Real Estate Marketing Internship
Job Category: Real Estate
Job Type: Internship
Closing Date: February 10th, 2018
Job Type: Internship
Closing Date: February 10th, 2018
Cytonn Real Estate is the development
arm of Cytonn Investments with projects under mandate in excess of Kshs 82
billion. The firm seeks to develop quality and aspirational Real Estate
projects which encourage community living as we contribute towards bridging the
huge housing gap in the market.
Responsibilities
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Development of strong, clear content
for Real Estate marketing literature and other collateral as required
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Development and implementation of
marketing and sales strategies
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Monitoring of Real Estate sales
strategies to ensure they are effective and initiating changes where necessary
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Overseeing all communication, PR and
promotional activities selected to support Cytonn Real Estate. This includes
design, production, and distribution of print materials such as brochures, ads
and direct response plus radio and television spots needed for broadcast
campaigns
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Drive seminar programs, conferences
and other Real Estate initiatives as required, in line with the marketing plans
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Conduct research using comparable
properties in the market
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Work with partners from across the
real estate group to identify issues and opportunities for development of new
business or cross-selling opportunities
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Acquiring and maintaining
relationships with clients and third party agents
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Any other duties as may be prescribed
from time to time
Requirements
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KCSE B+ or equivalent
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Bachelor’s degree, minimum of Second
Class, Upper division
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Strong communication skills (both
written and oral)
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Strong organizational and time
management skills -ability to adhere to deadlines
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Innovative and solution oriented
individuals
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Ability to cope under pressure and
work within a fast pace environment
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Ability to build relationships
internally and externally
How to Apply
Innovation Internship
Job Category: General
Job Type: Internship
Closing Date: February 10th, 2018
Job Type: Internship
Closing Date: February 10th, 2018
Cytonn Investments is an independent
investment management firm, with offices in Nairobi – Kenya and D.C. Metro –
U.S. We are primarily focused on offering alternative investment solutions to
global and local institutional investors, individual high net-worth investors,
and diaspora investors interested in the East-African region. Our investments
are in real estate and private equity.
Real estate investments are made
through our development affiliate, Cytonn Real Estate, where we currently have
over Kshs. 82 billion of projects under mandate across ten projects. In private
equity, we invest in banking, insurance, education, hospitality and technology.
To maintain its market lead in
innovation, Cytonn Investments will train young and energetic graduates on
innovation and design thinking through its Cytonn Young Leaders Program. The
innovation internship will take individuals through a 12-week intensive
training that will enable them to realize and develop their creativity and make
them confident to apply it and to develop others within the company.
They will conduct in-depth research
and develop and refine tools and strategies to bring innovations to scale and
to build and nurture a culture of innovation throughout the company. The
Interns will work on several projects such as developing business models,
identify policy solutions, creating marketing material, or draft presentations
to potential partners.
Externally they will interact with
the public in developing and testing their products and ideas while internally
they will work with all business units to inject innovation and design ideas
into their work.
Responsibilities
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Develop advanced skills in innovation
practice by reading, research and practice
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Identify and develop innovative
practices in the fields of real estate, investments and technology and support
all internal business units to proactively identify innovation opportunities
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Perfom research and work with the
innovation leads to develop and sell the innovation strategy that is appropriate
for Cytonn
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Conduct research on innovative
thinking and practice, compiling background materials, statistical data and
briefing notes for innovation and media events
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Organize activities for the
innovation team, such as training sessions and workshops
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Project management of innovation type
projects
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Build of relationships with
stakeholders and broker relationships at all levels, both internally and
externally
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Any other duties as may be assigned
from time to time
Requirements
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Bachelor’s Degree in any relevant
field
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Excellent verbal and written
communication skills with the ability to interact effectively with people at
all levels
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Excellent research, analytical, and
problem-solving skills
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Curiosity and comfort with ambiguity
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Ability to develop and analyze unconventional
ideas
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Ability to read widely and rapidly,
summarize and apply ideas to real world situations in the context of Cytonn
products
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Outgoing personality and courage to
approach unfamiliar people and situations
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Deep interest in Innovation and associated
topics
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Strong ties to the local startup
ecosystem and prior experience is an advantage
How to Apply