Marketing Manager Job in Johannesburg, Northern Suburbs
Sparkplugs Recruitment – Marketing Manager Vacancy in Johannesburg, Northern Suburbs
Current open jobs at Sparkplugs Recruitment in S.Africa 2024
Fresh recruitment for Marketing Manager in S.Africa 2024
| Remuneration: | Market related |
| Location: | Johannesburg, Northern Suburbs |
| Education level: | Honours |
| Job level: | Management Snr |
| Type: | Permanent |
Job description
Our client is a global leader in entertainment looking to hire a marketing manager for their globally recognised music and general entertainment channel.
Your key role will include but not be limited to:
- Barter deals – ensuring we have barter deals in key markets that are used to their full potential.
- Working with the commercial, programming and marketing teams to successfully implement campaigns and events.
- Create strong relationships with external promoters, media partners and sponsors in delivering events.
- Creation and maintaining an up-to-date marketing events calendar – working with events group on a regular basis.
- Work closely with online and advertising manager to build the website as an effective sales and marketing tool.
- Work closely with the on-air producer in the creation and placement of promo campaigns on this channel and other relevant channels.
- Working on cross-functional marketing projects in conjunction with the sales and programming to make marketing revenue target.
- Merchandise and branding materials – creation and sourcing of merchandise /branding materials within allocated budget.
- Organisation of events, i.e: Christmas party/away days (alongside top management and human resources)
- Pan-African events – responsibility for leveraging the pan-African events on a local level and ensuring events group are fully updated on all details
- Building relationships with the pan-African teams and being the first point of contact for the cluster marketing structure
Other:
- Take on additional responsibilities of overseeing and supporting other operational functions as required by top management
- Any other duties as determined by the channel director
Requirements
Knowledge and experience:
- You must have six to eight years within a marketing management capacity
- Seasoned professional
- Preferably with previous media experience
- First class track record of strategic and commercial development of market
- leading brands
- In-depth understanding of advertising sales process including planning and traffic
- Extensive experience in commercial modelling
- Strong commercial acumen and budget management skills
- Excellent IT and technical skills (MS Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Word, business objects)
- Proven experience of managing teams to measurable commercial success, this person will be able to encourage and support the production of exceptional creative content
- Ability to develop, evaluate and recommend business options and deal structures
- Exceptional communication skills and the ability to adapt communication styles
- Willingness to travel extensively throughout Africa
Desirable:
- Experience of commercial development in Africa
Essential:
- Experience with advertising, distribution and sponsorship sales
- Relevant tertiary education
Personal and interpersonal skills:
- Hands-on approach to role
- Ability to consolidate information to a succinct level
- Strong individual with a genuine passion for the industry
- High impact communication/presentation skills
- Ability to develop good working relationships internally and externally
- Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines in a rapidly changing environment
- Dedicated, ambitious and committed, willing to work the long hours required to get the job done
- Excellent management skills and solid track record as good people manager
Contact details
Roisin McCarthy
Sparkplugs Recruitment
roisin@sparkplugs.co.za