Marketing & PR Specialist

cargo-partner is a leading multinational freight forwarder and integrated logistics provider with particular strength in intercontinental transport solutions. Based in Austria, cargo-partner is present in over 30 countries with more than 3000 employees and continues to grow and expand across the world.
Our employees are highly motivated professionals from many different nations with diverse cultural backgrounds who share a common passion for their work, excellent communication skills and a strong entrepreneurial approach.
We offer an interesting career kick-start for talented people without experience as well as a rewarding opportunity for accomplished logistics and business professionals. We believe in establishing long-term relationships and investing in the continuous development of our employees.

Level of education: Commercial education with marketing and communications focus (preferably Bachelor degree in Marketing or Communications)
Working experience: 3 years marketing experience
Requirements of the role:
- Qualified chartered marketer with sales orientation
- Solid knowledge of best-in-class marketing and communication tools and processes
- Capability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and ability to prioritize a sizeable workload in a fast-paced environment
- Goal oriented personality and proactive
- Global and network thinking
Special knowledge:
- Very good knowledge in written native language (expression, wording, grammar, orthography)
- Good English skills

Duties of the Marketing & PR Specialist include:
• Set-up yearly marketing activity plan aligned with marketing budget instructions
• Planning and overseeing the local marketing budget
• Maintain effective internal communications to ensure that all relevant company functions are kept informed of marketing objectives (“roll-out-function”)
• Planning and execution and of all marketing activities as well as monitoring and report on effectiveness of marketing & communications activities

- CI/CD: ensuring compliance with brand management and corporate identity guidelines
- Direct Marketing: preparing, coordinating and implementing (online and print) marketing campaigns with sales focus
- Translation/Proof reading: (organization of) translation of any marketing tools to local language as well as proof-reading
- Event management: establishment of event concept, self-contained organization and execution of customer events, fairs or exhibitions
- Advertising: Set-up media plan for print and online advertising
- PR: coordinate local PR activities, maintain pro-actively PR contacts to trade & daily press, managing distribution of press releases incl. monitoring media publications
- Website: pro-active Content Management of website in local language
- Social Media: Act as a pro-active editor for social media activities
- Sponsoring: Establish cooperation possibilities with chamber of commerce, universities etc.
- Merchandizing: coordination and ordering of company’s merchandize items.