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United Kingdom · Marketing · Entry Level (0-2 years)

Field Marketing Coordinator

Here is the whole job, in plain words. What it is, a real day, what you decide, how you're judged, how people get here and where they go next. Then the part no course gives you: twelve AI tutors who learn your work.

  • Experience bandEntry Level (0-2 years)
  • Direct reportsNo direct reports
  • Reports toField Marketing Specialist or Field Marketing Manager
  • UK framework levelUsually someone starting out, or keeping a process running

Also advertised as Junior Field Marketing Assistant · Marketing Events Support Specialist · Marketing Operations Coordinator (Field)

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1What this role really is

This isn't just an admin role; it's your first step into the exciting (and sometimes chaotic) world of field marketing. You'll be the backbone of our regional event execution, making sure everything runs smoothly behind the scenes. Think of yourself as the logistical wizard, ensuring our sales teams have what they need to shine at events, from making sure the right swag arrives on time to getting those crucial leads into the CRM system. You'll be learning the ropes from experienced marketers, supporting them on everything from small local meetups to bigger industry trade shows.

2What you'd actually use

The tools this job runs on, and how well you'd need to know each one.

Salesforce (Sales Cloud)Intermediate

Uploading event lead lists, updating lead statuses, running basic reports on event attendees.

Adobe Marketo Engage / Salesforce Account Engagement (Pardot)Basic

Building simple email campaigns from templates, segmenting lists for event invitations, tracking email performance.

Cvent / Bizzabo / Splash (Event Management)Intermediate

Setting up event registration pages from templates, managing attendee lists, sending basic communications via the platform.

Asana / Monday.com (Project Management)Intermediate

Managing personal tasks, updating project boards with progress, collaborating on team projects and deadlines.

Microsoft Excel / Google SheetsIntermediate

Tracking event budgets using templates, performing basic data entry, creating simple charts, using VLOOKUP/SUMIFs for data reconciliation.

Slack / Microsoft TeamsIntermediate

Actively participating in team and project channels, sharing files, using basic integrations for quick communication.

3What you get to decide, and how that grows

Power in a job isn't your title. It's what you're allowed to decide. Here's how it grows as you move up.

The choiceComing inWhere you are nowThe step above
Event Vendor Selection (e.g., caterer, AV)Research options, gather quotes, and present recommendations to manager for approval.Select vendors for routine events within a pre-approved budget; escalate exceptions.Approve vendors for major events and negotiate contracts up to £5K; consult Director on larger deals.
Budget Allocation for a specific event componentTrack spend against allocated budget for individual tasks (e.g., shipping, small catering orders); flag any potential overspends immediately.Manage event budgets up to £5K, making minor adjustments within approved limits; escalate anything over 10% variance.Approve event budgets up to £20K; make trade-off decisions within the overall programme budget.
Lead Qualification CriteriaFollow established guidelines for lead data entry and categorisation.Suggest minor improvements to lead scoring or qualification criteria based on event feedback.Define and refine lead qualification criteria in partnership with Sales Ops; implement changes in marketing automation.
Event Communication ContentDraft initial versions of emails and social posts using approved templates; manager reviews and approves all content.Create and send event communications for standard events, adhering to brand guidelines; manager reviews for new event types.Approve all event communications for their territory; develop new templates and messaging frameworks.

4How you'll be judged

The scoreboard, honestly: the hard targets, how often each one is actually looked at, and the quiet human signals that never make it onto a dashboard.

Lead Upload SLA
Percentage of event leads uploaded to CRM within the agreed-upon timeframe.
Target · 99% of leads uploaded within 24 hours post-event

After the 'Future of MarTech' webinar, you uploaded 150 leads by 10 AM the next day, hitting our target.

Budget Accuracy (Task Level)
How closely individual task-related expenses (e.g., catering, shipping) align with allocated budgets.
Target · Individual task budgets managed to within +/- 5% of actual spend

Your catering order for the London lunch-and-learn was £480 against a £500 budget, a 4% variance, which is spot on.

