Marketing Manager, Events

An opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated marketer to join Economist Impact as a Marketing Lead. The successful candidate will be based out of our central London office and will be responsible for strategically planning and delivering cross-channel marketing campaigns to secure sponsorship and delegate revenue for our large-scale events portfolio. This is a rare opportunity to join an ambitious and dynamic team looking to double its growth in the next financial year. The ideal candidate is a strategic thinker who can interpret data to make recommendations and has a proven track record driving sponsorship revenue and generating leads. Accountabilities: How you will contribute:

• Develop effective marketing strategies to generate sponsorship leads to attract new business
• Collaborate with the commercial department to develop marketing campaigns that generate sales leads and drive attendee registration.
• Plan and execute multichannel visprom and exprom marketing campaigns to generate and nurture leads using a range of channels (web/email/print campaigns, telemarketing, social media, PPC, etc.)
• Create marketing collateral and sales enablement materials
• Manage and monitor budgets, provide accurate and detailed forecasts and feed into the budget-setting process
• Manage marketing partner relationships with external media publications, and industry and professional associations
• Develop content for all marketing materials including emails, banner ads, print ads, digital ads, press releases and social media posts with messaging appropriate to the target audience
• Monitor, track, and provide analysis to help measure the effectiveness of campaigns, creating a continuous feedback loop to management on key customer behaviours and engagement trends
• Partner with other functions including sponsorship, programming, operations and design to develop activities, behaviours and shared KPIs
  
  Proven marketing and lead generation experience (with preference given to those with conference marketing experience and industry events)
• Proven experience working with sales teams and creating and implementing shared processes and strategies to deliver sponsorship revenue growth
• Team player and excellent stakeholder management skills
• Excellent time management and the ability to manage numerous projects simultaneously
• Excellent strategic thinking and problem-solving abilities.
• Proficiency in digital marketing tools and platforms.
• Exceptional copy-writing skills and English both written and spoken
• Analytical mindset with the ability to use data to make informed decisions.
• Creative thinker with a passion for staying ahead of industry trends.
• Self-motivated, naturally curious and a strong sense of personal accountability
• Experience using marketing and analytics systems such as Google Analytics, Eloqua, Salesforce, Cvent (or equivalents) and back-end website editing tools like WordPress
• Driven to explore new marketing tactics and optimise traditional channels
• Commercially minded and highly motivated to exceed targets
• Campaign tracking, reporting and analytical skills at campaign
  
  The Economist is a leading source of analysis on international business and world affairs. We deliver our information through a range of formats, from newspapers and magazines to conferences and electronic services. Economist Impact creates world-class events that truly bring the content of The Economist to life.