Interim Marcomm Manager
3 Months Contract (possible extension)
£40K - £45K pro rata
South West London

Our client, a leading manufacturer of computer hardware products with its European headquarters in South West London, is now recruiting for an Interim Marcomm Manager

Department: European Marketing

POSITION SUMMARY:
To plan, prioritise, and manage timely and consistent marketing communications throughout Europe.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
•To take the lead on agency selection and management
•To develop and manage an ongoing coordinated timeline for all marketing communications requirements across EMEA
•Drive execution of all marcomm projects to ensure they are delivered on time
•Management of EMEA marcomm activity within budget, report on progress on-going and negotiation/arbitration of cost allocation through EMEA as appropriate
•Ensure appropriate marketing disciplines are applied to all marcomm activity ensuring their effectiveness, appropriateness and consistency
•Ensure that it is possible to leverage any given marcomm activity in as many EMEA markets as possible to help drive consistency and maximise use of budget
•Participate in the engagement with EMEA Field Sales and Country Management via the channel marketing and product marketing teams, to ensure market requirements are understood and captured by marcomm deliverables and manage/negotiate buy-in from as many EMEA countries as possible for any given deliverable
•Manage the Marcomm Executive and Marcomm Assistant and delegate projects and tasks appropriately
•Contribute to the team and the functional marketing requirements by taking ownership for the creation and delivery of specific marcomm projects either with an external agency or internally as required
•Ensure effective communication of marcomm projects with the rest of the marketing team and ensure focus for key projects on the company Intranet
•Build and maintain a good relationship with the US marketing team to ensure mutual visibility to marketing strategy and projects
•Drive as much harmonisation as appropriate
•Management of the EMEA Web strategy, structure and content, working closely with the US webmaster
•Ensure use of appropriate systems to support the role, such as Purchase Control, Budget reporting and CRM
•Drive greater ROI focus in our marketing, track and report on results
•Management and coordination of our participation at events
•Ad-hoc projects as directed

THE CANDIDATE:
•A degree in Business Administration or a marketing related area
•Experience in either an Advertising Agency or Marketing Department is essential, with strong marcomm emphasis
•Experience of B2B marketing is essential
•Experience of B2C marketing is highly desirable
•High degree of competence using standard productivity applications and experience of the IT industry and its channels are also essential
•Experience of managing a .com Web site and web based projects and tools
•Must have strong agency management experience
•Good understanding of working with foreign languages would be an advantage
•An additional European language would be desirable
•Strong interpersonal, organisational and communications skills are required
•A good understanding of marketing in a multicultural, international environment
•Pro-active, responsive and willing to take ownership combined with tact, diplomacy and cultural sensitivity
•Must be willing to “muck in” where necessary
•Supervisory experience is essential
•Excellent planner and eye for detail
•The ability to meet tight deadlines, work in a close team environment and to remain calm, cheerful and positive at all times


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