Current Position | MarCom Professional (South Africa)
Marketing Communications Professional
NOTE: This position is in South Africa. The candidate must be in close proximity to Johannesburg.
No relocation is provided.
Title: Marcom Generalist (Marketing Communications Position)
Location: Johannesburg, South Africa
Duration: 6+ months
Ideal Candidate
We are looking for a self-starter with solid understanding of the marketing communications mix, who works well in a group and under pressure managing a variety of projects in parallel. This position will interact with client to gather information for case studies, white papers and other marketing materials as needed.
Candidate must be able to lead by influence at and above peer level. Candidate will be well organized and results-oriented. Position requires learning issues quickly and identifies compelling themes.
Skills Required
- 3+ years of Marcom and Project Management experience
- Strong business, communications, project management and operational skills
- Excellent written and oral presentation skills (writing samples and portfolio required)
- Superior interpersonal, teamwork, and collaboration skills
- Typically requires BS/BA degree or equivalent
Responsibilities
- Develop communication strategy to execute against business objectives
- Work independently to create/leverage marketing relationships with key stakeholders
- Develop “trusted advisor” relationship with sponsor teams
- Ability to manage the work of external agencies and vendors
- Synthesize messages from multiple sources and make relevant for target audiences
- Ability to negotiate and influence actions of team members outside team
- Ability to resolve conflicts
- Ability to identify, prioritize and deliver tangible results using sound business practices
- Ability to innovate and define new tools and practices
For immediate consideration, please email resume to: careers@groupsystems.com
Who We Are
GroupSystems is a collaboration software company. Our mission is to build inspiring solutions that accelerate and enhance the performance of leaders in business, government, and professional services.
Founded in 1989 on our breakthrough research in high performance collaboration, our software has been used to create nations, address the H1N1 pandemic, assess the space shuttle Columbia disaster, and create billions of dollars of value in the fortune 500 through strategy, product, and process improvements.
Today over 25% of the world’s most innovative organizations rely on our software to tap the wisdom around them, enhance innovation and accelerate decisions. Our clients include IBM, NASA, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Accenture, the Department of Defense, and Proctor and Gamble among many others.
