Vacancies at Pulse Nigeria

Pulse Nigeria:- Pulse is Africa’s leading innovative media company, informing and engaging Africa’s young audience and producing content and creative digital marketing solutions for top brands. We run news platforms and social channels and marketing and production in four countries – Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya and Senegal.

We are the platform leading in reach – with over 100 million users and over 100 million video views on our own channels per month. We’re also a marketing partner, empowering brands with our expansive media reach and 360 degree in-house marketing solutions. Additionally, Pulse is the licensee publisher of the regional Business Insider Africa.

We are recruiting to fill the below:

Job Title: Head of Paid Media

Location: Lagos, Nigeria

Job Summary

• We are looking for a Head of Paid Media who will be responsible for the planning, execution, and optimisation of all paid campaigns for Pulse and our clients.
• You will be highly analytical, with a passion for paid marketing and strong experience running and scaling all types of paid campaigns.

Key Responsibilities

• Pan-African responsibility for developing, executing, managing and optimising paid marketing campaigns, incl search engine marketing, display, video, and social media marketing for Pulse and its clients
• Full coordination responsibility for the Paid Marketing team – ensure internal teams align with defined processes, workflows and best practices
• Maximise ROI for all paid campaigns, ensure client objectives are met and desired results are achieved
• Define and measure relevant campaign KPIs, track and analyse performance, prepare reports and deliver sound recommendations to clients
• Providing ongoing actionable insights into campaign performance to relevant stakeholders
• Improve campaign performance and conversions by a/b testing different variables
• Carry out keyword research, ad copy drafting, audience research, client/website research, etc
• Work across different types of platforms both web and mobile, and different types of campaigns incl lead generation campaigns and landing pages
• Setup ad support analytics, conversion tracking, remarketing and call tracking
• Identify relevant influencers for client brands and facilitate brand engagement and ROI
• Assist the sales team to create KPI led media plans for potential/prospective clients
• Promote a work environment of continuous improvement, lead and manage team learning sessions and facilitate knowledge sharing on an ongoing basis
• Stay up to date on the latest trends in paid media – platforms, tools, best practices, competitive activity with clients, etc – to ensure that the Pulse offering is always innovative and impactful.

Desired Skills & Experience

• In-depth and practical knowledge of various search engines and advertising platforms such as Google, Facebook, Bing, Yahoo, etc
• Strong experience with Google Ads, Facebook Ads (certification is a plus), Google Analytics
• Experience with social ad platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, Youtube, etc
• Experience with funnel marketing elements, e.g. landing page building, creative copywriting, tracking, analytics, etc
• Familiarity with A/B split testing/tools and conversion optimization for advertising platforms
• Experience with CPC and display ads for web and mobile
• Highly analytical with exceptional attention to detail
• Ability to clearly and effectively articulate insights and recommended actions
• Strong bias for action and an ability to prioritize and meet deadlines
• Excellent communication to relate with clients and project management skills to manage multiple campaigns
• Great people leadership skills and ability to inspire confidence and trust to motivate teams
• An entrepreneurial mindset and ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, start-up environment with dynamic business priorities.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Job Title: International Business Development & Commercial Growth Lead

Location: Lagos, Nigeria

Job Summary

• We are looking for an International Business Development & Commercial Growth Lead who will be responsible for building and executing the sales strategy to increase our advertising and marketing sales in our countries of operation and internationally.
• You will be required to drive and coordinate commercial opportunities for Pulse among top brands across various industries and among local and international agency partners.

Key Responsibilities
Lead new revenue opportunities – directly & via sales team facilitation (eg. create decks, workshops with sales teams, etc.):

• Build up Pulse’s D2C revenue streams
• Build up funding from NGOs & Grants
• Support monetization of Pulse Moments
• Support monetization of Pulse Influencer Network

Activate concrete international sales opportunities:

• Encourage & support cross-market sales
• Prospect international leads
• Develop new prospecting opportunities

Support & optimize the Pulse sales & accounts set-up:

• Create/maintain general sales material (eg. standard rate cards, updated company presentation)
• Improve CRM utilization
• Support local teams on customer satisfaction & resell topics

Desired Skills & Experience

• B2B sales experience – within the Digital / Creative / Media / Marketing / Advertising industry preferred
• A strong understanding of digital media and digital marketing and a creative thinker who can connect 360° digital to all aspects of a client’s business to drive growth opportunities
• Successful track record of overachievement of revenue targets
• Great relationship building and networking skills – existing relationships with decision-makers in key industries a plus
• Strong verbal and written communications skills to be able to communicate solutions and strategies to clients and other stakeholders in a way that they will understand
• Highly organised with a strong bias for action
• An entrepreneurial mindset and ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, start-up environment with dynamic business priorities.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Job Title: Senior Full Stack JS Developer

Location: Lagos, Nigeria

Position Summary

• We are looking for a Node.js Developer to join the team and take up the challenge of developing and caring for our online publishing platform that has over 10 million active monthly users.

The Role

• This position will be based in our Lagos office, reporting to the Director of Tech.

