Job Opportunities at African Management Services Company (AMSCO)

Job description

We are looking for a Marketing Manager who will be responsible for developing, implementing and executing strategic marketing plans for the organisation in order to attract potential customers and retain existing ones, brand position, sales volumes and customer awareness in all aspects of the business through effective management of the marketing, advertising and promotional activities of the organizations.

Key result areas include;

• Corporate Social Responsibility coordination
• Creative and innovative drives
• Managing the marketing budget
• Marketing coordination
• Marketing research
• Product marketing
• Public Relations

Experience;

• At least 5 years’ experience in a similar position

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Job Description

We are looking for a Social Media Manager, being the ‘Voice of the company to many audiences, including customers, potential customers and fans’, with a passion for sustainable business and care for People and Planet.

Responsibilities

a) Content Creator

• Creating and adapting content for each specific network

• Generating images and graphics to accompany Facebook, Instagram and Twitter posts

• Taking and curating photos and videos

• Creating content from scratch specifically for growing a following on social media.

b) Customer Service

• Be able to communicate with people in different buying stages (for example, customers and non-customers) and different dispositions.

• Need to be able to understand where our followers' question or comment is coming from, address it appropriately, and provide a course of action for resolution.

• Be intimately familiar with the brand, products, and services for quick, surface-level troubleshooting.

c) Community Manager And Facilitator

• Part of building a following on social media and helping that following connect with each other and become a community.

• Community management, including asking questions to seed discussions and kicking out people who spam or otherwise detract from the community.

• Being a good facilitator by asking good, relevant, and thought-provoking questions in an engaging way.

• Setting the tone for the community, being present, enforcing community guidelines, and sometimes even removing members or deleting posts when appropriate.

Required Skills/Experience

• Copywriting, design, basic photography & videography, positioning, creativity

• Enthusiasm for client mission

• Passion for sustainability, health, entrepreneurship, and global development

• Resourcefulness, ability to connect people and stimulate discussion, firm but empathetic

• Self-motivated, good organizational skills, ability to prioritize, multi-task, meet deadlines

• Self-starter with outgoing and results-oriented personality

• Strong communication skills, adaptability, calm, desire to solve others' problems, ability to troubleshoot and know where to pass a complex question, knowledge of the company/products/services

• Unshakable positivity

Education

• Bachelor’s Degree is preferred – Most Commonly Considered Majors: Public Relations, Communications, Economics, Marketing, Management, and Business & Entrepreneurship

• The ideal person is unique, dedicated, and willing to increase awareness about the client as it fits naturally with his/her current lifestyle and community involvement.