Latest Job Vacancies at Flutterwave
Flutterwave is a payment technology company focused on helping banks and businesses provide seamless and secure payment experiences for their customers.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Executive Co-ordinator to the CEO
Location: Lagos
Job Type: Full time
Job Description
- We are looking for driven, passionate and committed Executive Co-ordinator to help us co-ordinate a wide range of executive and administrative support-related tasks for our executive management team.
- Our ideal candidate is an experienced executioner who is very resourceful and comfortable working under intense pressure to deliver projects in seemingly impossible situations while remaining flexible, proactive, data driven and efficient.
- They will report directly to the CEO and co-ordinate with the executive management team to ensure well laid out plans are flawlessly executed.
You will be:
- Assisting in coordinating the agenda of senior management team meetings and off-sites, and all staff meetings including information required for operational decisions
- Coordinate executive communications, including taking calls, responding to emails and interfacing with customers, clientele and investors.
- Arranges corporate travel and meetings by developing itineraries and agendas; booking other transportation; arranging lodging and meeting accommodations
- Anticipating the management team needs needs and proactively bringing together appropriate people and resources to support the management team's agenda
- Completing critical aspects of deliverables and special assignments by establishing objectives; determining priorities; managing time; gaining cooperation of others; monitoring progress; problem solving; making adjustments to plans
- Enhance the CEO and company’s reputation by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests; exploring opportunities to add value
- Representing the CEO by welcoming visitors, arranging company dinners and other corporate functions; answering questions and meeting requests directed to the executive office.
- Managing external contacts; proactively understanding who they are, who the primary contacts are, and keeping track of periodic communication needed for primary contacts.
- Ensuring the CEO's performs day-to-day administrative duties.
Requirements
You must have:
- Exceptional attention to detail and high standards.
- Strong written and verbal communication, administrative, and organizational skills
- The ability to work with the rest team to meet tight deadlines
- The ability to think, plan and clearly communicate strategic priorities and projects in ways everyone can understand.
- Significant experience supporting and managing busy executives.
You must be:
- Passionate about our mission to build a world class payments technology to connects Africa to the global economy.
- A sponge. Curious and excited about learning about every aspect of the payments business
- A flawless planner and executioner driven by data and uncompromising on deadlines.
- A great listener, thinker and creative problem solver with the ability to connect the dots and paint a big strategic picture across multiple projects.
- Emotionally intelligent and able to work effectively with the existing team and other stakeholders to product results not excuses.
- Committed to supporting our executive management team to build a world class operation
- Able to uphold a strict level of confidentiality.
- Able to exhibit a high level professionalism and respect for internal and external stakeholders
You will need:
- Interpersonal Skills: The successful candidate must have strong interpersonal skills for interacting with clients and working with CEOs and top-level managers. It is important to not only be able to maintain proper confidentiality but also to always behave in a way that suggests personal discretion and integrity
- Time Management Skills: The successful candidate needs to not only handle his/her time well but also that of the CEO. That means coordinating the needs and demands of multiple people to create a workable schedule and then often changing that plans on short notice as situations change.
- Solid Experience: Minimum of 4 plus years of experience reporting directly to and supporting senior management executives.
- Advanced Microsoft Office and Google Suite Tools skills: You should also have the ability to become familiar with company-specific programs and software. It is very important that you are expert with Word, Powerpoint and Excel as well as Google Calendar and Email.
- Strong project management skills: You must not only have proficiency in collaboration and delegation of duties but also strong organizational, project management and problem-solving skills with impeccable multi-tasking abilities.
Benefits
Bonus points if you:
- Are flexible enough to work late nights, weekends and can travel at very short notice
- Fluent in English and French
- Have proven experience/track record of strategy and project execution from a top tier consulting company
- Have an eye for creating and presenting data in powerful visual presentations
- Have experience managing investors
You will get:
- A New Macbook
- Free lunch
- Exciting compensation package with the potential for performance based bonus and stock options
- Lots of Pan African and global travel, adventure and amazing training opportunities
- The opportunity to work with and learn from smart and experienced professionals who have built amazing products at scale across Africa
- Bragging rights when we are successful..
Job Title: Communications and Community Lead
Location: Lagos
Job Description
- Our Communications and Community Lead will in collaboration with our executive management team lead the development and execution of our Communications and Community strategy, with a strong focus on thought leadership, brand awareness, lead generation and the marketing conversion funnel on both online and offline channels.
- The successful candidate will drive in collaboration with a deeply engaged executive team and multiple agencies an integrated marketing strategy that will include PR, creative and experiential marketing, product marketing, brand management, digital and content marketing and inbound sales operations across our many different products and audiences in different countries across Africa and around the world.
- We are looking for someone who is willing to get their hands dirty today, learn as much as they possibly can and also nurture a team of effective communicators to effectively scale our marketing and communications efforts.
Responsibilities
- Develop, manage and execute Flutterwave’s marketing strategy, in alignment with business goals.
- Work with cross-functional teams to ensure that all marketing and communications assets abide by our guidelines and support our business goals
- Lead SEO strategy and execution, including understanding of technical SEO, and site optimization.
- Support specific campaigns with landing pages, SEO, SEM, display advertising, content syndication, and reporting.
- Provide comprehensive and insightful reporting and updates.
- Conduct ongoing competitive research to help inform strategies.
- Develop and implement our offline marketing strategy.
- Exploring co-marketing opportunities with key customers
- Actively build and support a community of strong third party advocates and user communities for Flutterwave across products, countries and customer segments
- Keep up to date on latest trends and best practices in marketing and communication.
Requirements
You must be:
- Passionate about building a world class African brand
- Driven by data and insights
- Able to manage a team
- A great communicator
- Creative and curious
You must have :
- Above par executive presentation and communication skills
- An eye for design
- A deep sense of curiosity about our business, our customers and a passion for helping them grow
- A intermediate level understanding of digital marketing, social media and search engine marketing.
- Experience working with creative, PR and marketing agencies.
- Excellent project planning, management skills and budgeting with exceptional attention to detail and follow up (commitment to timelines, processes and budgets).
- The ability to budget and track return on investment for marketing effort
- The ability to train, hire and grow a world class marketing and communications team
- The charisma and emotional intelligence to build relationships and connect with people
- The willingness to work closely with our founders to craft a vision of what the brand should be.
- The ability to learn anything quickly
Bonus points if you have :
- 3+ years of brand management experience in Africa with a multinational FMCG/Telecoms/Bank/ Agency
- Demonstrated experience building an African brand with a huge youth or business following.
- B2B marketing relationships and experience in Africa.
You will get
- A Macbook
- Free lunch
- Exciting compensation package with the potential for performance based bonus and stock options
- Lots of Pan African and global travel, adventure and amazing training opportunities
- The opportunity to work with and learn from smart and experienced professionals who have built amazing products at scale across Africa
- Bragging rights when we are successful..
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply
Application must contain the following details:
- A cover letter and CV
- A presentation on how Flutterwave can leverage its brand and marketing to deliver business growth for its customers? (Feel free to focus on one Flutterwave product if its easier)
- An essay under 500 words on either of the following topics:
- “What are you building that lasts?”
- “Why should I trust you?”
- “PR or Advertising?”
- “What is the best brand you have managed and why”
Application Deadline 20th April, 2018,