Brand Strategist/ Copy Writer at Karis & Sazii Limited

Karis & Sazii Limited is a Vibrant, Experienced and Creative integrated marketing communications outfit. We have a novelty of contagious ideas to capture our target audience and we ensure that the quality of our productions meet world standards. We have a knack for details, and our mission is to use world class strategies and adopt standard principles to achieve a measurable result by building a passionate and highly motivated human resource to power the vision.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Brand Strategist/ Copy Writer

Location: Oregun-Ikeja, Lagos

Job Descriptions

• Liaising with clients and interpreting their briefs to the creative team;
• Find strategic ways to further enhance the branding of a product or service, as well as develop a marketing plan through analysis of current market data and trends.
• Developing creative ideas and concepts, often in partnership with the creative team;
• Writing and develop catchy, clear, persuasive, original copy that sells every client's products or services.
• Presenting ideas to colleagues and clients;
• Use big picture thinking, storytelling, insights, criteria development tools and synthesis in the development of agreed-upon end-goals.
• Familiarising yourselves with our clients' products and services, the target audience and their competitors' activities;
• Proofreading copy to check spelling and grammar;
• Amending, revising or redeveloping adverts or campaigns in response to feedback from the creative team, account team or clients;
• Monitoring and overseeing the effectiveness of advertising campaigns through the production stage to completion, updating and amending campaigns according to feedback
• Working on several campaigns at once, sometimes under pressure and often to tight deadlines;
• Casting actors for TV and radio work and listening to voice tapes;
• Keeping up to date with popular culture and trends;
• Writing reports.
• Contribute ideas for new business and current clients' ad strategies.

Candidate Qualification and Requirements

• The ability to write good strategy documents and clear copy in a variety of styles with accurate spelling and grammar;
• Excellent team lead, teamwork, communication and interpersonal skills;
• Logic, creativity and imagination;
• Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines;
• Strong organisational skills;
• Self-motivation, flexibility, stamina and the ability to adapt;
• Confidence, enthusiasm and determination;
• Accuracy and attention to detail;
• The resilience to accept criticism of your work;
• Commercial awareness with the ability to understand the target audience;
• An interest in popular culture, new trends and styles;
• Age between 30 years - 40 year
• Must be a Male
• Good research skills;
• Administrative, IT and proofreading skills.
•  Need to be forward-thinking to anticipate future trends and success of a product or service and be detail oriented, as well as be familiar with statistics and research analysis.
• Bachelor's degree in any discipline from a reputable university
• Minimum of 3 years working experience within media industry
• Excellent self-motivation and adaptability
• Commercial awareness and good team working skills
• Ability to work well under pressure and meet deadlines
• IT proficiency and strong command of the English language with an eye for spelling and grammar errors.
• Creativity and ability to produce innovatively original ideas
• Professional Certification in concept, copy writing, art direction and strategy is an added advantage

Salary
Competitive

Application Closing Date
15th March, 2019.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV and Job Profile to: hr@karisandsazii.com