Trade Marketing Manager, Media Owner

My client is a leading media owner, who is well established with UK consumers, and well-known for their boundary pushing content and marketing. They are now looking for someone to join their busy marketing team as a Trade Marketing Manager.

Role:
The right person will act as a conduit between the advertising sales teams, and marketing- helping them with the cross-platform collateral and keeping the marketing 'on-brand'.
They will create impact through collaboration with a broad cross section of people: consumer and content Marketing, Sales, Comms & PR, Mobile, Product and Events.
The Trade Marketing Manager will build strong relationships with media agencies, creative agencies and industry press that are an integral part of our success.

Responsibilities:
The Trade Marketing Manager will be responsible for driving all external aspects of Trade Marketing and championing its importance internally. In practice, this will involvement organising events, presenting to media agencies, creating marketing assets - websites, iPad apps etc, commissioning industry - leading research and think pieces, driving Trade PR and Comms as well as personally driving their engagement with clients.

Skills & Experience:
- Significant experience in a trade marketing role
- Experience of working in a digital media environment
- Experience of successfully devising marketing strategies
- Experience of delivering Marketing campaigns within digital media industry
- Experience of building strong relationships with clients and media agency partners

Skills/Aptitudes:
- Creative
- Excellent communication skills
- Negotiation skills

Personality characteristics:

- Commercially focussed
- Adaptability and flexibility
- Good planning and organising skills
- Dynamic and Proactive
- Enthusiastic about cutting-edge commercial digital media

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