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Design LED Products

Graduate Marketing Manager

Undergraduate Degree, Postgraduate Degree

Closing Date:
19/10/2014
Skill:
Creative arts and design
Region:
Edinburgh and Lothians
Salary
£18,000
Length:
12 months
Ref code
IJJHQAZDVT

Placement summary

Lighting Technology specialists Design LED Products have an excellent marketing placement opportunity for a talented graduate. This 12 month placement is based around the requirement to build up Product Marketing as base for the execution of the Core Business targets. The role will be based in Livingtson, West Lothian.

Job description

Project Description

The project is based on providing critical support to the VP Sales & Marketing to build up Product Strategies and to implement the technology into products based on clear USP’s (advantages for the customer and end user).

Placement Objectives

  • Successful execution of the Product Roadmap / Pipeline
  • Successful management of the Product Life-cycle
  • Support of the VP in Strategic Projects / Product Strategy
  • Support in Design of Products (from a marketing perspective)
  • Support of Customers, Sales/BD/RD/AE/Logistic/Manufacturing
  • Communication & PR, successful implementation and execution of the Marketing plan

Role Description

Main Tasks:

  • Support to build-up of the product portfolio for our unique and outstanding LED Lighting Solutions
  • Support to define and manage product strategies & roadmaps in close cooperation with Sales/BD/AE/Logistics/RD/Production
  • Support to drive and manage the product portfolio across the complete product lifecycle
  • Define and monitor measures to support the design in of products and solutions
  • Define and execute measures to optimise all 4P's (Marketing)
  • Support to define and execute a Marketing plan including all measures like trade shows and PR

Qualifications

Degree in Marketing, Economics or related discipline

Skills / Experience

Essential Skills

  • A deep understanding and interest of a unique, innovative lighting technology
  • Entrepreneurial flair
  • Target driven
  • Excellent communication skills across all business levels
  • Possess an international and global perspective
  • Comfortable working with multi-fuctional teams
  • Language skills, with a minimum of perfect English

Desirable Skills

  • Having a basic grasp of one more European language would be desirable

Benefits

Company benefits

This is a superb opportunity for a graduate, determined to forge a career in marketing and will give the successful candidate the chance to work in exciting LED technology business which has recently been supported by investment from Osram and Ikea.

Placement benefits

As part of ScotGrad Graduate Placement Programme, the successful candidate will have access to a free two day business and employability skills residential course and also benefit from ongoing support from the ScotGrad team throughout the duration of the placement.

Additional information

Livingston, West Lothian

TBC

This placement may result in a permanent employment afterwards

10th November 2014

Company information

Our passion for the LED lighting technology combined with our ambition to change the way we think about lighting products as a whole has been our driving motivator since Design LED was founded back in 2004.

With our strategic partners we have the opportunity to make our vision a reality by providing our incredible LED Light Tiles to an international lighting design and engineering community.

www.designledproducts.com

Enabling Technology ICT

Company website: www.designledproducts.com