Senior Marketing Services Executive, Sponsorship, Partnerships, Events & Collaborations at First Bank of Nigeria Limited (FirstBank)

First Bank of Nigeria Limited (FirstBank) is Nigeria's largest financial services institution by total assets and gross earnings. With more than 10 million customer accounts, FirstBank has over 750 branches providing a comprehensive range of retail and corporate financial services. The Bank has international presence through its subsidiaries, FBN Bank (UK) Limited in London and Paris, FBNBank DRC, FBNBank Ghana, FBNBank Gambia, FBNBank Guinea, FBNBank Sierra-Leone and FBNBank Senegal, as well as its Representative Offices in Johannesburg, Beijing and Abu Dhabi.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Senior Marketing Services Executive, Sponsorship, Partnerships, Events & Collaborations

Job Identification: 1418
Location: Port Harcourt, Rivers
Employment Type: Full-Time

Duties & Responsibilities

• Assist with the development and implementation of the Bank’s and Group’s partnerships and corporate events  strategies;
• Monitor developments in the sponsorship of corporate events by carrying out environmental scans to ensure that the Bank is abreast with all highly sensitive news/developments;
• Provide analysis for all information gathered on sponsorship and events and make comments that will help management in decision making;
• Develop engagement strategy, creative approach, implementation plan, and execution of the Bank’s and Group’s Corporate events, including day-of-event management;
• Conceptualise, design, and create high-profile events that portray the Group and Bank in a positive light to media, public officials and other key stakeholders;
• Coordinate staffing requirements, briefings, Retail Marketing Teams and Media colleagues to promote the Group’s and Bank’s event;
• Provide strategic guidance, approach, consultation, budget, and creative direction for new corporate events, and other experiences;
• Produce detailed proposals for events - timelines, venues, vendors/agencies, staffing, and budget;
• Negotiate the best price on the Bank’s sponsorship/events using the Bank’s policy on comparative quotes from different vendors;
• Monitor the Bank’s brand/visibility at events to ensure consistency and handle competition as this will aid to review how the Bank is performing compared to other banks;
• Work with other units/departments within the Bank to ensure standard delivery of the Bank’s events;
• Identify sponsorship platforms that would generate revenue leads for the Bank using the sponsorship filter as measurement metrics;
• Develop approach and methods for evaluating and measuring event success;
• Coordinate venue management and supervise elements of events outsourced to event managers, consultants and agencies;
• Perform post-event evaluation; including data entry and analysis, and producing reports for event stakeholders;
• Manage communications and promotional materials for Bank-owned and special events;
• Maintain the security of all Information entrusted to staff and comply with the principles and policies in the Information Security Handbook.

Requirements
Minimum Education: 

• First Degree in any discipline with requisite experience.

Experience:

• Minimum of 7 years cognate experience in Marketing/Corporate Communications and/or Sponsorship and Events  role in blue chip companies or Advertising/PR/Journalism.
• Professional membership of APCON, NIM, NIPR
• Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint is essential 
• Ability to work with minimal supervision

Application Closing Date
30th May, 2025; 02:43 PM.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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