Latest Jobs at Spark & Light Nigeria Limited

Spark & Light Nigeria Limited is a wholly indigenous company providing specialized engineering, environmental management care and protection, oil and gas services, construction and other interrelated and integrated sectors of service provision in Nigeria. We are duly registered with the 
Corporate Affairs Commission of Nigeria (CAC) with incorporation number RC: 980429.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Events Coordinator
Location: Lagos
Key Responsibilities 

• Working in the overall planning, execution and commercial viability of a variety of events
• Researching suitable venues, hosts/speakers and entertainment for events
• Working with the marketing and design teams to assist the implementation of the marketing campaign for each event, requiring a sound knowledge of associated processes
• Working with the client to produce high quality event literature, including thorough checking of all copy e.g. entry brochures, booking forms, tickets, programmes etc
• Dealing with incoming enquiries for events and corresponding with entrants, judges, table bookers and sponsors
• Attending meetings with clients and producing minutes for all meetings as necessary
• Ensuring all administration for the event is completed in a timely and accurate fashion, to include processing/cataloguing of entries and table/delegate bookings, ensuring all revenue for the event has been processed correctly, contracting and invoicing of sponsors, and co-ordination of judging, travel and accommodation arrangements as necessary
• Co-ordinating the production of all event signage with the appropriate logos/messages etc
• Carry out maintenance checks and walk-rounds timely to identify and report defects, hazards, injuries, equipment or processes that negatively affect the operations
• Assisting the client in selecting menus, room layouts and table plans
• Booking local hostesses and briefing them accordingly
• Ensuring compliance with data protection rules
• Sharing best practice across the events teams
• Liaising with the production/AV supplier in pre-production and assisting with all aspects of the staging requirements for events
• Liaising with event sponsors to ensure that their package is honoured and their logo reproduced to their satisfaction on all relevant promotional literature

Key Skills & Requirements 

• The qualified candidate will be enthusiastic, energetic and outgoing with a background in recreation, and/or social event planning.
• Bachelor’s degree preferred; significant work experience can substitute for the degree
• Minimum of 2 years experience of organizing/coordinating events
• Strong working knowledge of customer service principles and practices. Customer relationship-development and client retention experience a plus.
• Excellent communication skills including spoken and written English.
• Exceptional Team Leadership and interpersonal skills
• Great organisation and administration skills and a real eye for detail
• Hours are flexible and will include some nights, weekends and holidays.
• Ability to work outdoors in varying weather conditions.
• Previous operational knowledge and experience of IT Events Management system preferably
• Outstanding IT/AV Knowledge
• Proficient use of the latest version of Microsoft Office
• Proven ability to handle multiple deadlines.

Job Title: Social Media Executive
Location: Lagos
Key Responsibilities 

• Implementing Spark and Light’s social media strategy
• Daily management of our clients’ social media accounts including Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, Youtube and LinkedIn.
• Help the Social Media Manager to plan and develop social media campaigns and strategies
• Scheduling and posting content across social media channels
• Support in the implementation of River Island’s paid social media strategy
• Uploading and optimising daily content on Site Manager including blog posts, , tags, related posts and competition terms
• Idea generation supporting weekly trade messages and marketing campaigns
• Management of intern process and resource
• Out-of-hours posting on mornings, evenings and weekends where required
• Monitor social media sentiment across networks to ensure positive brand tracking
• Track owned social media performance and that of our key competitors weekly
• Report, track and measure all activity in with performance metrics and benchmarks
• Work alongside Creative and Web Studio to create original social content e.g. video/gifs/images.
• Attend departmental meetings
• Liaise with the Content, Creative & E-commerce teams to secure Marketing content is featured on respective LP/ HP/ Email where possible
• Develop and oversee an engaging creative tone of voice for social channels
• Liaising with senior stakeholders across a multitude of departments, managing expectations and protecting social strategy
• Driving social acquisition to achieve revenue targets
• Monitor social channels and respond appropriately to customer questions and complaints
• Monitor and report on how our clients social media channels and campaigns are performing
• Briefing design teams and collating assets for social media content and campaigns
• Reporting and analysis of key campaign activity
• Assist in the day-to-day running of Social Media pages, posting relevant and timely content on a daily basis

Key Skills & Requirements 

• Minimum of one year’s experience in a similar role or relevant degree
• Proven knowledge and experience of social media channels and management platforms
• Experience in setting up, communicating and managing organic and paid social media communities, including Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Google+ and Instagram
• Ability to think creatively
• Self motivated and proactive
• Creative thinker with an understanding of marketing discipline
• Digital industry knowledge
• Excellent creative writing skills
• Good time management skills with the ability to plan, organise and prioritise tasks under pressure to meet deadlines
• Be a team player, understanding priorities and work load of other departments
• Excellent communication and networking skills at all levels
• Self motivated and proactive
• Proficient in Microsoft Office and Excel.
• Ability to integrate digital and social media into campaign activity
• Although this is a Social Media role, you will not necessarily need to have previous social media experience, Considerations will be given to someone who has a passion for Social Media and can show samples of their own efforts, such as blogs or channels.
• Experience of generating insight from social media tools to improve marketing effectiveness, innovation and proposition development
• Any professional marketing/social media qualifications would be advantageous.
• Experience using Photoshop and video editing tools (eg. Final Cut) would be a significant advantage

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their applications via mail to: info@Sparkandlights.com


Deadline: 31st March, 2017.