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Advertising Account Executive | KD Group Cairo, Egypt

Samer Marzouq — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 17:06:34 +0000

An advertising account executive acts as a link between clients and our agency. And is responsible for the day-to-day running of our clients’ needs and requirements. Liaising between the client and our staff and suppliers in order to coordinate the details of projects. And ensuring that they are completed as specified, on time and within budget.

Primary Roles:
• Discussing the products, services and advertising requirements of each particular client
• Setting up meetings with clients and other agency staff
• Liaising with, and acting as the link between, the client and advertising agency by maintaining regular contact with both, ensuring that communication flows effectively
• Overseeing the status of advertising campaigns
• Writes job offers to clients after their approval
• Writing reports, keeping records and financial details
• Helping to secure new business
• Undertaking administrative tasks (including – and not limited to – purchasing needed projects materials, delivering output to clients, invoicing, and collection)

PS. Valid drivers license and owns a car is a MUST

Skills
- Passionate for work
- Passionate for learning
- Can work with a team
- Has very good command of English, both written and spoken
- Has good communication skills

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Research Manager | The Nielsen Company Cairo, Egypt

Samer Marzouq — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 19:41:25 +0000

Do you have FMCG experience?
Are you an up and comer who wants to work with one of the biggest clients in the region?
Do you want a new challenge in a global organization?
If you answered yes to any of these, then we have the role for you…

The Nielsen Company is a world leader of providing consumer insights. As a professional services organization, our people are integral to driving success. We are seeking an enthusiastic individual who wants a new challenge in their career and is looking to help support and drive Nielsen products and services across our premier clients.

Applicants should have a passion and desire to work as part of the bigger Nielsen Team and must be up to the challenge of being involved in an organization which continues to support innovation and change.

Skills
Lead a team towards a common goal
Be strong on quantitative research techniques with a view to add value to client
Identify opportunities to deepen client relationship
Have at least 5 years experience in quantitative research preferably within the FMCG sector
In return for your services the Nielsen Company can offer you the following:

Opportunity to take on new challenges
Chance to grow and develop the role
Excellent career opportunities (locally and globally)
Team orientated culture

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Media Supervisor | Starcom MediaVest Group Cairo, Egypt

Samer Marzouq — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 19:14:29 +0000

Media Supervisors are responsible in the creation and implementation of a holistic communications plan and architecture for their brands. They are responsible for having an in-depth knowledge of the client’s business and its competitors to determine sufficient advertising and media needs and to ensure plans are properly executed and delivered. In addition, Media Supervisors have day-to-day client contact and work with their counterpart Starcom team
They present media plans to clients, and oversee the work of the Associates they manage in this regard. They gather and analyze marketing data to determine the client’s advertising and media needs, and they analyze media alternatives and make recommendations as to how to best allocate the advertising budget. Plans typically include analysis and recommendations on targeting, geography, scheduling, support level and budget.
With the right business opportunities, professional experience, and outstanding performance, a Media Supervisor can expect to progress to Associate Media Director and then to Media Director.

Skills
-Experience: 3 years of relevant work experience in media planning/buying or marketing communication
-Bachelor’s degree required, preferably advertising, communication, marketing or business majors
-Technical proficiency, particularly with media systems and MS Excel, Word and PowerPoint
-Ability to accurately apply principles of media math
-Solid verbal and written communication skills
-Detail-oriented and able to produce accurate work product
-Able to work successfully with teams, handling multiple projects and meeting tight deadlines under pressure

Education
Mass Communication

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Marketing Director | Andalusia Group For Medical Services Cairo, Egypt

Samer Marzouq — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 20:01:55 +0000

Job purpose: The purpose of the role is to plan and implement sales and marketing activities in order to meet Andalusia Group for Medical Services targets for retention growth and profitability, and to contribute, as a board member, to the executive management of Andalusia Group for Medical Services Job Summary: This position is primarily responsible for marketing, advertising, brand awareness, and public relations as well as identifying key marketing partnerships, outlets and competitive strategies. The marketing Director will plan, direct and direct the design, production and implementation of all advertising, marketing and public relations activities; develop and implement strategic alliances and partnerships, represent and speak on behalf of Andalusia Group for Medical Services in interviews, public forums and press conferences; and direct the response to all inquiries from outside Andalusia Group for Medical Services and serve as the liaison between Andalusia Group for Medical Services and all media.

Skills
Minimum five 5 years of experience in similar position. • And or ten 10 years in related experience in related posts or positions. • Post graduate studies such as Master, PhD. and or MD and PDA is a plus. • Excellent command in English language is a must. • Good computer skills, MS Office. • Post graduate studies such as Master, PhD. and or MD and PDA. • Maximum age of this position Forty Five 45 years old. • Exceptional communication skills with team building ability. • previous experience in Gulf region is an asset.

