Our client own a small – medium sized shopping mall containing 50 high end retail outlets and require a Marketing/PR Manager to increase the footfall to the mall.

Responsible for managing effective and engaging relationships with all tenants residing within the mall, defining short- and long-term strategies for the shopping mall and its tenant portfolio, managing and implementing a year around active calendar of marketing communications, corporate communications, partnership, promotion, special event, promotion, digital and social media activities, which are brand building and drive measurable growth in footfall to the Mall and its resident boutiques. Actively monitor, guide and support Mall brand standards implementation and compliance.

Manage effective and dynamic relationships with tenants of the Mall.
• To direct, oversee and manage all marketing activities of the Mall.
• To conceptualise, activate and execute promotions, special events, exhibitions
and other initiatives for the shopping destination.
• To direct the Mall’s continuous publicity through advertising, promotions, digital marketing, visual merchandising, direct consumer communications, social
media, partnerships as well as public relations with Corporate Communications.
• Engage in innovative marketing initiatives which enhance the branding and positioning aspects of the Mall locally, regionally and internationally.
• To construe and conduct market research and surveys in aspects of competitive set, mall positioning, consumer preferences, trends and luxury brands.
• Executive and periodically adjust comprehensive marketing strategies and programmes in support of the Mall and its tenants and managing all marketing activities within designated budgets.
• Prepare a sound marketing plan and five year strategy for the Mall with relevant buy in from all stakeholders and market the Boulevard through strategic and integrated marketing and branding initiatives.
• Ensure that website content for the Mall digital platform is fully updated, engaging and dynamic, and hailed by consumers and the industry as an active gateway to experience the brand and its tenants.
• Develop a five year strategy plan for the Mall which encompasses positioning, tenant mix, shopping mall design, services and developments.
• Manage agency relationships from the perspective of advertising, graphic design,
printing, promotional events and media.
• Design and development of marketing materials for the Mall and all Initiatives which the Mall undertakes.
• Ensure that Public Relations potential for the Mall is fully maximised through engaging relationships with Corporate Communications and tenants.
• Implement online and offline retail marketing initiatives with key stakeholders, which achieve performance of lead measures, in line with Great Leaders methodology, and which measurably increase footfall and customer loyalty.
• Improve the marketing efficiency ratio, ROI and ROE, for mall marketing activities and establish campaigns which measure success and failure.
• Develop marketing strategies for the mall through integration of loyalty programmes, as well as loyalty programmes of tenant partners.
• Ensure that all marketing materials of the mall adhere to brand standards and develop marketing materials which are cutting edge, customer focused, brand fitting, efficient and effective in achieving commercial and loyalty objectives.
• Facilitate that partners and areas within the business units have appropriate Levels of marketing collateral for the mall, and are made aware of key Marketing initiatives the mall undertakes.
• Facilitate that all photography files and artwork with original source and design files are archived in collaboration with the In-House Designer and catalogued for easy reference and use.

Requirements

• Internationally recognised Advanced / Higher / Graduate Diploma / Bachelor’s Degree / Post Graduate Diploma or Professional Degree in Marketing / Advertising/Media or equivalent. (Essential)
• Retail qualification (Desirable)
• 8 plus years brand marketing experience in the luxury retail industry. (Essential)
• Sound experience in managing relationships and marketing in context of a Shopping mall. (Essential)
• Analytical focus with strong quantitative and budget management skills. (Essential)
• Experience in Sales and Business Development. (Desirable)
• Strong communicator across a variety of platforms and on all levels. (Essential)
• A master in maintaining effective relationships. (Essential)
• Strong marketing skills and well trained eye for creativity and detail. (Essential)
• Passion and knowledge about the world of fashion and luxury. (Desirable)
• Understanding of different retail concepts and brands. (Essential)
• High competence in developing / making highly effective presentations. (Essential)
• Outstanding English skills in written and verbal language. (Essential)
• Proficiency in Arabic language in written and verbal language. (Desirable)
• Dynamic and confident individual with the ability to bring about initiatives.(Essential)
• Good time management, prioritising and status tracking skills. (Essential)
• Ability to work under pressure and tight deadlines. (Essential)
• Working as a team player. (Essential)
• Keeping abreast of developments in retail and fashion industry. (Essential)
• Strong attention to detail and the production of high quality work. (Essential)
• Capability of delivering marketing materials in line with brand standards.(Essential)
• Should display personal drive to succeed and achieve. (Essential)
• Good understanding of the audience and shopper profile catered for. (Essential)
• Outstanding communication skills and ability to persuade others. (Essential)
• Strong knowledge of all media platforms and campaign development. (Essential)
• Creative and critical trained eye for creative review. (Essential)
• Entrepreneurial problem solver. (Desirable)
• Strong understanding of print management and production fundamentals. (Essential)
• Technical understanding of photography, film and rich media. (Essential)
• Market planning and project management skills. (Essential)
• Proficiency in ROI and ROE analysis. (Essential)
• Proficiency in new media, social media and digital marketing. (Essential)

