Marketing Officer at a Logistics Services Company - Busy Minds Consult

Busy Minds Consults - Our client, a highly dynamic Logistics Services company in Lagos is seeking the services of an experienced candidate to fill the position below:

Job Title: Marketing Officer

Location: Lagos

Responsibilities

• Meeting and greeting visitors at all levels of seniority;
• Organizing and maintaining diaries and making appointments;
• Source for new potential clients.
• Producing documents, briefing papers, reports and presentations;
• Organizing and attending meetings and ensuring the manager is well prepared for meetings;
• Liaising with clients, suppliers and other staff.
• Co-ordinate the company’s monthly newsletter.
• Writing reports, rebranding company brochures and similar documents.
• Coordinate all diplomatic & VIP events and visits.
• Coordinate Press conference in Nigeria.
• Organizing and hosting presentations and customer visits.
• Assisting with promotional activities.
• Visiting customers/external.
• Helping to organize market research.
• Attend Corporate functions and workshops.
• Create, deliver, edit, and optimize PR materials.
• Ensure that messages are supportive of and consistent with marketing strategies.
• Supervise social media outreach.
• Deliver content via LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, email, or direct mail to PR (London) and IT department.
• Coordinate and deliver email campaigns.
• Liaise and provide support to Public Relations Agencies in London.
• Coordinate flow of information and communication and disseminate it per plan/strategy.
• Work with manager and business units to determine budget and manage expenses to that budget.
• Promote products and services through public relations initiatives.
• Develop marketing communications campaigns.
• Create thought leadership materials.
• Identify, develop and execute communications strategy for key media contacts and customer references.
• Research media coverage and industry trends.
• Screening phone calls, enquiries and requests, and handling them when appropriate
• Attend weekly conference calls with the marketing and PR agencies in London.
• Any other responsibility that may be assigned by your line manager.

Requirements

• Ability to work independently
• Punctual and have good organizational skills
• Commercial awareness and creativity
• Adaptability
• Social Media skills and sound event planning skills
• Ability to read, comprehend, explain and apply written procedures;
• Working knowledge of correspondence and typing formats, including correct English grammar, spelling and punctuation;
• Working knowledge of filling and record keeping systems;
• Ability to operate office equipment;
• Working knowledge of MS Office Suite and the use of computer systems;
• Ability to follow oral and written instructions;
• Good communication skills;
• The ability to work individually and as part of a team;
• Attention to detail.
• Objectivity, Dependability
• Emotional Control, Integrity, Safety Management
• Professionalism, Reporting Skills etc.
• Self-Motivated and willing to learn new processes
• The resilience to deal with periods of work pressure and diplomacy to deal with difficult employees, customers, contactors and others in the course of their duties;
• Reliable, with the ability to maintain high levels of service;
• Motivated with the ability to effectively work on own initiative.
• Physical fitness and mental agility to successful function for an extended period if required.

Education and Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Marketing or a related field from an accredited school required
• Relevant professional certification and trainings in marketing.

Experience:

• Minimum of 3 years of experience in marketing or any related field.

Application Closing Date
16th September, 2019.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their detailed CV to: [email protected] using the Job Title as the subject of the mail.

Note: The dates of each of your work experience should include the start month and year and stop month and year. E.g. July 2013 - May 2018.