Fresh Vacancies at Ascentech Services Ltd

Summary

This role entails Establishing strategy and policy direction for internal and external communications of the company, this includes;

• Advertising
• Media and Publicity
• Talent Managements
• Events Management
• Branding and Image Management
• Partnerships and Sponsorships

Responsibilities

• Establishes strategy and policy direction for internal and external communications and corporate relations of the organisation, including publicity and public relations, advertising, branding, image management/positioning.
• Responsible for all written communications, including electronic and print communications, contributions to company publications, marketing materials, websites and client/community engagement communications;
• Articulates clear brand goals and objectives and provides leadership for brand management activities and public relations strategies across the organisation.
• Provides strategic counsel to Executive Committee and senior management teams, business unit managers to build and protect corporate brand name and image.
• Implements brand acculturation programmes to ensure full understanding and adoption of the oragnisation's brand by all employees
• Establishes communication and brand management guidelines and ensures compliance, for standardization and quality control
• Establishes overall strategy and program for community relations; oversees corporate social responsibility strategy and project definition/execution including budget allocation and management
• Identifies and develop strong alliances/partnerships with reputable local and international external agencies, vendors, suppliers, major brands and investors.
• Develops strategies to ensure the organization's relationship with partners reflects positively on the company's image
• Actively develops effective and innovative media opportunities for the company.
• Apply strong project management skills to deliver projects on time and within budget as well as identify potential obstacle and create plans to overcome them
• Manages the agreed budget for Corporate Communications and Branding 
• Develops metrics to measure impact of advertising and sponsorship initiatives on brand perception and the company's overall performance
• Tracks brand perception indicators against the organisation's brand goals and objectives
• Develops and implements brand management plans and ensures compliance across all levels in the company
• Defines clear corporate communications and advertising strategies and programs to achieve brand objectives
• Provide oversight for corporate social responsibility and sustainability strategy and programs.

Experience
Minimum of 2 - 3 years cognate experience in a reputable organisatio with a minimum of 1 year in marketing, branding and or public relations function.

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Summary

The UI/UX Designer will turn our website and mobile application into easy-to-use products for our ever increasing visitors. Ultimately, the successful candidate will be responsible for creating both functional and appealing features that address our clients’ needs and help us grow our customer base.

Responsibilities

• Gather and evaluate user requirements in collaboration with website managers and engineers
• Illustrate design ideas using storyboards, process flows and sitemaps
• Design graphic user interface elements, like menus, tabs and widgets
• Build page navigation buttons and search fields
• Develop UI mockups and prototypes that clearly illustrate how sites function and look like
• Create original graphic designs (e.g. images, sketches and tables)
• Prepare and present rough drafts to internal teams and key stakeholders
• Identify and troubleshoot UX problems (e.g. responsiveness)
• Conduct layout adjustments based on user feedback
• Adhere to style standards on fonts, colors and images
• Gathering user requirements, designing graphic elements and building navigation components.

Requirements

• Proven experience with design software and wireframe tools
• Proven work experience as a UI/UX Designer or similar role
• Portfolio of design projects that includes work with web/mobile applications
• Knowledge of wireframe tools (e.g. Wireframe.cc and InVision)
• Up-to-date knowledge of design software like Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop
• Team spirit; strong communication skills to collaborate with various stakeholders
• Good time-management skills
• Competence in Design, Computer Science or relevant field

Experience
Minimum of 1 year experience in a similar position.

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Summary

The successful candidate will change the way people communicate safely on mobile. S/he must have a passion to deliver a best-in-class mobile application. Ultimately, the Android Developer will be responsible for developing, enhancing, and designing a world-class mobile application for our platform.

Summary of responsibilities

The role will include implementing, and enhancing the Android mobile application, alongside a team of world-class developers, designers and software architects, and s/he will be responsible for choosing libraries and frameworks to best meet the needs of the application and will work with product managers and the UI/UX designers to create a secure, seamless mobile experience.

Required Skills/Experience

• Solid background in software development, and design patterns
• Experience with the Android SDK, java, NDK, C++
• Experience with JSON concepts and REST APIs
• Experience working with product management and UI/UX designers
• Experience working with customers and partners
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work in a dynamic, fast moving and growing environment

Desired Skills

• Experience publishing a high quality Android application to the Google Play Store
• Experience with communication and messaging applications
• Experience with security software and solutions

Experience

Minimum of 1 year experience in a similar position

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Summary
We are looking for an iOS developer responsible for the development and maintenance of applications aimed at a range of iOS devices including mobile phones and tablet computers. Your primary focus will be development of iOS applications and their integration with back-end services. You will be working alongside other engineers and developers working on different layers of the infrastructure. Therefore, a commitment to collaborative problem solving, sophisticated design, and the creation of quality products is essential.

Skills

• Proficient with Objective-C or Swift {{depending on project requirements}}, and Cocoa Touch
• Experience with iOS frameworks such as Core Data, Core Animation, etc.
• Experience with offline storage, threading, and performance tuning
• Familiarity with RESTful APIs to connect iOS applications to back-end services
• Knowledge of other web technologies and UI/UX standards
• Understanding of Apple’s design principles and interface guidelines
• Knowledge of low-level C-based libraries is preferred
• Experience with performance and memory tuning with tools {such as Instruments and Shark, depending on project needs}
• Familiarity with cloud message APIs and push notifications
• Knack for benchmarking and optimization
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools {{such as Git, Mercurial or SVN}}
• Familiarity with continuous integration

Responsibilities

• Design and build applications for the iOS platform
• Ensure the performance, quality, and responsiveness of applications
• Collaborate with a team to define, design, and ship new features
• Identify and correct bottlenecks and fix bugs
• Help maintain code quality, organization, and automation

Experience
Minimum of 1 year experience in a similar position

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Summary
Our choice candidate shall be responsible for supporting our organization in achieving the vision of being a world-class pro African social media platform through which we shall become provider of leading-edge interactive technology solutions. This position will be responsible for the design, testing, implementation and administration of interactive technologies and applications.

Basic Function/Responsibilities:

• Effective planning, testing, implementation and administration of interactive technologies, websites, applications and social media platforms
• Create, maintain and update internally and externally built websites, mobile and social media apps.
• Knowledge of hardware, software and program products associated with the delivery of interactive technologies
• Maintains effective working relationships with internal personnel and external agency partners

Required Skills/Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field
• Minimum of two years of progressive experience in applications or website development
• Working experience with Web development tools including the following: PHP, C#, MySQL, MS-SQL, MVC, SOAP, Rest, git, Javascript, CSS, JSON, XML, etc.
• Experience with CMS tools such as Drupal or Wordpress. Experience with frameworks such as CodeIgniter, Laravel, Symfony, ExpressionEngine or MS .Net