Brand Partnerships & Events Specialist

We are looking to hire a Brand Partnerships & Events Specialist for a client who is a well funded Fintech Start-up based in Dubai.

Responsibilities:

Responsible for delivering successful B2B as well as B2C events and growing overall revenues from Partners through identifying and locking in agreements with potential Partners as well as

managing ongoing development of Partnership agreements.

PARTNERSHIPS responsibilities

• Develop and implement partnership strategy
• Identify key target sectors and entities, potential Partnership mechanisms and potential revenue
• Provide ongoing management reporting on the implementation of the plan to the senior leadership team

EVENTS responsibilities

• Execute events that drive measurable demand generation results to increase revenue
• Evaluate, select and manage outside vendors and service providers as appropriate
• Manage event costs, maintain event budget, and provide detailed budget analysis and post event report and postmortem results.
• Communicate with all appropriate cross-functional teams regarding events such as: meeting, timelines, requirements, messaging, communication plan, pre/post event meetings, etc.
• Ideally client-side as well as agency-side experience working with a range of clients is required with an understanding of Local Market as well as Familiarities with local vendors and suppliers
• Excellent communicator with proven ability to clearly convey ideas and data in written and verbal presentations to a variety of audiences.
• Exceptional organizational skill with the ability to run projects with efficiency and meeting set deadlines
• Demonstrated skills in positioning and differentiating products and services.
• Highly motivated individual who thrives in a fast-paced team environment and is readily adaptable to changing market and organizational requirements.
• Excellent organizational skills with attention to detail: ability to manage multiple priorities and tasks in parallel; strategic thinker
• Budget management is a requirement, as well as great negotiating skills

Requirements

Looking for candidates who ticks the below boxes:

Requirements:

• Bachelors degree or any relevant field
• At least 4 years of experience in a similar role demonstrating track record of success in
• Partnership management as well as events management (b2b as well as b2c) – in the UAE market
• Demonstrated skills, knowledge and experience in Partnership management
• Possesses negotiating and marketing skills
• Proficiency in customer relationship management, representative, strategic thinker with established network of contacts