Marketing Communications Specialist

Not your normal marketing opportunity - this is a true business partner role
- Autonomous role managing end to end regional marketing campaigns
- Melbourne location. 12-month fixed term contract with potential to extend

**About Us**

Festo is a leading worldwide provider of automation technology for factory and process automation.

We are a global market leader, with 50 years’ experience and a strong reputation for our innovation and problem solving in pneumatic and electric automation and having a unique range of industrial training and vocational education programs.

**Why choose to work for Festo?**

Festo is a leading worldwide provider of automation technology for factory and process automation.

We are a global market leader, with 50 years’ experience and a strong reputation for our innovation and problem solving in pneumatic and electric automation and having a unique range of industrial training and vocational education programs.

Festo now operates in over 60 countries, employs around 20,000 people and delivers solutions to more than 300,000 customers worldwide.

Festo Australia commenced operating in Melbourne in September 1966 and now also has branches in, Adelaide, Brisbane, Perth and Sydney. In New Zealand, branches in Auckland and Christchurch.

**About the role**

Based in Melbourne, this exciting regional role will see you responsible for handling the end-to-end development and execution of our regional marketing campaigns, activities and events across various business units and industry segments including supporting a range of integrated marketing and communication efforts to help our sales organisation achieve its strategic goals and objectives.

This role will suit an energetic, self-starter who is highly organised, task and process oriented.

More specifically, your key responsibilities will include:

- Managing end to end regional marketing campaigns
- Plan, coordinate, execute and measure regional marketing activities
- Manage the creation and distribution of marketing instruments such as printed materials, digital media, dynamic and static displays across regional markets including translation projects and external vendor and supplier liaison
- Source and develop opportunities for media exposure, including creation of advertisements, and advertorials
- Liaise with trade media companies and association partners
- Assist in corporate and internal communication campaigns, events, and projects including writing and editing intranet content and marketing bulletins
- Conceptualise, execute, manage, and analyse paid search campaigns
- Drive social media marketing campaigns through content creation and copywriting

**What will you bring to Festo?**

Our curiosity has made us a driving force in automation technology for decades. We want to keep the world moving, so we’re looking for unconventional thinkers, inventive talents and team players - in other words, people who can make a real contribution.

You will bring to this role:

- A minimum 2-4 years’ experience in a similar role and preferably within a B2B environment
- Regional marketing campaign experience will be highly regarded
- Experience in the use of Digital Marketing and Marketing Automation tools
- Be highly organised with a keen eye for detail
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to engage and manage key internal and external stakeholders
- Basic or working knowledge of any Southeast Asian language would be advantageous

**What we offer**

We offer exciting career opportunities, inspiring work experiences and a fun engaging work environment. Some of our benefits include:

- Working for a leading global market leader
- Fantastic regional market experience and exposure
- Competitive salary package
- Hybrid work potential
- Work equipment such as laptop and mobile

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**How to apply**

If this sounds like you, then we would love you to apply