Marketing Manager | Dubai
Our client is one of the regional market leader in the conference and exhibitions sector. In line with the company’s strategy and continued success they are looking to expand even further.
Looking now for a talented Marketing Manager to market conferences and exhibitions for one of their most reputed divisions in Healthcare, you would manage all the marketing channels effectively, within a budget and also under time constraints.
Job Purpose
• To assist Group Marketing Director to ensure the Life Science portfolio of products is marketed effectively
• To create synergies across the group to take advantage of cross marketing opportunities
• Act as a point of contact for all marketing queries relating to the group
• Drive the individual product campaigns
• Manage the various Marketing personnel
Key Performance Indicators
• Timelines are adhered to in all promotional activities
• Individual product targets met as set out by Group Marketing Director
Main Tasks and Responsibilities
• Plan, budget and implement the various product marketing campaigns
• Work closely with the Group Marketing Director in defining and implementing the strategic marketing decisions and direction for the group’s portfolio of exhibitions and associated events
• Ensure best practice marketing is met across the portfolio and ensure consistency across all the marketing activities including co-promotion of the exhibition and congress products
• Be innovative and creative with respect to bringing new ideas and methods into practice to increase the effectiveness of the marketing function across your portfolio of events and that of the group
• To keep associated marketing spend across your events within budget
• Set up, monitor and action media deals with external organisations to ensure maximum exposure at lowest cost to show budget
• Ensure show websites are fully up to date with latest information
• Oversee the design and production of all marketing collateral, including sales brochures, visitor tickets, print advertisements, web banners/emails etc.
• Proof read all marketing materials for your events to ensure error free deliverables
• Delegation of work to the exhibition marketing admin team in a timely and structured manner
• Oversee the management and co-ordination of all external suppliers including Print, Mailing House, Design and Research.
• Provide report information as required by the Group Exhibition Director and Group Exhibitions Marketing Director
• Perform any other duties commensurate with the grade and level of responsibility
Minimum Education Level Required
• Educated to degree standard in a business or marketing field
Background Knowledge and Experience
Essential
• Proficient in the use of Advanced MS Office including intermediate/advanced Word and Excel
• At least 3 years experience in a marketing role
• Proven experience of delivering simultaneous multi-product marketing campaigns
• Database build and maintenance, to include sourcing external data for new product areas.
• Online Marketing expertise including website best practice, search engine optimisation, sourcing of content, email marketing and new technologies such as streaming video / podcast etc
• Excellent people management skills, with specific workload management experience
• Experience of working in pressured working environment
• Speaks and writes clearly and fluently in English at all levels
Desirable Skills
• Arabic language speaker
• Conference / Exhibitions experience
• Healthcare industry knowledge
• CIM/IDM or Masters Qualification
Behavioral Competencies
• Effective communication at all levels internally and externally
• Trustworthy and discrete with sensitive information
• Positive approach to team work
• Effective negotiation skills
• Remains calm and approachable under pressure
• Promotes a learning environment through leadership and example
• Flexible and adaptable
• Creative thinking skills for problem solving
• Ability to work under pressure and within changing priorities and deadlines
• Customer focus
• Decision making
• Results driven
• Attention to detail and accuracy
• Planning and organising
• Ability to multi task and meet deadlines
• Interpersonal skills
• Time management
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