Manager, Marketing

About First Cape | Mo FirstCape 

FirstCape is one of New Zealand's largest and best resourced wealth advisory and asset management business, creating an enhanced and broadened product offering to help our clients achieve their goals at whatever stage of their investment life cycle. Here at FirstCape, we believe that our people are our greatest asset. Our success is dependent on the collective talent, expertise, and dedication of each and every one of our team members. We are committed to creating an environment where everyone can thrive, grow, and contribute to their fullest potential.

About Harbour Asset Management | Mo Harbour Asset Management

Harbour's vision is to be the Most Trusted Investment Manager, which means we continually strive to exceed our clients' expectations through service, communication and transparency. As a growing and highly successful team with a strong family culture, everyone at Harbour is focused on delivering the best possible outcomes for our clients and continuously improving.

About the opportunity | Mo te whai waahi

This is an exciting chance to step into an 8-month fixed-term Maternity Leave Cover as a Marketing & Communications Manager, with flexibility on the start or finish date for the right candidate. 

You'll play a key role in bringing Harbour's vision to life by creating and delivering engaging multi-channel content and producing high-impact internal and external investment communications. You'll also contribute to brand management, marketing initiatives, and business development efforts across the organisation. As our clients span across charities, iwi, superannuation funds, financial advisers and individual investors, this role covers both B2C and B2B marketing. This role is a part of our high performing Marketing & Communications team. 

This is a great opportunity for someone looking to step into their first manager role or for an experienced Marketing & Communications Manager seeking a new challenge.

 

Key Responsibilities | Ngā Kawenga Mahi

• Support brand development via PR, media, advertising and social/digital channels.
• Develop and maintain marketing collateral, presentations, RFPs, pitch documents, and client due diligence responses.
• Plan and deliver client communications, including regulatory and "always-on" activity and one-off projects.
• Create and execute communications on a variety of topics including investment research, product changes and product launches. 
• Support customer communications for BNZ KiwiSaver, YouWealth and Private Bank Schemes, ensuring regulatory compliance and accurate data handling.
• Organise webinars and in-person events, engaging with internal teams and external partners.
• Collaborate on our CRM, understanding our marketing lists and automations
• Manage time-critical projects end-to-end to ensure accuracy, timeliness, and compliance.

What you will bring to the role | He aha ka kawea e koe ki te mahi

Attributes and Skills:

• Strong planning, project management, and organisational skills, exceptional at managing multiple priorities.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to create high-quality content across channels.
• Ability to take complex concepts and explain them clearly for a variety of audiences.
• Strong stakeholder management, relationship building, and ability to influence.
• Ability to drive innovation, continuous improvement, and meet deadlines while maintaining quality.
• Collaborative team player who values diverse perspectives and delivers high standards of performance.
  
   

Knowledge and Experience:

• 3+ years' experience in communications and/or marketing – bonus if that is in financial services.
• Interest in wealth management, funds management, and investment markets.
• Experience and comfort with technology and digital tools (e.g., Website CMS, CRM and EDM tools, Microsoft Office suite, Adobe Creative Cloud) 
• Comfortable working within a strict regulatory framework, complying with stringent rules and compliance standards. 

Why work at FirstCape? | He aha mahi i te FirstCape? 

We offer a competitive compensation package commensurate with experience. Additional benefits include wellbeing support, volunteer days and a great company culture. We pride ourselves on offering our employees outstanding development and learning opportunities to support career growth, and the opportunity to work alongside the best talent in the market.

We are an inclusive employer and want our workforce to reflect a rich and diverse way of thinking and working.  We know people are more than a single identity and the qualities that make each one of us unique need to be valued and embraced.  So regardless of your gender, age, background or how you choose to identify, there's room for you to realise your potential here. And importantly, there's room to be yourself. 

We're also committed to providing equal opportunities to all candidates.  Let us know if you have any accessibility requirements so we can work with you to make adjustments where possible to support your application.  Alternatively, if you don't meet all the requirements of the role but think you would be a great candidate, please apply explaining why you want the role, how you think your skills or background are transferable, and how you plan to upskill where needed (we will support you with this, but want to know you have thought about this too).

To be eligible to apply, you must have the right to work in New Zealand. Please note candidate screening and interviews may be conducted prior to the closing date of the job advert.

Please note: Our team will be on Christmas break from 22 December 2025 to 9 January 2026, and we will review all applications as soon as possible upon our return.