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This professional membership body is looking to hire a new marketing executive to support the BD Manager and the marketing Manager within it’s Dubai based marketing team.
A busy role, the marketing executive will run and organise a corporate events program for all the Gulf based members, as well as be responsible for the corporate literature and marketing collateral to support the events.

Requirements

You will ideally be located in the UAE, be fluent in English, come from a marketing assistant / executive position and be looking for the next challenge in your career.
Experience implementing marketing communications, PR, organising and attending corporate events, and supporting senior marketing professionals is essential.

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International Financial Services firm is looking to have a marketing executive join it’s busy marketing team.
This is a really exciting opportunity for a strong marketing executive, committed to the Financial Services sector and who has exposure to the full marketing mix. You will be getting involved in re-branding, direct mail, new product launches, PR activities, organising corporate events and designing new marketing literature for internal and external use. Full ATL and BTL marketing will be utilised.

Requirements

Reporting and working closely with the marketing manager, the successful candidate needs to come from a background in financial services or professional services, have a can do attitude and have exposure to BTL marketing activities as well as ATL ideally.

Ideally Arabic speaking is preferred. All candidates must be located here already as this is an urgent requirement for the right candidate.

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Very attractive package for the right candidate

Our Client is looking for a first rate Marketing Manager with specialist FMCG experience to join the team at its corporate office in Dubai. Reporting directly to the Head of Marketing, the ideal candidate should have at least 10 years experience and a sound marketing framework.

You will currently hold the position of Marketing Manager and for the last 2/3 years held full P & L management responsibility. You should have a demonstrated career path as a Brand Manager/Senior Brand Manager/Customer Marketer in FMCG (preferably food) with a multinational organisation. In addition, you should have launched a significant brand in the last 5 years with 360 degree activation. Ideally, previous experience will have provided exposure to both KSA and Egypt.

You must be fully operational on retail audits, trackers (brand health), and habit and attitude studies and be skilled in data interpretation and resulting action planning. A strong leader and keen team player, you must believe in building capability, promoting talent and developing the skills of your team. You must be adept at relationship building and be an interdepartmental team player, i.e. Sales, Supply Chain etc.

Requirements

Preferably an Arabic speaker, you will be suitably qualified from a reputed institute. You must possess excellent communication skills, enthusiasm and drive. The role involves significant travel to KSA, Egypt and Yemen and additional travel to markets in Malaysia and Indonesia.

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- Manage public, media and community relations, reputation and issue management.
- Supervise and manage the workflow of advertising, public relations, events, and branding agencies.
- Increase the employee awareness about the company identity and different projects and initiatives.
- Increase the level of internal communication withing the employees.
- Manage the company web site and intranet through supervising the external agencies deliverables of the above.
- Assist in and input the design of employees’ hand book, policies and procedures and similar materials.
- Manage the design of company newsletters and magazines.
- Perform other duties as requested by management.

