Marketing and Events Executive - Arabic Speaking

Job description / Role

A well-established retail mall with an excellent reputation for serving the community is seeking an experienced, Arabic speaking Marketing and Events Executive. The mall is unique in its design concept and has a retail mix of up to 200 stores within fashion, beauty, family entertainment and food and beverage outlets. The Senior Management team are also long standing and committed individuals who have achieved great success which has currently resulted in a 100% occupancy rate. This is an exciting opportunity for a career-driven and ambitious individual to work for a very exciting client in a challenging and rewarding environment.

Reporting directly to the Marketing and Events Manager, a core part of your role will entail coordinating numerous events which are hosted throughout the year. Alongside supporting current tenants, part of the role will be to coordinate events for the mall itself and you will be required to source events and décor companies, liaise with external suppliers, coordinate visualization of events and décor, schedule timetables and work cross-functionally with Operations, Customer Service and Security to ensure smooth running of the events. You will also be required to organise all travel, accommodation and visas for individuals associate with the event.

Working closely with tenants to ensure all needs are met, another key part of your role will be to coordinate all marketing and digital marketing activities, which will include follow-ups for sponsorships, tenant letters, creating story-boards for marketing campaigns and overseeing the construction of the websites. In addition, you will be responsible for ensuring all content is relevant and current whilst providing ideas for content, managing all social media platforms and maintaining partnerships with social influencers across the Middle East.

You will be the commercial eyes and ears of the mall and offer advice and assistance to retailers with their overall marketing strategy, consumer promotions and mall activities. You will meet regularly the Marketing Manager, tenants and advertising agencies and work closely with the Marketing Secretary to monitor conduct regular competitor research. It is expected that you will conduct numerous internal reports including intercept studies and measuring the performance of digital marketing platforms using a variety of web analytics tools.

Salary:
AED 16,000 to 18,000 per month inclusive of fixed allowances.

Requirements

In order to apply for this role, it is essential that you are educated to degree level with at least 4 years’ experience hands on marketing and events experience in the UAE. In addition, you must be experienced in using digital marketing platforms with the ability to produce analytical reports including web analytics. Complete fluency in both English and Arabic is essential with the addition of Arabic writing being advantageous.

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.