Marketing Manager (Main Markets)

Seeking an experienced Marketing Manager to run the Main market portfolio for 1 of the Top 4 banks in South Africa. This is for a contract from February 2022 - June 2022.

Development, management and implementation of marketing and communication strategy plans

Focus on adding value to the main market portfolio 

Alignment of campaigns and projects 

Development and review of communication and marketing strategies, plans, policies

Communicate group communication and marketing strategies to agency stakeholders

Build brand awareness 

Keep abreast of the various developments: marketing, branding, financial services, public relations 

Oversee advertising, public relations, press releases, sponsorships, media planning

Oversee the development of supporting marketing to position customer demand

Implement promotional campaigns

Set targets

Identify measuring tools 

Work within budget

Approval and submission of reporting dashboards

Work within the advertising codes, banking regulations and codes of practices

Draft the business unit media plans

Give input into the formulation and development of communication strategies 

Drive awareness

Keep abreast of competitor activities

In charge of project management: scope, strategy, objections, budgets, approved channels, deadlines, contingency planning, campaign analysis

Request marketing research surveys

Develop customer insights to drive business decision making

Share recommendations with the business and Senior Marketing Manager

Incident reports

Risk and compliance management - work within regulatory framework

Stakeholder management

Encourage and motivate team 

Contribute to budget management

Able to work from the office, open to travelling locally and up in Africa

Must have:

Degree in Marketing

Prefer a Post graduate degree in Marketing 

No less than 5-7 years' of work experience as a Marketing Manager, preferable from the banking sector 

Great team player

Strategic planning skills

Relationship building skills

Born leader

Adaptable 

Persuasive 

Research skills

Business level communication

Operation planning skills

Brand management skills

Project management skills

Independent

Creative and innovative 

Deadline and results driven

Customer centric