Requirements

- 6 to 8 years in marketing with involvement is employee relations programs.
- Degree in marketing/communication/advertising with experience in a range of marketing and communications activities within multi-company experience preferably in a holding or similar organizations. Exposure to a wide range of marketing and public relations in required.
- Excellent marketing skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Excellent presentation skills

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Marketing Support & Bid Coordinator – Up to AED 18,000

This is a dual function role and requires a candidate with both marketing and bid/tender experience.
You will be responsible for issuing proposals in line with the RFP guidelines, manage the RFP process from start to finish liaising with various departments in the company, proof reading and final formatting, ensuring the legal team have reviewed the T&C’s, ensuring compliance with company standard and overseeing the proposal library.
You will also liaise with the Regional Marketing team in the UK, ensure delivery of marketing related inputs to the PR firms, manage events, research and identify new marketing events and opportunities.

Requirements

Ideally you will have a marketing qualification and a minimum of 3 years experience in marketing within a multinational Professional Services company. You must have both marketing and bid/proposal/tender experience.
You must be highly efficient, able to meet tight deadlines, able to work on various projects at the same time, excellent research, formatting, editing skills, strong attention to detail, able to think strategically and adapt to changing requirements and be able to focus under pressure.

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Executive solutions are working on behalf of one of the most prestigious hospitality brands within the region, and they are urgently recruiting for a Leasing Manager for their Dubai operations.

Role Overview

Purpose:
Responsible for managing effective and engaging relationships with all tenants residing within the Boulevard, defining short- and long-term strategies for the shopping mall and its tenant portfolio, managing and implementing a year around active calendar of marketing communications, corporate communications, partnership, promotion, special event, promotion, digital and social media activities, which are brand building and drive measurable growth in footfall to the Boulevard and its resident boutiques. Actively monitor, guide and support Boulevard brand standards implementation and compliance.

Communication:
Internal
• General Manager
• Close collaboration with the Director of the Boulevard and Office Tower.
• Interactions with colleagues residing within the Dubai Cluster Marketing Office.
• Central support services such as Corporate Communications and Sirius.

External
• This position works closely with tenants within the Boulevard to bring about an
active calendar of activities and events throughout the year.
• Brands representing potential tenants for the Boulevard shop portfolio.
• Printing and production partners on multiple platforms for any marketing needs.
• Business partner and trade partner relationships on a multiple level.
• Other important relationships will be maintaining marketing partners, media
influencers and industry associations in the field of fashion and retail.

Requirements

Role Specifications

Qualifications
• Internationally recognised Advanced / Higher / Graduate Diploma / Bachelor’s Degree / Post Graduate Diploma or Professional Degree in Marketing / Advertising/Media or equivalent. (Essential)
• Retail qualification (Desirable)

Experience
• 8 plus years brand marketing experience in the luxury retail industry. (Essential)
• Sound experience in managing relationships and marketing in context of a
Shopping mall. (Essential)
• Analytical focus with strong quantitative and budget management skills. (Essential)
• Experience in Sales and Business Development. (Desirable)

Skills
• Strong communicator across a variety of platforms and on all levels. (Essential)
• A master in maintaining effective relationships. (Essential)
• Strong marketing skills and well trained eye for creativity and detail. (Essential)
• Passion and knowledge about the world of fashion and luxury. (Desirable)
• Understanding of different retail concepts and brands. (Essential)
• High competence in developing / making highly effective presentations. (Essential)
• Outstanding English skills in written and verbal language. (Essential)
• Proficiency in Arabic language in written and verbal language. (Desirable)
• Dynamic and confident individual with the ability to bring about initiatives.
(Essential)
• Good time management, prioritising and status tracking skills. (Essential)
• Ability to work under pressure and tight deadlines. (Essential)
• Working as a team player. (Essential)
• Keeping abreast of developments in retail and fashion industry. (Essential)
• Strong attention to detail and the production of high quality work. (Essential)
• Capability of delivering marketing materials in line with brand standards.
(Essential)
• Should display personal drive to succeed and achieve. (Essential)
• Good understanding of the audience and shopper profile catered for. (Essential)
• Outstanding communication skills and ability to persuade others. (Essential)
• Strong knowledge of all media platforms and campaign development. (Essential)
• Creative and critical trained eye for creative review. (Essential)
• Entrepreneurial problem solver. (Desirable)
• Strong understanding of print management and production fundamentals.
(Essential)
• Technical understanding of photography, film and rich media. (Essential)
• Market planning and project management skills. (Essential)
• Proficiency in ROI and ROE analysis. (Essential)
• Proficiency in new media, social media and digital marketing. (Essential)

