Nova Academies is seeks a Marketing Analyst Intern to
start soon as possible.
The program runs until February 2015.
About Nova Academies: Nova Academies is a pan-African school network that
prepares the next generation of leaders and innovators through world-class
teaching methods with an emphasis on 21st century skills.
We currently have two schools in
South Africa, and we are opening our first school in Nairobi in January
2016.
Using the 8-4-4 curriculum combined
with the best international training, we deliver a truly world-class
educational experience with exciting opportunities to learn and grow both
inside and outside of the classroom.
Nova students learn to think critically,
solve problems creatively, and develop solutions using technology and
engineering skills.
At Nova, our students learn through embracing and eventually overcoming challenges with the help of their peers, their teachers, and developing their unique abilities.
At Nova, our students learn through embracing and eventually overcoming challenges with the help of their peers, their teachers, and developing their unique abilities.
Students from every background are
not only welcome, but will learn to thrive in Nova’s academic approach. Our
impressive teaching staff is trained to treat each student in a highly
personalized way, helping him uncover his unique talents and passions.
The Marketing Analyst Intern will be required to support the marketing team by maintaining our database of leads, applications, and partners, and by analysing our marketing and customer research data to create insights and recommendations to drive our marketing strategy.
As part of your internship, you will be able to explore other duties depending on interest - including making recommendations based on analysis to drive marketing strategy, designing market research and interpreting data to provide insights on our customers, or engaging with customers and institutions to increase applications.
As a Marketing Analyst, you will be responsible for the following:
The Marketing Analyst Intern will be required to support the marketing team by maintaining our database of leads, applications, and partners, and by analysing our marketing and customer research data to create insights and recommendations to drive our marketing strategy.
As part of your internship, you will be able to explore other duties depending on interest - including making recommendations based on analysis to drive marketing strategy, designing market research and interpreting data to provide insights on our customers, or engaging with customers and institutions to increase applications.
As a Marketing Analyst, you will be responsible for the following:
- Maintain and man age our CRM database of
leads, applications, calls, visits, and partners.
- Liaise with our customer engagement team to
keep up-to-date with the progress of all our marketing efforts and ensure
data is entered accurately.
- Maintain and improve our marketing dashboard
and provide daily and weekly updates to the marketing team and to
management.
- Develop a report to compile all learnings from
our marketing efforts of this year and make recommendations for marketing
strategy for future years.
- Develop metrics for evaluating the ROI of our
offline marketing activities that determine the effectiveness and strategy
moving forward.
This position requires you to be:
- Analytical: You will be comfortable with
numbers and will enjoy digging through data to develop insights and
recommendations.
- A go-getter: You’re hungry to learn and you’re
looking for a fast-paced organization to launch your career. You’re able
to work independently and you will take your own initiative to find
solutions to problems.
- Detail oriented: You will be responsible for
handling and inputting our crucial customer data into the system in a
manner that ensures quality and accuracy.
- A people person: Your work will entail you
interacting and following up with the entire marketing team on a daily
basis and the wider organization as well.
- Organised: You will be required not only to
tracking multiple pieces of work and to-dos for yourself, but you will be
partly responsible for the system and processes that guides the outreach
efforts of the entire marketing team.
- Technology proficient: You are someone who has
an appreciation of the use of technology as a tool to improve productivity
and increase capability. You should be able to type fast and be a quick
learner of new applications.
About you:
- A Bachelors in Commerce, Business, IT,
Engineering, the Sciences or similar.
- Outstanding attention to detail and
exceptional organisational skills.
- You have worked in some capacity with
analysis, IT, or data.
- Strong Proficiency with spreadsheet
applications such as Excel or Google Sheets, and strong familiarity with
Google Docs.
- Proficiency with Google Docs and/or office
applications such as Word, Excel, and Powerpoint.
- Ability to adapt to a fast-moving, challenging
environment and to learn rapidly.
- Able to learn new computer applications
quickly and be able to type at at least 40 wpm.
Working at Nova Academies
- We model the growth mindset we want our
students to embody: you are challenged every day and, as a result, you
grow more than at any other point in your life.
- We pursue excellence in every detail and
do whatever it takes to produce great work quickly
- We are radically open : we share tough
messages and our own vulnerabilities because doing so
- We put our students before our team , and our
team before ourselves.
- We bring infectious energy, enthusiasm and
fun to everything we do because joy fuels the hardest work and
learning.
- We move fast and work hard – we are looking
for people who want to do what it takes to help change the world, not
those who want a simple 9-to-5 job.
- We are committed to your professional growth:
we demand excellence, but will support you as you develop your skills on
the job.
- We are a community: each day we take lunch
together and each week we celebrate each others’ successes.
- Nova Academies is a fast growing company.
There may be full-time opportunities available however this is not
guaranteed.