Project Task Completion Rate
Percentage of assigned project tasks (e.g., booking flights, ordering swag) completed on time.
Target · 95% of assigned tasks completed by their deadline

You had 20 tasks assigned for the Q3 roadshow, and 19 were completed on time, showing excellent adherence to deadlines.

Vendor Invoice Processing Time
Speed at which vendor invoices are submitted for approval and payment.
Target · 90% of invoices submitted within 3 business days of receipt

You received 10 invoices this month and submitted 9 of them within 3 days, keeping our finance team happy.

Adherence to Brand Guidelines
Ensuring all event materials, signage, and communications align with our company's brand standards.
  • Feedback from Creative team on asset usage
  • consistency in event signage photos
  • correct logo placement on all branded items.
Vendor Relationship Quality
How effectively you communicate with and manage external vendors (e.g., venues, caterers, printers).
  • Positive feedback from vendors on clarity of instructions
  • smooth delivery of services
  • proactive communication about changes or issues.
Proactive Support & Issue Resolution
Your ability to anticipate potential problems and either solve them quickly or escalate them appropriately.
  • Identifying a potential shipping delay and finding an alternative before the event
  • pre-emptively checking venue AV setup
  • positive feedback from your manager on problem-solving.
Learning & Development Engagement
Your commitment to understanding the broader field marketing strategy and improving your skills.
  • Asking insightful questions during team meetings
  • completing assigned training modules
  • taking initiative to learn new software features
  • seeking feedback on your work.

5Would you like it

The honest version. What people enjoy, and what grinds them down.

What people enjoy
Seeing Tangible Results

You'll get a real kick out of seeing an event you helped organise come to life, from the initial planning to the actual day. You'll see the physical materials you ordered, the people you registered turning up, and the leads you uploaded making their way to sales.

Walking into an event you helped set up and seeing all the elements (banners, catering, registration desk) perfectly in place, knowing your work made it happen.

Being Part of a Team

You'll enjoy the collaborative nature of field marketing, working closely with your manager and sales teams. You'll feel valued as a key contributor to shared successes, even if you're not leading the show.

Being part of the post-event debrief and hearing positive feedback about the smooth logistics you managed, feeling like a crucial part of the win.

Learning & Growing

This role is a fantastic launchpad. You'll be constantly exposed to new marketing strategies, tools, and event types. If you love soaking up new information and building foundational skills, you'll thrive.

Mastering a new feature in our event management software or understanding the full lead lifecycle from MQL to SQL for the first time.

What frustrates people
  • The 'Swag Nightmares': A £5,000 shipment of branded merchandise getting stuck in customs or arriving the day after the event. It happens, and you'll be the one trying to fix it.
  • Chasing Sales for Follow-Up: You'll work hard to get those leads uploaded, but sometimes sales don't follow up as quickly as you'd like, which can feel like wasted effort.
  • Last-Minute Changes: Plans can change at the eleventh hour, meaning you might need to re-do work you've already completed, like re-printing badges or re-sending invites.
  • Repetitive Tasks: There's a fair bit of data entry, list management, and template-based work. If you find routine boring, some days might drag.
  • Being an 'Order Taker': Occasionally, sales might see you as purely administrative support, just asking you to 'book a dinner' rather than seeing your strategic value (which you'll build over time).
What this role does not give you
  • High-level strategic decision-making: You'll execute, not define, the strategy.
  • Direct management of a team: This is an individual contributor role focused on support.
  • Creative content generation from scratch: You'll use templates and existing assets.
  • Immunity from 'fire drills': Expect urgent requests, even if you're not the one causing them.

6Who you work with

This role directly supports the execution of regional marketing programmes, ensuring that events and campaigns run smoothly. Your work frees up more senior marketers to focus on strategy, and crucially, helps the sales team get face-to-face with prospects. Get it right, and you're a vital cog in the revenue engine; get it wrong, and you can cause significant headaches and missed opportunities.

