Graduate Marketing Manager

7 days ago


Johannesburg, South Africa PPS Group Full time

**Main duties and responsibilities**:
Fulfilling the role of managing all marketing related activities in the student and young professional market and build, train and develop a team of quality Marketing Specialists and will be expected to:

- Planning and executing brand activation events and university campaigns
- Successfully managing the procurement process with third party service providers
- Be a risk owner and manage specific risk controls in operation
- Effectively managing a sponsorship and marketing budget
- Providing constant communication and support to regional branches across all levels
- Identifying, opening, and cultivating new sources of PPS members
- Collaborating with Group Marketing on all marketing activities
- Coordinating and facilitating presentations to PPS and prospective members
- Planning, organising, and controlling liaisons with advisors, as well as university contacts
- Establishing new intermediary relationships to grow the PPS client base
- Taking full responsibility of the continuous performance, development, and the upskilling of the team of Marketing Specialists
- Staying abreast and implementing new marketing trends
- Managing and distributing leads generated from marketing events
- Acting as the PPS Brand Ambassador on all social platform

**Education**:

- Matric (Grade 12)
- Bachelor’s degree in Marketing or equivalent
- Post graduate qualification and advantage
- South African drivers’ licence and must have own transport

**Experience**:

- A minimum of 7 years’ experience in the Financial Services industry
- A minimum of 2 to 3 years’ experience in managing a team of specialists
- A minimum of 1 to 2 years’ experience in managing budgets
- A minimum of 1 to 2 years’ experience in managing risk and compliance

**Knowledge and Skills**:

- Above average bilingual abilities in English and Afrikaans
- An intensely target driven individual
- A sophisticated understanding of the diverse regions market
- A persuasive management profile
- Knowledge of the PPS product range and PPS membership would be an advantage
- Extensive insurance industry-related knowledge
- Advanced Microsoft Office 365 skill
- Knowledge of social media platforms

**Competencies**:

- Sound stakeholder management
- Excellent written and verbal communication
- Collaborative
- Quality and targeted orientated
- Reliable
- Customer-focused
- Resilient
- Results-driven



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