Duties & Responsibilities

• You will work within a product team to develop features that support various parts of the publishing process for the newsrooms of Pulse Ghana, Pulse Nigeria, Pulse Live Kenya, Pulse Senegal, and Business Insider Africa
• You will work on website optimization tasks meant to improve the speed, SEO performance, and general user experience of our websites
• You will be required to analyze and debug issues within our CMS and websites

Desired Skills & Experience

• You should have at least 3+ years of professional experience working with current web technologies
• You should have experience writing both client-side and server-side applications using React, Vue, Node.js or similar modern JS web frameworks
• You should possess good problem-solving capability with the ability to deliver high-quality product releases on time
• Good knowledge of HTML5, AMP, CSS3 (SASS / LESS), Webpack
• Must be familiar with Design Patterns, Web Services – RESTful, good with database knowledge
• Openness to learning new technologies, languages and tools
• Experience with the scrum methodology Jira, Bitbucket & Bamboo tools
• You have good communication skills, be committed to your work and be dependable
• Ability to multi-task and stay focused

Joining the Pulse Team

• The Pulse team is made up of passionate individuals who go above and beyond to inform and engage our young audience with quality content – also delighting our clients and partners with their creative ability to engage these audiences.
• From the moment you join us, you will be empowered to run projects, solve problems and develop solutions that can impact our audience of millions and our clients and partners. You will get to work collaboratively with a pan-African team in a fast-paced environment.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Job Title: Video Editor & Cinematographer

Location: Lagos

Position Summary

• Pulse is looking to hire a Video Editor & Cinematographer who would create branded video content for our clients’ video projects – this includes commercials, documentaries, special features, etc.
• This position will be based in our Lagos office, reporting to the Head of Commercial Video.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Create high-quality video content for client video projects
• Videography in-house and on the field as assigned
• Work to a brief, develop and pitch creative ideas and concepts, choosing the appropriate media and style to meet objectives
• Overall editing responsibilities and quality control of all edits – including choice of images and videos, soundtrack, text placement, proofreading and cross-checking facts, spelling, grammar, writing style, colour, etc.
• Secure appropriate rights, licenses and clearances for video, image, and soundtrack usage to avoid copyright infringement
• Contribute to new video format development and implementation
• All around assistance on post-production activities
• You may be required to manage more than one brief at a time and will therefore have to prioritise effectively, allocating the relevant amount of time and resources according to the value of the job – ensuring that deadlines are met on all video projects
• Ensure proper organisation and safekeeping of video footage and logs
• Event coverage as required
• You will keep abreast of emerging technologies in new media, particularly video and design programs such as Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects, InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, 3ds Max, and other relevant programs from the Adobe Creative Suite
• Maintain strong, trusting relationships with all internal and external collaborators – clients and internal teams

Desired Skills & Experience

• Experience working on branded video content is preferred
• Great videography/ video editing portfolio
• Skilled with video editing software such as Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects, etc and a good working knowledge of Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator as it applies video post-production
• Strong verbal and written communication skills to keep the team up to date on project timelines
• Very organised, goal-oriented, and can drive results while multi-tasking priorities
• Good knowledge of Google Workspace – docs, sheets, drive, slides, etc.
• A lot of energy, passion and enthusiasm

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Job Title: Head, Creative Digital Strategy

Location: Lagos, Nigeria

Position Summary

• Pulse is looking to hire a Head of Creative Digital Strategy who would be responsible for leading ideation and creative strategy, both pre-sales and post-sales, for potential and existing clients.
• You will possess superior understanding of consumer behaviour and help to solve our clients’ various problems through creativity.
• You will guide the Creative Strategy team, ensuring we are proposing the most effective strategies to clients to help them meet their campaign objectives.

The Role

• This position will be based in our Lagos office, reporting to the Director of Sales.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Lead the strategy teams across Africa in coming up with initiatives around our product offerings and train the sales teams on how best to propose and sell these to prospective and existing clients.
• Dissect client briefs and propose innovative creative and marketing strategies that will enable brands to connect to their audiences and achieve their business goals in the most effective manner.
• Conduct digital audits that yield rich insights into consumer and competitor’s online behavior and key motivational/attitudinal behaviour.
• Develop a total understanding of online target audience and mindset modes.
• Produce outstanding campaigns that drive growth and offer maximum value to our clients.
• Create budgets for proposed strategies in line with our rate card, working with all relevant internal sales and execution teams.
• Work with the post-sales account management and execution teams to develop a clear roadmap to realising the client’s vision.
• Develop sales and marketing material to support the Sales teams across Africa.
• Review proposals developed by members of the team, manage timelines and monitor progress to ensure deadlines are met.
• Carry out detailed market research and improve your understanding of the competitive landscape in order to deliver effective brand planning.
• Devise and implement improvements to tools and processes as well as make decisions based on credible metrics and well-reasoned analysis.
• Support the sales team in any and all activities that will help the team meet its overall revenue and profit targets.
• Drive client retention, renewals, upsells and client satisfaction.
• Manage team learning sessions and enable knowledge sharing on an ongoing basis with the Sales teams internationally.
• Manage the onboarding and training of new team members.
• Coordinate team social events for networking as well as team building.
• Communicate effectively to all team members and maintain strong, trusting relationships with all internal collaborators.
• Stay up to date of the latest trends, industry issues and solutions and suggest improvements and innovations to help Pulse and our clients and partners maintain a competitive edge.
• Represent Pulse at events and serve as a brand ambassador.

Desired Skills & Experience

• Experience leading a strategy/creative team within an agency or in-house
• A portfolio that shows innovative creative strategies for other brands
• Strong market research skills: understanding of customer insights, user research and audience segmentation
• Superior knowledge of the Nigerian and global digital environment
• Excellent copy and storytelling skills
• Business-minded: can link strategies to results
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Strong PowerPoint skills and proficient in Google Slides, Excel, and Google Docs
• Highly collaborative and comfortable working in a fast-paced high-performance environment
• Excellent people leadership skills and the ability to inspire confidence and trust to motivate teams.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online