Marketing Director

Dow Jones & Company; Dubai; On-site; AED 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A global news and information provider is seeking an experienced Marketing Director to lead marketing efforts in the OPIS market segment. This role involves developing strategic marketing plans, managing event promotions, and collaborating across teams to drive demand and lead generation. The ideal candidate has over 12 years of B2B marketing experience, preferably in the energy sector, and is a strong communicator capable of working independently.

Benefits

Comprehensive Healthcare Plans

Paid Time Off

Retirement Plans

Lifestyle Programs & Wellness Resources

Qualifications

• 12 years of B2B marketing leadership experience.
• Familiarity with energy industry in the Middle East and Africa.
• Strong verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop marketing strategy and annual marketing plans.
• Define buyer personas and product positioning.
• Manage all aspects of event promotion.

Skills

B2B marketing leadership

Communication skills

Project management

Ability to work independently

Knowledge of energy industry

Collaboration

Education

College degree or equivalent work experience

Tools

HubSpot

Salesforce

Adobe Photoshop

Job description

About the Role

Were looking for an experienced Marketing Director to lead demand and leadgeneration and sales enablement in a specific OPIS market segment via all possible marketing channels both inbound and outbound. The qualified candidate will collaborate with team specialists in content email social media events web design SEO/SEM PR operations and creative/graphic design to build a robust and sustainable pipeline of sales leads and event registrations. This position reports to the Executive Director of Marketing.

About OPIS A Dow Jones Company

OPIS has served the fuel and chemicals industries for 45 years with content reinforced by leadingedge technology unrivaled customer service and constant innovation. Beginning as an oil price reporting agency OPIS has grown into a worldwide information powerhouse with authoritative market news trusted data analysis and forecasting consulting and educational events. Market participants across the value chain trust our expertise in energy chemicals and environmental commodities to make critical business decisions.

About the Marketing Team

The global OPIS marketing team is responsible for driving business growth in partnership with the product and sales teams of our enterprise businesses: OPIS Chemical Market Analytics McCloskey PetroChemWire and Axxis. The team focuses on demand and lead generation strategies that drive awareness build our reputation and deepen relationships in the fuel and chemicals industries we serve.

You Will:

• Develop marketing strategy and annual marketing plans with specific KPIs for your market segment and products drawing on performance data and encompassing all channels.

• Define buyer personas buyer journeys and product positioning for all possible prospects in your market segment.

• Oversee creative and messaging for all channels as well as audience segment targeting and selection.

• Optimize conversion touchpoints such as landing pages and order forms using best practices and available data.

• Manage all aspects of event promotion including OPIS conferences webinars and outside trade shows in applicable markets.

• Create strategy and resulting campaigns for nurturing sales leads to close.

• Drive key marketing acquisition metrics including sales leads (MQLs & SQLs) sales revenue (Won Opportunities) event registrations and ROI.

• Own marketing relationships in your market segment with Sales Customer Service and Editorial forging strong communication with each area.

• Interpret marketing performance analyses to determine strategies for future success.

• Innovate new ideas that increase lead generation and conversion.

You Have:

• 12 years of proven B2B marketing leadership experience

• Familiarity with the energy industry is highly desirable especially in the Middle East and African markets.

• Familiarity with marketing automation tools (preferably HubSpot and/or Eloqua) and CRM systems (preferably NetSuite and/or Salesforce)

• Familiarity with graphic design programs such as Adobe Photoshop InDesign Illustrator and/or Canva

• Selfdirected and capable of working independently without direct supervision

• Ability to distill complex products into clear narratives

• Strong verbal written and interpersonal communication skills

• Ability to learn quickly multitask and manage projects to completion

• Detailoriented with a commitment to accuracy

• Highly collaborative with the ability to achieve goals by influencing and establishing productive relationships with internal team leaders and external partners and vendors

• Experience working with multiple stakeholders and cultures across time zones and global locations

• College degree or equivalent work experience

Our Benefits

• Comprehensive Healthcare Plans

• Paid Time Off

• Retirement Plans

• Comprehensive Insurance Plans

• Lifestyle Programs & Wellness Resources

• Education Benefits

• Family Care Benefits & Caregiving Support

• Subscription Discounts

• Employee Referral Program

About Dow Jones

Dow Jones is a global provider of news and business information delivering content to consumers and organizations around the world across multiple formats including print digital mobile and live events. Dow Jones has produced unrivaled quality content for more than 130 years and today has one of the worlds largest newsgathering operations globally. It is home to leading publications and products including the flagship Wall Street Journal Americas largest newspaper by paid circulation; Barrons MarketWatch Mansion Global Financial News Investors Business Daily Factiva Dow Jones Risk & Compliance Dow Jones Newswires OPIS and Chemical Market Analytics. Dow Jones is a division of News Corp (Nasdaq: NWS NWSA; ASX: NWS NWSLV).

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Business Area:

Dow Jones OPIS

Job Category:

Marketing & Product Management

Union Status:

NonUnion role

Required Experience:

Director