Brand Strategist/ Copy Writer at karis and Sazii Limited

Location: Oregun Ikeja, Lagos
Gender: Male or Female

Candidate Job Description

• Liaising with clients and interpreting their briefs;
• Find strategic ways to further enhance the branding of a product or service, as well as develop a marketing plan through analysis of current market data and trends.
• Developing creative ideas and concepts, often in partnership with the creative team;
• Writing and develop catchy, clear, persuasive, original copy that sells every client's products or services.
• Presenting ideas to colleagues and clients;
• Use big picture thinking, storytelling, insights, criteria development tools and synthesis in the development of agreed-upon end-goals.
• Familiarising yourselves with our clients' products and services, the target audience and their competitors' activities;
• Proofreading copy to check spelling and grammar;
• Amending, revising or redeveloping adverts or campaigns in response to feedback from the creative team, account team or clients;
• Monitoring and overseeing the effectiveness of advertising campaigns through the production stage to completion, updating and amending campaigns according to feedback
• Working on several campaigns at once, sometimes under pressure and often to tight deadlines;
• Casting actors for TV and radio work and listening to voice tapes;
• Keeping up to date with popular culture and trends;
• Writing reports.
• Contribute ideas for new business and current clients' ad strategies.

Candidate Qualification and Requirements

• The ability to write good, clear copy in a variety of styles with accurate spelling and grammar;
• Excellent teamwork, communication and interpersonal skills;
• Logic, creativity and imagination;
• Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines;
• Strong organisational skills;
• Self-motivation, flexibility, stamina and the ability to adapt;
• Confidence, enthusiasm and determination;
• Accuracy and attention to detail;
• The resilience to accept criticism of your work;
• Commercial awareness with the ability to understand the target audience;
• An interest in popular culture, new trends and styles;
• Good research skills;
• Administrative, IT and proofreading skills.
• Need to be forward-thinking to anticipate future trends and success of a product or service and be detail oriented, as well as be familiar with statistics and research analysis.
• Bachelor's degree in any discipline from a reputable university
• Minimum of 2 years working experience within media industry
• Excellent self-motivation and adaptability
• Commercial awareness and good team working skills
• Ability to work well under pressure and meet deadlines
• IT proficiency and strong command of the English language with an eye for spelling and grammar errors.
• Creativity and ability to produce innovatively original ideas
• Professional Certification in concept, copy writing, art direction and strategy is an added advantage
• Age range: 30yrs - 40yrs