The Role
Do you want to help make the Wellington region wildly famous to visitors, students and event goers?
We’re looking for a creative and results driven marketer to manage WellingtonNZ’s marketing campaign activity and ensure local businesses are supported via inspiring storytelling.
You will lead our Campaign Managers (Venues & Events, Tourism and Business, Education & Projects) and Marketing Coordinator to develop creative and well executed campaigns that get results. You’ll be a champion for the Wellington brand and develop positive working relationships with a diverse group of stakeholders including local attractions, media outlets, agencies, commercial businesses and local government.
This role is fixed term and is covering a period of parental leave for approximately one year, commencing in mid-April.
Your key responsibilities will include:
- Defining insights and shaping briefs to ensure campaigns are targeted, have clear objectives and measurable outcomes.
- Championing the Wellington brand and ensuring promotional material is consistent.
- Maintaining proactive and regular communications with partners and delivering timely campaign updates and reports.
- Managing budgets and forecasting to ensure all spending is planned, tracked and reconciled.
- Leading the team to ensure they understand the tasks at hand and feel empowered to perform in their roles.
The Ideal Candidate
We’re looking for someone with experience in planning and project managing through-the-line marketing campaigns with expertise in media planning across a wide variety of channels. You will carry a passion for the Wellington region and think creatively to challenge the status quo.
The ideal person will bring to the role and team:
- A history of managing people and building a positive, inclusive and empowering team culture.
- Experience developing and maintaining good working relationships in an environment with a diverse range of stakeholders
- An insight driven approach to identifying, targeting and growing new audiences.
- Proven experience efficiently forecasting and managing budgets.
Experience in event and/or tourism marketing is desirable but not strictly necessary.
WellingtonNZ
WellingtonNZ is the agency tasked with making the Wellington region wildly famous. Our organisation is shamelessly passionate about this wild and wonderful region we call home, and want to make it famous as the most creative place in New Zealand to live, work, visit and play.
WellingtonNZ truly values its people and is committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone can thrive, have fun and make a difference.
We have all the things you would expect from a great employer – flexible working options that can be tailor made for you, wellbeing programmes, relaxed working environments, encouragement to be yourself and a collaborative culture.
Check out some of the varied things we do in the video below.
If this sounds like you and you want to be part of a diverse organisation all about making the Wellington region wildly famous, then click to apply with your CV and cover letter via Seek.
Applications close at 5pm, Wednesday 26 February 2020 and we’ll be in touch soon after the closing date with an update on your application. For more information on this exciting opportunity, please email [email protected], or a copy the job description can be found here.
Please note that only applicants with the right to live and work in NZ will be considered.
