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How To Hire a Junior Marketing Coordinator

Complete with job descriptions, skill profiles, and interview templates. Use this Junior Marketing Coordinator hiring guide to help you make the right decisions, fast.

Junior Marketing Coordinator Recruitment Guide

What does a Junior Marketing Coordinator do?

Junior Marketing Coordinators will support virtually every aspect of the marketing plan. They will work collaboratively with other marketing teams and managers to help them to achieve targets and build and launch successful campaigns. Another key role of this job is analyzing customer responses and engagement. A Junior Marketing Coordinator will support the planning and managing of marketing activities and will work with the marketing team to develop customer-related collateral.

Day to day tasks of a Junior Marketing Coordinator

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Junior Marketing Coordinator definition

A Junior Marketing Coordinators’ primary responsibility is to provide support and assistance to Marketing Coordinators and Managers. This will include drafting of copy, research in target markets, data exporting and campaign success analysis. It is an entry level position and the scope of the role will depend on the size of the company.

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HIRING PROCESS

Junior Marketing Coordinator Hiring Process

Step 1: Understand the role
Step 2: Source Applicants
Step 3: Skills Assessment
Step 4: Interview
Step 5: Hire

Build the Ideal Candidate Profile​

To find the best person for the role, you need to understand what the role involves. You can complete this with the hiring manager to define the role, its contribution, and the skills needed.

Write A Job Description Based On Skills

Once you understand the requirements for the role, you’ll need to understand the skills for success. You can then write an effective job description to promote your role.

Selecting The Ideal Candidate

See which applicants have the right skills for the role. Send all your applicants a Vervoe skills assessment from the expert library, or customize one for your organization.

Interview Top Performers

Your skills assessment results will identify top performers. Focus your time on interviewing those that have met or exceeded your requirements. Assessment results will also help guide which skill areas to focus on in the interview.

Making An Offer

Once you assess your candidates against these skills, you’re ready to offer the top performer(s). You should base your offer on the value that the candidate would bring to your team and your business as a whole. It is also important to ensure your compensation and benefits packages are competitive in the industry and help you attract and retain the top talent.
Build the ideal candidate profile

Skills needed for a Junior Marketing Coordinator

A junior marketing coordinator must be an excellent communicator both verbally and in written form. They will have a good understanding of digital marketing platforms and the various methods that can be utilized. Whilst it is an entry level position, a junior marketing coordinator will have a marketing background and as such, a general understanding of the requirements within the scope of marketing.

Pro Tip

For entry-level roles, you’re likely to receive a larger number of applications than you would for a senior position. Ensure you provide details about what it’s like to work for your company, and what your company values are so applicants know whether your company is the right fit for them.

WRITE A JOB DESCRIPTION BASED ON SKILLS

How to write a Junior Marketing Coordinator job description

Once you’ve determined the skills required for the role, you can write the job description to advertise for your position. Here’s what to include in your Junior Marketing Coordinator job description:

Job Title: What position are you hiring for?

Summary: What makes your company unique? What would it be like to work for you?

Responsibilities: An overview of the role’s day-to-day activities, and how the position contributes to the organization

Requirements: Skills a candidate must have to perform the job successfully

Benefits: Details of compensation, benefits, and any perks on offer

Pro Tip

In building your candidate profile, remember you’ve already identified what skills are needed to succeed in the role. Here’s where to list your “must-have” skills and maybe a couple of “nice-to-have” skills. For example, a Junior Marketing Coordinator must have a solid understanding of basic marketing practices, and it would be nice to have experience with launching their own campaigns.

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SELECTING THE IDEAL CANDIDATE

Sample skill tests for a Junior Marketing Coordinator

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Question 1

Marketing

Question Type: Text

Describe the kinds of conversations you have with other teams in the business when creating a marketing campaign.

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Question 2

Communication

Question Type: Audio

A campaign that you were responsible for running has not been successful and your manager is not happy. You must have a meeting with them to discuss what went wrong. 

Please record an audio script explaining some possible reasons why your campaign was not as successful as you hoped.

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Question 3

Digital Marketing

Question Type: Video

While onboarding your new team member, they question you about whether you think focussing on inbound or outbound marketing is more important. Please film a response to them below.

INTERVIEW TOP PERFORMERS

How to interview a Junior Marketing Coordinator

Once your Vervoe skills assessment has surfaced the most qualified people for your open role, you can focus on interviewing these candidates. The interview should focus on any skills that require development that were highlighted from the skills assessment.

Now you know that candidates can do the job, the interview becomes more of a relationship building exercise where you can get to know the candidate on a more personal level, understand their motivations, and how they would fit in with the team.

Making An Offer

How much does it cost to hire a Junior Marketing Coordinator?

The US average for a Junior Marketing Coordinator is $46,016 according to SimplyHired.com while the reported average salary on Glassdoor amounts to $86,932. The top ten percent of talent acquisition managers earn up to $55,941 with the bottom ten percent receiving approximately $37,852.

Junior Marketing Coordinator Salary United States

Junior Marketing Coordinator salaries in the United States range from $37,852 – $55,941 (USD). Junior Marketing Coordinator salaries in the U.S will vary based on the location and size of the company.

Junior Marketing Coordinator Salary United Kingdom

Junior Marketing Coordinator salaries in the United Kingdom range from £18,000 – £29,000 (GBP). Junior Marketing Coordinator salaries in the UK vary largely based on location and the size of the company.

Source: Payscale.com

Junior Marketing Coordinator Salary Australia

Junior Marketing Coordinator salaries in Australia range from $46,000 – $65,000 (AUD). Junior Marketing Coordinator salaries in Australia vary largely based on location and the size of the company.

Source: PayScale.com