Client Marketing Manager.

Location:

The successful candidate will be primarily based in their home office with an expectation of 3 days each month outside of the home office meeting clients and/or colleagues.

Prepared to challenge yourself and grow?

Our business is growing quickly and has a reputation in providing innovative strategically-led marketing services to Irish companies. Our culture is ambitious where we regularly develop or adopt methodologies which are new to our industry. If you are looking for an environment where you will learn and grow your skills in the years to come, we would like to hear from you.

Package:

This position will pay a competitive base salary based on experience. We also offer a generous quarterly bonus based on company performance. All employees are welcome to join the company’s contributory pension scheme after completing 6 months in the role. All full time employees enjoy 21 days holidays per year + all National ROI bank holidays.

Additional Perks:

• Early finish Fridays
• Flexible start and finish times
• Fun, engaging team
• Blended work environment
• Bright, contemporary offices in the heart of Oranmore
• Regular social events and outings
• Contribution to further education and study allowance
• Additional day’s leave each year
• Company pension scheme

Contract:

Permanent (5 days) however part time candidates (4 days) will also be considered.

Pre-requisites:

• Fluent English language (both written and oral.)  An ability to write compelling marketing content is a must!
• Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce, Marketing or a related discipline
• Full, clean driver’s license
• A private work from home space with access to high speed broadband
• A proficiency across Microsoft Office to include Outlook, Word, PowerPoint and Excel

Experience:

Essential Experience

• The successful candidate will have a minimum of 6 years commercial experience post graduation.
• Experience in the development and execution of digital marketing strategies is a must have.
• Experience in the development and hands on execution of brand strategy The ideal candidate will have a strong commercial knowledge of B2B organisations.

 

Advantageous Experience

• Experience of the Irish SME  sector
• Experience in a sales or marketing role within an Enterprise Ireland or IDA client company
• Experience in delivering marketing consultancy to B2B organisations
• Agency experience particularly in the field of digital marketing
• An NFQ Level 6 qualification in Digital Marketing
• A NFQ Level 7 qualification in Business Studies, Commerce, Marketing or a related field

 

Key Capabilities

An ability to act as a “trusted advisor” to Client organisations

• You will have a practiced ability to identify and influence internal and external stakeholders
• You have proven that you can strategically assess and solve client needs through effective questioning, and objection handling.
• You possess a proactive mindset and an approach which inspires, motivates, and works well with varied types of clients.
• You have a demonstrated business acumen, with  a competence to develop strategic narratives, thought leadership skills, and industry specific expertise.
• You can distill information from numerous different sources in order to put forth a strong rationale for recommending a strategic course of action
• You have a propensity to develop strong client relationships through consistently delivering to or ideally above expectations.
• You are an excellent and persuasive communicator with a proven ability to think on your feet.
• You have the required knowledge to where necessary, appropriately educate the client organisation on the marketing technique or strategy being recommended.

 

An ability to develop and execute simultaneously on multiple strategic project plans

• You have the experience and commercial knowledge required to prescribe a results focused marketing strategy which aligns with the client’s commercial objectives and budget.
• In previous roles you have managed multiple projects at a time while paying attention to detail.
• You have the foresight and flexibility to adjust planned activity in order to maintain project course and billing targets.
• Your past experience and knowledge of digital and traditional marketing techniques means you can analyse, evaluate, optimise and implement effective client marketing strategies to achieve objectives

 

Experience in the development and implementation of effective digital marketing strategies

• You have experience in the development and project management of digital marketing strategies (to include paid, earned, social/shared and owned media.)
• While you may not necessarily have hands on implementation expertise across areas of digital marketing, you have sufficient digital marketing knowledge and experience to recommend (or advise against) use of one, some or all of the above areas as part of an overall marketing strategy.

 

An enthusiasm for and an ability to operate and continuously add value across multiple and varied client organisations

• Your natural ability and enthusiasm to quickly learn the nuances of an unfamiliar industry/offering 
• You can quickly switch gears from one client project to the next over the course of a day or week
• You are eager to continuously improve and upskill in areas related to B2B marketing strategy

 

If you are curious to learn more about this role, apply now!