Brand Marketing Executive; Partnerships & PR

At Clarion, our people are at the absolute heart of what we do. We’re proud that our core values of PASSION
, CARE
, IMAGINATION
, and TRUST define the way we carry out our work across all of our teams.

If you share our values and want to be a part of a successful, dynamic, and creative global business then we want to hear from you.

The Clarion Defence & Security Portfolio hosts market-leading events across the EMEA, and APAC, ranging from Confexes to large-scale exhibitions. As we expand into new geographies and platforms over the next 24 months, we are seeking a Brand Marketing Executive to join our Brand Marketing team.

You will manage the day-to-day media partnerships and PR operations across the portfolio. In this role, you will implement a structured approach to our media landscape. You will use press and partner relationships to drive top-of-funnel brand awareness, maximise commercial value, and introduce our products to new target segments.

• Relationship Management: Act as the day-to-day contact for media partners, managing the relationship lifecycle including negotiations, onboarding, and execution of deliverables.

• Strategic Alignment: Support the event strategy by ensuring onboarded partners align with the goals, vision, and target audience of each event.

• Inventory and Administration: Define and manage the partnership inventory for each show. Oversee contract creation, track deliverables, and manage administrative tasks including raising and processing invoices.

• Asset and Activation Coordination: Coordinate partnership asset creation and activation plan to ensure all parties deliver against agreed objectives and KPIs.

• Cross-functional collaboration: coordinate with internal teams for Partner collateral (if applicable) to be delivered to the event in a timely manner, acting as a point of contact between Partners and internal Operations teams.

• Value Maximisation: Work with internal and external stakeholders to maximise partnership value and visibility across marketing channels.

• Budget Management & Invoice Processing: Ensure all partnerships align with each events budget, and that invoices are processed (via Salesforce) in a timely manner.

Internal PR Lead: Act as the point of contact for PR within the Brand team, liaising with PR agencies and rights holders.

Brand Guardianship: Review outbound press releases and PR communications to ensure adherence to brand guidelines, messaging, tone of voice, and visual identity.

Asset Creation & Delivery: Comfortable working with in-house creative tools (such as Canva) for the creation of bespoke assets and briefing in-house creative designer for bigger creative briefs.

Asset Distribution: Ensure PR teams have the correct, up-to-date marketing assets for campaign deliverables.

Strategic Recommendations: Collaborate with PR partners to identify and recommend new media partners within event sectors.

Awareness: Focus on top-of-funnel strategies, ensuring PR and press activities drive brand awareness and maximise campaign value.

Digital Attribution: Use tools like Google Analytics to report on digital performance and attribute value to partnership and PR activities.

Media Analysis: Conduct analysis of Earned Media, Share of Voice (SOV), and market reach using platforms like Meltwater / AgilityPR.

Performance Tracking: Track partner performance, providing bi-weekly updates, post-campaign analysis, and recommendations.

Stakeholder Reporting: Deliver internal performance reports to key stakeholders, communicating the ROI and impact of brand, partnership, and PR initiatives.

Proven experience in brand marketing, working directly or…