Get a job at Asus UK
Turn your hobby into a career.
The Product Marketing Specialist will assist the Marketing and PR Manager in the day-to-day administration of all marketing functions. The role is ideally suited to a recent graduate with a relevant degree. This is a replacement role, and the level of responsibility will undoubtedly increase within a year.
Responsibilities
- Submitting marketing expenditure applications online (overall plan will be provided)
- Liaising with sales dept and advertisers on media plans, advertising and invoicing
- Analysis of advertising reports for improvement
- Liaising with designers on creation of adverts (print/online)
- Managing point of sale materials for resellers
- Analysis of priority media for review/PR
- Organising events and preparation of all materials/demo equipment
- Managing events schedule and ensuring all parties informed of responsibilities/requirements
- Preparation of event reports for HQ discussion
Skills/Qualifications
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Extremely well-organised and proactive
- Full UK driving licence
Essential Soft Skills
- The successful individual will be confident and able to engage across all levels and all functions
- Strong verbal, written and formal presentation skills will be required
- A strong character able to negotiate effectively
- Able to perform effectively while 'juggling' a number of balls
- Basic understanding of UK media
Desirable Skills
- IT literacy
- Attention to detail and good numeracy skills
The role is based in the UK office of Asus, which is in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire. The salary range is between £18,000 and £22,000 per annum.
Interested applications should email hr_uk@asus.com, and include a covering letter and CV.
Good to luck to any bit-tech readers who apply.
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Discuss in the forums ReplySince tens of thousands of graduates can't find any job at all...
Ideally suited to, not limited to. It doesn't take a graduate to carry those responsibilities, that salary sounds about right to me.
/me saddly looks at my 13k/year netto sallary for programming job :D.
Lol...unless you already live there, anyone want to tell me how your supposed to afford anywhere to live in that part of the world on £18-22K..?
I suppose you could always take a tent and sleeping bag, and set up in the company car park..setting up tents on private land is in vogue these days..:))
I am pretty sure you could live off that salary fairly ok. Might be a bit tight depending on how you live your lifestyle but a job is better than no job
Had 3 people at work start within the last 6 months, 2 of them have a computer related degree, the other was an enthusiastic youngster just finished his A levels. 6 months later the one without a degree is by far better at his job than the other 2, just such a damn shame that the other 2 are being paid more because of their "degree". University is sooo overrated.
How do you work that out? Seems to me that allot of people know how to play the system, and live off US, the TAX payers.
Knowing how to play the system can result in you living in a large house, with a income of £30K PA in benefits.
And it's also these people that don't have to worry when they get old and get put in a nursing home, Because US as the TAX payer, will pay for it, As well as their funeral when they pass.
So US who pay the taxes get screwed over all the time. When we get old, we would have to sell our house to pay for the nursing home. Use are savings to pay for our funeral (Otherwise it will be left to the kids).
So no job is better than a job if you know how to play the system!
Yowza. Screw physics, where do I train for that job? :D
...since when did Bit Tech start running job ads for people?
"Turn your hobby into a career." <- yeah, sure, if your hobby is devising marketing plans :S
What a load of rubbish.
That's why some of us go to work and accept wages that barely keep us. Because we have a morale fibre left in our bodies.
There aren't as many benefit cheats out there as The Sun or The Daily Mirror would have you believe, definitely not so in contrast to those that need them to avoid homelessness and serious illness or even in severe cases starvation, yes it happens at home too because some people can't even work out the system the way it is supposed to be.
It is wrong though, very wrong. But you try catching them, sifting through hundred of thousands of 'possible' cheats costs money, and guess where that money would come from?
Well to start you would need to take your LGV Class 2(Rigid's), then your LGV Class 1(Artic's), A Full ADR course for In Tanks. (13 Exam papers). A Drivers CPC course (New Government bullshit Scheme to give you a NVQ level 3...). Then You would need further training on the refinery's to prove you are a sensible and competent person. Then trained up to use the tankers. (PTO, Connecting, Disconnecting, Earthing, Fittings etc). Oh and you would need at least 2yrs experience in driving a LGV(HGV) before they would even consider you driving a Dangerous Goods Vehicle....So in reality its no different, than doing a degree, although, if the **** hits the fan, your either be prosecuted, or Dead!
