THE JOB 

Reporting to the Assistant Public Affairs & Marketing Manager, the Public Affairs & Marketing Officer will be responsible for the following duties:

• To assist in the implementation of plan and strategies related to Branding, Digital / Social Media, Media Communications, Corporate Events, Marketing and Sponsorship aiming to arouse the public/ media attention to elite sports in Hong Kong, stimulate interest of sports talent to become elite athletes and pledge support of their stakeholders, the mass media, the commercial sector and the community as a whole and enhance Hong Kong’s status in the international arena;
• To assist and provide professional advice to coaching and administrative departments and HKSI Scholarship Athletes related to public relations and sponsorship applicable to the fast-developing elite sport sector;
• To handle public/ media enquiries and assist in corporate hospitality;
• To handle enquiries from the public/ private sectors for supporting HKSI or its scholarship athletes;
• To liaise with various departments of the organisation and scholarship athletes to understand their sponsorship assistance needs and support the sponsorship solicitation exercise for the organisation’s programmes, staff, coaches and scholarship athletes, by identifying cold call targets and conducting sponsorship sales/ servicing activities;
• To manage or assist in the management of special projects e.g. marketing research, sponsorship training workshops for athletes, etc. and new initiatives from planning, promotion, to preparing evaluation and financial reports;
• To help prepare or liaise with third-parties to prepare high-quality printed materials or publications, such as sponsorship proposals, agreements, brochure, fund-raising leaflets, etc.;
• To maintain a computerised data bank for the provision of resources information and statistical data on sports sponsorship and related subjects; and
• To perform any other appropriate duties as assigned by supervisor.

THE REQUIREMENTS

• A university degree/ diploma in marketing, communication or a relevant discipline;
• A minimum of 2 years’ relevant working experience;
• Social media savvy, be creative and able to manage social media channels;
• Sense of visual arts for development of photos, videos, displays and publications, and knowledge in copyrights and privacy;
• Prior project / event management experience preferable;
• Excellent command of both spoken and written English and Chinese. Ability to speak Putonghua is a definite advantage;
• Pleasant personality with good presentation, communication and interpersonal skills;
• Meticulous and able to work independently;
• Proficient in MS-Word, Excel and Chinese Word Processing, knowledge in Photoshop is advantageous; and
• Awareness / knowledge of Child Protection in sport and equal opportunity issues in the context of Hong Kong are an added advantage.

APPLICATIONS

Please send the completed application form and your resume with indication of your current and expected salary to The Human Resources Manager, Hong Kong Sports Institute Ltd, 25 Yuen Wo Road, Sha Tin, New Territories or email: 立即申請  on or before 17 February 2020. Application forms can be downloaded from https://www.hksi.org.hk/opportunities/job-openings/. Please quote reference no. C-20200204-PAMO in the application. 

Appointment will be on a fixed term contract. General information is available at the website http://www.hksi.org.hk. 

Applicants who are not invited for interview within six months may consider their applications unsuccessful.

All applications will be treated in the strictest confidence. Data collected will be used for recruitment and other employment-related purposes only. 

THE HKSI IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYER