The Role

To undertake marketing communications activities in the following tasks:-

• Events and B2B marketing: Designing and implementing  marketing communications plans for conferences, seminars, training and workshops;
• Corporate communications: Undertake all aspects of press work and media relations, and;
• Undertake online communications activities on the corporate website.

In particular:

Marketing

• Creating, obtaining necessary approvals and managing marketing budget for each event;
• Create, maintain and update contact data for the CTO in general and for each individual event;
• Undertake work on the creation of brochures, flyers, emails and letters;
• Maintaining events listing in the CTO website;
• Maintaining dedicated event websites;
• Researching and signing up media partners, associations and sponsors;
• Arranging cross marketing deals;
• Undertaking event advertising and promotion;
• Undertaking email/fax marketing campaigns and other promotions;
• Post-event website creation;
• Post-event marketing of conference documentation;
• Tracking performances of marketing mediums and re-arranging marketing channels accordingly;
• Responding to marketing enquiries;
• Preparing and distributing papers, reports and CTO literature at CTO and other events (e.g. exhibitions and trade shows);
• Providing communication support at CTO domestic and international events;
• Undertaking business intelligence work by researching competitor events, and;
• To develop, collate, operate and maintain events databases of contacts for CTO activities.

Communications

• To assist production of CTO publications, aiming at the consistency of quality and messages and to seek advertising revenue for such publications;
• To produce and coordinate the production of written and graphical material, press releases and articles about all aspects and work of CTO, especially information regarding ICT developments in CTO member countries or entities;
• Arrange effective publicity for the CTO in the media of member countries as agreed, and;
• To collaborate with staff, members and other associates to promote the public profile of the CTO and provide an information point for enquiries about the CTO and its work.

Qualifications and Experience:

• Master’s  Degree in relevant field or five (5) years experience a marketing communications role;
• Experience of database management;
• Good oral and written communications skills;
• Strong affinity for the Telecommunications and ICT sector;
• Comfortable talking to senior officials from both the public and private sectors, and;
• A good team player with respect for multi-cultural diversity.

Starting salary £22,454 to £26,500 according to experience per annum plus performance-based bonus, commission and profit share – OTE £10,000

Applications should be addressed to:

Attn:

Mr Rakesh Luchman

Senior Manager, Human Resources and Administration

Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation

66-64 Glenthorne Road Hammersmith, London W6 0LR

E-mail: ldealwis@cto.int

Tel: +4420 20 8600 3800

Fax: +4420 8600 3819

Website: http://www.cto.int