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• Manage all efforts associated with global sales of chemicals into the natural gas market
• Work with Sales management in developing, updating and implementing winning sales strategies and value propositions to achieve the regional budgets for natural gas.
• Develop and implement global natural gas strategies and market plans
• Coordinate competitive analysis and project win/loss analysis for the natural gas market
• Provide Marketing support for new natural gas product commercialization
• Work in parallel with other divisions to monitor new projects
• Participate in specification reviews for natural gas chemicals
• Provide tactical management and guidance for natural gas related alliances
• Develop sales and publication material
• With Sales guidance, engage customers as needed to help support growth
• Plan, coordinate and attend strategic natural gas conferences
• Assist other market managers as they implement strategies in the Middle East region

Requirements

• Must be qualified Chemical Engineer
• Ideally 7 – 10 years experience in the natural gas processing industry
• Experience in an operations or engineering role with knowledge of adsorbent purification/dehydration preferred
• Strong analytical skills of strategies, market trends, and competitive information
• Strong verbal and written English skills required
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to influence others
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate with various people and organizations in an effort to develop results
• Ability to conceptualize and communicate business needs; good presentation skills

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One of the world’s leading footwear brands and the fastest growing global footwear retail concept. Operating in over 900 concept stores in more than 80 countries with annual sales exceeding 17,000,000 pairs. Due to the dynamic expansion plans in the UAE, (operating over 20 stores with a retail team exceeding 100) we have an exciting opportunity to join our global retail team in the position of: Brand Manager.

Requirements

We are looking for candidates with a minimum of 5-7 years of retail experience in a similar management position.

Main goals will be to:

• Drive the implementation of the concept in new and existing shops.
• Achieve annual sales & profit targets in line with the agreed business plans.
• Ensure that all sales associates deliver a consistent service second to none.
• Motivate and lead a team of mid management and sales associates to achieve set goals and objectives.
• Select seasonal collections most suitable for the local markets.
• Manage inventory and achieve planed seasonal sell through.
• Assist in the recruitment, training and reviews of the retail team.
• Develop and execution of the retail plans to enhance the brand’s position and image.

Skill sets required

An energetic, self motivated, target driven & result oriented professional with strong communication and computer skills. Having strong People Management & Leadership Qualities. Must be able to delegate task effectively & provide guidance to the team. Good Analytical &Problem solving abilities.

The Group offers exciting career growth and development.

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On behalf of a reputable independent PR agency part of a large regional network, we are currently looking for a director of business development.

The PR agency you will be working for consists of 20 experienced and dedicated professionals. They are active in multiple sectors including automotive, FMCG and government.

As the Director Business Development you report directly to the COO and Client Leadership Director and work closely with the Strategy Director.

You will mainly be responsible for developing new business. Another important aspect is the provision of media trainings, training the client how to work with key messages, organizing workshops etc.

The ideal candidate will have at least 5 years of relevant work experience and have experience working in the Middle East. Preferably you are bilingual (English/Arab) but the most important aspect is your experience and personality. We are looking for individuals that are charismatic, well spoken and presentable.

This role offers the chance to work in a growing, forward thinking organisation with excellent backing and an existing track record of success, competitive compensation packages are available for the successful applicant.

If you are ready for a new challenge within PR business development please apply online.

Requirements

The ideal candidate will have at least 5 years of relevant work experience and have experience working in the Middle East. Preferably you are bilingual (English/Arab) but the most important aspect is your experience and personality. We are looking for individuals that are charismatic, well spoken and presentable.

This role offers the chance to work in a growing, forward thinking organisation with excellent backing and an existing track record of success, competitive compensation packages are available for the successful applicant.

If you are ready for a new challenge within PR business development please apply online.

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