Marketing Communications Manager

This role reports directly to the APJ Senior Director of Marketing but works closely with Head of Channel To Marketing, Senior Director for Channel Sales and Field Marketing Managers across the APJ region.

Based in ANZ or India, this position will have 4 key areas of responsibility:

- Own, build, manage and drive the updating of the APJ Communications schedule by month and by quarter- Work as part of the global team to ensure rapid response to critical communications & major incident programs, including setting up webinars, immediate communications etc. This is based on a ‘follow the sun’ model and sometimes taking the global lead on these occurrences
- Responsible for the initial interaction point between global marketing content & campaigns and APJ team to drive key campaigns and content through to the field. Own the execution and planning of global virtual event programs

Although you are an individual contributor, you need to have top relationship and negotiation skills. You are extremely organized and able to juggle multiple projects across multiple time zones on any given day of the week.

This is a rare and exciting opportunity for a marketing individual keen to expand their career horizons across the fastest growing region in the world - Asia Pacific and Japan. The opportunity to grow your experience and knowledge across this vast and unique territory, well enable career expansion and the opportunity to travel in the future.

What You Will Do
- Managing the APJ communications schedule
- Communicating effectively with field teams on campaign, including getting feedback on activities and providing regular reporting and performance updates
- Keeping the marketing project management system up to date - e.g., Asana
- Working with field leaders to gather translation requirements
- Briefing Field Marketing teams on available campaigns and provide suggestions on field execution
- Ensuring all appropriate campaign assets are on the Partner Portal, and therefore available for Partners to use
- Regularly reviewing marketing campaigns on the Partner Portal to ensure they are relevant and up to date
- Owner of relevant global virtual event program (including Podcasts and webinar series).
- Provide support to the APJ leadership on major events including Partner 100 & FastStart
- Work with delivery & event agencies on booth design, branding and printed materials
- Prepare contact generation and demand generation concepts to maximize event investments
- Work on pre & post event communications, social media campaigns and follow up activities

Skills & Abilities
- Understanding of core marketing foundations
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Good project management and organizational skills
- High level of ownership for tasks
- Ability to multi-task
- Excellent time management
- Good attention to detail
- Ability to analyze data
- Ability to translate ideas into practice
- CIM or equivalent qualification
- Understanding of Channel
- Additional Asian Language would be highly regarded

What's Great About Sophos?
- Our people - we innovate and create, all of which are accompanied by a great sense of fun and team spirit
- Employee-led diversity and inclusion networks that build community and provide education and advocacy
- Annual charity and fundraising initiatives and volunteer days for employees to support local communities
- Global employee sustainability initiatives to reduce our environmental footprint
- Global fitness and trivia competitions to keep our bodies and minds sharp
- Global wellbeing days for employees to relax and recharge
- Monthly wellbeing webinars and training to support employee health and wellbeing

Our Commitment To You

We’re proud of the diverse and inclusive environment we have at Sophos, and we’re committed to ensuring equality of opportunity. We believe that diversity, combined with excellence, builds a better Sophos, so we encourage applicants that can contribute to the diversity of our team. All applicants will be treated in a fair and equal manner and in accordance with the law regardless of gender, sex, gender reassignment, marital status, race, religion or belief, color, age, military veteran status, disability, pregnancy, maternity or sexual orientation. We want to give you every opportunity to show us your best self, so if there are any adjustments we could make to the recruitment and selection process to support you, please let us know.

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