Reporting to: Chief Executive Officer

Department: Marketing and Communications

Salary: R2,011, 339 (TCTC per annum)

Job purpose:

A Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) is responsible for overseeing the planning, development and execution of an organisation’s marketing and advertising initiatives. Reporting directly to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), the CMO’s primary responsibility is to generate value by leading in the development and implementation of the marketing strategy through successful marketing of the entire organisation, using market research, stakeholder relations, brand positioning, communications, advertising, reputation management and public relations. The CMO ensures the organisation’s message is distributed across channels and to targeted audiences in order to meet business objectives. Today, this means seeking out new ways to deliver messaging, such as mobile platforms, video and social media.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree required in marketing or related qualification 
• 10 years of experience in marketing and communications with brand-oriented organisations’ or organisations in corporate marketing
• 10 years of experience in planning, developing and launching of products/services
• Minimum of 10 years of business and/or consulting experience
• Ten years of experience in complex stakeholder environments – including a proven track record of accomplishment in a matrixed, fast-paced, rapidly growing, and customer-centric environment
• Ten years of experience in a senior management position, in an organisation which included direct reports

Key performance areas:

• Participate in the development of Brand South Africa strategic plan
• Develop, implement and manage the marketing and communications strategy
• Planning and organising (actively supports Stakeholder engagements)
• Compliance, monitoring and reporting (including risk)
• Act as the coordinating spokesperson for Brand South Africa
• Organisational management and Governance
• Staff management and development
• Financial management/oversight and compliance

Brand South Africa is committed to ensuring and maintaining workplace diversity and the attainment of employment equity, having due regard to qualifications and appropriate experience.

Please include certified copies of your ID, and qualifications not older than six months and contact details of at least three references. Failure to provide the duly required certified documents will result in your application being disqualified.

Brand South Africa encourages applications from people living with disabilities.

This position is subject to competency assessments. Brand South Africa retains the right not to employ.

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To view a full job profile please go to www.brandsouthafrica.com

The closing date for application is 31 January 2020.

If you have not heard from us in three months, please consider your application unsuccessful.

Company Description

Brand South Africa aims to contribute to the objectives of the National Development Plan (NDP) by managing South Africa’s Nation Brand reputation in order improve the country’s global attractiveness and competitiveness.

Posted on 14 Jan 10:33