Job Title: Associate Director
Industry: PR & Advertising
Location: Nairobi
Salary Range: 4500 – 5800USD plus performance related bonuses
Our client is a leading global public relations consultancy firm.
They seek to hire a well seasoned, assertive and results oriented qualified individual to fill the role of an Associate Director.
She / He will be responsible for leading teams to deliver highly creative and effective client campaigns.
Key Responsibilities:
- To work on client accounts with responsibility for directing and ensuring client campaigns are delivered to the highest standard
- Responsibility for maintaining high client satisfaction levels and client revenue growth
- Responsibility for driving teams to deliver highly effective client campaigns to an ever higher standard
- To identify new business opportunities, lead and run new business pitches
- To participate in marketing of the firm in order to attract new business leads
- To line manage and inspire account teams to always deliver more for their clients and for the firm
Skills and Qualifications Desired:
- Bachelor’s degree in Marketing / Communication / PR or any related field of study
- At least 15 years industry experience
- Experience of working in global PR consultancy or large independent Kenyan PR consultancy
- Experience of working with blue chip clients
- Tourism and inward investment experience preferred but not essential
- Evidence of creative thinking
- Excellent presentation skills
- Excellent English writing skills across a wide range of content
- Strong media relations skills
- Ability to lead and motivate a team to be a results focused, high-performing unit
- Strong client handling skills
- Broad experience of communications areas including: social media, stakeholder engagement, corporate communications, internal communications, business to business and consumer communications, media relations
- Experience of managing client budgets
If you are up to the challenge, possess the necessary qualifications and experience; please send your CV only quoting the job title on the email subject (Associate Director – PR) to recruitment@corporatestaffing.co.ke before Friday 15th January 2016
Kindly indicate current/last salary on your CV
N.B: We do not charge any fee for receiving your CV or for interviewing
Only candidates short-listed for interview will be contacted.