Inside the business
  • Field Marketing Managers (your direct team)
  • Sales Development Representatives (SDRs) and Account Executives (AEs)
  • Marketing Operations Team (for CRM/MA support)
  • Creative and Content Teams (for event assets)
Outside the business
  • Event Venues and Caterers
  • Logistics and Shipping Providers
  • Branded Merchandise Vendors

7What you need before you start

Not a wish list. The things you would be expected to already have.

  • Strong organisational skills and a methodical approach to tasks.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
  • Proficiency with standard office software (e.g., Microsoft Office Suite or Google Workspace).
  • A genuine interest in marketing and events.
  • The ability to work effectively in a team environment and take direction.

8What to practise next

Where the job is going, and what to do about it starting this week.

Advanced CRM & MA Operations

As our marketing becomes more personalised and automated, you'll need to move beyond basic data entry to understanding how campaigns flow through our systems and how to troubleshoot minor issues.

Lead Scoring Logic · Campaign Workflows · Data Synchronisation · Reporting & Dashboards

  • This week: Ask your Marketing Ops team to walk you through a simple lead scoring model.
  • This month: Shadow a Field Marketing Specialist as they build a multi-touch nurture campaign in Marketo/Pardot.
  • Month 2: Take an online course on 'Salesforce Admin Basics' or 'Marketo Certified Associate'.
  • Month 3: Practice building a custom report in Salesforce to track event-sourced opportunities.

Quick win: Familiarise yourself with the 'Campaign' object in Salesforce and how it relates to our events. Understand what 'influenced pipeline' means.

9Staying current once you are in

What people here do to keep up
  • Attend industry webinars and virtual events on marketing trends and event technology.
  • Follow key marketing influencers and publications on LinkedIn to stay current.
  • Participate in internal training sessions on our CRM and marketing automation platforms.
  • Seek out mentorship opportunities from more senior members of the marketing team.
  • Take online courses on project management basics or advanced Excel skills.

10How the AI economy is changing work like this

Before we ask anything of you, here's what we can already say about AI and work of this kind:

The new skill this role is being asked for: Prompt Engineering for Marketing Content

AI tools like ChatGPT and Claude are becoming incredibly powerful for drafting content, from email subject lines to social media posts. Those who can 'talk' to these tools effectively will be significantly more productive.

We'll only ever tell you what we can actually back up. No hype, no scare tactics.

Your PlanIllustration

Built for Field Marketing Coordinator

3 units that map to this job, from the qualifications that cover it.

  1. Organise promotional events for the music industryAIM Qualifications · covers 2 of 10 standardsLevel 3
  2. Digital MarketingGateway Qualifications Limited · covers 2 of 10 standardsLevel 2
  3. Digital Marketing for the Digital and Creative IndustriesGateway Qualifications Limited · covers 2 of 10 standardsLevel 2
These are the real units behind this job, in the order they rank for it. Nothing here is marked done, because this plan has not been started by anyone yet. Yours would fill in as you go.

The rising capability

Zavmo analysis

What's rising in its place

This is where the work is heading, and the higher pay with it. Get fluent here and the shift stops being a threat and starts being your edge.

Prompt Engineering for Marketing Content

AI tools like ChatGPT and Claude are becoming incredibly powerful for drafting content, from email subject lines to social media posts. Those who can 'talk' to these tools effectively will be significantly more productive.

  • Clear & Concise Prompting
  • Context & Constraints
  • Iterative Refinement
  • Brand Voice Integration

Basic Data Interpretation for Events

While you won't be building complex models, understanding what the numbers mean for your events is crucial. We're moving beyond just 'how many registered' to 'who registered and why it matters'.

  • Key Event Metrics
  • Trend Identification
  • Basic Data Visualisation
  • Impact on Sales Pipeline

What you’ll use

Skills this role draws on

Technical

  • Event Marketing Basics
  • Lead Lifecycle Awareness
  • Budget Tracking
  • Sales Enablement Support

The pathway

How you actually get there, here

How you become one varies far more by country than what one does. This is the UK route. Most people take one of these ways in; the right one depends on where you're starting from.

