Greenlight Planet is a social, for-profit business that designs, distributes, and finances solar-powered home energy products, with an underserved population in mind: the 1.3 billion global consumers for whom the old-fashioned electrical grid is either unavailable or too expensive.
Over a decade in business, the company is now a leading global brand in emerging markets across Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. Greenlight’s Sun King™ products provide modern light and energy to 30 million people in more than 60 countries.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Senior Graphic Designer
Location: Lagos, Nigeria
Job Type: Full-time
Reporting to: Global Creative Lead
Specialization: Digital Media / ATL / BTL / Corporate Communications
Job Type: Full-time
Reporting to: Global Creative Lead
Specialization: Digital Media / ATL / BTL / Corporate Communications
The Role
What you’ll need to have/be:
What you’ll need to have/be:
- Be highly creative and imaginative.
- Have good written and interpersonal skills.
- Work well in a team.
- Be able to work under pressure.
- Have an eye for detail.
- Have an interest in commerce, popular culture, and new advertising trends and techniques.
Job Description
What you’ll be doing:
What you’ll be doing:
- Discussing target audiences and core campaign messages.
- Brainstorming visual and copy ideas with other members of the creative team.
- Writing and presenting a few options to business leaders/marketing team.
- Modifying artwork until the team is satisfied.
- Overseeing the production phase.
- Researching and analyzing campaign/communication effectiveness.
Key Responsibilities for the Role
Graphic Designers deliver the visual content that accompanies and complements the written aspects of communication materials. They also work in close partnership with copywriters & brand managers to create authentic, engaging and compelling messaging. The candidate will be expected to:
Graphic Designers deliver the visual content that accompanies and complements the written aspects of communication materials. They also work in close partnership with copywriters & brand managers to create authentic, engaging and compelling messaging. The candidate will be expected to:
- Generate and manage all global communications for Greenlight Planet. The Senior Graphic Designer will manage the visual communication on the company’s website, corporate brochures, product packaging, video and other B2B focused materials.
- Work closely with the Creative Team Lead, copywriter and graphic design team, core business unit leaders and the company’s executive team to manage all of Greenlight’s key corporate and consumer communications across global and regional platforms.
- Create partner and consumer facing global assets and merchandising for print and web: flyers, posters, proposals, brochures, emails, etc.
- Design corporate materials to be used for company presentations, pitch decks, internal and external communication.
- Conceptualize and design highly effective point of sale materials to be used in a variety of channels within the West Africa Anglophone and Francophone markets – Nigeria, Ghana, Benin, Togo, Senegal.
- Support the team in creative leadership and by applying global brand guidelines around the company and be an ambassador for their correct implementation.
- Work with sales and marketing teams in West Africa to conceptualize and execute broader ATL / BTL campaigns and market activations.
Requirements
The ideal Senior Graphic Designer:
The ideal Senior Graphic Designer:
- Has 3- 6 years of agency experience working in an advertising, branding or marketing agency or another similarly fast-paced environment.
- Has excruciating attention to detail and proven track record of delivering high-quality work on time.
- Has a good command of both written English, French and Hausa.
- Demonstrates an exceptional level of creativity that is very practically applied.
- Is passionate about typography, layout and brand identity.
- Is highly adept at Adobe Photoshop/ Illustrator/ InDesign
- Tends to get truly inspired by his or her work and is known for going beyond the parameters of a brief to deliver better than requested.
- Is comfortable expressing ideas and collaborating with others to find the best answer, yet is also capable of delivering high quality work independently.
- Is able to prioritize a varied workload and work well under pressure and to strict deadlines.
- Holds a Degree in Art, Graphic or Product Design or related creative fields or considerable professional experience in these fields.
- We are looking for someone who is driven, passionate and excited about the opportunity to bring honest, affordable, energy to homes in Africa and Asia. If this sounds like you, we would love to hear from you.
Salary
Greenlight Planet offers a competitive salary, a fun, supportive work environment and opportunities for continued professional growth within a fast-growing global enterprise.
Greenlight Planet offers a competitive salary, a fun, supportive work environment and opportunities for continued professional growth within a fast-growing global enterprise.
Interested and qualified candidates should:Click here to apply
Job Title: Area Sales Executive
Location: Nigeria (Various Locations)
Job type: Full-time
Reporting to: Regional Sales Manager
The Role
Location: Nigeria (Various Locations)
Job type: Full-time
Reporting to: Regional Sales Manager
The Role
- The Area Sales Executive will work closely with the Classic Products team to serve existing and potential Microfinance Institution partners by providing product and service information, supporting trade activations while resolving product issues effectively.
Key Responsibilities
- Responsible for driving sales across classic products channels in the assigned territory.
- Branch level inventory management
- Receiving client queries and resolving consumer and channel queries with stipulated guidelines and timelines.
- Efficiently supporting trade activations and marketing campaigns as per set plans.
- Planning and conducting product and sales trainings to partner staff.
- Fulfilling within reasonable time aftersales and warranty requirements.
- Consolidating reports on competition, routes traveled, branches visited and activated, sales and stock position etc.
- Performing any other duties that may be assigned.
