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JOB TITLE: Senior Marketing Specialist – Sponsorships, Events and Awards
JOB LOCATION: Belfast
TERMS: Permanent
THE JOB
Fibrus are seeking for a forward thinking, creative and articulate individual to join our growing Marketing and Communications function. Reporting to the Public Relations and Affairs Manager, this new position in our team offers a superb opportunity for a talented events and sponsorship professional.
The focus of this role is to develop and deliver Fibrus’ events, sponsorship and awards strategy. Working with event teams, creative agencies and our communication and public relation partners to drive plans and implementation across each of these areas.
WHAT WILL YOU BE DOING?
· Responsible for the planning, implementation, management and measurement of events, sponsorships and awards across Fibrus
· Working with stakeholders to identify and plan sponsorship activity in line with the sales and marketing strategy
· Managing, monitoring and reporting on the effectiveness and return on investment of events & sponsorships through post-activity reports
· Advise on sponsorship arrangements, including the process and criteria for selection and activation, setting success metrics and return on investment targets
· Ensure full utilisation of the benefits of corporate sponsorships
· Lead on content production alongside our sponsorships
· Working closely with the Brand and Campaigns team to implement brand assets across our Sponsorships, ensuring Fibrus is well represented in everything we do
· Responsible for our awards strategy, ensuring Fibrus is entered into priority awards across the season, with align applications from relevant teams across the business
· Prepare event briefings, site visits (NI / GB as required) and drive project planning for events
· Develop an events strategy to ensure Fibrus is well represented at key industry events across the year, liaising with teams across the business, and SLT, to ensure most suitable attendance
· Ensure an exceptional standard of delivery, service and attention to detail across all activity, including comprehensive follow up, including leads
WHAT WILL YOU BRING?
· Experience of managing a range of large and small events and sponsorships in a fast-paced environment
· Experience working with both internal and external stakeholders towards a shared goal
· Experience of writing and project managing award submissions
· Excellent written and verbal communication skills, able to multi-task and work effectively and calmly under deadline pressures
· Ability to build relationships with a variety of stakeholders including agency partners and internal colleagues
· High level of accuracy and attention to detail, capable of developing detailed project plans and ensuring messaging is clear, consistent and correctly branded
· Ability to initiate, action and work both independently and in a team environment
· Proactive, creative and confident with a positive attitude
· Experiencing managing a direct report would be beneficial
· Flexible in both dealing with ad hoc requests and scheduling work hours to accommodate the timing of events and award shows which may include working early mornings, evenings and weekends with travel throughout NI and GB as required
Fibrus are committed to building a diverse, talented and dedicated workforce. We appreciate that you may not meet every single requirement listed but don’t let that discourage you. If you have some of the experience we are seeking and offer a fantastic attitude, we’d love to see your application!
IS FIBRUS FOR ME?
At Fibrus, we put our people first! We are proud to be a company who encourage colleagues to do and be their very best. Our culture is focused on trust, collaboration, growth and flexibility.
We invest in our people, offering colleagues benefits that improve their personal lives as well as their careers! So along with competitive salaries and an excellent benefits package, we also offer our colleagues benefits including mental health workshops, professional development support and private healthcare. We also recognise the importance of supporting our colleagues with life changes and have comprehensive policies around menopause, mental health, pregnancy loss and leave for maternity, parental and adoption leave.
HOW TO APPLY
To apply to join the Fibrus family, please do so online and our Recruitment team will be in contact with you once we’ve had a chance to have a look at your application. We wish you the best of luck and thank you for your interest in Fibrus. #Fibrus
At Fibrus we recognise the positive value of diversity, promote equality and challenge unfair discrimination. We aim at all times to recruit the person who is most suited to the job and welcome people of all backgrounds. We particularly encourage applications from women, under-represented genders, individuals with disabilities, and under-represented ethnicities. We’re happy to discuss flexible working - there is no obligation to raise this at the application stage but if you wish to do so, you are welcome to.
Fibrus operates as Fibrus Networks Ltd and Fibrus Networks GB Ltd and will retain your information, for the purposes of recruitment, for a period of up to 12 months. We may also share your information with our partner organisations for the purposes of recruitment. Please clearly note on your application if you wish us to delete your information rather than retain or share
Job Type: Full-time
Additional pay:

• Yearly bonus

Benefits:

• Company events
• Company pension
• Referral programme
• Sick pay

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Belfast, BT1 3LP