Marketing Associate Job Placement – Dream Africa Schools
Job Title: Marketing Associate
Organisation: Dream Africa Schools
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
Reports to: Human Resource Manager
About US:
Dream Africa Schools are from the house GEMS, a global provider in nursery and primary schools across the world. In Uganda DAS operates on the principle of ‘Education for all’ with a simple and explicit goal of “Providing high quality education at an affordable cost”. Dream Africa has various branches in Kampala, Wakiso, Mukono and Jinja.
Key Duties and Responsibilities (but not limited to)
- Creating, organizing, and sharing marketing assets and tools, including photography, videography, documents, and templates
- Copywriting and editing in brand voice and tone across blog, email, and social media
- Keeping on top of education reform stories in the media and curating a weekly media digest email to internal & external audiences
- Serving as a community manager across Dream school Facebook groups and other online communities
- Visiting our school communities to source stories, create photo and video content, and build relationships
- Sourcing, drafting and publishing daily social media content across all channels aligned to an editorial and messaging calendar
- Monitoring, listening and responding to conversations on social media to facilitate connections and increase brand engagement
- Executing organic and paid social marketing campaigns to support student recruiting and talent recruiting on Facebook’s Ad Manager platform
- Support website maintenance and compliance for our school-specific pages
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- Strong passion and commitment to social justice, diversity, equity, and inclusion in education
- Experience working with communities similar to the communities that the school serves.
- Experience in communications, marketing, PR, design, or journalism
- Experience managing social media platforms including Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn
- Exceptional written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills – you must be an excellent writer
- Professional and customer-focused with strong relationship-building skills
- Strong attention to detail and project management skills
- College degree in a relevant field
- Fluent in English & Luganda – strong writing and translation skills
- Basic Adobe Creative Suite Editing Skills: Photoshop, InDesign, Premiere Pro
- Proven photography and videography experience
- Experience working in/with elementary schools
Remuneration:
Up to UGX 3.5 Million
How to apply:
All suitably qualified and interested candidates send a cover letter, academic documents and CV to careers@dreamafricaschools.com (Subject Line: Marketing Associate)
All applications should be addressed to the Human Resource Manager.
Contact us on 0776-313410
Deadline: 14th November 2019