Senior Marketing Associate at Redwire Marketing Consulting

JOB OVERVIEW
The Senior Marketing Associate is responsible for creating, developing and implementing marketing plans in accordance with the Head of Marketing. Also responsible for ensuring the marketing team manage the art and science of marketing to solve clients marketing needs within the determined budget.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

• Coordinates internal marketing;
• Manages administrative tasks to ensure the Marketing department runs smoothly;
• Oversees and develops marketing campaigns and proposals;
• Conducts research and analyzes data to identify and define audiences;
• Writes and proofreads thought leadership marketing articles;
• Conceives develops and implements efficient and intuitive marketing strategies;
• Creates communications and operations plans for clients;
• Monitors progress of campaigns using various metrics and submits reports of performance;
• Oversees the production of all marketing materials, including printed documents, media advertising spots, website content, and social media accounts;
• Performs promotional activities for clients;
• Organizes events and product exhibitions;
• Supervises a cross-functional team of marketers and digital marketers;
• Attends client meetings to understand clients needs for briefs;
• Travels to meet clients and attends conferences, workshops, trade shows, industry events, and seminars;
• Conducts brainstorming sessions with the team, maintaining strategic and creative thinking to develop innovative and actionable plans in a fiscally responsible manner;
• Monitors competitor activity and brainstorms potential improvements or changes in marketing strategy, products, or services.

EDUCATION:

• Bachelor degree in communications, marketing, PR or related fields.
• A master degree will be an added advantage

KNOWLEDGE REQUIREMENTS:

• Member of marketing regulatory body (NIMN)
• Knowledge of client relationship management
• Commercial awareness
• Experience or studies in marketing, public relations, mass communications, digital marketing or strategic consulting

WORK EXPERIENCE:
Minimum of 5 years work experience as a marketing person in a strategic marketing firm

SKILL REQUIREMENTS:

• Excellent presentation, design, delivery and public speaking skills
• High attention to detail
• Leading and supervising skills
• Relating and networking skills
• Writing and reporting skills
• Working with people
• Analyzing
• Learning and researching
• Creating and innovating
• Adapting and responding to change
• Delivering results and meeting clients expectations
• Achieving personal work goals and objectives

OTHER REQUIREMENTS:

The ideal candidate should be:

• Between the ages of 35-40 years
• An ambitious self-starter
• Passionate, dynamic and proactive
• Strong communicator and creative thinker
• Problem Solver
• Strategic Thinker
• Digital Native
• Well exposed, well-traveled, reads books and has an opinion on a wide variety of subjects
• Strong team player who values collaboration to produce best results
• Articulate, with excellent working knowledge of spelling, punctuation, pronunciation and grammar rules
• Socially conscious and interested in contributing to the development of our country