Job description

• Manage events and Social Media PR, within the support structures and quality parameters of a reputable fashion brand.
• Be in control of your events, PR and business development within your designated Area.
• Influence and contribute to brand strategy.
• Work with talented, dynamic people!

Key responsibilities:

Events Management and Coordination

• Development of a yearly event calendar, for the assigned stores.
• Holistic management and responsibility of store events including proposal, planning, budget management, sponsorship and execution.
• Delivering events on time, within budget, that meet/exceeding expectations.
• Setting, communicating and maintaining timelines and priorities on every project.
• Idea generation for new income generating events.
• Maintain and develop/source new supplier relationships.
• Disseminating event information to key stake holders, departments and external customers.
• Ensure event is completed smoothly and step up to resolve any problems that might occur.
• Assisting on-site with events, as required.

Business Development

• Developing and managing yearly events sales budgets and forecasts of internal and external customers.
• Drive increase market share growth for the assigned store’s, through increased events sales revenue of current B2B Retail Partners and developing events sales revenue from new B2B Retail Partners.
• Relationship Management of internal and external customers.
• Negotiate all business events terms for new and existing external and internal retail customers.
• Meet with retail partners and turn their goals into workable solutions.

Public Relations and Social Media

• Assist in the development of and executing of innovative creative communication content for traditional PR digital and social media.
• Assist in managing the content flow within a content plan.
• Develop relationships with regional influencer’s and engage with and promote stories to gain market share.
• Responsible for providing material/collateral for digital and social media, on all events.

Company Description

We are an extra-ordinary fashion company, rooted in supporting the sustainability of South African Fashion mastery. We are proudly South African organization, a tribe where extra-ordinary people work together to enable business success and to realize their full potential, passion and competencies. South African Fashion is our Passion.

We are looking for experienced, energetic, passionate and driven Events and Business Development Co-Ordinater, with experience in PR being a plus, to lead our events and PR for Fashion Retails store’s based within the Durban Region. Are you Passionate about fashion? Are you the Best of the Best? Do you want to join a Growing Retail Company with excellent succession planning growth potential?

Requirements

• Ability to cope with pressure, work to tight deadlines and multi-task.
• Ability to work independently, with strong problem-solving skills.
• Computer literate, PowerPoint, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Web 2.0/ Social Media, etc.
• Efficient in time management, with a strong ability to prioritise and control work flows.
• Very organised with excellent administration skills.
• High energy levels.
• Excellent English written/verbal communication skills.
• Confident individual with good interpersonal and presentation skills.
• Solution-driven with a go-getting can-do attitude (show initiative).
• Willingness to travel, if required.
• A Valid drivers licence and own transport.

 Minimum Experience

• Minimum one year’s experience in events and Business Development. Experience in PR Social Media is a beneficial.
• Minimum Educational level: Grade 12.
• Energetic leader with an Entrepreneurial spirit.
• Passion for fashion retail.

Posted on 24 Aug 14:54