• Advise seniors and other internal stakeholders on relationship management strategies
• Ideate and activate innovative marketing programs
• Cultivate and manage external partnerships with third party entities (journalists, influencers, conferences, government bodies, universities, etc.)
• Serve as a driver and thought partner to cross-functional departments to operationalize their strategies and maximize client experiences (Recruiting, HR, Social Impact, L&D, etc.)
• Partner with the Recruiting team to develop relationships with diverse organizations to attract talent
• Identify opportunities to expand our client\xe2\x80\x99s footprint at external events
• Serve as an important source for information on the brand and provide brand feedback to internal and external stakeholders
• Manage the PR agency and oversee their workload
• Monitor the dissemination of press releases and articles
• Monitor the press and propose special angles for our client to promote its thought leadership
• Cultivate and nurture relationships with tier-1 regional and global media and influencers
• Organize and manage all interview requests
• Research and analyze market trends and competitors
• Oversee marketing campaigns, track their effectiveness, and report findings to senior leadership
• Identify and forge relationships with tier-1 conferences to promote our experts and thought leadership
• Manage and maintain sections of our clients ME website by updating and uploading content regularly
• Develop and ensure delivery of outstanding communication coaching (media training, online resources, tutorials, etc.)
• Oversee the work of the media training agency
• Coordinate training delivery and logistics with individual trainers, third party agencies and participants
• Produce media training outputs, feedback, tutorials, etc.
• Lead on budget planning and monitoring for media support and training activities
• Serve as a brand champion to ensure on brand application across all internal communications channels/materials
• Create and manage all marketing collateral
• Liaise with vendors on production of all marketing collateral
• Manage viewpoint inventory and IC display stands across our client\xe2\x80\x99s offices

Criteria:

• Bachelor\xe2\x80\x99s degree in business administration, marketing, or a related field
• 7+ years of experience in communication, marketing, or brand relationship
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Very good conflict resolution and interpersonal skills and ability to build lasting relationships with clients
• Exceptional organization and time management skills
• Very good oral and written communication in English
• Commendable customer service skills/people handling skills
• Proactive attitude to work and willingness to assist others where necessary
• Utmost respect for brand guidelines and appropriate messaging
• Must be fluent in English, fluent Arabic would be an advantage but not essential
• Must have strong relations with the media and other entities in the GCC
• Must currently reside in the UAE

Please respect the criteria requirements and only apply if you meet these as you will not be considered if you do not. We thank you for your application, however due to the high volume of candidate applications, we only accept online applications in the first instance. Successful candidate applications will be contacted, if you are not successful your CV will be stored on our database but to make sure you do not miss out keep checking our website, follow us on Twitter and follow our Sapphire Recruitment LinkedIn page.

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