Lead, Corporate Communications

Requirements

• B.Sc. or HND in Communications, Marketing, Business, New Media, Public Relations or related field
  
• A person with proven experience can be hired, although possessing a degree not in the above mentioned fields.
  
• 5 years and above in a similar role, preferably from a non – insurance industry
  
• Certification from relevant Brand Management or Marketing Communications schools/courses
  
• Membership of a professional body that regulates advertising and/or Marketing – APCON, CIM, NIPR
  
• Understanding of all aspects of Brand Management and Corporate Communications
  
• A clear understanding of how brands (within and outside the industry) operate
  
• Top - notch communication and presentation skills
  
• Understanding of stakeholder management
  
• Displays in-depth knowledge and understanding of external communication platforms and how each can be deployed in different scenarios
  
• A knowledge of public relations and media management
  
• Must write well and very clearly.
  

Requirements

• B.Sc. or HND in Communications, Marketing, Business, New Media, Public Relations or related field
  
• A person with proven experience can be hired, although possessing a degree not in the above mentioned fields.
  
• 5 years and above in a similar role, preferably from a non – insurance industry
  
• Certification from relevant Brand Management or Marketing Communications schools/courses
  
• Membership of a professional body that regulates advertising and/or Marketing – APCON, CIM, NIPR
  
• Understanding of all aspects of Brand Management and Corporate Communications
  
• A clear understanding of how brands (within and outside the industry) operate
  
• Top - notch communication and presentation skills
  
• Understanding of stakeholder management
  
• Displays in-depth knowledge and understanding of external communication platforms and how each can be deployed in different scenarios
  
• A knowledge of public relations and media management
  
• Must write well and very clearly.
  

Job Summary

• Responsible for all corporate communications related activities and other tasks assigned. The role is tilted more towards dealing with external stakeholders and internal, on a needs basis.
  

Duties

• Identify key stakeholders, coordinating actions for all external engagement of a corporate comms nature
  
• Ensures the execution of impactful media engagement strategies
  
• Work with Team Lead to manage external special projects for the department and organization at large
  
• Manages all relevant corporate image matters, for positive outcomes
  
• Supervises the PR & Media executive on all deliveries related to the media, among others
  
• Develop full year plan and comms strategy for the business
  
• Manage outdoor, press, radio and similar campaigns with support from various team members
  
• Generate strategy/plans for one off activities
  
• Generate and manage other process documents, when assigned; SOP, etc
  
• Actively participate in drawing up annual execution budget, in line with laid down guidelines
  
• End to end planning of all external events, in line with all stakeholders required
  
• Representation at external events, as assigned
  
• Tracking of all sponsorship requests, directing them to the right channels for attention
  
• Disbursement of creative materials for sponsorship activities, same if required for events
  
• Ensuring all collaterals required at events are there and on time
  
• Recommending sponsorships and events that can assist with business growth
  
• Management of all new announcements on the Board with necessary team member
  
• Management of board Profile building and requests for already built ones, as the case may be
  
• Handling of information for external consumption from AGMs and similar events
  
• Working with head BCC to put out relevant board related news internally, when required
  
• Responsible for vetting generated press releases for the media
  
• Responsible for generating business related articles for thought leadership purposes
  
• Responsible for last line proof – reading of all reports and similar documents before it gets to Head, BCC Supports other team members with better copy positioning for assignments requiring writing.
  
• Other proof - reading and editing tasks that may arise sits here
  
• Compile monthly report for activities delivered for objective decision making by team
  
• Analyze campaigns and translate data for recommendations
  
• Generate quick plans to revise/update on-going and new campaigns
  
• Set out effective benchmarks for measuring campaign and off campaign successes, across all (external) communication channels
  
• Monthly reports to be shared with Head, BCC
  
• Weekly updates will however be shared at the team meetings.