E-Commerce Marketing Administrator

How would you like to join the marketing team of one of the fastest growing industries in Canada?

International travel is booming and we are leading experts in Adventure travel and tourism. Whether it be trekking in the Himalaya, experiencing an African safari or discovering the history of South East Asia, Trek Escapes helps clients discover their travel dreams.

E-COMMERCE MARKETING ASSISTANT & ADMINISTRATOR

The Details:

Level: Entry Level Position

Start Date: Summer 2008

Location: Edmonton or Vancouver

Required Skill Set / Experience:

* 1 to 2 Years Experience with Online Marketing and/or E-Commerce Implementations
* Degree or Diploma in Marketing or Internet Marketing
* Experience in PPC Campaign Management
* Excellent Understanding and Application of SEO Methodology
* Web Analytics Reporting Experience
* Excellent Working Knowledge of HTML and/or HTML Editors
* Knowledge of MySQL and ASP an Asset
* Knowledge of XML an Asset
* Knowledge and use of a CMS an Asset
* Knowledge of the Travel & Tourism Industry an Asset

Salary / Remuneration: From $40,000 per year depending on experience. Possible online lead bonus based on growth of conversions.

Vacation: This contract includes a clause for 2 weeks paid vacation per contract year. Additional time may be requested without pay at the discretion of management.

Incentive: The successful candidate will be entitled once per year to a substantial discount on trips and experiences sold by Trek Escapes.

Status: This is ongoing contract job with a minimum of 12 month term. Status to be assessed each year and renewal granted on the anniversary subject to performance review.

Job Description: The successful candidate will be expected to perform the following duties, though may not necessarily be limited to:
* Administer and support the corporate intranet, ensuring communication across the organization is sodtered through its use and information is disseminated in a timely order.
* Conduct an ongoing review and build SEO friendly content to grow organic listings.
* Work in conjunction with the Systems Officer and Marketing Manager to formulate a vision and plan of action to re-develop the organization's online presence with the ultimate goal of growing online sales and leads.
* Coordinate with our worldwide partners on aggregating web and database data for our web presence through XML.
* Monthly reporting to UK head office on analytics data, identifying trends and opportunities for growing online business.
* Format and manage the monthly email newsletter campaign and interim email marketing opportunities.
* Utilize the CMS to post content and marketing materials to the website and build landing pages for affiliate marketing.
* Monitor and manage corporate presence on social networking sites such as facebook.com.
* Build and identify mareketing opportunities with online affliate sites.
* Work in conjunction with the Marketing Manager for Trek Escapes, taking responsibility for the online marketing portion of the marketing plan.

Where will I work?
The successful candidate can be based in Edmonton or Vancouver. The job will be based in office for a minimum of 6 months, with the ability to move to a home office if desired upon performance review.

The Company
Trek Escapes, established in 1972, is Canada's leading retailer of Adventure Travel holidays. With offices in Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary and Toronto, our experience and expertise are second to none in the growing travel segment of adventure travel. We partner with some of the world's top brands offering a broad range of experiential travel whether it is a safari in Africa, trekking in Nepal or cycling in France.

Trek Escapes is a member of the Activity sector of TUI Travel PLC of the UK. TUI Travel PLC is a market leader in tourism with operations in over 180 countries worldwide and servicing more than 30 million customers per year.