Marketing Executive (Communications)

Job description / Role

Gulf Marketing Group are looking for Marketing Executives to handle our Sports Retail Brands.

The job responsibilities of our Marketing Executives are:
- Liaise with Advertising, PR and Communication agencies to promote business and increase brands’ visibility in relevant markets
- Has the ability to ensure consistent and up to date communication between the business units and the Marketing division to ensure alignment & to deliver immediate tactical solutions to assist the business
- Communicate with store management to ensure effective execution of Marketing activities via created briefing packs
- Creates and manages a quarterly communication summary report to keep stakeholders abreast of completed activities and ROI
- Effective management of self to ensure all activities as directed by the Marketing calendar are completed to defined dates and quality
- Translates the Marketing objectives into clear, concise and understood briefs to the various Marketing partners, mitigating confusion and ensuring execution as per business standard

Requirements

- Degree in Communication from a reputable English speaking University or Equivalent Experience.
- 1-3 years of experience in a relevant field preferably Marketing or Advertising
- Good organizational skills
- Ability to write reports
- Excellent Interpersonal skills
- Adherence to timeline and ability to manage own time
- Good Negotiation skills
- Presentation skills internally and to external parties is key
- Conceptual thinking with good communication skills
- Proactivity is a must

About the Company

Established in 1978, by the Baker family who still own and manage the company today, Gulf Marketing Group is one of the Middle East's leading, family owned companies. Gulf Marketing Group operates regionally, across the GCC and boasts a diverse portfolio of brands, retail outlets and services. Gulf Marketing Group subsidiaries operate in key sectors such as retail and distribution of sporting goods and lifestyle brands, health and fitness, food and food processing, integrated 3PL logistics, real estate, healthcare and pharmacies, education and technology. Since 1978, Gulf Marketing Group has introduced more than 90 international brands into the Middle East, as well as building the reputation of our homegrown brands as reliable and quality driven companies.

We are proud to be one of the top 10 retailers in the Gulf region with:

• More than three decades experience managing international brands in local environments
• A prestigious portfolio of world class brand partners
• Anchor tenancy in all major GCC shopping malls
• A proven track record of securing exclusive retail and distributor agreements
• An experienced management team
• Strong customer relationships