NEWGEN Program – Marketing Trainee

INSPIRE | EXHILARATE | DELIGHT

For over six decades, Chalhoub Group has been a partner and creator of luxury experiences in the Middle East. The Group, in its endeavour to excel as a hybrid retailer, has reinforced its distribution and marketing services with a portfolio of eight owned brands and over 300 international brands in the luxury, beauty, fashion, and art de vivre categories. More recently, the Group expanded its expertise into new categories of luxury watches, jewellery, and eyewear.

Every step at Chalhoub Group is taken with the customer at heart. Be it constantly reinventing itself or focusing on innovation to provide luxury experiences at over 750+ experiential retail stores, online and through mobile apps, each touch point leads to delighting the customer.

Today, Chalhoub Group stands for 14,000 skilled and talented professionals across seven countries, whose cohesive efforts have resulted in the Group being ranked third in the Middle East and first in Saudi Arabia as a Great Place to Work®.

To keep the innovation journey going, the Group has set up “The Greenhouse”, which is not just an innovation hub, but also an incubator space and accelerator for start-ups and small businesses in the region and internationally. This is just one of the several initiatives taken by the Group to reinvent itself, catalysed by forward thinking and future-proofing. The Group has also been embedding sustainability at the core of its business strategy with a clear commitment towards people, partners and the planet, and by being a member of the United Nations Global Compact Community and signatory of the Women’s Empowerment Principles.

What you’ll be doing  

Focus on assisting in the local implementation of the 360-marketing strategy, supporting the launch and expansion of fashion brands in the GCC region and overall image and message. Reporting into the Brand Marketing Specialist, you will be working closely with local and global teams and external parties.

• Assist with various marketing activities from ideation to execution, including campaign support, store openings, new launches, tactical promotions.
• Support with day to day and execution of marketing plans based on business and marketing calendar.
• Assist with administrative tasks related to brand marketing activities.
• Support with day to day with local PR agencies.
• Assist in organizing and attending events, liaising with external vendors and suppliers.
• Support in CRM activities including gifting, communications, events, and other special projects.
• Assist in creating weekly/monthly and ad-hoc reports.
• Assist in managing the marketing budget and tracking expenses.
• Monitor competition and market trends.

What you’ll need to succeed  

• 3-6 months experience in marketing
• Good knowledge of the Middle East market and previous experience in the luxury/fashion industry.
• Good interpersonal and communication skills, ability to interact with people at all levels. Proactive, attention to details, strong organization skills inclusive of building timelines and able to work on various projects simultaneously in a fast-paced environment.
• Proficiency in MS tools (Excel, PowerPoint), Adobe/InDesign would be a plus.
• Arabic or French/Italian would be a plus.

What we can offer you  

With us, you will turn your aspirations into reality.  We will help shape your journey through enriching experiences, learning and development opportunities and exposure to different assignments within your role or through internal mobility. Our Group offers diverse career paths for those who are extraordinary, every day.  

We recognise the value that you bring, and we strive to provide a competitive benefits package which includes health care, child education contribution, remote and flexible working policies as well as exclusive employee discounts.  

We Invite All Applicants to Apply

It Takes Diversity Of Thought, Culture, Background, Differing Abilities and Perspectives to truly Inspire, Exhilarate and Delight our customers. At Chalhoub Group, we are committed to inclusion and diversity.

We welcome all applicants to apply and be part of our exciting future. We ensure equal opportunity for all our applicants without regard to gender, age, race, religion, national origin or disability status.