and will include, but not limited to:
Marketing & Brand Development
- • Supporting brand marketing initiatives across digital channels
- • Content creation for website, email, and social media
- • Assisting with PR activity and promotional campaigns
- • Supporting direct marketing initiatives (email and customer communications)
- • Contributing to SEO activity, including keyword research and on-page optimisation
- • Using Google Analytics 4 (GA4) to analyse website performance and user behaviour
- • Conducting consumer behaviour research to inform marketing and product decisions
- • Supporting social media marketing, including content planning and performance tracking
- • Assisting with partnership development and influencer outreach
Business & Commercial Support
- • Working on product offering and pricing strategy
- • Supporting improvements to internal systems and processes
- • Gaining exposure to logistics and supply chain operations within an e-commerce business
- • Assisting with analysis of sales data, trends, and competitor activity
- • Contributing to both weekly operational tasks and longer-term strategic projects
What You’ll Gain
By the end of your placement, you will have a strong understanding of how a specialist e-commerce business operates end-to-end — from marketing strategy and commercial decision-making through to logistics and execution.
You will gain practical, transferable experience in:
- • Integrated marketing and brand management
- • Commercial and sales analysis
- • Business administration and operations
- • Project management and cross-functional working
- • Data-driven decision-making
This placement is designed to be hands-on, developmental, and genuinely impactful.
Who You’ll Work With
You will work closely with and be supported by:
- • The Director, on commercial strategy and operations
- • The Head of Marketing, on integrated marketing activity
- • Other students on placement
- • The creative and technical team
- • The sales team
Who We’re Looking For
Students who are:
- • Studying a degree in Business, Marketing, E-commerce, or a related subject
- • Commercially curious with a strong interest in premium brands and food & drink
- • Organised, proactive, and eager to learn
- • Comfortable working with data and digital tools
- • Strong communicators with attention to detail
The role is for a fixed term of 6 months. It will be a fully remote role working with regular team status meetings and briefings via zoom.
