Marketing Manager

Marketing Manager Location: Dubai, UAE Industry: Architecture, Engineering & Design Consultancy Role Overview We are seeking an experienced Marketing Manager to take ownership of our client's marketing, branding, and communications activities. The successful candidate will play a key role in strengthening the organisation’s market profile and positioning across the UAE, wider region, and international markets. The role will cover a broad range of marketing functions, including brand strategy, digital marketing, content creation, public relations, events, corporate communications, and marketing support for business development and client engagement. Key Responsibilities • Develop and execute comprehensive marketing and brand strategies that support the company’s commercial objectives and regional expansion plans. • Own and enhance the company’s brand identity, ensuring a consistent, sophisticated, and high-quality image across markets, platforms, and communications. • Oversee the creation of corporate marketing materials, including company profiles, presentations, brochures, project portfolios, credentials, and other promotional content. • Manage the company’s website, social media channels, digital platforms, and content planning to increase brand awareness, engagement, and market reach. • Develop and manage PR and media activities, including press releases, project launches, media relationships, announcements, and opportunities for industry recognition. • Plan and deliver exhibitions, conferences, industry events, client functions, sponsorships, and other brand-building activities. • Manage award submissions, industry rankings, project publicity, and other initiatives designed to strengthen the organisation’s reputation and visibility. • Partner closely with the Business Development team and senior leadership to produce compelling proposals, presentations, credentials, and other client-facing materials. • Oversee creative and visual content production, maintaining a high standard of quality and ensuring alignment with established brand guidelines. • Manage relationships with external creative agencies, designers, photographers, media partners, consultants, and other specialist suppliers. • Contribute to internal communications, employee engagement, and employer branding initiatives. • Keep abreast of market developments, competitor activity, industry trends, and emerging marketing opportunities across the architecture, engineering, design, and built-environment sectors. • Establish appropriate marketing KPIs and prepare regular reports covering campaign performance, digital engagement, PR exposure, events, and overall brand activity. • Manage marketing budgets, project schedules, suppliers, and agency relationships to ensure initiatives are delivered effectively, on time, and within budget. Requirements • Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Communications, Business, Graphic Design, or a related discipline. • 10+ years of marketing experience, ideally gained within architecture, engineering, construction, real estate, design consultancy, professional services, or a related environment. • Strong knowledge of brand management, strategic marketing, digital communications, PR, and corporate communications. • Demonstrable experience delivering marketing campaigns, corporate events, exhibitions, award submissions, and communications programmes. • A strong portfolio showcasing experience across branding, presentations, marketing collateral, digital content, and corporate communications. • Proficiency in PowerPoint, Adobe Creative Suite, Canva, social media platforms, and relevant digital marketing tools. • Excellent written and verbal English communication skills. Arabic language skills would be advantageous. • Strong organisational, project management, coordination, and stakeholder management capabilities. • Comfortable managing multiple priorities and projects while working closely with senior executives and cross-functional teams. • A combination of creative thinking, strategic judgement, commercial awareness, and strong attention to detail. Show more Show less

Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Communications, Business, Graphic Design, or a related discipline. 10+ years of marketing experience, ideally within architecture, engineering, construction, real estate, design consultancy, professional services, or a related environment. Strong knowledge of brand management, strategic marketing, digital communications, PR, and corporate communications. Demonstrable experience delivering marketing campaigns, corporate events, exhibitions, award submissions, and communications programmes. A strong portfolio showcasing experience across branding, presentations, marketing collateral, digital content, and corporate communications. Proficiency in PowerPoint, Adobe Creative Suite, Canva, social media platforms, and relevant digital marketing tools. Excellent written and verbal English communication skills; Arabic language skills would be advantageous. Strong organisational, project management, coordination, and stakeholder management capabilities. Comfortable managing multiple priorities and projects while working closely with senior executives and cross-functional teams. A combination of creative thinking, strategic judgement, commercial awareness, and strong attention to detail.

Develop and execute comprehensive marketing and brand strategies that support the company’s commercial objectives and regional expansion plans. Own and enhance the company’s brand identity, ensuring a consistent, sophisticated, and high-quality image across markets, platforms, and communications. Oversee the creation of corporate marketing materials, including company profiles, presentations, brochures, project portfolios, credentials, and other promotional content. Manage the company’s website, social media channels, digital platforms, and content planning to increase brand awareness, engagement, and market reach. Develop and manage PR and media activities, including press releases, project launches, media relationships, announcements, and opportunities for industry recognition. Plan and deliver exhibitions, conferences, industry events, client functions, sponsorships, and other brand-building activities. Manage award submissions, industry rankings, project publicity, and other initiatives designed to strengthen the organisation’s reputation and visibility. Partner closely with the Business Development team and senior leadership to produce compelling proposals, presentations, credentials, and other client-facing materials. Oversee creative and visual content production, maintaining a high standard of quality and ensuring alignment with established brand guidelines. Manage relationships with external creative agencies, designers, photographers, media partners, consultants, and other specialist suppliers. Contribute to internal communications, employee engagement, and employer branding initiatives. Keep abreast of market developments, competitor activity, industry trends, and emerging marketing opportunities across the architecture, engineering, design, and built-environment sectors. Establish appropriate marketing KPIs and prepare regular reports covering campaign performance, digital engagement, PR exposure, events, and overall brand activity. Manage marketing budgets, project schedules, suppliers, and agency relationships to ensure initiatives are delivered effectively, on time, and within budget.