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Job title: Marketing Specialist, DACH & FRANCE
Department: Marketing
Fluency in English & German mandatory
Job summary
To plan, develop and execute regional marketing activities which are aligned to the European marketing strategy with responsibility for the DACH & French markets as shown:
- Develop and manage a regional-specific marketing plan, targeted specifically at key markets and audiences in DACH & France, using knowledge of the specific regional audiences, channels, opportunities, and products.
- Deliver and execute marketing activity that is strategically aligned, on brand, on time, on budget and effective, meeting business needs to drive revenue growth and gain competitive advantage
- Manage marketing and design resources, activities and infrastructure to deliver the agreed regional marketing objectives
- Provide regional expertise and knowledge, specifically in strategically prioritised cities/countries/regions
Specific responsibilities
- Develop and implement a comprehensive marketing plan which clearly outlines the objectives, audience, scope, deliverables, schedule and budget and that is aligned with the overall European commercial strategy in support of prioritised markets and audiences within the DACH & France regions.
- Maintain the relevant elements of the marketing calendar and budget, ensuring that it is understood, adhered to, and delivered accordingly
- Oversee the development of briefs and allocation of tasks and responsibilities across regionally specific marketing campaigns, activities, and request for ad hoc support, so that our marketing and design resources are used efficiently and effectively.
- Liaise with colleagues in the wider European and Global Marketing team, to leverage assets and tools centrally, and represent the needs of the region so they are localised/edited where needed
- Collate metrics and other ways of tracking the overall effectiveness of regional marketing activity, with a particular focus on commercial impact, and analyse and report on the overall effectiveness of all activity
- Write reports and advise Senior Management as required
- Maintain and expand market knowledge and marketing knowledge
- Provide support to the wider business when required
Social Media
- Own contract organic social media strategy
- Manage MillerKnoll Europe social channels
o Plan & schedule posts
- Daily review of global calendar & schedule/edit relevant posts for Europe
- Monthly report
Budget
- Manage ‘DACH & France’ budgets on an ongoing basis.
- Quarterly forecasting
- Chasing up issues with local Finance supplier, as often marketing invoices are
incorrectly paid against Sales code
Websites
- Manage and co-ordinate Homepage updates for FR, DE regional sites
- Daily allocation of all inbound leads from website to Sales team via Salesforce
- Collect, manage and report on leads from Marketing activity (e.g., collect lead
forms at exhibitions/LinkedIn, add to salesforce, allocate to sales, report)
Marketing campaigns and projects
- Lead projects and campaigns
o Understand global campaign and apply/localise as needed
- Liaise with wider European teams to understand regional priorities.
- Set KPI’s
- Project Manage regional projects & campaigns
- Report results
PR
- Identify and manage regional PR opportunities (e.g. La Fabrique Spinoza)
- Brief regional Press Release to PR/editorial
Case Studies
- Identify/vet regionally relevant and strategically aligned case study opportunities
- Point of contact for customer
- Conduct Interview
Provide Support to Regional Sales
- Generate QR codes for product mock-ups.
- Respond to daily ad hoc questions
- Attend sales calls to better understand where/how to support.
Translations
- Proofread all online and print translations
- Provide regular feedback to the translation agency
Company requirements
Health & Safety; ensure that safe wo