Business Development & Marketing Assistant

Job description / Role

This is an exciting new role for a Business Development & Marketing Assistant to join one of the leading and highly prestigious international law firms in Dubai. Initially this role will be a fixed term contract for 3 months to assist the Business Development Manager during an exceptionally busy time of year, with an immediate start until the end of 2019.

As a Business Development & Marketing Assistant you will be fully involved in supporting the team with the annual events calendar and upcoming corporate dinners, managing and drafting invitations and responses and any specific requests made by the professional and high achieving guests from the legal field. The role will also include event support on the particular day to ensure everything runs smoothly and closes down efficiently post-event. This involves scheduling of de-briefing meetings and team updates.

The successful candidate will also be involved in the marketing strategy in consideration of the global initiatives, research and market activity reports and building relationships with outsourced third parties, such as vendors, stakeholders and guests at all levels of seniority. Additionally, as this is a corporate environment there will be internal communications to deliver including credential updates, success stories and award nominations and rankings. This is done both internally and also on social media, where you will be expected to draft content and work closely with the Business Development Manager to ensure this is both timely and in line with the global marketing strategy.

Requirements

We are seeking candidates who are working towards, or have already achieved a marketing qualification and whom have a strong work ethic with a professional outlook. You should be IT literate in all MS office software including excel and PowerPoint and possess strong communication and relationship building skills. You will also be naturally organised and have acute attention to detail and the capability to work in a fast paced and demanding corporate environment.

About the Company

Irwin & Dow was established in 2013 to provide clients with a unique and highly personalised recruitment service, providing the very top calibre of candidates across the business support and secretarial function.

We provide a refreshing approach, working in close partnership with clients and candidates across diverse industry sectors; large MNC’s, government & semi -government entities, SME’s, local businesses and in the start-up and UHNWI support framework.

Great people equal great success: all our candidates are interviewed personally by a member of the team, and we develop longstanding and in-depth relationships with our clients, understanding their corporate culture and goals to ensure a successful outcome for both parties.

Our values of discretion and diplomacy are paramount, and we are pleased to be a partner of choice for clients and candidates.