Manager, Marketing Mtb

1 day ago

Cape Town, South Africa Ironman EMEA Full time

The IRONMAN Group operates a global portfolio of events that includes the IRONMAN® Triathlon
Series, the IRONMAN® 70.3® Triathlon Series, the IRONMAN® Virtual Racing (VR) Series,
5150 Triathlon Series, the Rock ‘n’ Roll® Running Series, the Rock ‘n’ Roll Virtual Running Series,
IRONKIDS®, World Triathlon Championship Series, premier running events including the Standard
Chartered Singapore Marathon and The Sun-Herald City2Surf®, UTMB® World Series events
including Tarawera Ultramarathon and Ultra-Trail Australia, Epic Series mountain bike races
including the Absa Cape Epic®, road cycling events including Haute Route®, and other multisport
races. The IRONMAN Group is the largest operator of mass participation sports in the world and
provides more than a million participants annually the benefits of endurance sports through the
company’s vast offerings. Catering to the full athlete experience, the company portfolio also includes
athletes for real-world events. Since the inception of the iconic IRONMAN® brand and its first event
in 1978, athletes have proven that ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE® by crossing finish lines around the
world. Beginning as a single race, The IRONMAN Group has grown to become a global sensation with
hundreds of events across 55+ countries. The IRONMAN Group is owned by Advance, a private,

For our IRONMAN Europe, Middle East, and Africa business, based in South Africa we are actively
looking for a highly motivated, English speaking:
**Manager, Marketing MTB (M/F/d)**
**Job Summary**
The Manager, Marketing MTB (SA) works within the EMEA Marketing team and is responsible
for the coordination of strategic overall event marketing and communication programs for
mountain bike events in EMEA, predominantly focusing on South African events, that deliver
participants against budgeted athlete targets and brand growth. The Manager, Marketing MTB
(SA) brings strong marketing acumen, project management skills, creativity, organization,
analytical aptitude, teamwork, and confidence to work with multiple stakeholders and achieve
project goals.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Develop cohesive strategic marketing plan for South African mountain bike events

(currently Cape Epic and Wines2Whales) to increase brand affinity, market share and
respective event sales targets for The IRONMAN Group South African events in the Epic
Series brand of mountain bike events.
- Create and implement unique, engaging, and effective event-specific marketing and

communication plans throughout the year to deliver on-event marketing KPIs.
- Manage Media Program, which includes riding and non-riding journalists, on-site crew,

media center, media registration and accreditation.
- Plan and facilitate media buying and creative development for print, radio, out of home

and other traditional media in addition to digital advertising and new media placements,
either through media agencies or direct negotiation.
- Plan and actively pitch in PR stories to local media in event territories to ensure strong

local PR presence and manage relevant local PR support agencies as required.
- Manage regional event marketing budget for South African mountain biking events,

measuring, and reporting ROI and efficiency of spends and reporting on forecasted spend
and performance to Senior Manager Marketing MTB.
- Create on-event marketing plans in alignment with Senior Manager Marketing MTB and
- Epic Series brand teams and lead on-site implementation of plans at South African events.- Manage photography and video production service providers in alignment with Senior
- Manager Marketing MTB to deliver required creative content to promote events.- Work with Specialist, Social Media Epic Series to ensure key marketing moments are

adequately promoted on South African event social media channels, understand
community feedback and ensure that required assets are delivered on time to social media
team for agreed campaigns.
- Work with operations teams to identify and address opportunities for customer

experience improvement, and work on creative ways to highlight and bring to life the
unique selling proposition of each race.
- Together with global partnerships team, brainstorm and support strategic marketing

activation opportunities available through event and series partnerships that grow event
revenue, improve customer experience, strengthen brand, and deliver value to partners.
- Manage, update, and circulate weekly marketing documentation including marketing

plans, opportunities, and challenges for South African mountain bike events.
- Work as part of a larger marketing team and department to achieve deliverables for

EMEA mountain biking events as a whole.
**Skills and competencies**:

- Bachelor’s Degree.- 3+ years marketing experience.
- Fluent in English.
- Demonstratable project management experience.
- Excellent influencing and negotiation skills across all layers of the organization.
- Superior time management and priorit

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