Marketing & Events Coordinator | Absolute Pets Pty Ltd

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

Requirements added by the job poster

• 1+ years of work experience with Marketing Event Planning
• 1+ years of work experience with Microsoft Office