Brand and Communications Manager at Seerbit

Seerbit is a fast growing Financial Technology company that seeks to bridge the gaps identified in Africa’s payment ecosystem, with presence in over 10 African countries and aggressively expanding our footprint in Africa. We are on a mission to shape the future of commerce not just in Africa but across the globe. Our resultsdriven environment enables us to build better products, grow faster and empower everyone on our team to impact our business and our mission to close the payment gaps in Africa.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Brand and Communications Manager

Location: Lagos
Job type: Full-time

Job Description

• We are looking to hire a dynamic Brand and Communications Manager to help us take our media relations and content strategy to the next level. The role will operate to ensure SeerBit’s message is communicated to the press and stakeholders, in line with our organizational PR vision, values, and goals.
• This position requires a hands-on communication manager to serve as our in-house press office.
• The role offers the opportunity to work with the media and external stakeholders – local and international – and to establish a media network for SeerBit, as Africa’s most trusted payment gateway ecosystem, as well as support the digital communications strategy for the organization.

 Responsibilities
What you will do:

• Review and define SeerBit's overall PR vision, goals, and values in line with the Brand objectives.
• Develop media strategies for campaigns, products, and announcements.
• Help strengthen the company’s position and visibility in Nigeria and African markets;
• Build consumer-facing, and consumer-relevant press relations activities working autonomously, as well as closely with relevant agencies, as required;
• Exploring proactive and reactive press coverage opportunities for the company;
• Drive results on external relations activities to position key leadership as keynotes, panelists, or judges at major industry events;
• Manage PR agencies in the region and work closely with marketing leads and SeerBit’s leadership to attain PR results;
• Link PR campaigns between key markets and marketing/products for timely promotions and media activities;
• Dealing with media requests from different stakeholders across Nigeria and Africa where it operates in a timely manner.
• Building and maintaining relationships with media outlets and journalists in different sectors both locally and internationally;
• Monitoring, reporting on, and maintaining media coverage results;
• Engaging with key internal and external stakeholders to maintain a consistent and accurate flow of information;
• Supporting organization, promotion, and coverage of events and conferences;
• Working closely with social media, branding, and SEO teams to ensure optimized communication flow, both internally and externally;
• And perform any other task as may be assigned by the Head of Marketing and Senior Management team.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Marketing, Communications, Journalism, or a related field.
• Must have at least 5 years experience
• Strong digital communications skills including e-sentiment monitoring and SEO- conscious writing for digital PR activities;
• Familiarity with media databases forward features, and press request tools.
• Ability to build good relationships with key influencers, industry voices, media outlets, and journalists;
• Skilled in using PR to drive business results;
• Efficiency in copywriting, editing, and proofreading;
• Strong time management skills and ability to prioritize workload as required;
• Experience managing PR agencies is desirable;
• Awareness of PR, social media, branding, and SEO best practices;
• Experience in the fintech or financial PR sector would be an advantage

Benefits

• Compensation: Highly Competitive

Our Benefits:

• Medical cover
• Flexible work schedule
• Profit share
• Learning and development opportunity

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.