About the role
As the Head of Events and Marketing Strategies, you will lead a vibrant team of executives, copywriters, and designers, to develop actionable solutions with high revenue impact through PR & Communication campaigns, advertising, and event management for the satisfaction of the clients’ needs.
Reporting directly to the CEO, you will work on a variety of campaigns, products, and industries in Rwanda and beyond.
What you will do
Strategy and Client Service
- Drive and consistently monitor the portfolio growth
- Initiate, facilitate and head business meetings with potential leads,
- Develop and maintain partnerships with the company’s varied lines of business
- Guide persuasive presentations as well as stories creation to demonstrate values and turn leads into clients
- Head and maintain a close working relationship with copywriters, designers and executives.
- Lead the conceptualization as well as the tactical implementation of strategies to address the clients’ marketing challenges.
- Plan and schedule project implementation and define appropriate budgets.
- Work with a wide range of media and production houses as well as in-house graphic designers, to create visuals
- Contribute to quantitative and qualitative campaign research for the company and its clients, as necessary
- Assist in customer database maintenance as well as provide status reports for marketing campaigns
- Prepare short and long-term plans to ensure adaptation of identified strategies
- Evaluate implications of plans inclusive of risks.
Events Management
- Lead the brainstorming and strategic implementation of event plans and concepts
- Cultivate and manage relationships with event partners, vendors and service providers
- Negotiate partnerships and sponsorship deals
- Manage and maintain a healthy business relationship with the Rwanda Convention Bureau
- Obtain event permits, manage events logistics and define appropriate budgets as well as handle all invoicing
- Manage branding and communication during the events
- Develop post-event reports and event feedback surveys
- Update senior management on portfolio performance.
You will be the right fit if you:
- Have a minimum of 4 years working experience in the event management, media and/or creative industry
- Have the ability to involve and lead a young dynamic team
- Have experience placing campaigns with local and international media outlets
- Have proven experience managing projects that involve multiple stakeholders and/or suppliers
- Possess strong communication, networking, presentation and creative writing skills
- Have the ability to work under tight deadlines both independently and while leading a team
- Are fluent in English and Kinyarwanda both verbally and in writing (French is an added advantage)
- Have a higher education or diploma in Communication, Marketing, Business Development, or any other relevant field.
Application deadline*
Thursday 12th November 2020
*Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted
For more information, email us via recruitmentrwanda@itmafrica.com
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