Current Industry Jobs
Sales Manager for Leading Digital Marketing Agency in Dublin
Role:
- Identify and acquire new business streams in targeted vertical markets.
- Source, develop and grow new business partnerships.
- Evaluating market competition and updates on industry standards.
- A shared responsibility for business development planning in conjunction with the sales team.
- Sales performance reporting and forecasting.
- To meet and exceed sales targets which contribute to overall profitability and success of the organization.
- Setting and achieving overall business unit revenue and gross margin targets.
Key Requirements:
- 3rd Level Business/Accounting or Marketing qualification.
- Minimum of four years’ sales or business development experience.
- A track record of successful sales delivery and new business development.
- Knowledge of the digital media sector with a well developed network of contacts will be a significant advantage.
- Exceptional communication, presentation and influencing skills as well as strong commercial acumen are required.
The successful candidate will become an integral part of the management team, reporting to the Managing Director.
Location: Dublin 8
Payment: 35k basic + expenses, OTE 68K
For further information or to forward your CV please contact Valerie Cullen / Lauren Freegrove at maryb.ie Walkinstown on 01 4505288 or email valerie.cullen@maryb.ie or lauren.freegrove@maryb.ie
Event Manager- Pluto Communications
Pluto Communications was set up in early January 2007.Pluto is a strategic event and conference management and production agency.Due to the rapid growth in projects handled by the company, it is currently looking to recruit an account executive.
This is a fantastic opportunity to work with some of Ireland’s most experienced event managers and to be exposed to a range of Ireland’s blue chip companies.We are looking for a person who is hungry to work in the event management industry and who is looking for an exciting and rewarding challenge.Due to continuous growth within the company, the career opportunity is ideal for focused and driven candidates.
Ideally the candidate will have at least 2 years experience working for an agency in an event management or marketing/pr role & will have a proven track record in excelling in customer care. The right candidate will experience and enjoy excellent training and development opportunities.
Pluto is based in Dundrum Business Park, Dublin 14.
Responsibilities-
- Provide administrative support to the senior events team
- Maintain supplier, venue and destinations database
- Assist in the planning, management and execution of large scale conferences and events
- Website management
- Assisting in preparation and presentation of proposals to existing and potential clients
- Assist in market research, surveys, questionnaires and focus groups
- Organise promotional activity plans
- Maintain excellent client services and develop client relationships
- Budget management
Key Skills & Requirements-
- Educated to degree level
- Knowledge of professional services marketing
- Keen interest in event and project management
- Creative individual who is not afraid to speak up and give their ideas
- Excellent oral and written communications skills
- IT savy – Computer skills essential, proficiency in MS Office
- Team Player and enthusiastic individual
- Full driving licence and own car essential
Please email CV to: cathy@pluto.ie
Entry Level Events Marketing- Onyx Marketing Solutions
Onyx Marketing Solutions is an outsourced Events Marketing Company in Dublin City Centre.
Due to our recent expansion and new client demands we are recruiting for several vacancies in ENTRY LEVEL Events Marketing or Sales & Promotions.
NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY! We will provide all successful applicants with full comprehensive training and ongoing support. We are more interested in your attitude and work ethic than your past.
We will cross train successful candidates in all areas up to Management level. As part of our Management Training Programme individuals are exposed to new tiers of Marketing as well as Management which we have found enables our Managers to succeed beyond expectations.
Successful applicants will be responsible for a variety of duties including (but not limited to):
- Meeting with potential consumers, during promotional campaigns, to expand customer base and generate brand awareness for our clients
- Hold promotional events, such as in-store promotions
- Team building and development
Successful applicants will be able to demonstrate the following:
- Strong work ethic
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to work as part of a team
Please email CV to: onyxrecruitment@yahoo.com or call 6099835
Meeting & Events Sales Executive- Radisson SAS St. Helen’s Hotel
The Radisson SAS St. Helen’s Hotel is one of the finest hotels in the Irish capital. Just 3.5 miles south of the city centre, it stands in magnificent formal gardens surrounded by established woodlands on the Stillorgan Road in the prestigious Booterstown district, overlooking Dublin Bay.
St. Helen’s Hotel features 151 luxurious rooms, including 25 suites classically styled as an extension to the historic house.The hotel also comprises of 11 exquisite meeting rooms spread over 735sqm, with our largest meeting room accounting for 320sqm and accommodating 350 people. All meeting rooms will be equipped with state of the art meeting equipment and Free Broadband.
At the Radisson SAS St Helen’s Hotel, we are currently recruiting a Meeting and Events Sales Executive for our extremely busy 5* Conference Facilities.
Responsibilities include:
- Maximising hotel revenue and guest satisfaction by ensuring the accurate and effective processing of conferencebookings, private functions and weddings.