(So glad there wasn't a Tanker in that M5 Crash. Cause that so called fireball, would have been tiny compared to a tanker exploding!).
Also look at the bigger picture, my cousin started with global company straight out of uni on a measely £15k a year, 10yrs on, shes now a VP of sales and marketing for the Asia Pacific region for that global giant earning a mint.
My point is that everyone has to start somewhere, the job is what you make it and the potential to grow by working within a globally recognised market leader is where ambitious people start at the bottom and through hard work and success, they progress through the ranks......... it's not rocket science, but this should be recognised as one such opportunity to start a career.
People saying university is overated, well it depends, if you go to a bad uni, do a bad course and expect to earn anything yea your an idiot. However a lot of good graduates do come out of decent universities. Also there is a lot of good research that comes from universities too.
As i have morals and am not prepared to join the come to uk claim benefits and let what tax payers are left to pay them.
As i decided to save a little money im entitled to Zero benefits If i pissed it up the wall and spent the lot etc etc then could claim allsorts. (work that logic out from the uk system).
I have been working a minimum wage job(although qualified) for 2 years now as a job is a job.
Having too generally walk 4 hours a day 2 hours there and 2 hours back as the fares would eat too much into my wages.
But i dont want violins this is the way it is now.
So that Asus one dont look too bad atal to me.
The big plus for me though is im allowed wood for my pc build
So after much learning, experience and years that warrants you £45k a year. Isn't this ASUS job an opportunity for someone, graduate or otherwise, just that too? An opportunity to learn and gain experience and in time to potentially elevate themselves to your lofty salary level?
Sounds like a job for the wife
Yep, I totally agree, no different to my partner, who started from the bottom, and is now the Head veterinary Nurse/Practice Manager of a Vets earning more than me...
Sadly what i earn and what i get paid are two totaly separate things.
Tell me about it! £300 taxed last week, that's a weeks wage to most.
On £40K pa atm, and I feel I was better two years ago on different company earning £30K.
Ex wife, mortgage, and the Chancellor are getting huge cut of that, wondering if worth working 38 hours per week + 22 hours commuting.
Seems better to go back to Greece, grace sheep (in the family land), gather the olives and the almonds and go fishing. I own my house there so no mortgage either.
I'll do it for a company car, at the top of that pay scale and to work "from home" with bupa, dental and flexible hours :p
After a few years and understanding of the business, get a placement/full time position on the salary suitable for that new role.
I started my full time ocupation at nineteen. I worked from the ground up, training on the job day release at college to get an nvq. I have people with degrees look down thier noses at me. And work around students all day that talk about getting 40k a year once they graduate.
No doubt they think they are the dogs b locks. I earn good money seeing as I'm only 25. I worked hard and do an honest days work. I get my hands dirty and live in the real world.
This job isn't just about being a graduate with a degree. As stated before it's hard work and dedication. I know I deserve what I earn and the perks because I worked for them.
I'd apply for this job but it'd mean a pay cut. I don't mind the driving if it came with a vehicle as Hemel Hempstead isn't an easy drive and fueling a car isn't cheap.
Some people seem to think they have inflated value for some reason.
£18k for a graduate = no
Although i suppose it depends what type of degree you've done, if it was an easy 4 hour a week 1 assignment per semester then snap it up thats all you're worth.
On the other hand, if it was an intense degree (astrophysics, engineering, mathematics etc) then no way.
my opinion of course.
wages wise... i'm a graduate, i'd take 18k a year... whether i could live on it without tax credits and whatnot is another matter...
can't even get a minimum wage phone-drone type job atm
and to all those saying 'there's jobs, you're just not trying/have too high standards'... quietly bugger off... not been sat on the dole for the past year because i enjoy it...