  1. 1

    Marketing Internship/Apprenticeship

    6-12 months

    Skills to master

    • Basic office administration, project support, understanding marketing terminology, working in a professional environment.

    You're ready to move on when

    • Successfully managed small projects or tasks independently.
    • Received positive feedback on organisation and attention to detail.
    • Demonstrated a proactive attitude and eagerness to learn.
  2. 2

    Administrative Assistant / Office Manager

    1-2 years

    Skills to master

    • Scheduling, vendor coordination, budget tracking (basic), communication across departments, problem-solving.

    You're ready to move on when

    • Experience coordinating events or complex logistics (e.g., company offsites).
    • Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
    • Strong communication skills with internal and external stakeholders.
  3. 3

    Customer Service / Sales Support

    1-2 years

    Skills to master

    • Customer communication, understanding customer needs, problem resolution, working with sales teams, data entry.

    You're ready to move on when

    • Strong interpersonal skills and ability to build rapport.
    • Experience using CRM systems for customer interactions.
    • Understanding of the sales process and lead flow.

11Where this role leads

The long view:Your journey starts here, but where it goes is largely up to you. We're committed to providing the opportunities and support for you to build a truly rewarding career, whether that's climbing the field marketing ladder or exploring new avenues within the wider marketing landscape.

Pay & demand

Pay and demand for this role will appear here, each figure traced to a named authoritative source (e.g. the ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, under the Open Government Licence). We don’t show numbers we can’t attribute.

The ten Future Fluencies

Zavmo analysis

The credential is what you can do today. These are what keep you valuable.

A qualification proves you can do the job as it's defined today. These ten are what decide whether you're still the obvious person for it in five years. They're the capabilities employers are now writing into senior roles faster than people are learning them. Zavmo weaves them through whatever you study, so you come out with both: the credential and the fluency.

The highlighted ones are the Fluencies your role leans on hardest, from how Field Marketing Coordinator is actually changing. In about two minutes, the free confidence check asks where you stand on each of the ten. That's the whole check, and it's what makes the plan yours rather than generic.

Where it leads

Roles this leads to

The record names a next step, but the catalogue has no page for it yet:

  • Field Marketing Specialist (Level 2)

12The team that's yours

No two people are taught the same way. This is one-to-one, not one-to-many.

Zavmo is a hyper-personalised AI learning platform. Twelve virtual tutors, each with a different way of teaching, and one orchestration agent that picks the right one for the moment. So every single lesson is shaped around you, your role, and the way you learn. Not a course everyone sits through. A conversation built for you, and no one else.

…and nine more, matched to you after your first chat. Meet all twelve

Start free and meet yours

13What it feels like

A conversation, not a course

Because your tutor knows your role, your projects and your last session, learning sounds like this. And it's different for every single person:

Organise promotional events for the music industryLevel 3

Applied to your work in Field Marketing Coordinator

By completing this unit, learners will understand the roles and responsibilities involved in organising promotional events for the music industry. They will also develop the skills to prepare for, coordinate, and ensure the health and safety of such events.

How the thinking builds
  1. Remember
  2. Understand
  3. Apply
  4. Analyse
  5. Evaluate
  6. Create
An illustration of a Zavmo lesson, built from this role’s own route. The unit, its objective and every criterion above are the awarding body’s own words, not an example.

One to one, not one to many

No two people run this the same way

A course is written once and handed to everyone. This is assembled around you, and keeps changing as it learns you. Five things it reads, and what each one changes.

  1. Your actual work Every lesson is taught against a live piece of your own work, not a worked example from a textbook.
  2. What you already know The first conversation finds your starting point, so you skip what you can already do and spend the time on what you cannot.
  3. The conditions you learn under Not a learning-styles quiz. The evidence does not support those. The dimensions the research does back, read once and used to shape the plan.
  4. How far you got last time It picks up mid-thought. The tutor knows what you said, what you struggled with, and what it asked you to try.
  5. Which tutor suits the moment Twelve of them, each for a different kind of thinking. The one who walks you through a first idea is not the one who stress-tests it.

