Marketing Manager - Japan

This role is based in our Otemachi Financial City office.

Role Overview

The Marketing Manager will be responsible for devising and delivering strategic campaign activity for Omdia, the Intelligence and Advisory brand of Informa TechTarget. The primary focus of the role will be supporting revenue growth goals by creating compelling content campaigns, engaging audience, as well as driving leads and event attendees.

Collaborating with the wider marketing team, sales, events, product, and research, the Marketing Manager will create and deliver the Japan marketing plan. Instrumental to your success will be identifying personas and growing the local audience database, as well steering the design and delivery of Japan based events.

Key Responsibilities

Campaign Development & Execution

• Develop and execute year-round marketing campaigns, aligned to the overall business goals and objectives, as well as market-segment specific goals and objectives.
• Work on the ideation, execution, and management of integrated marketing, communications, and demand generation/lead generation campaigns through web, digital advertising, paid media and media partnerships, email, social media, and other tactics.
• Build insight-based campaigns which rely on strong content themes to showcase the expertise and knowledge in the division.

Event Management

• Own the development and delivery of free and paid events in Japan, i.e. the Omdia Display Japan Forum.

Website & Content Management

• Work on making the Omdia website the central point of all content-led, insights-driven lead generation campaigns, owning the development of localized copy, calls to action, and customer journey for marketing campaigns, based on target customer segments, campaign goals, and desired results.
• Ensure consistent use of established branding, core value proposition messaging, imagery, and positioning across internal and external marketing materials, graphics, communications, and more.

Relationship Management

• Maintain internal relationships (SEM, SEO, design, vertical teams, web dev teams etc.) and external relationships with relevant vendors and partners.

Analytics & Performance Optimization

• Interpret and analyze marketing/advertising campaign results and data; test, monitor, analyze and optimize according to KPIs; develop recommended strategies, timelines, and tactics to further optimize marketing spend and campaign ROI.
• Analyze and report trends over time and use these insights to build more effective campaigns.

Budget Management

• Manage the marketing budget for assigned projects/market segments – planning, monitoring, and reconciliation.

Education & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in marketing or related field or relevant experience
• Experience in progressively more complex B2B campaigns, creating and managing digital content/insights campaigns independently

Marketing Expertise

• Thorough understanding & experience of marketing function, planning, operations, and execution using marketing automation technology (preferably Eloqua), training and optimization
• Experience of working with CMS platforms (but coding knowledge not required), training and optimization
• Thorough understanding & experience of digital (PPC, SEM, SEO, online advertising) and content marketing

Event & Campaign Management

• Proven track record of delivering event marketing campaigns, as well as managing logistical arrangements

Budget & Database Management

• Budget management experience
• Database development and growth including segmentation / personalization

Personal Attributes & Skills

• An entrepreneurial spirit, goal-oriented and self-motivated
• Adapts to changing situations and requirements, manages multiple deadlines and activities simultaneously
• Out of the box thinking, willing to challenge norms and come up with fresh ideas and approaches on reaching audiences and engaging our customers
• Able to build strong business relationships. Well-developed presentation skills

Problem-Solving & Collaboration

• Problem solver, balancing stakeholder needs while maintaining brand and business objectives. Identifies roadblocks, determines fixes, and works in a team environment to implement the solutions to get to the end goal

TechTarget, Inc., doing business as Informa TechTarget, including its subsidiaries is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practices laws. We strictly prohibit and do not tolerate discrimination against employees, applicants, or any other covered persons because of race, color, sex (including pregnancy), age, national origin or ancestry, ethnicity, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, training, promotion, discipline, compensation, benefits, and termination of employment.

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We believe that great things happen when people connect face-to-face. That's why we work in-person with each other, or with customers and partners, three days a week or more. When you’re not spending time together in one of our offices or other workplaces – like at an Informa event – you get the flexibility and support to work from home or remotely.

Our benefits include:

• Great community: a welcoming culture with in-person and online social events, our fantastic Walk the World charity day and active diversity and inclusion networks
• Broader impact: take up to four days per year to volunteer, with charity match funding available too
• Career opportunity: the opportunity to develop your career with bespoke training and learning, mentoring platforms and on-demand access to thousands of courses on LinkedIn Learning. When it’s time for the next step, we encourage and support internal job moves
• Time out: annual leave, birthday leave, volunteer days and the chance to work from (almost!) anywhere for up to four weeks a year
• A flexible range of personal benefits to choose from, plus company funded private medical cover
• A ShareMatch scheme that allows you to become an Informa shareholder with free matching shares
• Strong wellbeing support through EAP assistance, mental health first aiders, a healthy living subsidy, access to health apps and more
• Recognition for great work, with global awards and kudos programmes
• As an international company, the chance to collaborate with teams around the world