Position: Corporate Communications Manager
Job Brief
Worldwide Technical Services is a leading Engineering operation and maintenance service. We are searching for a Corporate Communications Manager who will provide the Company with strategic expertise across the Group’s operations. Nevertheless, to be successful in this role you the ideal candidate will have strong communication skills.
Roles and Responsibilities
Branding and Strategy
- Provide specific and strategic input
- Increase brand participation across all channel
- Initiate marketing efforts
- Review brand associations to ensure consistency, clarity, and assimilation
- Establish sources of equity and the current contributions to POP and POD
- Harmonize brand elements to effectively communicate brand identity
- Support to the EC and Executive Management in the areas of business development, strategic thinking
- Design, Deliver and implement a Corporate Communications and Branding Plan
Internal communication
- Implement effective communication strategies
- Assess existing communications framework for gaps and efficiency
- Explore and put in place the required scaffolding to support communication strategies
- Review corporate literature and core messaging in preparation for amplification across brands
- Evaluate guides, standards, templates, and media libraries
- Set up work automation aids for superior communications output
Media Production
- Create scripting for the production of corporate documentaries
- Recognize suitable production companies.
- Corporate photography tour to enrich corporate storytelling and support visibility efforts
Digital Media and Website Reformation Strategy
- Set a strategy in motion to establish brand distinction
- Focus on competence and capability
- Initiate and implement strategies to Increase visibility in industry gatherings (online and offline)
- Harness paid media strategy and SEOs in line with organizational strategy
- Assessment of digital media operations
End-of-Year Planning
- Prepare suitable gifts for business partners, notable clients, and individuals
- Source and produce corporate gifts
- Begin bookings for 2023 exhibitions and events for increased brand presence and visibility
- Plan staff end-of-year event and recognition ceremony
- Review 2022 sponsorships and partnerships efforts
Publishing
- Commence draft of 2023 corporate profiles
- Ensure End of Year Reports are finalized and published
- Publish End of Year Company Newsletter
- Begin drafting the 2023 corporate communications budget and strategy
- Agency management
- Review terms of engagement to ensure the planned scope is well covered
- Put out RFPs for agencies where necessary
Publicity and visibility
- Initiate plans for Q1 and plans for subsequent quarters in The Economist and other key and strategic media platforms
- Visibility – Decide on virtual and in-person events in West Africa and begin preparations
- Position for visibility to the wider continent
- Share of voice in the immediate community through outdoor advertising
- Corporate Social and Environmental Responsibility
- Collate and publish all efforts in the last year and draw up CSR philosophy and focus for the current year
External Relations
- Responsible for the External Relations team
- Ensure timely tender and bid management
- Prepare and deliver Weekly and Monthly Management reports to ExCo
- Identification of new opportunities
- Stakeholder Management – NAPIMS, NIPEX, NCDMB
Requirements
- Strong team player
- Minimum of 10 years post-NYSC experience in a similar role at a senior level
- Ability to facilitate and accelerate the business relationship based upon an understanding of the customer.
- Demonstrated capacity to capture meaningful data
- Attention to detail
Qualification
- Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Management, or related field
Location
- Lagos
How to apply
- Interested candidates should forward their CVs to helen.ukandu@wtsenergy.com using the job position as the subject of the mail.
Please do not make any payment for any test or job assessment.