£11.44 per hour + £1.38 holiday pay
Advertising End Date
13 Oct 2024

Role & Department Overview

Located at the gateway to the Lake District National Park, five miles south of Kendal in Cumbria, Levens Hall is a beautiful privately-owned house and gardens. It is home to the world's oldest topiary gardens and centre of a thriving 9,500-acre agricultural estate which provides much of the produce for the site’s popular cafe, Levens Kitchen. There is also a bakery and gift shop on site. Levens Hall attracts around 32,000 visitors a year, with visitor numbers being quite seasonal.

A small number of colleagues deliver marketing activities as a team effort and there is little knowledge of how impactful different marketing efforts are. This internship will involve working alongside Levens Hall colleagues to understand the site, its heritage and current marketing activities with the aim of pulling together intelligence which can inform future marketing efforts. There should be a particular focus on attracting and securing visitors via coach parties as this provides a key business opportunity.

It is hoped the successful intern will work on site for part of the internship in order to get to know the team and the entirety of the business and site. Desk research could take place remotely. It’s important that findings and any recommendations be clearly communicated back to the management group at the end of the project, with a short report provided which could enable continued research to be conducted in future years.

 

Pay Rate: £11.44 per hour plus £1.38 holiday pay

Start Date: 4th November 2024

End Date: 31st December 2024

Working Pattern: Flexible, 15-30

Job Description

The successful intern will:

  • Review current marketing activities, plans, data and successes.
  • Consider ways to increase coach party visitors and support the securing of bookings for future years. This may involve speaking with relevant organisations, reviewing previous proposals, comms plans and marketing assets available for the team to use.
  • Compare Levens Hall marketing efforts to that of other, similar businesses such as Muncaster Castle, Holker Hall and Sizergh Castle.
  • Time allowing, look further afield to site such as Chatsworth House and Newby Hall to research best practice from the sector.

Person Specification

Applicants should be self-motivated, experienced in market research and hands on marketing practicalities with an appreciation and passion for cultural and heritage sites. You should be comfortable undertaking an independent project, interpreting information and drawing on available resources as needed.

Applicants need to be available to deliver this work during November and December 2024 and there is a total of 130 hours available. This project is supported by Westmorland and Furness Council through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.

Working in this role will help develop the following skills and experience:

  • Analysing
  • Collaboration
  • Commercial Awareness
  • Curiosity
  • Knowledge Sharing
  • Leadership

You are required to submit a cover letter to support your application. Applications without a cover letter will not be considered.

Please note:Unless specified otherwise in the advert wording, this role is only open to individuals living in the UK.

Under the terms of this work, we endeavour to provide the advertised number of hours however,hours are not guaranteed and that work may cease if there is a fall in demand. 

Adverts that display a closing date should be treated as a guide. We reserve the right to close the vacancy once we have received sufficient applications, so we advise you to submit your application as early as possible to prevent disappointment.

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