Senior Marketing Executive
Savills Middle East · Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Savills is looking for a proactive and highly organised Senior Marketing Executive to support the growth of its business and brand in Saudi Arabia.
Based out of our office in KAFD, Riyadh, the successful hire will act as a key link between the Saudi business and Savills’ regional and global marketing teams, helping translate wider marketing strategy into locally relevant activity and ensuring opportunities, content and market intelligence flow effectively between teams.
This is a broad and hands-on marketing role with a particularly strong focus on local relationships, Arabic-language communications, PR, events, networking, content and team coordination.
We are looking for someone who is comfortable operating independently and representing the Savills marketing team locally, while also being able to coordinate activity at a detailed level - whether that means organising an event, coordinating social media activity, managing company collateral, writing and reviewing Arabic content or communicating with internal stakeholders.
The successful candidate does not need to personally execute every specialist marketing discipline. They will work with regional and global colleagues, agencies and external suppliers where appropriate. Their role is to understand what is required locally, coordinate the right resources and make sure activity is delivered effectively.
Key Responsibilities:
Local marketing coordination
- Act as the primary day-to-day marketing contact for the Savills KSA business
- Work closely with KSA leadership and service-line teams to understand commercial priorities and translate these into marketing activity
- Coordinate with regional and global marketing teams to ensure KSA requirements are understood, prioritised and delivered
- Maintain visibility across current and upcoming marketing activity, deadlines and opportunities
- Proactively gather information from the business around new mandates, transactions, appointments, partnerships, market developments and other activity that can be used within marketing
- Maintain marketing calendars, action trackers and project plans and ensure agreed activity progresses
- Support the implementation of the wider KSA marketing strategy and annual marketing plan
- Help ensure KSA marketing activity remains aligned with Savills’ regional and global brand standards
Arabic content & localisation
- Play a central role in ensuring marketing activity is appropriately localised for the Saudi market
- Coordinate the development and review of Arabic-language marketing materials
- Review Arabic content for accuracy, tone and cultural relevance
- Work with internal teams, translators, agencies and other partners where specialist Arabic copywriting or translation support is required
- Identify where content or campaigns require more than direct translation and should instead be adapted for the local audience
- Help ensure Savills communicates effectively in both Arabic and English across relevant channels
PR & media relations
- Support the development of Savills’ profile within the Saudi media
- Build and maintain relationships with relevant journalists, publications and media contacts
- Identify opportunities for expert commentary, interviews, features and thought leadership
- Coordinate local PR activity around research, market developments, transactions, mandates, appointments and partnerships
- Support improvements to local customer journeys and routes to enquiry in collaboration with the relevant specialist teams
Collateral & sales support
- Coordinate the development and maintenance of KSA marketing and sales materials
- Maintain local corporate and service-line presentations and capability materials
- Gather and maintain KSA case studies, credentials, major transactions and client examples
- Support the creation of mandate and property marketing materials
- Coordinate Arabic versions of relevant collateral
- Work with designers and regional teams to ensure materials are accurate, current and consistent with Savills brand guidelines
- Maintain an organised, accessible library of approved KSA marketing assets
CRM & client communications
- Support the development and maintenance of Savills’ KSA marketing database
- Coordinate local contact data and help ensure information is appropriately maintained and segmented
- Support email, event invitation and other client communication programmes
- Coordinate with regional teams on relevant CRM and email marketing activity
- Help connect marketing engagement with appropriate business-development follow-up
Stakeholder management
This role will involve working across a wide range of stakeholders and requires someone who is confident building relationships and following activity through.
You will work closely with:
- Savills KSA leadership
- Local service-line heads and specialists
- Regional Middle East marketing teams
- Global Savills marketing and communications teams
- Research teams
- PR agencies and media contacts
- Designers, production partners and other external suppliers
- Government, embassy, industry and professional organisations
- Event organisers and strategic partners
The successful candidate will need to be comfortable proactively approaching stakeholders, gathering information, following up on outstanding actions and maintaining momentum without requiring constant direction.
Ideal candidate
We are looking for someone who combines strong local knowledge and communication skills with a practical, hands-on approach.
You will ideally have:
- Approximately 3-5 years' experience within marketing, communications, PR or a related discipline
- Fluent or native-level Arabic, alongside excellent professional English
- Strong understanding of the Saudi market, business environment and culture
- Experience coordinating marketing activity across multiple stakeholders
- Strong relationship-building and interpersonal skills
- Confidence communicating with senior internal stakeholders
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Experience supporting events, PR, content, social media or corporate marketing activity
- Strong attention to detail and organisational skills
- The ability to manage multiple workstreams and deadlines simultaneously
- Work with regional teams and external PR partners where appropriate to develop and distribute media materials
- Support the profiling of Savills’ KSA leaders and subject-matter experts
- Monitor relevant Saudi news and market developments and identify timely opportunities for Savills to contribute commentary
- Maintain visibility of earned media coverage and support internal and external amplification
Events, networking & partnerships
A significant part of this role will involve increasing Savills’ visibility and connectivity within the Saudi market.
Responsibilities will include:
- Maintain a calendar of relevant government, embassy, industry, professional and business events
- Identify events, conferences and networking opportunities that align with Savills’ commercial priorities
- Support Savills representatives attending relevant external events and ensure appropriate follow-up takes place
- Identify speaking, panel and thought-leadership opportunities for senior team members
- Coordinate Savills-hosted events including research launches, roundtables, client events, dinners and other networking activity
- Support the evaluation and coordination of sponsorship opportunities
- Build relationships with relevant professional bodies, industry groups, universities and other organisations
- Support the development of appropriate local partnerships
- Work closely with senior KSA stakeholders to encourage and coordinate effective participation in priority networking opportunities
Content & thought leadership
- Support the delivery of a consistent Saudi-focused content programme
- Work with KSA teams to identify relevant market insights, news a