Communications Manager at Nigeria Solidarity Support Fund (NSSF)

SUMMARY

The Communications Manager will lead marketing and communication for the NSSF, managing PR and delivering marketing campaigns end-to-end. S/he will shape the organization's profile, andncommunicate the NSSF brand through fundraising-led marketing, partnerships, brand and issue related campaigns, events and other marketing activities.

JOB REQUIREMENTS

• Grow the NSSF audience - reaching set targets for engagement
• Plan, coordinate and execute the marketing strategy for campaigns; ensuring it is truly Nigerian whilst still benchmarking against global best practice.
• Manage all marketing activities, email, social, content, product, PR, comms, creative and project management of campaigns
• Oversight of all creative assets from outsourced agencies and localization of global tools and assets
• To entrench NSSF, as a national, regional, and global thought leader in delivering her three core objectives.
• Management of marketing budget to execute paid media spanning OOH, radio, print, digital, social media and other marketing activities such as stunts
• Negotiation and delivery of in-kind and barter deals for paid media, building key partnerships and relationships across all of the media industry
• Recommend and implement strategic marketing partnerships that support fundraising and growth goals including working with events, influencers, and media partners.
• Monitor the metrics of programs/campaigns, collect and analyze social and digital insights, reporting metrics internally where required.
• Conduct market research and compile findings to inform campaign activities
• Implement and execute Influencer strategies to increase the branding and reach of the NSSF
• Improve touch points across the donor journey of the NSSF website in content manager

SKILLS

• Proficiency in English
• A creative at heart: Excellent oral communication and copywriting skills with an eye for design and the ability to pitch NSSF, meet new donors and partners, sell our organization, engage social influencers etc.
• Proven knowledge and expertise in paid marketing strategies, social ads and influencer marketing strategies that drive growth and engagement
• Self-starter who can work independently, with a small team and with international partners based outside of Nigeria. 
• Digitally fluent across all social platforms
• Experience and knowledge of data and analytics to inform decision making
• Strong market and cultural knowledge with a passion for and an interest in social advocacy
• Strong teamwork skills, comfortable in a highly collaborative, dynamic team culture
• Positive and driven, curious and creative about learning new ways to approach branding and marketing with ‘outside of the box’ thinking for NSSF.
• Proficient at managing and maximizing budgets and resources

REQUIRED QUALIFICATION(S)

• B.Sc. or HND in a related field
• 6years+ of Marketing and communication experience (agency, lifestyle brand, media, music industry, digital, start ups)
• Certifications in comms related field