Requirements
The ideal candidate:
The ideal candidate:
- Has a Degree or advanced Diploma in a business administration/ sales and marketing
- Has two to five years’ hands on experience in service/ FMCG or Renewable Energy industry
- Is computer literate with proficiency in MS Excel, MS Word and MS PowerPoint
- Strong customer focus
- Keen to deliver high standards of service
- Must work well under pressure, and ready to travel 75% of the time
- Excellent interpersonal skills.
- Good communication skills with fluency in both written and spoken English and the main local language of the assigned teritorry.
- Clear thinking/problem solving ability
- Results oriented and able to prioritize measurable objectives.
We are looking for someone who is driven, passionate and excited about the opportunity to bring honest, affordable, energy to homes in Africa and Asia. If this sounds like you, we would love to hear from you.
Salary
Greenlight Planet offers a competitive salary, a fun, supportive work environment and opportunities for continued professional growth within a fast-growing global enterprise.
Greenlight Planet offers a competitive salary, a fun, supportive work environment and opportunities for continued professional growth within a fast-growing global enterprise.
Interested and qualified candidates should:Click here to apply
Job Title: Copywriter Associate
Location: Lagos, Nigeria
Specialization: Digital Media/ATL/BTL
Reporting to: Senior Copywriter
Location: Lagos, Nigeria
Specialization: Digital Media/ATL/BTL
Reporting to: Senior Copywriter
What you’ll be doing
- Discussing target audiences and core campaign messages.
- Brainstorming visual and copy ideas with other members of the creative team.
- Writing and presenting a few options to business leaders/marketing team.
- Modifying artwork until the team is satisfied.
- Overseeing the production phase.
- Researching and analyzing campaign/communication effectiveness.
Key Responsibilities
- Copywriters deliver the words and verbal content that accompanies visual elements to communication materials.
- They also work in close partnership with graphic designers & brand managers to create authentic, engaging and compelling messaging.
The candidate will be expected to:
- Create and develop impactful consumer facing communication materials and messages for both non-digital and digital channels. This includes video & audio scriptwriting and production as well as print, website and social media content creation and management.
- Work closely with the Senior Copywriter, Creative Team Lead, core business unit leaders and the graphic design team to manage all of Greenlight’s key consumer communications across global and regional platforms.
- Assist the Social Media Manager in researching and generating content for social media-worthy stories and work with internal teams (sales, design and marketing) to increase visibility around Greenlight Planet’s work online on all social media platforms.
- Work with multiple projects and teams, as well as lend support to internal team presentations and new advertising pitches for local and international markets.
- Assist in the execution of global social media strategy with a view to continuously improving the process of content generation and market interaction. Identify Key Messages, engage & understand Target Audience, communicate this powerfully and build compelling Calls to Action.
- Produce and curate persuasive and accurate content for social media (Google, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube & Vimeo), Websites, Blogs and eBooks.
- Execute communication strategies for product launches and campaigns, proof-read and create copy for consumer facing materials: leaflets, posters, activation campaigns as well as product packaging and work with global marketing team to contextualize content for local markets.
Qualifications
The ideal candidate:
The ideal candidate:
- Extremely strong command of written English, French & Hausa languages with a clearly creative hand an ability to alternate between clean, professional writing and innovative, vibrant marketing-oriented communication.
- Must be able to translate English content into French, Hausa and other colloquial languages, keeping in mind appropriate cultural contextualization and message relevance.
- 2 years’ experience in social media content creation and curation for corporates and non-corporates.
- An ability to work well with multiple stakeholders, taking input from graphic designers, sales and marketing leaders as well as senior executives to deliver solutions.
- Experience writing for West African audiences in the following territories; Nigeria, Senegal, Ghana, Togo, Benin, as well as a strong knowledge of how to alter word choice and communication styles to appeal to a variety of audiences.
- The ideal candidate is a natural people person, one that elicits trust in others and truly enjoys collaboration.
- A strong spirit of innovation, an inherent ability to think outside the box and apply creativity in a practical way.
- An ability to work autonomously and independently; this person will be expected to take input from many stakeholders but ultimately support the brand’s communication strategy with confidence.
- At least 4 years of experience in a copywriting role; dealing with global content for a global company or organization and with mass-market consumer products or services.
- Ability to prioritize a varied workload and work well under pressure while adhering to strict deadlines.
- Design, advertising agency or campaign creation experience preferred.
- We are looking for someone who is driven, passionate and excited about the opportunity to bring honest, affordable, energy to homes in Africa and Asia. If this sounds like you, we would love to hear from you.
What you’ll need to have/be:
- Be highly creative and imaginative.
- Have good written and interpersonal skills.
- Work well in a team.
- Be able to work under pressure.
- Have an eye for detail.
- Have an interest in commerce, popular culture, and new advertising trends and techniques.
Salary
Greenlight Planet offers a competitive salary, a fun, supportive work environment and opportunities for continued professional growth within a fast-growing global enterprise.
Greenlight Planet offers a competitive salary, a fun, supportive work environment and opportunities for continued professional growth within a fast-growing global enterprise.
Interested and qualified candidates should:Click here to apply
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