Marketing Manager - 12 Month Contract

We are looking for a Marketing Manager for an international business-to-business media group with interests in exhibitions, conferences, publishing and online media. You will get the chance to work for a company that is recognised as a market leader in events and publishing in the printing and packaging, aerospace, discount goods and medical sectors. With its head office in London, it also has offices in Milwaukee, New York, Boca Raton, Shanghai, Dubai, Jakarta and Istanbul.

Purpose of job:

To deliver innovative international marketing campaigns to achieve event and publishing targets.

Specific responsibilities:

• Implementation of communications plan – direct mail, email, advertising, website and telemarketing to ensure all communication is delivered to an agreed timescale and within budget
• Liaise with other departments, including design and production, sales, database and web team
• Brief creative teams, design direction of advertising, brochures and other sales collateral
• Copywriting
• Write press releases
• Support and be chief point of contact for marketing activities with joint venture partners
• Liaise with external suppliers.
• Negotiation of media and association partnerships
• Event support, including manning stands, media coordination and registration

Requirements/skills:

• Educated to degree level (or equivalent)
• Impeccable English (additional languages are a strong advantage)
• Experience of marketing of exhibitions and/or conferences. Experience of marketing publications an advantage.
• Excellent proofreading skills
• Financial/budget management experience
• Self-motivated and able to work under own initiative
• List / database management experience
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office products (particularly Word, Excel and PowerPoint)
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Project and time management skills
• International travel as required