Very true this position gets your foot in the door, and then.....with Asus on your CV who knows !!
It's enraging huh? I once had to stick up for a poor bloke, his friend told him he was just being lazy and needed to go and get onto a course or some sort of further education to better his chances of employment.
What most people, those sorts that don't live in the real world don't realize is that when you are claiming those benefits these days you ARE NOT ALLOWED to do ANYTHING that would prevent you from looking for work, and they decide how that is defined.
For example, you have little or no qualifications, no experience, nobody will hire you, you have a course you think would give you a step into an area with plenty of jobs available, unless it is a course they have recommended (WHICH THEY ONLY CATER UP TO A VRQ NOW!) then you cannot do it for more than a certain number of hours a week.
From my short experience, a lot of stories and many friends who have worked the other side of the desk, they push you into a corner and can often make it more difficult to find work.
I beg to differ, this kind of salary is only suitable for a junior (graduate). The job spec seems to be looking for someone more experienced.
I beg to differ also, but with you. I just took on similar responsibilities for a little less with no degree. If someone with a degree got it, then yes, they could earn a little more if they have any aptitude in the areas they are looking, but the degree is worth **** if you don't.
I got my job through temping. I beat people with degrees because I am cheaper probably, but that just shows you how worthless they can be. I guess they thought I could do the job.
My brother is an IT manager and a Marketing Manager with a degree and is only on the cusp of earning the 30k.
He's doing two jobs there. Two. What should he be on with a degree also?
I'm not knocking a degree as I wish I had pursued higher education, rather than music and alcoholism, but it isn't the end of the world.
Due to the Education System being ****ed beyond believe in the UK going to University is really not much more than catching up what you should have learned in School.
And because almost everyone going to University is keeping a lot of young People away from Unemployment Statistics the Government has zero Interest in fixing Schools.
As a result there are People who have been to University flipping Burgers in Mc Donalds, what gets you a better job is working experience, luck and knowing the right People.
Dunno if anyones noticed but unemployment is at a 17-year high and inflation is at 5% along with a very uncertain Eurozone.
Now a job opportunity comes along and very few people seem to appreciate that a company is A/ taking on staff in this climate and B/ doing it in the UK when i'm very sure there are MILLIONS of English-speaking people worldwide who would do it for half the money.
Given the unemployment numbers and restrictions on company spending, it's an EMPLOYERS market.... they can be as tight on wages and as fussy about staff as they want.
Might send this link to a few newspapers. "UK population content. £18K starting salary considered too low. More details on page 5"
I don't think this job will fit with my education or interests, but i'm happy that a company is advertising..... and good luck to all those who submit applications :)
I couldnt agree more! As a job goes it has prospects, it has worth! £18-22K isnt too bad, Its more than enough if you have a partner on even a minimum wage. I dont see what the issue is that people have here. Clearly most do not value the worth of a job in todays unpredictable climate.
I think for someone who has just left College or University then it will be fine but not for me.
Now if this had come around in the 18 month's that it took me to get my current job, then yeah I would have gone for it considering I was looking anywhere and everywhere for work even cleaning street's, because at the end of the day I needed a job at that time, something's got to pay for my endless computer upgrades :)
As a graduate myself, all us graduates entered the degree system knowing the state of the jobs market and the financial burden of that degree. If you entered it expecting to walk straight into one of a plethora of jobs with a salary of £40k+ then, quite frankly, you're (generally) not bright enough to really have been allowed to go on a degree in the first place.
It's a great starting opportunity with a great company,
After all if you pay peanuts you will get monkeys.
To expect a starting salary much more than stated in the ad, for Grad, is a bit unrealistic. A degree means nothing in business other than demonstrating that you have the aptitude to learn and put into practice your abilities.
I've seen enough grads, with excellent academic abilities, who have absolutely no clue when it comes to the business, meeting deadlines, dealing with stakeholders, and delivering projects to a decent standard.
