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Assistant Marketing Manager (QSR/restaurant/food delivery market)

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Job Description


About the Company

We are seeking a highly organized and commercially minded Assistant Marketing Manager to support the execution of integrated marketing campaigns across multiple channels. This role is ideal for a hands-on marketing professional with experience in the UAE market who thrives in a fast-paced environment and enjoys managing campaign execution from concept to completion.

About the Role

The successful candidate will have a strong background in coordinating multi-channel campaigns, managing agencies and vendors, analyzing performance data, and driving measurable business results. This role requires an execution-focused professional who can manage multiple priorities simultaneously while maintaining exceptional attention to detail and stakeholder management.

Responsibilities

Marketing Strategy & Planning

  • Support the development and execution of annual marketing plans aligned with sales, profitability, and brand objectives.
  • Develop strategic initiatives to increase store traffic, transactions, average check value, and delivery sales.
  • Identify market opportunities, consumer trends, and competitive insights to drive business growth.
  • Collaborate with leadership to establish marketing KPIs and performance targets.

Brand & Campaign Management

  • Plan and execute integrated marketing campaigns across online and offline channels.
  • Lead product launches, limited-time offers (LTOs), meal bundling initiatives, and promotional campaigns.
  • Ensure brand consistency across all customer touchpoints and communication channels.
  • Develop campaign briefs and evaluate creative concepts, artwork, and messaging to ensure alignment with brand standards.

Digital Marketing & Customer Engagement

  • Manage digital marketing activities including: Social Media,Paid Media,Search Marketing ,(SEO/SEM),CRM Programs,Mobile Applications,Email Marketing
  • Drive customer acquisition, retention, engagement, and loyalty initiatives.
  • Monitor and optimize campaign effectiveness using performance data and customer insights

Food Delivery & Aggregator Management

  • Manage relationships and marketing activations across major delivery platforms including:

Talabat,Deliveroo,Careem,Noon Food

  • Develop promotional plans and visibility strategies to maximize delivery sales and profitability.
  • Analyze delivery performance and optimize aggregator investment and ROI.

Performance Analysis & Commercial Management

  • Analyze sales performance, customer behavior, product mix, campaign effectiveness, and store-level results.
  • Monitor marketing budgets and track return on investment (ROI) across all marketing activities.
  • Support pricing strategies, promotional profitability analysis, sales forecasting, and cost management initiatives.
  • Generate actionable insights and recommendations to improve business performance.

Local Store Marketing & Partnerships

  • Develop and execute local store marketing initiatives to drive community engagement and traffic.
  • Manage partnerships with malls, corporate organizations, schools, community groups, and local events.
  • Coordinate sponsorships, activations, and promotional opportunities that support brand visibility and revenue growth.

Stakeholder & Agency Management

  • Manage external partners including creative agencies, media agencies, digital agencies, PR agencies, production vendors, and influencers.
  • Work cross-functionally with Operations, Finance, Supply Chain, IT, and Regional/Franchise teams to ensure seamless campaign execution.
  • Build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders to drive collaborative success.

Team Leadership

  • Mentor, coach, and support junior marketing team members.
  • Foster a high-performance culture through collaboration, accountability, and continuous learning.
  • Demonstrate leadership capability and readiness to assume broader marketing responsibilities as the business grows.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in Marketing, Business Administration, Communications, or a related field.

Required Skills

  • Minimum 5-7 years of marketing experience.
  • Minimum 2-3 years in a supervisory or managerial marketing role.
  • Previous experience within QSR, Restaurants, Food Delivery, Retail, FMCG, or Consumer Brands.
  • Strong understanding of UAE consumer behavior and market dynamics.
  • Experience working with multi-unit retail or restaurant operations is highly desirable.
  • Strong knowledge of the UAE QSR, restaurant, and food delivery market.
  • Proven ability to develop and execute marketing plans that deliver sales growth and profitability.
  • Strong understanding of promotional strategies, value offerings, meal bundles, and product launches.
  • Expertise in digital marketing, CRM, social media, paid media, and mobile marketing.
  • Strong analytical and data interpretation skills.
  • Experience managing marketing budgets and evaluating marketing ROI.
  • Strong commercial acumen, including pricing, forecasting, food cost awareness, and promotional effectiveness.
  • Excellent project management and organizational skills.
  • Ability to manage multiple campaigns and priorities simultaneously.
  • Strong agency management and stakeholder engagement capabilities.
  • Outstanding presentation, communication, and interpersonal skills.
  • Leadership potential with the ability to coach and develop team members.
  • Fluent English required; Arabic language skills highly preferred.

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