The Role

The Role

Our client, a high-end retail company, is currently seeking to recruit Marketing & Communications Coordinator .

You will be directly reporting to the Marketing Manager

Duties and Responsibilities

Strategy Formulation:

• Assist in the development of the Communication Strategy, to ensure a single channel of communication with the external world and a common platform for delivering and enhancing the quality of communication internally and establishing a consistent corporate identity in line with the Company strategy and business objectives. • Work with Marketing Manager to translate company’s corporate strategy into explicit segment communication strategies

Budgeting & Cost Control

• Assist in Overseeing and approving the budget related to Communication, ensuring that adequate provision is made for all activities, monitor and control expenditure against approved budget and reconcile budget variances to ensure on-target performance against budgets.

Policies & Procedures: • Lead the development and implementation of all Communication Policies, Channels, Processes and Procedures to deliver and enhance the quality of communication internally and establish a consistent corporate identity in line with corporate objectives and strategy. • Oversee the Implementation of the corporate strategy and policies related to Communication.

Business Plans:

Medium Term Plans

• Assist in directing the development of the long and medium term plans for Communication programs, channels of communications and events to establish internal quality standards and ensure alignment with marketing strategic and brand objectives.

Operational Plans

• Direct the development of annual operational plans to accomplish the delivery of the long and medium term plans. • Ensure the implementation of the annual operating plans within the company to ensure Communication objectives are achieved or exceeded in line with the Company business objectives.

Communication Initiatives:

• Lead and manage the Communication function while ensuring the planning and allocation of all resources and implementation of appropriate standards and controls are in place in order to establish the necessary Initiatives in line with the corporate objectives.

Marketing Communications:

• Drive Marketing communications by developing a ‘go to market’ strategies and customer interaction models in line with the corporate communication strategy and objectives. • Evaluate and shortlist Marketing suppliers – Media, Design and production- in order to ensure the optimum quality in line with corporate set standards. • Approve Marketing material developed in projects and oversee the creation of all printed materials in order to ensure alignment with corporate set standards. • Contribute towards the design and management of media strategy – Local, Regional and International- in order to ensure alignment with the corporate communication strategy.

Corporate events:

• Oversee the planning and implementation of the corporate events and approve all events organized by projects/subsidiaries in line with corporate communications policies and procedures. • Coordinate and provide logistic support (i.e: hotel bookings, travel, transportation, etc…) and other related requirements associated with the necessary events in order to ensure a smooth functioning of the same. • Coordinate event set-up and take-down, storage and updating of event materials between uses in line with the department’s standard operating procedures. • Assist in preparing a variety of publications, materials and programs for events in conjunction with the Public Relations department. • Assist in generating mailing lists and invitations to the appropriate event guests and invitees in conjunction with the PR department. • Coordinate payment request between the Finance and necessary suppliers in order to ensure timely submission of the same. • Collect - from local and regional newspapers - all the news related to the company in order to ensure management awareness on all the stated news. • Update and maintain the suppliers’ database in order to ensure lean retrieval process. • Contribute to the identification of opportunities for continuous improvement of section systems, processes and practices taking into account ‘international best practice’, improvement of business processes, cost reduction and productivity improvement.

Corporate Communication (Internal & external):

• Drive company ’s corporate communication –Internal and external-in order to ensure alignment of the same with the communication strategy and overall company’s strategy and objectives. • Ensure that the Sales team as well as the rest of the team within the organization is informed and briefed on all events and activities of the Marketing team in a timely manner.

Requirements

Minimum Experience: 4 to 6 years of experience in Communication within a Luxury; fast paced similar industry or an Integrated Communication Agency

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Job-Specific Skills:

• Excellent command over English and Arabic Languages

• Internal and external customer service orientation

• In-depth knowledge and understanding of PR and corporate communications

• Solid regional network with communication suppliers

• Extensive technical information about communications activities and pricing methodologies

• Ability to manage diversity Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor degree in Communication or related subject

• Master Degree in Communication is a plus

About the Company

Manpower Professional, a division of Manpower Inc., offers comprehensive, expert recruitment services backed by award winning training, assessment and selection and outsourcing. Our extensive resources, world-class client list, and reputation attract a diverse group of talented candidates, with every level of education, skills and experience. Manpower Professional helps find and retain top people in IT, accounting, banking, finance, engineering, Sales and marketing.

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