Education
Bachelor degree in Commercial and or Medical related field

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Marketing Manager | Andalusia Group For Medical Services Cairo, Egypt

Samer Marzouq — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 19:59:53 +0000

- Develops annual marketing plans in conjunction with the sales department which entails detailed activities during the fiscal year which will focus on meeting organizational objectives.
- Manage the Marketing Department Budget and delivery of all marketing activities within the agreed budget.
- Direction of marketing staff where budgets are devolved.
- Monitoring and analyzing market trends, studying competitors, products and services
- Exploring ways of improving existing products and services, and increasing profitability
- Identifying target markets and developing strategies to communicate with them
- Handing all marketing activities.

Skills
- Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing and acquires an MBA.
- Excellent Communication Skills, Leadership & motivation, Organizing and planning
- Acquires decision making skills, problem Solving skills, time-management skills, attention to detail, and a high level of concentration and accuracy.
- Good knowledge of labor law and social regulations
- Excellent computer skills

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Senior Marketing Executive | CIT Global Cairo, Egypt

Samer Marzouq — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 19:39:52 +0000

* Drafting press releases (Arabic/English), marketing copy, sales letters and new business proposals with excellent editorial skills.
* Drafting articles, reviews and news stories.
* Working with marketing director to research and identify new and existing client prospects, prioritize leads, and develop and implement outreach strategy.
* Assisting with responses to new business inquiries; developing pitches, estimates and proposals.
* Managing online news submissions to news portals and news networks.
* Update corporate and products websites.
* Assisting maintaining corporate portfolio materials in appropriate forms.
* Leading internal communications efforts (notifying employees of media coverage, award wins and general agency news).
* Keep on eye on the media says, do the media monitoring with a detailed and professional online search activities.
* Able to produce reports, white papers as required.
* Liaising with external public relations firms.
* Assisting with the development and maintenance of key marketing vehicles including website, Twitter feed, brochures, and case studies.
* Conduct online social marketing and viral marketing activities.
* Document meeting minutes, organize internal and external meetings, coordinate for best events management and search for ideal supplies.

Skills
* Strong research, writing and public speaking skills.
* Strong Editorial and business writing skills.
* Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
* Excellent time management and organizational skills
* Ability to work independently and as a successful part of a team
* Problem solver.
* Good command of English & Arabic. Chinese is a plus.
* Professional user for MS Office applications (Word & Excel in specific)
* Bachelor’s degree in marketing, business development, communications, or a related field. Marketing/PR Agency experience preferred.

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Marketing Data/ Business Analyst | Wunderman Cairo, Egypt

Samer Marzouq — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 19:39:21 +0000

Wunderman Egypt is mainly dealing with Microsoft, one the major client of Wunderman.
Their main impact is on the Marketing Service Center of Microsoft, MSC.

In this function you will participate on an MSC execution team by preparing data to be “execution” ready for GMP tool execution.

•Reformatting of data files for loading into various GMP tools. Examples:
o Siebel DET loads
o Siebel data loads into EMMA
o Attendee/invitee lists into WWE
o MS Sales ID loads into EMMA
o Etc.

•Cleansing of data on campaign basis to improve campaign execution. Examples:
o Removal of malformed physical addresses, email addresses, or phone numbers

•Combining of data files for use of suppression. Examples:
o Combining of MS Sales, Siebel files, EMMA files, etc. to aid in targeting

•May aid from time to time in GMP tool execution (e.g. performing EMMA list pulls, doing WWE setups, etc.) as needed.

Skills
•Needs the ability to multi-task multiple execution team deliverables and meet deadlines.
•Good organization skills, acute attention to detail, consistent follow through).

•2-4 years experience data cleansing and or preparation is required.
•BS/BA required.
•English language skills required; Arabic and French language skills a plus.

•Experience with GMP tools a big plus.
•Basic understanding of the direct marketing project process flow and execution a plus.
•Skills using data manipulation tools (SQL Server, Access, etc.) for large files (<1 million records).

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Community Manager | GoNabit Cairo, Egypt

Samer Marzouq — Mon, 24 May 2010 19:06:06 +0000

Are you a vibrant, enthusiastic, and passionate community builder? You may like to plan and strategize, but ultimately you love getting your hands dirty? Are you on the pulse of what is cool, new and hip in town and know what people want before they do? Your mom would call you a social butterfly, but you just think your friendly. Are you curious and interested? Are you practicing what you are learning…and constantly both practicing and learning?

