Communication Manager

Communication Manager

in a firm in Lagos Full-time

Industry Advertising / Media

Specialization Media/Journalism,

Minimum Qualification Degree

Required Experience 3 - 5 years

Application Deadline 2012-09-29
Our firm: This is a high-pressure, high-impact growing company with a solid base of international clients and an amazing opportunity for you to learn and grow as fast as it is possible.
We currently seek to recruit a suitably qualified individual to fill the position of Communication Manager.

Job Description:
Thinking “outside the box” is so overrated… We are looking for someone who can sell
the box!
Can you take a complex idea, simplify it and communicate it?
We are looking for that man or woman with the ability to effortlessly sell brands, products and ideas to the public.
We don’t expect you to be a Jack-of-all-trades. However, what we do expect, is someone who has mastered the art of communication and brand strategy.
Someone who understands new media marketing but can also discern when its time to roll up his or her sleeves and activate direct marketing mode.
Someone who has the capacity to direct a company’s marketing and client communications programs such as, public relations, media relations, copywriting, direct mail, web site content and the company’s identity program.
Someone who can develop relations with the media as well as serve as the company’s media contact, conceiving, writing, preparing and placing the company’s press releases and print advertisements.

Qualifications/Experience:
To join us, we need you to have the following attributes in an immensely good proportion.
Core analytical skills to develop future products /brand concepts.
Be a good listener, able to respond to the results of consumer research.
Be an excellent communicator, both verbally and in writing.
Be able to work confidently with a wide range of people from different levels of business.
Be a team leader, able to inspire others.
Be able to manage different projects at the same time.
Be organized and methodical, able to work well under pressure.
Understand the line between traditional and new media and how to deploy both spaces.
We expect you to be up to task and beyond the task; think inside the box, outside of the box and eventually sell the box.
We don't want just talkers, we want doers; people who, beyond strategy, can get the work done, and keep and eye on ROI.
Must have a good degree.
Should also have adequate experience, preferably in a similar field.