Digital Marketing jobs in United Arab Emirates

The Role

Teneo is looking for a talented and driven Senior Associate with a passion for strategic communications to join our Strategy and Communications Digital team in the Middle East. Teneos Strategy and communications service offering provides all aspects of integrated communications counsel to business and government leaders and CEOs. This role is part of a thriving team advising high-profile clients on how to leverage digital and social mdia to create effective narratives manage reputation engage with key audiences and tell proactive stories which support clients strategic objectives.

Were interesed in meeting candidates with wide-ranging perspectives and were open to hearing from you whether you currently work agency side or in-house.

Its key for us that you can cut across sectors and switch seamlessly between all our disciplines from reactive issues management to proactive storytelling. And wed love it if like us youre intellectually curious creative collaborative and eager to learn.

As a Senior Associate youll be responsible for providing the highest quality of service to our clients and play a pivotal role in driving forward activity across multiple account teams delivering regular insight and analysis and supporting clients reputational and strategic objectives. Senior Associates help mentor and coach Executives and Associates and work closely with Vice Presidents. They report into our Senior Vice Presidents and Managing Directors.

Working at Teneo in the Middle East

Teneo works with some of the worlds biggest public sector and corporate entities across a wide range of sectors and issues including energy tech FMCG financial services and government offices. Our clients include a significant number of the FTSE 100 and Fortune 100 as well as other global public and private corporations and government entities. Were an ambitious global consultancy which allows candidates unmatched opportunities to develop and work with inspiring motivated people.

Although this role is to primarily support our corporate and government communications clients we actively encourage our people to grow and develop their advisory skills across all our disciplines including financial and M&A digital creative campaigning and corporate communications change and employee engagement leadership coaching sustainability strategy and research issues and crisis management and restructuring and management consultancy to solve complex business issues for our clients.

Key Responsibilities

As a Senior Associate with the Strategy and Communications Digital team at Teneo your role will include:

Horizon scanning keep abreast of trends and the digital environment for emerging news platforms and technologies that could be of strategic importance for clients. Proactively identifies opportunities to advise clients on areas that impact online reputation and digital engagement opportunities.

Digital audit and advisory lead the creation of digital audit reports that evaluate clients presence on digital platforms. Present findings to clients and advise them on implications for future strategy planning and engagements.

Supporting digital communications planning and implementation activities research ideation content creation and copywriting and advisory work to support digital communications activities. Project management of with client and internal teams including creative teams

Supporting account management - supporting all client account activities monitoring and reporting on progress and flagging issues mentoring Executives and Associates on accounts supporting PMO activities. Takes ownership for specific deliverables in their entirety.

Supporting client management - building client relationships managing and communicating updates on workstreams proactively identifying opportunities or areas of concern.

Supporting new business development - starting to build network of client relationships supporting senior members of the team with new business proposals e.g. conducting research and developing insights to support the proposal building process.

Furthermore you will be expected to:

• Build strong client and team relationships;
• Provide support and insight to your client teams proactively highlighting opportunities and potential areas of concern;
• Build a strong network of effective relationships internally and externally;
• Proactively seek formal and informal learning and development opportunities to support your professional growth and contribute to the sharing of learnings across the wider team; and
• Actively coach and mentor Executives and Associates on your account teams

Requirements

• A bachelors degree or higher in communications journalism political science law public policy international relations business digital marketing or a related field
• 3-5 years of experience in a strategy or communications role specifically in digital communications within an agency
• Strong understanding of the region and regional digital media landscape is preferable
• Strong grasp of digital communications especially social media platforms and channels
• Experience offering client counsel at the appropriate level based on in-depth insight of clients business and sector
• Deep knowledge of wider corporate reputational or market issues arising
• Strong ability to grasp clients business objectives and relevant wider industry dynamics to enable drafting of messaging and communications materials
• Exceptional project management skills
• Exceptional written and verbal communications skills
• Good presentation skills
• Analysis and data visualisation skills
• Excellent command of Microsoft Office (Excel PowerPoint and Word)
• Excellent command of English; Arabic writing skills preferrable

Characteristics and Attributes

• Strategic and critical thinker
• Collaborative and a team player
• Problem solver with agile mindset
• Detail oriented and committed to high quality deliverables
• Intellectual curiosity and entrepreneurial spirit
• Resilient and performs well under pressure
• Comfortable with uncertainty
• Some travel might be required

What we can offer

New joiners are supported by an induction programme and continuous development is a key focus of life at Teneo - learning and knowledge sharing are at the heart of this. We have an environment and culture that is focused on supporting your development and career progression. We support this with a dedicated Learning Team who provide a range of learning opportunities and personal development support.

Given our client base youll be working on career-defining work that is exciting rewarding and one where you can make a real impact to high profile projects.

Teneo works with clients on complex issues and challenges that often require a multidisciplinary approach that leverage our main business segments Strategy & Communications Management Consulting Financial Advisory People Advisory and Risks Advisory. You will have opportunities to work alongside our experts in these disciplines to develop and deliver an integrated solution.

Company Benefits

As well as this we offer a whole host of benefits and rewards including:

• Competitive salary
• 25 days holiday
• Discretionary annual bonus
• Annual salary review
• End-of-service benefits
• Enhanced maternity and paternity leave (depending on length of service)
• Private medical insurance (individual and immediate family members)
• Life insurance
• Regular social cultural and charitable activities
• Flexible and remote working with office laptop provided

About Teneo

Teneo advises private and public sector leaders enabling them to achieve goals faster and at lower cost by earning trust navigating disruption and removing barriers. We are built to help drive success in a world no longer defined by boundaries and disciplines. Working with the worlds leading companies and organizations Teneo provides strategic counsel across their full range of key objectives and issues with a focus on five main services offerings including Strategy and communications; Management Consulting; Financial Advisory; Risk Advisory; and People Advisory.

Teneo employs more than 1600 people around the world offering global reach from a light infrastructure built out of regional hubs. Our culture is critical to our success. We have a flat management structure with an open and supportive office atmosphere. To support progression and learning we foster a supportive environment with a focus on mental health and wellbeing as well as adopting an inclusive environment that allows all employees to flourish. We recognise that diversity is essential for our business and encourage applicants from all backgrounds.

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