We are launching a new ecommerce startup to serve the region and need someone to help us understand and engage our local community.

You should have/be/do…
- Prepare visuals and copy for daily deals in your city in coordination with the client to create a stellar marketing vehicle
- Create secondary daily content that features on the deal email and the dedicated area of the website that aligns with the community management plan and the target market
- Write compelling local newsletters weekly
- Write persuasive pitches to venue owners and marketing partners for prospective events
- Conceptualize, negotiate, wrangle, plan and execute cool, fun and buzz-worthy (big wow factor!) events/parties for buyers
- Conceptualize, plan and execute informative and valuable events for the local small business community
- Implement social media outreach strategies by owning our voice across local channels such as Facebook, Twitter, blogging, and viral video
- Connect with the right local organizations and barter weekly newsletter sponsorships for promotion of GoNabit
- Manage the assimilation of new product features and the dissemination of information about program updates to buyer community
- Work with sales on calendaring to ensure that we are ahead of the curve on awesome upcoming events that we must get on GoNabit
- Meet up with Nabbers at planned events and random encounters
- Attend civic events. See and be seen. In the scene. Be the Mayor. Always on.
- Encourage Nabbers to review businesses where they redeemed Nabits
- Encourage, promote and display photos of Nabbers caught in the act of redeeming
- Be out and about and proud of it
- Own on-site communication in forums in your city
- Be accountable with stellar communication to your peers and those who support you at GoNabit HQ.
- Moderate and manage our feedback program

Skills
You should be hands-on with community engagement. That said, working at a startup means having to do a bit of everything and a lot of something. You should have clear metrics of how you have been a superstar in your past roles. No killer numbers means no interview.

- comfortable engaging directly with our community in good times and not as good times – and solving problems
- high degrees of diligence and accountability
- ability to network, build presence, grow a profile and motivate people to action

Education
Bachelors at minimum

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Marketing Research | Venus International Cairo, Egypt

Samer Marzouq — Mon, 24 May 2010 18:43:27 +0000

Responsibilities
- Secondary Source Research: Discovery, prioritization, analysis, integration and summary of key findings from secondary sources. Gathers environment, industry, market, company, consumer, competitor and product data, media audits and analyzes.
- Primary Source Research: Assist with the preparation and logistics of us and client primary research, and the interpretation, organization and presentation of research findings. This would include conducting analyzes from our proprietary databases.
- Research Engagement Management: Serve as central point of contact for scheduling, tracking and assisting in the orderly management, prioritization and execution of research engagements.

Skills
- Presentable.
- Communication and negotiation skills.
- Decision making skills.
- Previous experience in commodities marketing.

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Marketing Managers | B.Tech Cairo, Egypt

Samer Marzouq — Wed, 19 May 2010 14:42:52 +0000

Duties and Responsibilities
• Formulate, direct and coordinate marketing activities and policies to promote products and services, working with advertising and promotion managers.
• Identify, develop, and evaluate marketing strategy, based on knowledge of establishment objectives, market characteristics, and cost and markup factors.
• Direct the hiring, training, and performance evaluations of marketing and sales staff and oversee their daily activities.
• Evaluate the financial aspects of product development, such as budgets, expenditures, research and development appropriations, and return-on-investment and profit-loss projections.
• Develop pricing strategies, balancing firm objectives and customer satisfaction.
• Compile lists describing product or service offerings.
• Initiate market research studies and analyze their findings.
• Use sales forecasting and strategic planning to ensure the sale and profitability of products, lines, or services, analyzing business developments and monitoring market trends.
• Coordinate and participate in promotional activities and trade shows, working with developers, advertisers, and production managers, to market products and services.
• Consult with buying personnel to gain advice regarding the types of products or services expected to be in demand.

Knowledge
• Sales and Marketing
• Customer and Personal Service
• English Language
• Administration and Management
• Communications and Media
• Computers and Electronics

Skills
• Active Listening
• Critical Thinking
• Speaking
• Writing
• Reading Comprehension
• Social Perceptiveness
• Coordination
• Complex Problem Solving
• Management of Personnel Resources
• Monitoring

Work Activities
• Communicating with Persons Outside Organization — Communicating with people outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources. This information can be exchanged in person, in writing, or by telephone or e-mail.
• Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates — Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
• Getting Information — Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
• Thinking Creatively — Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions.
• Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships — Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.
• Developing and Building Teams — Encouraging and building mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members.
• Making Decisions and Solving Problems — Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
• Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work — Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
• Interacting With Computers — Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information.
• Developing Objectives and Strategies — Establishing long-range objectives and specifying the strategies and actions to achieve them.

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