Marketing Assistant

Role Purpose: The role of the Marketing Trainee is to provide a general administrative support to the Marketing department in the aim of developing and growing our core brands’ market share across the Middle East and Africa region.

Key accountabilities:

• Support teams to plan, develop, and execute marketing initiatives
• Support in implementation of promo activities with sales team and deliver required point of sales materials for trade roll-out
• Assist in pre & post promotions evaluation through: ROI, IMS figures & Nielsen retail audit
• Perform competitive market analysis to identify areas of opportunity
• Collect performance metrics to measure progress
• Support team to manage Marketing expenditures in alignment with Finance and vendors
• Handle the process of packaging and label changes with support of local marketing, regulatory and project management teams
• Assist Marketing team with preparation of agency briefs, performance reports, monthly meetings, etc

Qualifications:

• Fresh graduate or a maximum of 1-2 years of entry level experience within marketing disciplines
• Basic knowledge of marketing principles and industry trends
• Desire to innovate and redefine approach
• Proactive desire to go above and beyond role requirements
• Organizational skills with meticulous attention to detail
• Strong communication and presentation skills
• Sense of teamwork and the ability to execute programs
• Ability to prioritize tasks and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment
• Self-motivated and hardworking
• Arabic speaker preferred