Senior Marketing Executive

About the Role

Savills, a global real estate leader with over 40,000 employees across 700 offices, is seeking a Senior Marketing Executive. This full-time position is based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and requires 2-5 years of experience. The successful candidate will support the growth of Savills' business and brand in Saudi Arabia, acting as a crucial link between the local operations and the regional and global marketing teams.

Role Context and Responsibilities

This is a broad and hands-on marketing role with a strong focus on local relationships, Arabic-language communications, PR, events, networking, and content coordination. The Senior Marketing Executive will translate broader marketing strategies into locally relevant activities, ensuring effective flow of opportunities, content, and market intelligence between teams. The role involves operating independently while coordinating detailed activities and ensuring effective delivery with regional and global colleagues, agencies, and external suppliers.

• Act as the primary marketing contact for the Savills KSA business, aligning activities with commercial priorities.
• Coordinate with regional and global marketing teams to ensure KSA requirements are understood and delivered.
• Oversee marketing calendars, action trackers, and project plans, ensuring progress of agreed activities.
• Play a central role in localizing marketing activities for the Saudi market, including the development and review of Arabic-language materials.
• Support the development of Savills’ profile within Saudi media, building relationships with journalists and identifying PR opportunities.
• Coordinate the development and maintenance of KSA marketing and sales collateral, including presentations and case studies.
• Support the development and maintenance of Savills’ KSA marketing database and client communication programs.
• Maintain a calendar of relevant industry events, identify networking opportunities, and coordinate Savills-hosted events.
• Support the delivery of a consistent Saudi-focused content program, coordinating contributions from local subject-matter experts.
• Coordinate Saudi-focused organic social media activity, particularly on LinkedIn, and support leaders in developing their professional visibility.
• Maintain oversight of KSA website content, coordinating updates and ensuring accuracy and cultural relevance.

Stakeholder Management

This role involves working with a wide range of stakeholders, requiring confidence in building relationships and ensuring follow-through. Key stakeholders include Savills KSA leadership, local service-line heads, regional and global marketing teams, research teams, PR agencies, designers, and external suppliers. The successful candidate will proactively engage stakeholders, gather information, and maintain momentum without constant direction.

Candidate Profile

The ideal candidate will combine strong local knowledge and communication skills with a practical, hands-on approach. Key attributes include:

• Confidence in working independently and taking initiative.
• Willingness to engage in both high-level coordination and hands-on execution.
• Good judgment and the ability to recognize when escalation or specialist support is required.
• Experience within real estate, professional services, B2B marketing, or another relationship-led sector is advantageous.

Measures of Success

Success in this role is defined by a stronger, more connected, and visible marketing presence for Savills in Saudi Arabia. This includes early identification of local market opportunities, developing relationships with media and industry organizations, effective coordination of events and networking, and genuinely localized Arabic content. It also involves ensuring important mandates, transactions, and market activities are captured and communicated, and that local teams receive necessary marketing support. Effective communication and consistent follow-through between the KSA business and Savills’ regional and global marketing teams are also key indicators of success.