It's a starting position, where you will be provided with a salary and the chance to develop further. Only then will opportunities open up, hopefully within the company that has invested so much in your development, where a more palatable salary awaits.
Not a nice place!
The idea that, because you've spent an extra 3 or 4 years in education, you're somehow entitled to walk into a fantastic salary (without proving your worth to an employer), is ludicrous.
I think the general view that 18-22k isn't a good salary, is because so many people are financially better off than that on benefits in the UK.
An opportunity to work for a top-flight tech company, with a very good (IMO) starting salary, should have people reaching for their CVs.
I agree in principle with the exception of what the attainment of a degree can mean. I know people with degrees that had excellent retentive memories but no practical application abilities whatsoever.
The salary range being offered is £18k to £22k and frankly a newly qualified graduate is unlikely to have sufficient skills to walk into the job and have it down pat immediately. There is a learning curve to go through, particularly for those without experience, so why should employers pay a salary to match your ultimate potential when they're unable to benefit from it immediately?
As Yoda says, the job spec also states: This is a replacement role, and the level of responsibility will undoubtedly increase within a year. so undoubtedly with increased levels of responsibility will come increased commensuration or failing that a fuller experience to take to the next job opportunity that will pay more.
Bit-Tech have been good enough to advertise this position to all in the forum to give someone a possible opportunity to work, or work in a field they want to. Frankly I think those of you bitching about the rate and/or location are an ungrateful bunch of *****
Herts isn't one of the cheapest areas to rent you know.
But it's a first or early opportunity, that's the point, and at say £20k pa, or £1,666 pm gross, it's a damn site better than job seekers allowance! So tell me, even at £75-90 pw rent is the opportunity worth the short term "hardship"?
For example only:
http://forums.bit-tech.net/picture.php?albumid=1420&pictureid=23675
Remember "I want" does not automatically mean "I get" before you've earned the right to it
There are hundreds of thousands of people earning a lot less than 18K living in around London and Hertordshire you know?
House share? Studio? The job is for a graduate, not a rockstar...
I can't believe there is so much fuss in this discussion and not for the right reasons.
Thankfully I don't have to worry about that at the moment.
When my brother got made redundant he went into the Job Centre to try and find work and the staff were only concerned with him filling in forms to claim benefit. Thankfully that situation didn't last long either.
I think the 'playing the system' cases have been overplayed in the media, there are far more people, including people with terminal cancer, who have been turned down for incapacity benefit. They number just as many, if not more, than the ones who 'play the system'.
Anyway, that's another issue.
Back to topic. I can't believe that a good opportunity with a good employer is being slated so badly for it's wage, many people earn less than that after working for years in a job.
This is a starting opportunity, not sure why people are so narrow and short sighted not to see the prospects. I'd rather take an 18k job with Asus over a 25k job with McDonalds any day.
What you earn at the begining is not the most important. Opportunity can make you rise quicker.
Asus is a big company that can offer many opportunities (more money, more responsabilty, team management, working in a foreign country, etc.) and it is a great addition to a cv.
Thanks Asus for this offer.
+1
People are too money-centric when it comes to vacancies, especially given the current economic climate. A job is a future - everybody starts somewhere, be it in university or as a trainee/apprentice. Better to earn a little now than spend forever looking for the "right salary."
I know jobs generally pay less here in N.Ireland than England but still, this seems decent, especially for a starting role. A foot on the ladder.
I now have more bills than ever and earning less doing a dumbed down version of the job from my early mid-twenties. Still, its a job and it pays for my entertainment/life.
The problem with that analogy is it implies the people doing the employing are the real idiots. You don't hire someone who can't do the work. It's as simple as that.
There is little worse than dragging yourself out of bed if you despise the work, no matter what the pay. It will slowly grind you down.
Of which I have probably paid 50% of the wages this year :(
Say what? Are you actually an engineer? I presume AMIMI is the motor industry one, but how can you be an engineer in a call centre? No offence intended but I'm struggling to work that one out.
