Qanect Job Description: Senior Marketing Manager

The Senior Marketing Manager will be responsible for client management, overseeing the development of marketing strategies and plans across diverse portfolio of clients and industries.

• Location – Office based but with regular meetings in and around the greater Doha area.
• Reporting to – General Manager
• Responsible for – Managing a portfolio of clients across a variety of sectors. (Full Service Agency)
• Contractual Status – Full time, Sunday to Thursday, 8:30am to 5:30pm

Skills Required:

• A high level of agency experience, creativity, clear and strong communication and computer skills are required.
• Requires strong analytical skills, organization and people-skills
• Strong presentation and negotiation skills
• Confidence and a persuasive manner
• Tight organizational and time management skills
• Great business sense and the ability to work to budgets
• The ability to work on multiple projects at one time
• The ability to work under pressure and to deadlines
• The ability to work in a small office environment
• The ability to take on a high work load
• Good attention to detail and accuracy
• Strong IT skills (Power Point & Excel)
• Good knowledge of marketing techniques
• Self-motivation, the ability to be a team player

Minimum Qualifications:

• Degree / Honours/ Masters in Marketing / Communications.
• 5-8 years of marketing communications experience.
• Middle Eastern experience is an advantage.
• Spoken Arabic is an advantage.

Key responsibilities and main tasks and activities

• Managing a portfolio of accounts across a variety of sectors
• New business development across clients as well as agency
• A highly innovative and creative role with a high emphasis placed on relationship building
• Meeting and liaising with clients to discuss and identify their advertising requirements;
• Raise profile of clients
• Perform market research for clients – Maintain awareness of current research, the marketplace, and the competitive environment, the client’s industry
• Responsible for the marketing services tailored exclusively to the needs of client’s industries, audiences and plans.
• Develop and implement customized marketing plans, managing the entire product line life cycle from strategic planning to tactical implementation.
• Coordinate multiple teams both internally and externally including sales, advertising, promotion, product development, and public relations departments
• Manage client related marketing activity budgets. Delivery of all marketing activity within agreed budget.
• Manage all aspects of print production, receipt and distribution.
• Analysing potential partner relationships for clients business needs.
• Online / Social Media Content management.
• Writing client reports; prepare client communication materials such as conference reports, memos, e-mails, post campaign reports, budgets etc
• Monitoring the effectiveness of campaigns;
• Undertaking administration tasks;