Luxury Marketing & Events Manager (Arabic Speaker)

ITP Media Group reaches an audience of more than 104.6 million people across the Middle East and beyond through its leading websites, portals, social media platforms, events, conferences, award ceremonies, magazines, books and social media influencers agency.

We are looking for an upbeat, creative, experienced and proactive Luxury Marketing and Events Manager to be based out of our office in Jeddah.

The ideal candidate will have experience and understanding of live experiences and events for our portfolio of luxury brands including Harper’s Bazaar Saudi, Esquire Saudi, Architectural Digest, GQ Middle East, Grazia Middle East Cosmopolitan Middle East and many more.

From intimate dinners and cocktail receptions to fashion-shows and large-scale events, the successful candidate will be charged with the conception, development and execution of innovative experiences for our luxury brands and their respective audiences.

We’re looking for a creative personality who can independently manage multiple projects, meet deadlines and work to budget. The ideal candidate loves creating an event strategy as much as rolling up their sleeves to do the production work and will also assume responsibility for flawless execution of agreed-upon sponsor elements. ITP is looking for someone who can bring ideas and creativity to our events calendar, and who can drive revenue through innovative sponsor and customer solutions. This is a client facing role.

Requirements

• Must have 5+ years’ experience in luxury event planning, strategy and hands-on execution

• Taste and an aesthetic sensibility that pairs well with our brands, and an enthusiasm for the range of personalities we work with, from fashion and celebrities to business people and artists

• Superior client management

• Experience managing suppliers, sponsors, and other stakeholders

• Experience negotiating contracts and agreements

• Experience managing a budget

• Ability to communicate effectively with colleagues, internally and externally

• A modern understanding of what makes an event successful—social-media expertise a plus

• Enthusiastic, driven, creative and able to work on own initiative but a strong team player

• Proficient in Keynote, PowerPoint, Word, Excel

• Candidate must be proficient in Arabic and English

Benefits

Being an ITP employee is an opportunity to be part of the largest content creation house in the region and provides the luxury of working with global brands and experienced industry leaders. To ensure we invest in the development of our team, employees are given access to a variety of learning resources and exciting career development opportunities.

We believe in recognizing the passionate efforts of our team members. Our employees are rewarded by competitive remuneration, attractive bonus structure, medical insurance and a generous leave entitlement scheme that sees annual holiday entitlement grow as tenure with company increases.