Invest Hong Kong (InvestHK) is looking for motivated and passionate candidates to join our Creative Industries, Sports and Entertainment Team as Senior Vice President. In this role, you will be responsible for attracting and supporting enterprises in the cultural and creative industries, and sports and entertainment sectors around the world to set up and expand in the city. You will be joining a team of sector specialists and deploy your business development, account servicing and account management skills to make an impact in generating leads for Hong Kong and beyond.

You will need to demonstrate:

• (a)a good understanding and knowledge of the creative industries, in particular in the sectors of art, culture and design/ sports and entertainment;
• (b)proven track record in business development, business matching and account servicing;
• (c)relevant capability in implementing promotional or outreach activities;
• (d)strong project management and organisational skills, excellent communication, problem solving and interpersonal skills;
• (e)capability in developing marketing materials and presentations, good presentation and public speaking skills; and
• (f)excellent English, Putonghua and Cantonese.

Duties

• (a)To provide one-stop business facilitation services and tailor-made support to enterprises setting up/ expanding their operations in Hong Kong with a focus on creative industries, sports and entertainment sectors;
• (b)To actively research and identify potential overseas investors from desktop research, software databases, media monitoring and attendance at networking and industry events, trade fairs and other activities and to follow up and establish contact with these leads;
• (c)To work with InvestHK’s Mainland and overseas network, relevant government bureaux and departments, industry stakeholders and other industry associations to coordinate investment promotion and marketing activities to attract and retain companies in the creative industries, sports and entertainment sectors;
• (d)To coordinate and further expand the business matching, networking and other marketing efforts in the team, including preparing sales messages, presentations, marketing materials and providing support on project co-ordination, logistic arrangements, marketing and event management;
• (e)To assist in receiving delegations/ senior executives and implementing visit programmes for Mainland/ overseas visitors; and
• (f)To perform any other duties as assigned by senior officers.

• (a)Five years’ of relevant full-time work experience in account servicing and management, business development, investment/ trade promotion, marketing, public relations or event management gained in art, culture and design/ sports and entertainment sector/ relevant fields related to the creative industries;
• (b)A Bachelor's degree from a Hong Kong university or equivalent, preferably in business, marketing or management-related subjects; a higher degree and/ or professional qualifications in related discipline would be an advantage;
• (c)Good business network in the creative industries, in particular in the sectors of art, culture and design/ sports and entertainment; exposure to Mainland and international operations and business environment would be an advantage;
• (d)Knowledge of the related ecosystem and business climate in Hong Kong and Asia would be an advantage;
• (e)Excellent interpersonal skills and problem solving skills;
• (f)A good command of both written and spoken Chinese (Cantonese and Putonghua) and English. Proficiency in other languages would be an advantage; and
• (g)Meet the language proficiency requirements of “Level 2” results in the two language papers (Use of Chinese and Use of English) in the Common Recruitment Examination (CRE) or equivalent (see Notes
• (a)to (c)).