Corporate Communications Lead / Media Host at Afrihood Development Company Limited

Afrihood is a Real Estate and infrastructural Development Company with a vision to raise the living standard of Africans one building at a time. We are rebuilding Africa to become the world’s foremost and inclusive infrastructural wonder.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Corporate Communications Lead / Media Host

Location: Ikoyi, Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Description / Responsibilities

• We are looking for an experienced and creative Media Host/Corporate Communications Lead (Male or Female) to serve as host, presenter and Influencer for all of Afrihood’s media programs such as product demonstrations, events coverage, documentaries and media programs.
• The candidate would be the face of Afrihood in every public appearance – events or meetings, whether live or recorded.
• He/she will also be in charge of developing and implementing communications plans for Afrihood.
• He/she must be good training facilitators as they would be in charge of organizing training for Afrihood’s companies, and enhancing staff’s communication skills as well as providing feedback and guidance.
• He/she will keep media programs running to schedule, responding positively and quickly to problems or changes and improvising where necessary.
• He/she will develop and implement marketing and communications campaigns and strategies and monitor their success.
• He/she will create content for press releases, byline articles and keynote presentations
• He/she will leverage existing media relationships and cultivate new contacts within business and industry media.
• He/she will be responsible for pitching Afrihood’s products and services to stakeholders.
• He/she must stay abreast of current real estate trends and remain knowledgeable about real estate markets and best practices.

Qualifications / Requirements and Skills

• Interested candidates should possess at least a Bachelor’s Degree in any relevant course.
• Candidates should have at least 5 years of relevant work experience as a Communications Strategist, Broadcast Journalist, or Public Relations Manager.
• Candidates must be technology savvy with sound judgment to drive communications initiatives with excellent skills in networking and relationship building.
• Candidates must be able to propel Afrihood's image through consistent messaging and strategy as well as develop internal and external communications and marketing strategies.
• Candidates must be good-looking but rugged as they would be outdoors most of the time.
• Candidates must be highly resourceful, creative, and able to curate stories around global affairs and trends that our target audience can identify with.
• Candidates must be able to swiftly navigate between being corporate-smart and being streetsmart.
• Candidates should have the ability to work independently combined with excellent interpersonal skills
• Candidates must possess strong communication, sales and marketing skills
• Candidates should have excellent business acumen, exemplary work ethic and integrity
• Candidates should possess exceptional oratory and creative research skills

Application Closing Date
19th October, 2023.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should create a 2-minute monologue video expressing why they should be Afrihood’s Corporate Communications Lead and Media Host, to: hr@afrihood.com using the job title as the subject of the mail.

Note

• Only candidates who apply as required will be shortlisted
• A video presentation of your application would get you closer to being shortlisted.