TMEA Marketing Assistant

Any location in TMEA Region, preferably Turkiye or South Africa

Specific Duties

• Assist with the organization and coordination of marketing and promotional events, such as conferences, exhibitions, and tradeshows. This includes both internal and external customer events
• Attendance at key regional events and tradeshows to support the Marketing Manager. Attendance will be assessed by Marketing Manager on a case-by-case basis (incl VIV MEA, VIV Turkey, potentially SPACE, DCFT, CFT)
• Communicating with customers and external agencies (graphic designers/promotional item suppliers)
• Schedule and organize webinars for the TMEA team, both internally and externally for distributors/customers
• Sourcing of promotional items for events and tradeshows and for giveaways to customers and liaising with the relevant supplier
• Assist the Marketing Manager with seasonal items including diaries, calendars, seasons greetings cards. This would include gathering quantities, working with designers and the Marketing Manager on design concepts and working with printers to get printed quantities for distributing to customers
• Liaise with Commercial and Technical Managers on any literature they require and shipping this out to customers
• Work with translation companies on required translations for our key documents (French, Arabic, Turkish, Swahili)
• Support the TMEA business by gathering, analyzing and summarizing market intelligence from internal or external sources
• Gather and analyze competitor data within the region to help with marketing messages
• Presenting marketing ideas to the Marketing Manager and executive management team on how we can enhance and grow our presence within the region. This includes both corporate and product brands
• Assist the Marketing Manager with new ideas for branded advertising campaigns for the region
• Liaison with design agency for marketing messages/content
• Creation of press releases for both internal and distributor/customer events and news with input from the TMEA Marketing Manager

Specific Experience

Personal Requirements for the role

• Degree in Marketing/Communications or Design
• Minimum of 2 years’ marketing experience across a broad range of marketing activities, ideally within an international business environment
• Experience of InDesign, Adobe Design Suite and Canva
• Experience with social media and digital marketing
• Copywriting skills
• Experience in photography, videography and in using photo and video editing software is desirable but not essential
• Proficient in Microsoft Office; mainly, Word and PowerPoint

Competencies, Skill & Attributes

• Reporting: Recording, reporting, analysis of marketing data
• Communication: active communication with internal and external stakeholders as well as strong written communication skills, represent mkg team in different settings including international meetings
• Innovative Thinking: Curiosity to understand needs of the organization and coming up with continuous improvement ideas. Creative flair with ability to bring ideas to the table as well as challenge ideas of team members
• Problem-solving: analyse past and current performance and recommend objectives to improve marketing initiatives
• Ability to work in a cross-cultural environment
• Ability to multi-task, analyse and identify variances
• Language: Proficiency in English
• Tech savvy
• Excellent organisational skills
• Attention to detail is essential
• Good time management and ability to prioritise workload
• Team player
• Willingness to work over-time where required