GENERAL PURPOSE
To develop, establish and maintain marketing strategies to meet organizational objectives. Effective management of the marketing, advertising and promotional activities of the organization.
Main Job Duties and Responsibilities
- Manage and coordinate all marketing, advertising and promotional staff and activities
- Conduct market research to determine market requirements for existing and future products
- Analysis of customer research, current market conditions and competitor information
- Develop and implement marketing plans and projects for new and existing products
- Expand and develop marketing platforms including social media platforms
- Manage the productivity of the marketing plans and projects
- Monitor, review and report on all marketing activity and results
- Determine and manage the marketing budget
- Deliver marketing activity within agreed budget
- Report on return on investment and key performance metrics
- Develop pricing strategy
- Create marketing presentations
- Liaise with media and advertising
- Collaborate with the sales function
- Monitor industry best practices
Education and Experience
- Business or marketing-related degree or equivalent professional qualification
- Experience in all aspects of developing and managing marketing strategies
- Technical marketing skills
- Proven experience in customer and market research
- Relevant product and industry knowledge
- Digital marketing skills
- Experience with relevant software applications
Key Competencies
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Collaborative skills
- Formal presentation skills
- Organization and planning
- Strategic and critical thinking skills
- Data analysis and management
- Problem analysis and problem-solving
- Team leadership
- Persuasiveness
- Adaptability
- Creativity
- Judgment and decision-making
What are the top 5 skills you need to be a successful marketing manager today?
Hiring managers have identified these 5 skills as being core to successful job performance as a marketing manager.
- Collaborative and communication skills – able to engage effectively with all stake holders, enable cross-functional collaboration and successfully manage diverse teams
- Technological and digital marketing skills – contemporary knowledge of digital tools, platforms and channels and a good understanding of technology management
- Critical thinking skills – able to understand situations and problems, identify cause and effect relationships and develop effective strategies
- Analytical skills – agility with analytical tools and the ability to process, analyze and utilize large quantities of data efficiently
- Creativity and innovation – able to develop new concepts and devise unique marketing campaigns