Career Opportunities in a PR Firm in Nairobi Kenya

Job Title: Account Manager – Social Media 
 
Industry:  PR & Advertising 
 
Location: Nairobi 
 
Salary Range: 1500 – 2000USD
 
Our client is a leading global public relations consultancy firm. 

They seek to hire an experienced and dynamic individual to fill in the role of Account Director.
 

Key Responsibilities:
  • Responsibility for maintaining high client satisfaction levels and client revenue growth by increasing client spend on social media
  • Responsibility for driving teams to deliver highly effective social media campaigns to an ever higher standard
  • To identify new business opportunities for social media work, to create social media new business proposals and attend new business pitches
  • To participate in marketing of the firm in order to attract new business leads for social media work
  • 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
  • Atleast 5 – 7 years industry experience
  • Experience of working in global PR consultancy or large independent Kenyan PR consultancy in a social media team
  • Experience of social media work with blue chip clients
  • Tourism and inward investment social media experience preferred but not essential
  • Experience of drafting social media sections of new business proposals and presenting at new business pitches
  • Excellent written and verbal communicator
  • Evidence of creative thinking
  • Excellent presentation skills
  • Excellent English writing skills
  • Strong client handling skills and proactive approach
  • Broad experience of social media platforms and application in corporate, stakeholder engagement, business to business and consumer facing campaigns

Job Title: Account Executive
 
Industry:  PR & Advertising 
 
Location: Nairobi 
 
Salary Range: 1000 – 1500USD
 
Our client is a leading global public relations consultancy firm.

They seek to hire a young, enthusiastic and dynamic individual to fill in the role of Account Executive.

Key Responsibilities:
  • To work on client accounts to deliver agreed programme activity to the highest standard
  • Responsibility for maintaining high client satisfaction levels
Skills and Qualifications Desired:
  • Bachelor’s degree in Marketing / Communication / PR or any related field of study
  • Atleast 2 – 3 years industry experience
  • Experience of working in global PR consultancy or large independent Kenyan PR consultancy
  • Experience of working with blue chip clients
  • Excellent written and verbal communicator
  • Excellent presentation skills
  • Excellent English writing skills
  • Strong client handling skills
  • Strong media relations skills

Job Title: Professional Photographer
 
Industry:  PR & Advertising 
 
Location: Nairobi 
 
Salary Range: 3000 – 5000USD
 
Our client is a leading global public relations consultancy firm.

They seek to hire a highly creative, talented and experienced photographer.

Key Responsibilities:
  • This full time photographer will be responsible for creating images that encourage tourism and inward investment for Kenya
  • Creating visual content for clients’ campaign and all their digital and social media platforms
  • To pitch pictures to online and offline media around the world
  • To deliver photography as directed by the firm’s  account leaders for tourism and inward investment elements of the various campaigns
  • Come up with photographic ideas that portray the full range of Kenya’s tourism assets as well as its opportunities and appeal for inward investment
  • To edit, curate and share a regular flow of images to support the objectives of clients’ campaign
  • To maintain and protect company camera and editing equipment
Skills and Qualifications Desired:
  • Bachelor’s degree and or related field of study
  • Atleast 10 years experience
  • Evidence of portfolio showing diverse topics photographed
  • Strong experience of a wide range of location photography (not studio)
  • Good contacts with Picture Editors and proven experience of pictures used by high circulation and influential offline and online media outlets
  • Portfolio of creative and striking work across broad range of subjects and areas
  • Ability to take a brief and deliver desired results
  • Experience of all major editing software packages and photo sharing social media platforms
  • Experience of basic video making and editing

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
  • Atleast 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
  • Experience of sourcing new business leads and leading new business pitches
  • Excellent written and verbal communicator
  • 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

Job Title: Associate Director – Public Affairs
 
Industry:  PR & Advertising 
 
Location: Nairobi 
 
Salary Range: 3000 – 5000USD plus performance related bonuses
 
Our client is a leading global public relations consultancy firm. 

They seek to hire a well seasoned, dynamic and efficient individual to fill the role of an Associate Director – Public Affairs. 


Key Responsibilities:
  • To work on client accounts with responsibility for directing and ensuring public affairs 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 public affairs 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
  • Atleast 10 – 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
  • Experience of sourcing new business leads and leading new business pitches
  • Excellent written and verbal communicator
  • Evidence of creative thinking
  • Excellent presentation skills
  • Ability to lead and motivate a team to be a results focused, high-performing unit
  • Strong client handling skills
  • Strong media relations skills
  • Evidence of running highly effective public affairs campaigns as part of broader, integrated communications campaigns
  • Experience of using digital communications and social media for public affairs campaigns
  • Excellent knowledge of the Kenyan political and stakeholder landscape
  • Experience of managing client budgets

Job Title: Account Director 
 
Industry:  PR & Advertising 
 
Location: Nairobi 
 
Salary Range: 2500 – 3750USD plus performance related bonuses
 
Our client is a leading global public relations consultancy firm. 

They seek to hire an experienced and dynamic individual to fill in the role of Account Director.
 
Key Responsibilities:
  • To work on client accounts with responsibility for 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 participate in new business pitches and writing proposal documents
  • To participate in marketing of the firm in order to attract new business leads
Skills and Qualifications Desired:
  • Bachelor’s degree in Marketing/Communication/PR or any related field of study
  • Atleast 10 – 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
  • Experience of participating in new business pitches
  • Excellent written and verbal communicator
  • Evidence of creative thinking
  • Excellent presentation skills
  • Excellent English writing skills
  • Strong media relations skills
  • Ability to lead client teams to deliver agreed programme of activity to the highest quality standard
  • 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
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 (e.g Account Director) to recruitment@corporatestaffing.co.ke before Tuesday 22nd December, 2015

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.