See how you learn, free. Eight questions, no sign-up. A directional taster; the diagnostic inside Zavmo goes deeper and keeps adapting.

DemonstrateIllustration

Evidenced on your work in Field Marketing Coordinator

You do not finish by watching something. You finish by showing it on the work you already do, against the measures this job is judged on.

  • Lead Upload SLAPercentage of event leads uploaded to CRM within the agreed-upon timeframe.After the 'Future of MarTech' webinar, you uploaded 150 leads by 10 AM the next day, hitting our target.99% of leads uploaded within 24 hours post-event
  • Budget Accuracy (Task Level)How closely individual task-related expenses (e.g., catering, shipping) align with allocated budgets.Your catering order for the London lunch-and-learn was £480 against a £500 budget, a 4% variance, which is spot on.Individual task budgets managed to within +/- 5% of actual spend
  • Project Task Completion RatePercentage of assigned project tasks (e.g., booking flights, ordering swag) completed on time.You had 20 tasks assigned for the Q3 roadshow, and 19 were completed on time, showing excellent adherence to deadlines.95% of assigned tasks completed by their deadline
  • Vendor Invoice Processing TimeSpeed at which vendor invoices are submitted for approval and payment.You received 10 invoices this month and submitted 9 of them within 3 days, keeping our finance team happy.90% of invoices submitted within 3 business days of receipt
These are this job's own measures, with its own targets. Nothing is marked evidenced, because nobody has started this yet. Yours would fill in from the work you bring.

Your passport

This isn't a certificate you file away. It's a passport to the life you're designing.

Every credit you earn and every fluency you build adds up: evidence where it counts, carried with you. Zavmo keeps the map: where you are, where you're heading, and the next step, at your pace, around your life. From Field Marketing Coordinator to Field Marketing Specialist (Level 2), and whatever you decide comes after.

Level 2 · in progressAI Fluency→ Field Marketing Specialist (Level 2)→ your design
Where this takes you

Your journey starts here, but where it goes is largely up to you. We're committed to providing the opportunities and support for you to build a truly rewarding career, whether that's climbing the field marketing ladder or exploring new avenues within the wider marketing landscape.

See Your Progress GrowIllustration
Field Marketing Coordinator
  • Event Marketing Basics
  • Lead Lifecycle Awareness
  • Budget Tracking
  • Sales Enablement Support
This is your Mind Palace on learn.zavmo.ai. Every skill above comes from this role's own record, not an example borrowed from another job. A node lights up when you evidence it, and what you build stays yours between jobs. That is the part a course cannot do.

14The detail, folded away

Everything else the record holds

The career branches in full, how AI is already showing up in the day-to-day, and the questions people ask about this job. Here when you want them, out of the way while you decide.

Where it leads next, rung by rung

Where it leads

The career path, and where it branches

Field Marketing Coordinator is a start, not a ceiling. Each step below asks for new skills and hands back more autonomy.

  1. Field Marketing Specialist (Level 2)

    2-3 years in current role

    You'll move from supporting tasks to owning smaller, standard events end-to-end with minimal supervision. You'll be following the playbook, but with more autonomy.

    • End-to-End Event Execution: Full ownership of webinars, lunch-and-learns, and local meetups.
    • Marketing Automation Campaign Build: Designing and implementing simple nurture campaigns.
    • Basic ROI Reporting: Calculating cost-per-lead and initial pipeline contribution for your events.
Working with AI on the job

Working with AI

Where AI is starting to help

Let's be real, field marketing involves a lot of repetitive tasks and chasing details. Imagine if you could offload some of that grunt work to an intelligent assistant, freeing you up to focus on learning and making a bigger impact. That's exactly what AI can do for you in this role.

We're not talking about robots taking over your job. Instead, think of AI as your super-efficient personal assistant, helping you with everything from drafting emails to finding the perfect venue. You'll still be the brains, but the heavy lifting gets a whole lot lighter.

Event Logistics Automation

Use AI assistants to draft initial versions of event communications (invites, reminders, thank yous) and automate routine tasks like sending vendor reminders. It's like having an extra pair of hands for all the fiddly bits.

