Senior Marketing Executive - Events

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The Role 

To lead on the strategy and execution of global advertiser-facing marketing campaigns for the luxury sector, CEMEA region and for the career management product portfolio. This role also leads all aspects of the marketing CRM development programme and leads a marketing executive.

Key Responsibilities

• Working with the Head of Marketing and sales leadership to develop and then implement global multi-channel marketing campaigns focus on client and agency audiences in the luxury sector.
• Working closely with the advertising sales leadership team and Head of Marketing, build and implement a strategy to support our CEMEA advertising business, with a focus on strategic geographic and sectoral markets.
• Lead on the development of the FT’s commercial marketing CRM programme, acting as the key point of liaison with both the internal CRM team and external agencies working either strategically or on technical developments to the marketing functions of Salesforce and Pardot.
• Working with the Head of Marketing and members of the FTCM Management team to develop B2C and B2B marketing strategies to support the revenue, traffic and membership targets of the FTCM portfolio.
• Select, negotiate and implement media partnerships to support our global luxury and CEMEA advertising businesses. These should contribute to our agreed commercial marketing strategic pillars and deliver a measurable return.
• Conceive of, plan and implement client-facing commercial events. These may be entertainment opportunities, media/marketing discussions, research briefings or macroeconomic/political briefings. All should contribute to our strategic pillars and make valuable contributions to our advertisers and/or prospects. Some of these will be within existing industry conferences (e.g. Ad Week, Frieze Art Fair) and some will be FT-hosted.
• Handle and forecast allocated budgets, delivering campaigns within agreed timescales and expenditure limits.
• Line management of a marketing executive, supervising all aspects of their output and facilitating professional development.
• Ensure our media relations team is fed with a regular flow of stories from the commercial department.

Required skills and experience

Essential

• Proven track record (~5 years) in a commercially-focused marketing role (likely candidate will have 1-2 years of experience at manager level or be stepping-up from a senior executive role).
• Experience in conceiving and delivering cross-channel B2B marketing campaigns.
• Proven experience nurturing agency relationships (internal or external).
• A proactive outlook and ability to take the initiative.
• Ability to “make a difference” by gaining engagement from key partners.
• Meticulous attention to detail.
• Excellent creative judgement & copy-writing skills.
• Ability to handle multiple projects in a timely manner and to standards.
• Self starter with high energy and initiative - able to handle up, down and across the organisation.
• Experience handling and reconciling a budget.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

Desirable

• Exposure to and knowledge of media / publishing / advertising.
• Experience using Salesforce and Pardot
• Marketing graduate or professional qualification in marketing or related business area.

What’s in it for you? Our benefits

Our benefits vary by location, but we are committed to providing best-in-class perks across all our offices. These include generous annual leave, medical cover, inclusive parental leave packages, subsidised gym memberships and opportunities to give back to the community. Full details of our benefits are available here.

We’ve embraced a 50% hybrid working model (averaging two to three days onsite) that fosters trust and remote adaptability while encouraging in-person camaraderie and peer learning. Additionally, we are open to accommodating specific flexible working pattern requests for all roles where feasible.

Accessibility

We are a disability confident employer and Valuable 500 signatory.

Please let us know if you require any reasonable adjustments/personalisation as part of the application process or to enable you to attend an interview. If you would like to discuss your requirements or have any questions, email [email protected] and a member of our team will be happy to help.

Further information

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