Maybe he is doing phone support ? Like the guys at internet providers, who are responding to the more technical questions/problem reports once you get through the first line of defense, aka the FAQ call center*.
*FAQ call center = the people who pick up the phone when you call the hotline, and the ones who try the solutions according to the question list - aka "did you reboot the computer? did you reboot the router ? did you reboot the modem ? can you try again ? ok, it is not working, i am switching you to our technician" people :D
Best of luck to whoever applies; great opportunity to start in the technical PR industry.
But you have to attract the right people in the first place.
But you don't have to over-pay them in an employers' market
Ladies and gentlemen, I have been working in the tech industry for over 10 years at a big ish player in the market , trust me on this when I tell you to snap this opportunity up asap. They will be looking for people with the right attitude.
I have had to interview all kinds of job applicants, mainly over qualified(mba's phd's everysingle microsoft qualification under the sun) and pass their mid 20s, the reason they havent found a real job yet is because they feel entitled to a 50k a year job due to the first class honours degrees. Its a sad situation to see such people working in bars till their 30s and then give up altogether. Snap up this job asap! The right attitude takes you a lot further in life than qualifications!
Having a job opportunity is better than none with a monthly wage guaranteed, try working at real estate, then you will be bitching about not getting paid properly because I have.
Spoiled brats bitching for rights and don't giving a rat's ass about duties
Speaking to a bus driver the other day they are also now employing part timers rather than full timers.
remember you can use this as a stepping stone to something bigger.
I happen to live in Hemel Hempstead and checking the paper yesterday, you can find a flat to rent excluding bills in a "niceish" area for around ~£650 a month - As somebody earlier posted, you can find rooms to rent for cheaper than this.
If anyone is genuinely interested and wants to ask questions please drop me a PM - happy to answer anything I can :)
This a great opportunity for the right person.
Just having a job in these times is good enough for me.
I think the older people are much more aware of the situation of the job scene ive had many jobs over the years and after finishing one had no problems walking into another.
However the last job i was redundant for 9 months or so and was thinking i had no chance.
So even being qualified and a large amount of on job experience hard working reliable never sick always on time.
These things were always enough to get me a job but now, i have to convince the employers im more suitable than the other 500 applicants before me.
Its not a good idea to asume that just because you learnt lots at school, your entitled to the job.
It seems some of these posts are assuming that theyve been given the job already and if they wanted it they could have it.
Reality check. An employer only needs to pay the minimum wage £6.08 an hour, and hes within the law, i can assure you there will be someone in this country that will be glad to take the job even for that.
Good luck to anyone that applies from here though.
18-22 not bad for the foot in, but after that you'd want much closer or exceeding 30k if you we're considered good enough for the increased expectations they are hinting at.
The comments about minimum pay, really only apply to those jobs that require no real skill other than being willing to work in the first place. Comparing what Asus will want of the person to someone operating a barcode cash register is pointless and therefore pay is of concern.
And £18k doesn't go very far, especially if you're in London by the time rent is paid and travel how much are you actually working for to actually spend on items to reward yourself for working? Its just working to live... almost.
I agree with the comments re; degree - some people do expect to launch at £40k starting and I agree whilst that'd be nice its stupid to think that.
So £18k isn't bad starting in that case, as long as its starting and theres room to progress up so on seond thought its not too bad if you're having to 'work to live' for the first few years. I suppose my comment geared toward the being "stuck on 18k for a good few years".
Imo its important for graduates to not jump at any salary, as companies will just drive the salary down further taking the p***.
Then again, its not if you have a degree - its what degree you have. There really is a lot of pointless ones out there.
Opinions ofc, forums are for discussion. :D.
Some jobs pay extremely well from the start, and some don't - that's just the way the cookie crumbles.
I agree with those who think 18K is low for a graduate salary - it's possible to get 16K working in a sports shop for 45 hours a week; but the graduate job is skilled and there are prospects... after selling sports goods for ten years, you'll probably still be on 16K and your CV won't look particularly flash.
The position has already been filled!!