7-Eleven
We are seeking an articulate and analytical Category Assistant that is looking for a future career pathway within retail. The successful candidate will have a curious mindset and enormous growth capability.
JOB TYPE
Graduate Jobs
LOCATION
Melbourne
7-Eleven
We are seeking an articulate and analytical Category Assistant that is looking for a future career pathway within retail. The successful candidate will have a curious mindset and enormous growth capability.
JOB TYPE
Graduate Jobs
LOCATION
Melbourne
Aurora Marketing
Our graduate program will introduce you to the specialist area of business management, marketing and communication that fuses together marketing strategy, buyer behaviour, relationship management, sales communications, storytelling and innovation.
JOB TYPE
Graduate Jobs
LOCATION
Brisbane
VACANCIES
2
POSITION START DATE
Jan 2022 (approx)
Salesforce
Our Futureforce University Recruiting program is dedicated to attracting, retaining and cultivating talent. Our interns and new graduates work on real projects that affect how our business runs, giving them the opportunity to make a tangible impact on the future of our company.
JOB TYPE
Graduate Jobs
LOCATION
Canberra and 3 other locations
Salesforce
Tableau, a Salesforce company is now hiring high potential individuals to join our Solution Engineer (SE) Graduate Rotation Program. Develop your technology and sales skills and build your career with Salesforce!
JOB TYPE
Graduate Jobs
LOCATION
Sydney and 1 other locations
Hays
As a Recruitment Consultant at Hays, you’re in charge of managing your own portfolio of clients and candidates, winning business and consulting with organisations on their recruitment needs.
JOB TYPE
Graduate Jobs
LOCATION
Darwin
Hays
As a Recruitment Consultant at Hays, you’ll be in charge of recruitment for your own portfolio of organisations and you’ll be assisting candidates every day with their next career move.
JOB TYPE
Graduate Jobs
LOCATION
Brisbane
APT Travel Group
Ever wanted to combine your passion for travel with business? Now is your chance with APT Travel Group’s Graduate program for 2022.
JOB TYPE
Graduate Jobs
LOCATION
Melbourne
Attention Experts
We have an exciting opportunity for a talented and motivated graduate who is looking to step into the workforce within the Social Media Marketing industry.
JOB TYPE
Graduate Jobs
LOCATION
Sydney
Attention Experts
We have an exciting opportunity for a talented and motivated graduate who is looking to step into the workforce within the Social Media Marketing industry as an Account Manager.
JOB TYPE
Graduate Jobs
LOCATION
Sydney
Addax Business Solutions
Due to recent company growth and increasing demand for MYOB Advanced ERP and other related SME business solutions, we’re recruiting for a new Marketing Coordinator to be part of our Business Development team and deliver campaigns and marketing initiatives for our existing ERP solutions and services.
JOB TYPE
Graduate Jobs
LOCATION
Perth
Fiftyfive5
Are you curious about human behaviour and the world around you? Do you love the idea of working with the world’s biggest brands and informing their brand and marketing strategy through the use of research and insights? Then have a look at our Graduate Opportunities.
JOB TYPE
Graduate Jobs
LOCATION
Sydney and 1 other locations
VACANCIES
11
POSITION START DATE
Jan 2022 (approx)
SThree
Your role will require a strong focus on relationship management and business development, as well as administration to manage your portfolio. This is a 360 degree management of roles, from sourcing candidates, through to placement and aftercare.
JOB TYPE
Graduate Jobs
LOCATION
Sydney
SThree
This is a 360 degree management of roles, from sourcing candidates, through to placement and aftercare.
JOB TYPE
Graduate Jobs
LOCATION
Sydney
Mainfreight
Mainfreight Australia is currently looking for enthusiastic university graduates to join our thriving Adelaide team.
JOB TYPE
Graduate Jobs
LOCATION
Adelaide
Mainfreight
Mainfreight Australia is currently looking for enthusiastic university graduates to join our thriving Brisbane team.
JOB TYPE
Graduate Jobs
LOCATION
Brisbane
Mondelez International
Are you an energetic & efficient individual? Play a key role in enabling sales growth within a leading snacking company – the makers of Cadbury!
JOB TYPE
Graduate Jobs
LOCATION
Regional New South Wales
Mondelez International
Calling all driven and motivated individuals to join our successful Sales team in Victoria!
JOB TYPE
Graduate Jobs
LOCATION
Regional Victoria
Mizuho Australia
Our Graduate Analyst Program is a 3-year full-time program. As a Graduate Analyst, you will work in a fast-growing financial institution in the Investment Banking area.
JOB TYPE
Graduate Jobs
LOCATION
Sydney
Mizuho Australia
Our Graduate Analyst Program is a 3-year full-time program. As a Graduate Analyst, you will work in a fast-growing financial institution in the Investment Banking area.
JOB TYPE
Graduate Jobs
LOCATION
Hong Kong
GroupM
We're shaping the next era of Media - Launch your career with GroupM's graduate program.
JOB TYPE
Graduate Jobs
LOCATION
Sydney and 4 other locations
DXC Technology
DXC Graduate Program - Graduate Sales Representative (Sydney)
JOB TYPE
Graduate Jobs
LOCATION
Sydney
DXC Technology
DXC Graduate Program - Graduate Project Management (Brisbane/Adelaide)
JOB TYPE
Graduate Jobs
LOCATION
Brisbane and 1 other locations
Give A Grad A Go
An award-winning tech startup is on the lookout for a driven, creative graduate to join their Melbourne team as a Marketing Assistant - apply today!
