Marketing Intern: Volpes -Johannesburg at TFG (The Foschini Group)

Requirements:

•  Good understanding of basic marketing principles, marketing- and retail environment
•  Strong organizational, administrative and self-management skills to meet deadlines set
•  Strong desire to learn, along with professional drive
•  Passion for marketing industry and best practices
•  Good problem solving and critical thinking skills
•  Outgoing personality with strong interpersonal and social abilities
•  Good written and verbal communication skills to communicate and work with other internal, and external, team members daily
•  Proactive and self-starter mentality and work ethic
•  Extensive attention to detail and ability to practice clear judgment and decision-making.
•  Accept, process and actively implement feedback and changes in a constructive manner
•  Manage own disruptive emotions (handle stress in ways that do not negatively impact others)
•  Familiarity with social media, social networking, email marketing and search engines
•  Knowledge and skill in Microsoft Office, Outlook and other relevant programmes to be able to effectively implement and report on all the above

Duties and responsibilities:

•  Daily administrative tasks to ensure the functionality and coordination of the marketing department’s activities and marketing campaigns
•  Assisting with ad-hoc office tasks including answering emails and calls and ordering & distributing marketing materials for campaigns
•  Maintain strong relationships and open lines of communication with relevant teams internally
•  Work with relevant internal teams to manage related marketing activities and campaigns
•  Support the whole marketing team, in the planning, executing, tracking and reporting of campaigns
•  Conduct market research, analyse and report on consumer rating reports, questionnaires, feedback etc.
•  Prepare promotional presentations for all marketing initiatives
•  Communicate and build professional relationships with suppliers, stores’ centre management etc
•  Assist with organising occasional marketing events or activations
• Take ownership and responsibility for tasks and activities and demonstrate follow-through with agreed deadlines