Graduate Marketing Specialist

7 days ago


East London, South Africa PPS Recruitment Full time

**Job Advert Summary**:
**Purpose of the Job**:
The Graduate Division has an opportunity for a marketing-focused professional with a strong need for financial independence to build relationships with universities, professional bodies, and new intermediaries in order to grow the PPS Membership.

The Graduate Marketing Specialist role involves working closely with the universities to build strong relationships; liaising with professional bodies and growing new intermediary relationships in order to build the PPS membership.

**Minimum Requirements**:
**Education**
- Matric (Grade 12)
- A relevant B degree or equivalent qualification (CFP) or studying towards this
- To qualify for a PPS Member or Student Member would be advantageous

**Experience and Knowledge**:

- At least 2 years’ experience preferably in the Financial Services or Life Assurance industry
- Driver’s license with own vehicle essential
- Bilingual (English and a second language)
- Intermediate knowledge of the Life Assurance or Financial Services Industry
- Knowledge (and skill) in how to successfully influence and persuade others by understanding how their individual needs and motivations link to goals is essential

**Computer Literacy**:

- MS Office package

**Competencies**:

- Relating to customers within a diverse market
- Communicating in writing
- Communicating orally with good presentation skills
- Quality orientated
- Reliable
- Customer-focused
- Resilient
- Results-driven

**Duties and Responsibilities**:
**Main duties and responsibilities**:

- Working extensively with the Universities by doing the following:

- Building sound long-term relationships with all stakeholders at the designated Universities, including Deans, Professors, Class Captains and students
- Being a brand ambassador
- Preparing and conducting student presentations
- Ensuring maximum penetration, conversion, and access to eligible student members
- Arranging class photos
- Managing the bursary and refurbishment projects
- Growing new intermediary relationships to build PPS Membership
- Identifying sales and support projects
- Managing a budget
- Liaising with professional bodies to gain access to young, qualified professionals
- Identifying and running appropriate youth sales campaigns
- Coordinating the development of applicable marketing/sales material
- Excelling within the set PPS sales targets
- Build the existing sales force and developing new markets



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