Marketing & Communications Assistant at Holy Cross Catholic International School

Job Description

Are you a marketing and communications enthusiast looking to work in a secure, catholic-driven institution of learning? Holy Cross Catholic International School is currently looking to hire a highly motivated entry-level Marketing & Communications Assistant who will work diligently to promote the school through different omni-channel marketing initiatives.

The Marketing and Communications Assistant must be a results-driven individual who will wholly embrace the traditional catholic values of the school as a way of marketing effectively to our target audiences. The candidate must be a practicing Catholic as well as display a high degree of integrity and willingness to learn.

Key Responsibilities

Marketing-Time Allocation 80%

• Manage and coordinate all marketing activities for the school such as open days, bootcamps, festivals, graduations, awards etc. to position Holy Cross Catholic International School as an academic leader.
• Preparation of a weekly, monthly, and quarterly marketing calendar.
• Hands-on production and management of marketing material collateral for the school.
• Daily posting, management and monitoring of the school’s social media pages and campaigns to ensure the messaging, reputation, and identity accurately represent the school.
• Generation of weekly and monthly social media reports to track success and gaps.
• Preparation of email marketing messages to be blasted to the database bi-monthly or on a need basis.
• Engage catholic media outlets where the school can receive publicity at least twice-thrice a year.
• Copywriting well researched articles to be published once a week on the school website.
• Develop creative marketing strategies to help raise more awareness for the school and increase enrollments.
• Monthly target of 70 potential new enrollment leads from all marketing activities.

Communications-Time Allocation 20%

• Regularly liaise with the school administration, staff, students, and Director to create marketing initiatives for the school.
• Carry out regular meetings with staff and admin to understand various goals for the school and how you can incorporate them in the marketing.
• Develop a good relationship with other stakeholders such as Catholic media sites and catholic bodies that can help in boosting awareness for the school.

Skills and Qualifications

• The candidate must be a practicing Catholic who embraces the teachings of the Catholic Church.
• Diploma or Degree in Marketing, PR, Journalism, Communications, or any other related field.
• 1-2 years of experience working in the Marketing/Communications/PR/Digital Marketing capacity.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, written, reporting and presentation skills.
• Highly self-motivated and hands-on individual requiring little to no supervision.
• Unique creative skills especially in creating content for social media.
• Excellent time-management and organizational skills as well as a willingness to learn.
• Teamwork skills: ability to interact effectively with the school Director, Principal, staff, administration & students.
• Proficiency in MS Office such as WORD, Excel, PowerPoint.
• Basic graphic design skills such as the use of Canva and other phone editing tools is an added advantage.