Marketing Specialist - UAE

Role overview

Key responsibilities

• Plan and coordinate events, exhibitions, tastings, product launches, and brand activations.
• Manage event logistics, suppliers, branding, products, and guest coordination.
• Coordinate chef demonstrations, product tastings, and customer engagement activities.
• Build relationships with chefs, customers, hospitality partners, and culinary professionals.
• Support sponsorships, brand partnerships, and joint marketing initiatives.
• Align activations with brand guidelines and marketing objectives; coordinate with internal teams, agencies, suppliers, and partners.
• Manage projects, timelines, budgets, deliverables, purchase orders, invoices, and marketing expenses.
• Prepare post-event reports and identify improvements to event execution, customer engagement, and brand presence.

Qualifications and experience

• Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Business, Communications, or a related field.
• 2–4 years of experience in marketing, events, activations, or brand marketing.
• FMCG, Foodservice, Hospitality, or related-industry experience is preferred.
• Strong project coordination, planning, organizational, communication, stakeholder management, relationship-building, and execution skills.
• Proficiency in MS Office and relevant marketing tools.
• Willingness to support events outside regular working hours when required.

Core competencies

• Event and activation management; project management; relationship and stakeholder management.
• Communication and influence; planning and organization; commercial awareness; problem solving.
• Execution and follow-through; teamwork and collaboration; creativity and initiative.