Marketing & Events Coordinator

Absolute Pets; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 200 000 - 300 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading pet care retail company in Cape Town is looking for a Marketing Coordinator to join their ambitious marketing team. Responsibilities include managing marketing activities, coordinating national promotions, and supporting both regional events and the Junior Marketing Assistant. The ideal candidate has at least a tertiary qualification in marketing, strong communication skills, and has a passion for pets. This role requires excellent organizational skills and the ability to work well under pressure.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years’ full-time working experience in a similar role.
• Ability to manage tight deadlines and multiple tasks.
• Experience working in a team.

Responsibilities

• Manage and coordinate various marketing activities.
• Oversee event calendar across all regions.
• Liaise with suppliers and service providers for marketing material.
• Develop project plans for regional fundraising events.

Skills

Project management skills

Excellent communication skills

Exceptional problem-solving skills

Organized and meticulous

Great time management skills

Multi-tasking skills

Education

Tertiary qualification in marketing/business administration

Tools

Microsoft Office - Word

Microsoft Office - Excel

Microsoft Office - PowerPoint

Job description

This is an opportunity to join the marketing team of a leading pet care retail company. You will be responsible for managing and coordinating various marketing activities and projects, as well as providing ongoing support to the Marketing Manager, and assisting in managing the marketing department’s workflow. You would be joining a very ambitious, highly productive team with very high standards and a great deal of passion and energy for the work that they do.

This position requires a candidate with strong planning, coordinating, management, communication and administrative skills. You must be able to handle tight deadlines, multiple tasks and work well under pressure.

You will report to the Marketing Manager but liaise with various individuals in various departments in the company, as well as external stakeholders.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Ongoing general marketing administration & support
  • Assist with sourcing various marketing collateral (quotes, samples, etc).
  • Liaising with various service providers and suppliers to develop marketing material.
  • General research for various marketing projects.
  • General support and coordination for various marketing projects.
• National product promotions:
  • Managing and coordinating the process for national promotions:
    • Communication to stores
  • Internal communication to various departments.
  • Liaising with suppliers regarding marketing material getting to stores.
  • Input on design and artwork direction and angle for promotional material.
  • Resolving issues and handling questions regarding promotions.
  • Work with the visual merchandiser on promotional displays
• Regional / National events:
  • Manage and coordinate 3 regional fundraising events:
    • Develop the project plan.
    • Obtain all approvals required for the event.
    • Planning process includes contacting suppliers, obtaining competitive quotes, sourcing event items, briefing all parties involved and managing the marketing activities for the event.
    • Liaising with respective animal welfare organisations.
    • Planning and coordinate other medium to large format events (dog walks, charity visits etc)
    • Manage event budgets
• Store / centre specific promo’s & events:
  • Oversee event calendar across all regions.
  • Ensure event standards are met and maintained.
  • Ensure all marketing activities for events are executed correctly and on time.
  • Manage and coordinate any supporting promotional activity for events.
  • Oversee the maintenance of event branding.
• Traffic controller for marketing department
  • Coordinate and track all marketing activities that the department is working on, ensuring all actions are on track, problems are addressed and resolved and support provided where necessary
• Manager to the Junior Marketing Assistant
  • Work closely with the Junior Marketing Assistant who provides support on all administrative marketing activities and smaller projects.

Capabilities and skills

• Project management skills
• Organized and meticulous – high attention to detail
• Proven leadership skills
• Excellent communication skills – written and verbal
• Exceptional problem-solving skills
• Exceptional planning skills
• Great time management skills
• Ability to grasp marketing concepts quickly
• Ability to prioritise and re-prioritise
• Multi-tasking skills

Strengths

• Can work under pressure and with tight deadlines
• Highly productive and extremely efficient
• Driven and action orientated
• Take initiative
• Resourceful
• Service-orientated
• Appreciation and love for pets

Experience and qualification

• Tertiary qualification in marketing / business administration or similar
• Minimum 2 years’ full-time working experience in a similar role
• Experience with Microsoft office – word, excel, ppt
• Experience working in a team as opposed to alone