What are the responsibilities of a Marketing Assistant? ?

Question

I have an interview tomorrow at a architectural and engineering firm tomorrow. The job is for something like an assistant with a bit more responsibility. What should I know for the interview?

Answer 1

Depends... generally speaking, a marketing assistant "helps" the other people in the marketing department.  That could entail anything from coordinating events, like town meetings, tv production, trade shows, etc. to typing up and addressing envelops (marketing material).  You might need to pull reports (these customers have this service, these customers don't) and most likely you'll need to spend time on the phone speaking with other coordinators (like marketing material production, website coordination, trade show planners, etc.)  The skills that you need are good people skills, decent computer skills - typing, Microsoft office, word, excel, powerpoint, possibly access - need to probably know the internet, good organizational skills, and a generally pleasant disposition.  It probably doesn't hurt to have a little creativity - like when you are looking at flyers, you can make suggestions like "I think this should be a brighter color, or this person doesn't look like the type of people we're trying to appeal to, etc."  Also, with marketing people - image means alot - so dress in one of your best dresses or suits, even if it's dressier than you need to be.  Best wishes !