• 4 March 2010
• Reference: JR210103

• Senior Marketing Communications Consultant

• City of London Competitive Permanent
• Benefits: Competitive

Our client a leading Financial Services provider is seeking to recruit a Senior marketing communications consultant.

This is a demanding, strategic, hands-on role taking the lead in maintaining and building an efficient and effective marketing communications function for UK, Ireland and Africa markets

The key objective of this role is to support these markets in achieving their business goals and to strengthen Swiss Re's brand value by establishing and executing excellent marcoms activities in these markets

In addition to this core marketing communications activity, the role from time to time involves wider communications tasks including general branding, web publishing, support with media relations activity and internal communications

The postholder will be part of a network of marketing communications specialists in locations including Zurich and Munich, and will be expected to make a clear and tangible contribution to global marketing communications strategy and execution, including supporting activities and events beyond the UK, Ireland and Africa markets

Key Accountabilities

· Play a key role in developing, planning and professionally executing day-to-day marketing communications strategy for these markets in close co-operation with the Market Executives for the respective locations
· Manage and execute the generation of content for marketing communications activity in these markets (gather, coordinate input, edit, write, manage internal/external design agencies etc)
· Projects and tasks will also be introduced on an ongoing basis according to needs and emerging opportunities.
· The role depends on a strong relationship with various channel specialists at a Group level, including as Global Marketing Communications, Group Media Relations, eComms, Group Internal Communications, Group Branding, Issues Management and Messages.

Key Skills, Knowledge, Qualifications & Experience

· Fluency in English is essential. Strong German language desirable.
· At least five years of marketing communications experience within the financial services industry (preferably in a business-to-business role), or at least three years of such experience and an industry- recognised, relevant professional qualification (eg, UK Chartered Institute of Marketing or equivalent)
· Proven skills in effectively deploying a broad range of marketing communications channels/tools, and innovative thinking in deploying new tools
· Strong copywriting skills/fastidious editorship
· Strong project-management experience
· Experience of briefing and steering external agencies, and controlling costs
· A strong business focus, and client orientation, with a clear understanding of how to create value though professional marketing communications activity
· A strategic thinker with a global mindset, but capable of focusing on local needs
· A strong team mentality combined with a strong, 'can-do', 'go-getter'/self-starter personality, able to lead and implement marketing communications initiatives on own initiative and with minimal guidance
· Able to build relationships and deal effectively and sensitively with all stakeholders; able to challenge leaders and decisions where needed with the right balance of diplomacy and forcefulness
· At ease at working in complex organisational structures with numerous dotted reporting lines
· Able to work to tight deadlines, and to work calmly under pressure
· Education to at least degree level (preferred)
· Willing and able to travel abroad for short periods










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