Trade Marketing Specialist

TE TŪRANGA I THE ROLE

If you’re passionate about sports, marketing and entertainment, we have just the role for you. We’ve created a new Trade Marketing Specialist role to support our commercial offering, Sky Venue. You’ll help our sales team put their best foot forward as Sky ambassadors. You’ll turn our customer proposition into compelling campaigns, communications, events and sales tools that spark interest, build loyalty and support growth.

Bring fresh ideas, challenge “how we’ve always done it” and help develop a consistent brand story that takes customers on a journey with Sky. You’ll take day-to-day ownership of our story and proposition, creating standout presentations and content for Sky Venue’s sales teams and customers. From time to time, you might help our broader Sky Advertising and Sales functions too, because we’re a team that supports each other. There’s plenty of variety if you dare to be bold, with opportunities to work across Sky’s product offerings and customers of all shapes and sizes. From new product launches to customer events, you’ll take ideas from brief to delivery, keeping things on brand, on time and within budget.

NGĀ PŪKENGA ME NGĀ WHEAKO I WHAT YOU WILL BRING

You’ve got a solid marketing foundation and you’re ready for your next challenge: more variety, hands-on projects and the chance to help build something. You’re curious about what makes customers tick, enjoy turning ideas into clear, compelling stories and bring a creative eye alongside a well-organised approach. You like working with others, asking good questions and following through on the details. You don’t need to have seen it all—you’ll bring ideas, initiative and a willingness to keep learning.

What you can bring to the role:

• Around 2 – 4 years’ experience in brand marketing and/or trade marketing, and enthusiasm for putting that experience to work in a hands-on role.
• A way with words and presentations—you can make an idea clear, engaging and persuasive, whether you’re writing it down or talking it through.
• A practical, thoughtful approach to solving problems, with an eye for both the bigger picture and the details that make work shine.
• Experience creating sales materials, proposals or presentations, plus an understanding of how research can help tell a stronger customer story.
• The organisation to juggle projects and meet deadlines, and the initiative to suggest better processes or opportunities to automate repetitive work.
• Confidence using Microsoft Teams, Outlook, PowerPoint, Word and Excel to collaborate, create and keep things moving.
• Bonus points for a relevant tertiary qualification, media industry experience, knowledge of media buying and sales processes, or skills in InDesign, Photoshop and Figma—but these aren’t must-haves.

NGĀ HAEPAPA | ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES

• Bring the trade marketing plan to life with the Trade Marketing Lead, supporting Ad Sales and helping shape Sky Venue’s customer proposition.
• Help customers see what’s possible with Sky through clear, engaging communications about our products, services, assets, launches and special projects.
• Help make Sky Sales and Sky Venue customer events happen, bringing ideas, organisation and attention to detail from first concept to the day itself.
• Build great working relationships with partners, advertisers and sponsors, helping keep them engaged and supporting sales growth.
• Give our sales team tools that do the talking: create presentations, proposals, case studies, campaign responses and promotional materials, including new assets that showcase Sky Venue’s value.
• Keep Sky Sales and Sky Venue communications fresh across social, email and web, with a well-organised calendar that gets the right messages out at the right time.
• Take projects from brief to finished asset, keeping delivery on brand, on time and within budget—and help establish best practices and smoother ways of working along the way.
• Find the story in research, audience insights and market trends, turning what you learn into useful ideas for campaigns, sales conversations and client responses.

KO NGĀ HUANGA I WHATS IN IT FOR YOU?

• Free Sky, Sky Sport Now, and Neon 
• A flexible, supportive culture where your ideas matter 
• Great career development with real pathways to grow 
• Discounted Southern Cross health insurance 
• Discounted YMCA gym membership 

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Additional info: <strong>EEO &amp; Inclusion Statement </strong> <br />As an Equal Employment Opportunity employer, we’re proud champions of inclusivity and diversity. We welcome applicants of all gender identities and want everyone to feel supported throughout the process. Our application form also includes a “diverse” gender option for those who identify as non‑binary, genderqueer, genderfluid, or any identity outside the male/female binary. <br /> <br /><strong>Recruitment Agencies</strong> - Kindly note we are not seeking agency support for this role and will not be accepting unsolicited profiles or approaches