Overview

Our client in the Events industry is looking to recruit urgently to manage their growing portfolio of products

Responsibilities

  • Assist Events Manager with Carrying out research on events/conferences or projects to undertake
  • Developing marketing plans and strategies for each brand
  • Ensuring event websites are always up and up to date by working closely with I.T persons.
  • Preparing marketing campaign materials including mailers, brochures, and other marketing materials
  • Drafting, publishing and distributing press releases
  • Sourcing relevant media partners for each event and negotiating agreements that gave advertising opportunities like web banners, print adverts, inserts
  • Engaging the conference producer in deciding the key themes to be communicated in each event depending on current trends.
  • Ensuring the effective promotion of all events
  • Managing production of marketing materials, including leaflets, brochures, posters, flyers, newsletters and e-newsletters in a timely manner
  • Liaising with the designer on ideas for each product’s branding and on the overall artworks for marketing materials
  • Negotiating with vendors good prices for the production of marketing
  • Maintaining and updating event databases by compiling all attendees after each event.
  • Management of all onsite branding
  • Assisting Events manager/coordinator with directing event set-up, communicating with staff, and organizing vendors, and managing take-down.
  • Managing marketing budgets
  • Initiating and evaluating marketing campaigns
  • Creation and Preparation of attendee’s questionnaires and feedback procedures.
  • Inviting local and international media and journalists to the events, managing onsite media interviews of all conferences.
  • Ensuring there are quality Videography and photography at each event
  • Preparing post-event reports for each event
  • Updating team on competing events

Requirements

  • Internet savvy
  • Ability to work on multiple projects
  • Good research and analytical skills
  • An adaptable and versatile individual
  • Enthusiastic and committed
  • Media connections are an added advantage
  • Understanding of customer segmentation
  • Able to manage People
  • Good with a camera to take excellent photos and short videos of all setups
  • Creative and Innovative mind
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Able to build and maintain Client Relationships,
  • Excellent Writing skills
  • Good at Public Speaking or making presentations

Education and Qualifications

  • Degree in public relations, advertising or marketing preferred.
  • Experience in a similar role or project management capacity
  • Ability to use spreadsheets to analyze data and spot trends