Partner Marketing - EMEA

at  Global University Systems

Global University Systems (GUS) is focused on becoming one of the world’s most dynamic, inclusive, and diverse education organisations. GUS is an international network of higher education institutions, brought together by a shared passion for accessible, industry-relevant qualifications. GUS delivers a wide variety of programmes, including bachelor’s degree programmes, master’s degree programmes, professional training, English Language training, and corporate & executive education. When someone chooses to study at one of our institutions– whether on campus in Europe, North America, or even in their own home – they’re joining a network of 100,000 students worldwide. When you decide to work with GUS, you will be joining an industry leading, global organisation that has a reach in over 150 different countries.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Marketing, Journalism, Communications, or similar relevant field
• Native-level English speaker and writer
• Excellent organisational skills and ability to meet deadlines to plan multiple concurrent marketing activities, content and campaigns in a dynamic and fast-paced environment.
• Excellent presentation skills to be able to present ideas and proposals in a clear and coherent way
• Strong influencing and negotiating skills
• Professional and upbeat demeanor, with the ability to interact effectively with customers, sales, marketing and other internal teams.
• Excellent problem-solving skills, combined with strong business judgment.
• Proven ability to work effectively with multiple cross-functional teams
• Ability to deliver quality outputs in a fast-paced, exciting and dynamic environment with an ability to work to tight deadlines
• Exceptional communication skills and ability to comfortably interface with all levels of management and to communicate cross-functionally in a structured and clear manner to influence outcome.
• Demonstrable agency experience
• Able to demonstrate excellent written and oral communication skills and attention to detail
• A positive, confident, and determined approach
• A high degree of self-motivation and ambition
• Experience in managing relationships with stakeholders of all levels
• Proficiency in the suite of Microsoft Office, Canva
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Demonstrable agency experience, preferably within travel, membership, or recruitment
• Proven Salesforce experience
• Fluent in an additional language
• Digital skills of all kinds welcome (WordPress, Social Media, etc)

• Proactively identifying new project opportunities and potential new contacts within existing institutions
• Devise partner programmes that meet partners’ needs, understanding their underlying business case
• Writing clear and accurate briefs
• Maintaining campaign tracking and reporting and measure performance of campaigns
• Create impeccable client relationships with our institutions through regular meetings, notes, action plans and other project management tools
• Identifying opportunities to do something different
• Manage stakeholders of all levels
• Manage and continuously optimize our internal forums and communication channels (e.g., leads’ meetings, executive updates/reviews) by establishing cadence, building agendas and curating content
• Own regular tracking of business performance and marketing impact metrics, evolving the framework in line with business and team priorities, and maintaining permanent repositories of key data
• Build executive-level communications for our team, ranging from launch and activity updates to C-level executive briefings
• Build, track, and update strategic narratives consolidating our go-to-market plans and defining objectives and key results. Codify ongoing learnings and facilitate best practice sharing between brands and regions.
• Address emerging strategic questions with smart framing, quick fact-gathering, and data-driven analysis to make recommendations on key decisions, manage change, and incubate new capabilities
• Plan and lead execution of the annual Marketing plan and implement quarterly reviews on what’s working, what’s no