Marketing Specialist

We seek to move the world forward through innovative thinking.

Woolpert is an award-winning, global leader in architecture, engineering, and geospatial services. We blend design excellence with cutting-edge technology to deliver exceptional client value. Our team is passionate about their work and committed to building the next generation of industry leaders, and as a certified Great Place to Work®, Woolpert embraces progress and innovation to create limitless opportunities for career growth.

As our new Marketing Specialist based in Johannesburg, you’ll drive creative marketing strategies that fuel growth across South Africa and the broader African market. If you’re passionate about making an impact and leading with vision, we want to hear from you.

Duties and Responsibilities

Strategic Marketing: Create and execute strategic marketing plans for assigned markets. Manage conferences, sponsorships, customer events, association involvement, public relations, internal communications, awards, collateral materials, webinars, advertising campaigns, videos, client interviews and meetings, e-mail campaigns, social media, and demonstrations. Assist in developing and implementing strategy for marketing/client development activities to support market strategies. Work closely with subject matter experts across the market to support client capture strategies. Build relationships with conference and association members. Conduct or support market research to determine future market trends.

Marketing Communications: Manage the Woolpert brand to company standards. Develop and manage all communication tactics for all physical and digital media.

Support: Help manage budgets for individual markets. Attend national and regional conferences, tracking trade ROI. Work collaboratively with other marketing managers and the Proposals, Creative, and Sales teams to assist with firm-wide initiatives and processes.

Minimum Qualifications 

• A formal qualification in Marketing is essential
• Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Communications, Business, or a related field (NQF Level 7).
• Postgraduate qualification in Marketing (e.g., Honours, Postgraduate Diploma) is preferred (NQF Level 8).
• At least 7 years of progressive experience in marketing, including a minimum of 3 years in a leadership or managerial capacity.
• Demonstrated experience within a technical or engineering professional services or consulting environment is preferred.
• Exposure to a Geospatial environment is advantageous

Skills and Competencies:

• Outstanding verbal and written communication abilities in the English language.
• Thorough grasp of marketing principles and the role of social media in the marketing role
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite at an advanced level.
• Proficiency in DTP applications
• Strong leadership qualities with excellent organizational and time management skills.
• Exceptional attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple priorities effectively under pressure

Travel:

• Must be willing to travel as and when required up to 25%.

About Woolpert 

Woolpert is committed to a vision to become the premier architecture, engineering and geospatial (AEG) firm, and one of the best companies in the world. It’s a vision we’ve been fine-tuning for decades. It guides our decisions and investments, provides our clients with optimal solutions, and offers our employees unrivalled opportunities. Woolpert is recognized as a Great Place to Work by its employees with more than a century of experience, with over 2,000 employees and 30 offices worldwide.

For more information, visit woolpert.com and connect with us on LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook.   

Our vision: http://woolpert.com/about-us/  

Find out more about what Woolpert has to offer here:  http://woolpert.com/about-us/

Woolpert is an equal-opportunity employer. Woolpert is committed to the full inclusion of all individuals. We recruit, train, compensate, and promote regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, veteran status, and other protected status as required by applicable law.  You may view more about EEO on our website: Equal-Employment-Opportunity-The-Law.pdf and EEO is the Law Poster Supplement.

Applicants who require an accommodation throughout the application and interview process should request this in advance by contacting askhr@woolpert.com 

To all agencies: Please, no phone calls or emails to any employee of Woolpert or any of our subsidiaries about this requisition. All resumes submitted by search firms/employment agencies to any employee at Woolpert via email, the internet, or in any form and/or method will be deemed the sole property of Woolpert, unless such search firms/employment agencies were engaged by Woolpert's Talent Acquisition Team for this requisition and a valid agreement is in place. In the event a candidate who was submitted outside of Woolpert's applicant process is hired, no fee or payment of any kind will be paid.