Deadline: 19 January, 2022
Location: Abuja, Nigeria
Paradigm Initiative is seeking to fill the role of Communications Manager.
Paradigm Initiative works to connect underserved young Africans with digital opportunities, and ensure protection of their rights.
Responsibilities
- Publish a variety of digital content with a focus on producing engaging web pages that are visually appealing and provide an overall rich experience for partners and visitors
- Manage all postings to ensure content is on-brand and search- and social-optimised
- Timely respond to the communication needs of team members and give timely updates regarding any ongoing project
- Produce all email campaigns, solicit content from internal sources, and manage review, testing, and sending
- Lead digital execution and participate in digital advocacy – across email, website, print and social media – of programmes and projects across offices and regions throughout the year
- Develop and execute social and print media campaigns for key days, themes, and priority upcoming content
- Develop and maintain a schedule for the communications team
- Create content for social media accounts and post regularly on each account
- Manage social ad campaigns and other promotions
- Promote new content, key pages, and calls-to-action across channels
- Position content to target different segments and to fit the format and publishing requirements of each platform
- Coordinate and support communications projects, outreach, and products as needed
- Support team members in the translation of documents and other communications from English to French and vice versa
- Proofread and coordinate production of communications materials
- Manage allocated budgets for all tasks and cost-effective maintenance of digital assets
- Raise funds for the organisation through the deployment of digital media skills and through relevant grant opportunities
- Monitor the social media networks for grants and funding opportunities for the organisation
- Develop and implement long-term and project-based communications strategies
- Develop and produce content to engage and educate audiences across various channels
- Develop and execute social media activities across multiple channels
- Oversee the development and maintenance of the organisation’s website
- Contribute to overall digital content strategy and inform the calendar of upcoming topics, news and milestones, and external opportunities to guide content planning
- Research and collect information and data for content and communications strategy
- Help manage and drive events including developing email invitations and managing invitation lists
- Seek regular opportunities for the leadership team to engage with major foundations, corporate partners, and other organisations on social media and curate up-to-date lists of key accounts
- Compile and maintain media and community database
- Create and update marketing materials and documents in support of fundraising, grants, projects and programmes
- Organise online events, perform outreach and marketing, manage ‘day of’ social media and more
- Identify and research media outlets, producers, editors and reporters towards making them receptive to the organisation’s message
- Track and record media mentions related to Paradigm Initiative’s work
- Ensure adequate media coverage for all programme activities and functions in electronic and print media, and on digital media platforms
- Identify good stories and exercise good storytelling skills
- Carry out other projects as assigned
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Mass Communication, Public Relations, Journalism or a related field
- Proven experience with communications research and strategy, media relations, content development for various audiences, digital engagement best practices
- Five years, minimum, of relevant communications experience
- Digital communications experience (highly preferred)
- Experience in publishing content on WordPress, Squarespace or other CMS
- Proven experience managing digital media advertising for social campaigns
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