Marketing Manager

Marketing Manager

Location: Dubai, UAE

Industry: Architecture, Engineering & Design Consultancy

Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced Marketing Manager to take ownership of our client's marketing, branding, and communications activities. The successful candidate will play a key role in strengthening the organisation's market profile and positioning across the UAE, wider region, and international markets.

The role will cover a broad range of marketing functions, including brand strategy, digital marketing, content creation, public relations, events, corporate communications, and marketing support for business development and client engagement.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and execute comprehensive marketing and brand strategies that support the company's commercial objectives and regional expansion plans.
• Own and enhance the company's brand identity, ensuring a consistent, sophisticated, and high-quality image across markets, platforms, and communications.
• Oversee the creation of corporate marketing materials, including company profiles, presentations, brochures, project portfolios, credentials, and other promotional content.
• Manage the company's website, social media channels, digital platforms, and content planning to increase brand awareness, engagement, and market reach.
• Develop and manage PR and media activities, including press releases, project launches, media relationships, announcements, and opportunities for industry recognition.
• Plan and deliver exhibitions, conferences, industry events, client functions, sponsorships, and other brand-building activities.
• Manage award submissions, industry rankings, project publicity, and other initiatives designed to strengthen the organisation's reputation and visibility.
• Partner closely with the Business Development team and senior leadership to produce compelling proposals, presentations, credentials, and other client-facing materials.
• Oversee creative and visual content production, maintaining a high standard of quality and ensuring alignment with established brand guidelines.
• Manage relationships with external creative agencies, designers, photographers, media partners, consultants, and other specialist suppliers.
• Contribute to internal communications, employee engagement, and employer branding initiatives.
• Keep abreast of market developments, competitor activity, industry trends, and emerging marketing opportunities across the architecture, engineering, design, and built-environment sectors.
• Establish appropriate marketing KPIs and prepare regular reports covering campaign performance, digital engagement, PR exposure, events, and overall brand activity.
• Manage marketing budgets, project schedules, suppliers, and agency relationships to ensure initiatives are delivered effectively, on time, and within budget.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Communications, Business, Graphic Design, or a related discipline.
• 10+ years of marketing experience, ideally gained within architecture, engineering, construction, real estate, design consultancy, professional services, or a related environment.
• Strong knowledge of brand management, strategic marketing, digital communications, PR, and corporate communications.
• Demonstrable experience delivering marketing campaigns, corporate events, exhibitions, award submissions, and communications programmes.
• A strong portfolio showcasing experience across branding, presentations, marketing collateral, digital content, and corporate communications.
• Proficiency in PowerPoint, Adobe Creative Suite, Canva, social media platforms, and relevant digital marketing tools.
• Excellent written and verbal English communication skills. Arabic language skills would be advantageous.
• Strong organisational, project management, coordination, and stakeholder management capabilities.
• Comfortable managing multiple priorities and projects while working closely with senior executives and cross-functional teams.
• A combination of creative thinking, strategic judgement, commercial awareness, and strong attention to detail.