Events and Activations Specialist

2 weeks ago


Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa Nedbank Full time

Requisition Details & Talent Acquisition Contact

  • REQ: Talent Acquisition Consultant:
Lerato Sithole- Location: Johannesburg- Division: Nedbank Wealth Insurance-
Closing Date: 20 February 2024
Job Family

  • Marketing, Communication and Research

Career Stream

  • Communications and Public Relations
    Leadership Pipeline
  • Manage Self: Technical

Job Purpose

  • To support the events and marketing teams to deliver clientfacing events that enable networking opportunities that result in acquisition and retention of clients while building and maintaining a strong brand as well as staff/internal events that motivate and educate staff to become brand ambassadors.

Responsibilities:

  • Support the implementation of relevant and impactful marketing and communications tactics.
  • Identify and engage with all relevant stakeholders across the business to ensure robust implementation of marketing initiatives, events and activations.
  • Maintain relationships with internal and external stakeholders by ensuring understanding and supporting achievement of marketing team objectives.
  • Meet event requirements by adhering to budget; delivering on targets; due dates and according to service level agreements.
  • Improve performance and results by assisting with post event analysis and reconciliation enabling measurement of Return on Marketing Investment (ROMI).
  • Optimise spend and get added value through research and evaluation of potential suppliers.
  • Support the execution of event project plans to deliver projects by consistently ensuring work is completed to plan; progress is reviewed in line with deadlines and budgets and corrective action is taken when necessary.
  • Keep stakeholders informed on project progress through regular communication and effective use of resources to deliver agreed results.
  • Maintain all existing marketing and sales enablement collateral to ensure relevance and correctness of content.
  • Manage the procurement, storage, stocklevels and distribution of all promotional material to enable quick turn around for events, activations and marketing support requests.
  • Provide input on activities for relevant marketing reports by collecting information on status and results.
  • Interrogate and managing costs of suppliers in terms of industry norms and deliverables against campaign briefs to ensure value delivery from suppliers
  • Create buyin of event/activation concepts by influencing; advising and guiding internal stakeholders.

Job Responsibilities Continue

  • Ensure alignment of event/activation activities by collaborating across clusters.
  • Maintain market competiveness by monitoring competitor event activity.
  • Ensure continued improvement and client satisfaction by evaluating post event/activation feedback.
  • Conduct post event/activation analysis and reconciliation.
  • Keep abreast of legislation and other industry changes that impacts on role by reading relevant newsletters; websites and attending sessions.
  • Understand and embrace the Nedbank and Nedbank Insurance vision and demonstrate the values through interaction with team and stakeholders.
  • Identify training courses and career progression for self through input and feedback from management.
  • Ensure all personal development plan activities are completed within specified timeframe.
  • Share knowledge and industry trends with team and stakeholders during formal and informal interaction.
  • Seek opportunities for and obtain buyin for developing working process enhancements and/or efficiencies that will improve the impact and effectiveness of your role.

Essential Qualifications - NQF Level

  • Matric / Grade 12 / National Senior Certificate
  • Advanced Diplomas/National 1st Degrees

Preferred Qualification

  • Relevant Bachelors Degree, National Diploma or IMM Degree at NQF Level 6

Preferred Certifications

  • Marketing Association of South Africa (MASA)

Minimum Experience Level

  • 3 or more years as a marketing assistant or marketing coordinator and three to five years in event management.

Technical / Professional Knowledge

  • Business writing skills
  • Communication strategies
  • Understanding of branding & brand building principles and techniques as drivers of marketing strategy
  • Writing of briefs and verbal articulation thereof to internal and external audiences
  • Governance Risks and Controls

Behavioural Competencies

  • Adaptability
  • Continuous Learning
  • Collaborating
  • Initiating Action
  • Managing Work
  • Quality Orientation

People Specification
- **_Please contact the Nedbank Recruiting Team at
  • Refilwe Falatsi_


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