- Ensuring all enquiries and reservations are dealt with in a prompt and friendly manner.
- Meeting guests to discuss their requirements and selling the hotel as the best venue for their event.
Personal Requirements include:
- Great Yes I Can! attitude.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Organised in your approach to work..
- Ability to multitask and prioritise effectively.
- Minimum of two years hotel experience either operationally or in event planning.
- Fluent in English is essential.
- Computer literate to a high standard with experience of hotel computer systems
Radisson SAS St Helen’s Hotel is an Equal Opportunities Employer and all applications are welcome.
Please apply to Norah Ginnelly, Director of Human Resources. 01 218 6093
Marketing Communications Specialist – Vodafone (1 Year Fixed Term)
Marcomms Specialist required with big brand experience to work in a leading marketing team. You will have had exposure to working with big brands liaising with the product function and communications. Ideally you will have experience of working within an agency environment as well as exposure to working client side.
Role Purpose
The marcomms specialist is responsible for managing the planning, creation and implementation of inspirational customer centric marketing communications projects across all segments in order to build the Vodafone brand and help deliver our marketing objectives.
Essence of Role – Key Accountabilities
1. Develop marketing communications campaign plans for specific projects based on overall business strategy agreed with relevant Marketing Communications Partner.
2. Recommend programme of activity, utilizing appropriate ATL and BTL channels, to meet specific campaign objectives.
3. Manage campaigns from conception through to execution and delivery. Deliver regular status updates, prioritise key activities and engage appropriate stakeholders as required.
4. Write integrated creative briefs for all planned activities and agree them with appropriate manager (consumer, business, sponsorship or brand).
5. Control budget for each campaign to ensure communications are executed within budget and on time. Engage SCM where appropriate.
6. Work with ATL, Media, BTL and digital agencies to develop inspiring campaigns and effective campaigns ensuring consistency of idea and optimisation of overall spend.
7. Review agency creative presentations and engage other stakeholders. Co-ordinate feedback to agencies.
8. Recommend media and channel plans, creative layouts and copy. Gain sign off from all key stakeholders, adhering to marcomms process.
9. Ensure all communications deliver the brand idea, essence and tone of voice and are executed within the latest guidelines including responsible marketing guidelines.
10. Provide appropriate marcomms support to other (non-marketing) parts of the organisation.
11. Input into review of agencies and act on outputs to improve creative and media products.
12. Manage the review process for all campaigns and deliver detailed analysis of results.
Role Dimensions
Financial (limits/mandates etc.)
Non-financial (customers/staff etc)
- Campaign ROI
- Consumer and business satisfaction scores
- Brand preference and consideration
- Demonstrate flexibility working in cross functional team
- Agency evaluation scores
- Employee satisfaction scores
Typical Outputs
- Plans and executions for ATL, BTL and TTL campaigns in line with brief and business priorities
- Best in class creative and media / channel solutions
- Budget management and reconciliation
- Customer / stakeholder satisfaction
- Post campaign analysis
Person Specification
- Competency / Performance Driver
- Technical / Professional Expertise
- Listens: Listens & understands customers’ needs
- Imaginative: thinks laterally and innovatively
- Team working: Works collaboratively with others
- Judgement: Displays sound judgement; makes effective timely decisions
- Builds Trust: Open trustworthy & trusting
- Reliable: Dependable, takes personal responsibility
- Enthusiastic: Communicates with enthusiasm and clarity
- Cost conscious: manages cost while maintaining profitability
- Focused: Rigorous, manages own time and resources
- Marketing or Communications qualification
- 4 years experience in Marketing and Marketing Communications (preferably both client and agency side) with both ATL and BTL experience
- Creativity in the development of concepts and campaigns
- Team player with proven track record for delivering on and exceeding targets.
- Well developed interpersonal, communications and analytical skills.
- Excellent knowledge of the marketing communications mix.
- Good knowledge of Irish media industry.
- In depth understanding of creative process and criteria that make successful ATL and BTL solutions.
- Budget forecasting and management with awareness of industry creative and production costs.
Please contact Peter Davey on 01 203 7000.
Festival of World Cultures 2008 – Volunteers Wanted
Volunteers are vital to the successful running of the Festival and play an important role within the Festival Team structure. In 2007 over 300 volunteers alone, performed a wide variety of tasks ranging from, artist liaison, production and technical assistants, volunteer supervisors, performance supervisors, hospitality facilitators and much more. In addition to learning how a festival operates, all volunteers will receive a specialised health and safety training session prior to the Festival weekend. Not to mention meeting new and interesting friends as well as gaining automatic access to the members only Festival Volunteers Club.
If this sounds like something you would like to get involved with, all you need to do is drop a line to volunteers@fwc.ie or call
01 271 9546.
See www.festivalofworldcultures.com for programming information.