Post-Event Insight Acceleration

Feed open-ended survey responses or chat logs from virtual events into an AI tool. It'll instantly summarise sentiment, identify key themes, and even pull out powerful customer quotes, saving you hours of manual review.

Venue & Vendor Discovery Support

Struggling to find a specific type of venue in a new city? Use an AI-powered prompt to research and shortlist options based on complex criteria, like 'Find 5 restaurants in downtown Manchester with a private room for 15, AV capabilities, and a rating above 4.5 stars.' Instant shortlist, less stress.

Content & Comms Drafting

Generate first drafts of event abstracts, social media promotional posts, landing page copy, and sales follow-up email sequences. You'll then refine and personalise the AI-generated content, making it sound like you, but much faster.

Common questions

Common questions

How do you become a Field Marketing Coordinator?

Common routes in include Marketing Internship/Apprenticeship (6-12 months), Administrative Assistant / Office Manager (1-2 years) and Customer Service / Sales Support (1-2 years). Times vary with prior experience.

Where can a Field Marketing Coordinator progress to?

This role can lead on to Field Marketing Specialist (Level 2) (2-3 years in current role), depending on the skills you build.

What level is a Field Marketing Coordinator in the UK?

This role aligns to RQF Level 2 on the UK framework, a guide to the depth of qualification it maps to, not a hard entry bar.

What new skills matter most for a Field Marketing Coordinator?

Increasingly, Prompt Engineering for Marketing Content and Basic Data Interpretation for Events. These are the areas where the higher-paid, future-proof work is heading.

The honest bit

You’ve started things before

Most of them were built for a room full of people who aren’t you. A cohort moves on whether or not your week allowed it, and by the third week the thing you’re behind on becomes the reason you stop opening it.

There’s no cohort here, and no timetable to fall behind. Before anything starts, Zavmo asks when you’re sharpest and how long you can realistically sit down for, then builds the sessions around those answers. A bad fortnight changes your pace. It doesn’t put you behind.

And you only pay once you start learning. Searching and planning are free, and you can cancel any time — so the cost of finding out is an afternoon, not a year.

What it costs

Less than one coaching session. Every month.

A single career-coaching hour costs more than a month of this, and it ends when the hour does. Zavmo doesn't. It's £70 a month, about £2.30 a day, for a companion that knows a Field Marketing Coordinator, works on the job you actually do, and keeps going at your pace rather than a timetable's.

  • Searching and planning stay free. You only pay when you start learning.
  • Your credits are yours. Regulated, and they don't vanish when a subscription ends.
  • Cancel any time and billing stops. No notice period, no minimum term.

Your path, personalised

You have the map. Walking it is the part we do together.

This route runs to 10 national skill standards. That is a real journey.

Zavmo shapes a learning experience as unique as you are. It fits how you learn, your pace and the work you already do. Every step stays benchmarked to recognised national standards. That’s the plan for becoming a Field Marketing Coordinator: personal to you, and it still counts. The first steps are free.

Independent research finds well-designed intelligent tutoring performs nearly as well as one-to-one human tutoring: VanLehn (2011), Educational Psychologist.

A private tutor in the UK averages £35–40 an hour . Zavmo is £70/month.

A real plan on learn.zavmo.ai: Ofqual-regulated units, credits, and a three-month run at your own pace.
Start free No commitment. See your first steps free.

15Where to go from here

Other roles at Level 2

Same depth of qualification, different job. Useful if the work appeals but this particular role does not.

Other roles in Marketing

Stay in the field you know and move sideways rather than up.

If you leave this industry

The skills you'll gain in field marketing—project management, communication, budget tracking, and understanding the sales cycle—are highly transferable. You could move into broader marketing roles, sales enablement, or even operations roles in other industries. The world's your oyster, really.

Not sure this is the right direction?

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This role profile is © 2026Growth Engineering Technologies Ltd. Built from UK occupational standards and regulated qualification data, and written for Zavmo.

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