Careers at Essential Travel
If you enjoy working in a modern, friendly, and fun loving environment, with many opportunities of career progression read on to see our current vacancies.
Essential Travel are currently recruiting for:
Front End Web Developer (working closely with our design lead)
Press Officer (Part-time/Flexible working hours/location)
Marketing Intern (with a view to go permanent)
Essentialtravel.co.uk is an online company within the travel industry and part of the Thomas Cook Group.
It is one of the UK's leading online travel extras providers and the ultimate resource for the independent traveller looking to purchase great value travel extras whilst staying up to date with the latest travel news and advice.
Front End Web Developer (working closely with our Design Lead)
Our exciting, dynamic, web-based company is looking for new talent!
We have an exciting opportunity to work within our small central London-based team, with a PLC for a parent company in the travel industry too.
Have you got excellent front end web skills and are you looking for a new challenge? If you know your jQuery from your CSS and your HTML from your JavaScript, then we're looking for you!
Job specification:
Working closely with our Design Lead this is a highly varied and exciting role, offering an experienced Web Developer with strong skills in hand coded JavaScript, HTML and CSS, the opportunity to work in a fast paced, challenging and rewarding environment.
We are looking for someone with:
* Minimum 2 years front end web development experience
* Must have advanced hand coding skills in HTML, HTML5 and CSS/CSS3
* Good understanding of JavaScript and experience using jQuery
* Experience building AJAX driven interfaces using commonly used libraries
* Proven experience building products compliant with W3C standards
* Strong written and verbal communication skills
* Content Management experience
* A strong understanding of content architecture, design & usability
Other Requirements:
- Team Player
- Ability to translate business requirements into design requirements
- Drive tasks to completion and deliver to estimates
- Comfortable with quick pace of change
- Passion for learning and flexibility to adapt to changes
Essential skills:
HTML
HTML5
CSS/CSS3
JavaScript
jQuery
AJAX
Salary:
Negotiable depending on experience.
If you feel you are the right person to work at Essential Travel please email your CV, along with a covering letter to cv.html@essentialtravel.co.uk.
Press Officer (Part-time/Flexible working hours/location)
The Role is to manage Essential Travel PR and work as a brand ambassador in:
* planning, developing and implementing PR strategies
* liaising with colleagues and key spokespeople
* liaising with and answering enquiries from media, individuals and other organisations, often via telephone and email
* writing and distributing press releases to targeted media
* collating and analysing media coverage
* managing the PR aspect of a potential crisis situation
What will you bring to the role?
* You will have previous PR managing experience
* Previous experience of working within Travel / Financial industries preferred but not essential
* Good copy writing skills and strong attention to detail
* Well organised and able to multitask
Location: London, work from home
Salary: £1500 per month
Hours: Flexible, Part time
Duration: 3 months with a view to go permanent
If you feel you are the right person to work at Essential Travel please email your CV, along with a covering letter to Dan Baker at dbaker@essentialtravel.co.uk.
Marketing Intern (with a view to go permanent)
As Marketing Intern, you will be part of a small marketing team and gain experience in all elements of the marketing mix.
During the Marketing Internship, your role will encompass:
* Competitor analysis
* Market research
* Managing customer feedback
* CRM Email campaign planning & creative
* Campaign reporting & analysis
* Copy writing
* General admin duties
What will you bring to the role?
* You will be educated to degree level, preferably within marketing
* Good copy writing skills and strong attention to detail
* HTML capability desirable but not essential
* Enthusiastic and passionate about learning about web/online marketing
* Well organised and able to multitask
Location: Soho, West London
Salary: 500 pounds per month
Hours: 10am - 4pm (Mon-Fri)
Duration: 3 months with a view to go permanent
If you feel you are the right person to work at Essential Travel please email your CV, along with a covering letter to Dan Baker at dbaker@essentialtravel.co.uk.