JOB TYPE
Graduate Jobs
LOCATION
Victoria and 1 other locations
BT
Entry level opportunity for committed customer service super stars seeking a long-term career in financial services
JOB TYPE
Graduate Jobs
LOCATION
Sydney
VACANCIES
16
accepts international
Yes
Maxme
Up to 3 months FREE unlimited access to Hodie! A gamified app offering bite-size human skills development at any pace you prefer, redeem up to 6 months FREE unlimited access to Hodie now.
JOB TYPE
Graduate Jobs
LOCATION
Canberra and 6 other locations
CSL
Join the CSL Early Career Talent Community! This is not an application but an opportunity to express your interest in future Graduate Programs and join our CSL Early Career Talent Community.
JOB TYPE
Graduate Jobs
LOCATION
Melbourne
Origin
At Origin we have a strong purpose and values that challenge us to find the answers to the big energy questions. Every person that works with us helps us reach that goal. If you bring good energy to Origin, you’ll get it in return. A challenging career. An exciting industry.
JOB TYPE
Graduate Jobs
LOCATION
Brisbane
Origin
At Origin we have a strong purpose and values that challenge us to find the answers to the big energy questions. Every person that works with us helps us reach that goal. If you bring good energy to Origin, you’ll get it in return. A challenging career. An exciting industry.
JOB TYPE
Graduate Jobs
LOCATION
Melbourne
FDM Group
FDM’s Business Intelligence/Business Analysis Program will train you to become an expert at developing strategies to help businesses gain and maintain competitive advantage through the use of data.
JOB TYPE
Graduate Jobs
LOCATION
Sydney and 1 other locations
FDM Group
Your journey as a an FDM Software Developer will begin with in-depth training from our experienced trainers and the chance to gain industry recognised qualifications, as well as mentoring and support throughout the program.
JOB TYPE
Graduate Jobs
LOCATION
Sydney
What You Need to Know as a Marketing and Sales Graduate
Although marketing and sales are often associated and aligned with each other, they are not the same and are two complete different roles. The sales role commonly requires someone who is driven, focused and persistent and has a desire to work in an environment that is generally highly commission-based. The marketing role utilises a different approach that is mostly based on messaged direct to a targeted market via various media outlets. There are also other ways in marketing that are less direct, however, the results have equal importance to the various other forms of marketing.
Roles of marketing and sales correlate with one another, operating within organisations. The roles of marketing in an organisation include:
- Generating brand awareness
- Creative adverts
- Initiating direct marketing campaigns
These marketing roles are all to build and develop an engaging profile within a potential market. The sales role in an organisation will utilise the work of marketing to:
- Promote products
- Gauge customer interests and feedback
- Drive direct sales results
Marketing and sales can be found in a number of sectors in various types of industries. The objective of this career is to market and sell its products or services while earning profit. The scope of the marketing and sales sector industry have a range of key activities to operate an organisation in medium or large firms that offer various products and services both nationally and worldwide are1:
- Pricing
- Customer support
- Social responsibility/community awareness
- Market research Analyses the behaviour and response patterns of the buyer to find out what makes consumers desire a good or service, and to find ways to increase the desire
- Advertising Creates or touch into a need to attract public attention to a product, service or business
- Public relations (PR) A range of activities used to establish and promote relationships with the public, media, business and other organisations
- Sales strategy/promotion (Relationship marketing) Targets existing customers or those who have chosen and preferred the product, service or business to make it easier for them to use the supplier more. (e.g frequent flyers, fly buys, and store loyalty cards)
- Sponsorships Partners of an organisation who partially or wholly fund an event, cause or activity
- Events marketing Selling products through specific events (e.g concerts, sports contests or art exhibits, etc.)
- Direct/digital marketing Direct marketing occurs through telephone sales, emails, catalogues, leaflets, and are now increasingly via the internet, leading to digital marketing, which is to attract customers through internet media.
Requirements
Candidates of becoming an employee to marketing and sales require a degree in marketing, however those that have a degree in business or commerce with a major in marketing will have an advantage over other applicants and be accepted. In addition, sales representative roles also welcome generalist degrees.
Candidates should also acquire a set of personal skills that could benefit them in the career path such as:
- Ability to work under pressure
- Creativity
- Great interpersonal skills.
- High emotional intelligence
- Organisation skills
- Strong team player
- Understanding human behaviour
What to Expect
You’ll find that having a job as an assistant, you will be expected to be involved in all aspects of the marketing campaigns for products and services, including writing press releases, communicating and updating clients and arranging promotional events. You also have an array of tasks to perform which may include the tasks previously mentioned as well as2:
- Assessing the results of a marketing campaign
- Assisting the manager in writing reports and analysing data
- Helping to drive online traffic with web-related campaigns
- Organising market research
- Writing online content etc.
Employment and Careers
Working in marketing and sales can offer you a whole selection of career paths and positions. Typical graduate occupations include3:
- Marketing assistance
- Sales representative
- Business development coordinator
- Market research assistant
- Publicity officer
The main employing industries for sales and marketing are Wholesale Trade (17.9%), Professional, Scientific and Technical Services (17.7%), Manufacturing (17.0%) and Retail Trade (10.4%). With NSW (38.9%), VIC (24.9%) and QLD (16.5%) to be the top three regions for employment4.
As a graduate working in sales and marketing and as an assistant, the median annual salary is $42,681. Most people in this career move on to other positions after having ten years experience of the field. Common career paths for this specific career are becoming a Marketing & Business Development Manager, Regional Marketing Manager, or a Brand-Marketing Manager5.
1 Graduate Careers, Careers for Marketing Graduates. 2015
2 Total Jobs, Marketing assistant job description. 2015
3 Graduate Opportunities, Sales & Marketing. 2015
4 Job Outlook, Advertising and Sales Manager. 2015
5 PayScale, Sales & Marketing Assistant Salary. 2015
