Marketing Manager

Role Overview

Lead marketing activity across Auckland’s major events portfolio, working with event partners and a team of marketers to identify opportunities and bring marketing activity to life. The role requires strong marketing capability and exceptional relationship skills, with a focus on building awareness, engagement, and excitement around events.

What You Will Do

Develop and deliver integrated marketing strategies and campaigns, brief in-house and agency teams, and manage multiple priorities and deadlines. Collaborate with event partners, stakeholders, and internal teams to amplify events and promote Auckland as an ‘always on’ destination.

Why It Might Be a Fit

This role is ideal for an experienced marketer who thrives in a highly collaborative environment, with strong relationship and stakeholder management experience, and the ability to bring people together around shared objectives.

Requirements

• Tertiary qualification in marketing or business with a marketing focus
• 7–10+ years’ experience in a marketing or marcomms-focused role
• Strong relationship and stakeholder management experience
• Confidence working with senior and high-profile partners
• Experience developing and delivering integrated marketing strategies and campaigns
• Experience briefing in-house and agency teams
• Strong strategic, creative, and commercial thinking
• Ability to bring people together around shared objectives
• Excellent communication, influencing, and relationship-building skills
• Strong project management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines

Benefits

• Fixed-term / secondment opportunity through to June 2028