Business Development Manager
Freelance.com
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Ref: HP604-18
Freelance.com

The Role


The Role


The Business Development Manager is to build an active and vibrant partner community, facilitating internal networking, information sharing and helping partners to promote themselves in the region

Key Accountabilities:

Build the on-site partner community and encourage knowledge transfer:

• Create and maintain a partner directory (online) and newsletter
• Organise events, fairs and weekly business breakfasts
• Conduct reviews with new partners to understand their needs, capabilities and what they are willing to share with the community
• Track and measure the success of the facilitation function via partner surveys and ad hoc feedback

Enhance the market knowledge of on-site partners:

• Provide partners with latest industry research notes and reports, where appropriate
• Scout major events and festivals to pick up news of latest media initiatives and connect with other potential partners

Provide partners with regional promotion support:

• Organising press conferences for key partners
• Setting up promotional events for the media industry and public
• Identifying and leveraging existing marketing and promotion channels to help the clients partners to distribute their content / services within the region
• Liaising with event and marketing agencies
• Managing the partner promotion budget

Requirements


Requirements


Technical / Professional Skills:

• Marketing communications
• Project management
• Event management

Expertise / Experience:

• Client relationship building – 3-4 years experience
• MENA market experience desirable
• Arabic speakers is desirable

Qualifications”

• Bachelor of Marketing, Business or equivalent

About the Company


About the Company


Freelance.com provides the fastest and most efficient means of identifying qualified professionals for project based needs or long-term activities anywhere in the world, anytime.

Following a start in the Information Technology business, Freelance.com is now expanding its activities into advertising and consulting. Its growth model may be extended to other high added value intellectual activities.

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