Regional Marketing Manager (Remote) at Canonical Nigeria

Canonical - We deliver open source to the world faster, more securely, and more cost-effectively than any other company. We develop Ubuntu, the world’s most popular enterprise Linux from cloud to edge, together with a passionate global community of 200,000 contributors. Ubuntu means 'humanity to others. We chose it because it embodies the generosity at the heart of open source, the new normal for platforms and innovation. Together with a community of 200,000, we publish an operating system that runs from the tiny connected devices up to the world's biggest mainframes, the platform that everybody uses on the public cloud, and the workstation experience of the world's most productive developers. Secure and reliable, elegant and intuitive, and open for innovation - Ubuntu is the future of open source, which is why it's the fastest-growing Linux in the world despite already being the most widely deployed.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Regional Marketing Manager

Location: Lagos (Remote)

Description

• Canonical is looking for a regional marketing manager who will be responsible for developing long-term marketing strategy and executing campaigns for EMEA across a diverse range of products and industries to support our growth strategy. This is a hands-on, multi-disciplinary and dynamic position, requiring close collaboration with the regional sales teams, the partner teams, product teams, and other marketing functions.
• The ideal candidate is passionate about technology, technology marketing and the use of technology in marketing.
• They prefer to work in an environment that emphasises ownership of campaigns, collaboration, learning, curiosity and a drive to continually improve oneself / the team / the organisation.
• They love to problem solve, get hands-on, experiment, measure and use automation to make daily life easier.
• This role reports to the EMEA and Americas regional marketing team manager.

What your day will look like

• Develop and execute go-to-market strategy for certain industries within the EMEA region
• Set relevant KPIs for lead generation, demand generation and brand awareness campaigns; monitor and improve them on a regular basis
• Build organic and paid campaigns from scratch including crafting strong copy, and creating visual assets for emails, social media and paid ads in line with canonical’s brand 
• Own webinars and regional offline events at all stages from planning to execution including holistic pre- and post-event/webinar strategies, webinar set up, streaming
• Work with the CRM Team to attract, convert, engage and communicate with new and existing audiences  
• Be fully responsible for the regional budget planning and execution constantly monitoring and adjusting it accordingly
• Collaborate extensively with regional Sales teams to get their insights and implement them to the regional marketing strategy.

What we are looking for in you

• Experience in B2B marketing for enterprise IT products, SaaS experience
• Experience working with the EMEA market
• Excellent academic results, with Bachelor’s or equivalent in Business, Marketing, or STEM
• Excellent verbal, written, presentation skills in English
• Hands-on mindset and ability to test various marketing assumptions attributing to scaling the most efficient ways of achieving positive marketing results
• Growth mindset - enthusiasm for challenges and work ethic with a ‘can do’ attitude
• Objectivity and openness to others' views while continuously building a positive team spirit
• Proven ability to prioritise and meet deadlines without sacrificing quality.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.