Jobs – Marketing Outreach Intern (Abuja)
She Leads Africa believes in the power of young African women to build amazing careers and businesses, serve as community leaders and influencers, and eventually take over the world. Our MotherlandMoguls, as we affectionately call them, are the reason we exist – to provide them with more inspiring and educational content to help them live their best lives. We’re looking for a Digital Marketing Growth Intern to ensure that all our MotherlandMoguls around the globe know about us, and have access to all our inspiring content and FREE resources. About the Marketing Outreach Intern Role: The Marketing Outreach intern will help grow the SLA community in both Abuja and Kaduna in preparation for our Lafiya Lifestyle Expo event on June 30, 2018. What Digital Marketing Growth Interns do: Manage Influencer and Organisation Outreach Manage Participant Outreach Help to manage content creation alongside the Marketing Manager Responsibilities Curate a list of up to 50+ influencers in the Abuja and Kaduna; Create communications to send to influencers with proposals for post swaps, promotion and ticket giveaways – target at least 10+ post swaps; Curate a list of up to 20+ media companies in Abuja and Kaduna; Curate a list of up to 20+ relevant women’s organisations and universities in Abuja and Kaduna; Create communications to send to groups with proposals for sponsored social media and/or radio and television promotion and ticket giveaways – target at least 5+ giveaways/promotions Draft 20+ Facebook and twitter posts to promote Lafiya Lifestyle expo weekly; Coordinate with the content team to have posts about Lafiya Lifestyle scheduled across all social media platforms Draft, send and track WhatsApp messages and emails to interest leads; Perform other similar tasks to help the Marketing Manager for Lafiya Lifestyle Expo, and; Assist the Program Manager on the ground on the day of Lafiya Lifestyle Expo Requirements: Based in Abuja Research skills Written communication skills Reporting Structure The Marketing Outreach Intern will report directly to a Marketing Manager through a check-in and check-out process. Submit your application here: [typeform_embed type=”embed” url=”https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScbTszvEZmkMtx0EPzFQf-rviV-rsS4WflgQME7mk19Uu-2fw/viewform”] Please note only those successful will be contacted for interviews.
Jobs – SLAY Festival Business Development Intern
She Leads Africa believes in the power of young African women to build amazing careers and businesses, serve as community leaders and influencers, and eventually take over the world. Our MotherlandMoguls, as we affectionately call them, are the reason we exist – to provide them with more inspiring and educational content to help them live their best lives. We’re looking for a Business Development Intern to assist in the planning and liaising with clients and vendors for SLAY Festival Johannesburg. About the Business Development Intern Role: The Business Development intern will help build the business development pipeline for SLAY Festival Johannesburg. Responsibilities Researching brands to host activations Developing pitch documents Identifying small businesses to serve as vendors Manage the vendor application and selection process Requirements: Ability to be based in Johannesburg for the duration of the Internship Minimum four-month commitment 1-2 years experience in a relevant field is preferred Skills including, but not limited to: + Research + Graphic design and presentation skills + Written communication skills Reporting Structure The Digital Marketing Growth Intern will report directly to their manager through a check-in and check-out process. Submit your application here: [typeform_embed type=”embed” url=”https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScbTszvEZmkMtx0EPzFQf-rviV-rsS4WflgQME7mk19Uu-2fw/viewform”] Submit the application by Thursday, May 31st 2018. Please note only those successful will be contacted for interviews.
Jobs – Digital Marketing Growth Intern
She Leads Africa believes in the power of young African women to build amazing careers and businesses, serve as community leaders and influencers, and eventually take over the world. Our MotherlandMoguls, as we affectionately call them, are the reason we exist – to provide them with more inspiring and educational content to help them live their best lives. We’re looking for a Digital Marketing Growth Intern to ensure that all our MotherlandMoguls around the globe know about us, and have access to all our inspiring content and FREE resources. About the Digital Marketing Growth Intern Role: The Digital Marketing Growth intern will help grow the SLA Instagram account in key target cities including Johannesburg, Nairobi, and Accra. What Digital Marketing Growth Interns do: Spread the word: Advertise and publicise SLA through conversation and interaction with our Instagram account. Act as a contact point between the SLA Team and our audience Give us feedback and new ideas. Connect with women and women groups in the target geographies and dominate their city. Responsibilities Engaging with our current followers in target cities Researching influencers and micro media outlets in target cities Developing creative concepts to boost engagement Running Instagram Lives and contests with local influencers Requirements: Minimum four-month commitment No specific job experience required No specific location requirement (i.e you can work remotely if you have a laptop and solid internet connection, however time zone aligned with WAT is preferred) Skills including, but not limited to: + Graphic design + Data analysis + Research + General understanding of social media trends Reporting Structure The Digital Marketing Growth Intern will report directly to one of the SLA co-founders through a check-in and check-out process. Submit your application here: [typeform_embed type=”embed” url=”https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScbTszvEZmkMtx0EPzFQf-rviV-rsS4WflgQME7mk19Uu-2fw/viewform”] Submit the application by Thursday, May 31st 2018. Please note only those successful will be contacted for interviews.
Jobs – SLAYbassador Intern
About the SLAYbassador Program The SLAYbassador program is designed for devoted SLA followers who want to help spread the SLA vision and dream of a world dominated by Motherland Moguls. A SLAYbassador becomes an SLA voice when SLA can’t be there. What SLAYbassadors do: Spread the word: Advertise and publicise SLA through conversation and interaction with our digital media. Act as a contact point between the SLA Team and our audience Give us feedback and new ideas. Connect with SLAYbassadors in their area and dominate their city About the SLAYbassador Intern Role The SLAYbassador Intern will take care of all things SLAYbassador! We need a team member who loves SLA, wants to share all of SLA’s inspiration and knowledge, grow our community and eventually help us take over the world! Your job would be to take complete ownership of the SLAYbassador program, this includes marketing the program, managing all new SLAYbassadors, ensuring they are getting what we promised and helping with any problems that may come the SLAYbassador way. Reporting Structure The SLAYbassador Intern will report directly to the Head of Community through a check-in and check-out process. Responsibilities Ensuring that the SLAYbassador program runs smoothly and the numbers of SLAYbassadors continue to increase Manage the new SLAYbassadors by onboarding them with their welcome e-mails and ensuring they are mentioned in the weekly SLA newsletter. Ensuring that the SLAYbassadors receive all the benefits to the program promised Continue to think of new and creative ways we can use the SLAYbassadors to help grow the SLA brand Continue to think of new and creative ways we can keep the SLAYbassadors happy and wanting to help us grow the SLA brand Help launch the SLAYbassador meetups in the cities with the largest number of SLAYbassadors Continue to think of ways to we can advertise and promote the SLAYbassador program Be the main point of contact between the partners of the program and SLA Dealing with all issues that arise from the SLAYbassador program (this includes technical issues) Requirements: Excellent communication skills Excellent interpersonal skills Detail oriented Good knowledge of the use of IT tools (Ms.Office etc.) There are no location requirements for this role. Submit your application here: [typeform_embed type=”embed” url=”https://sheleadsafrica.typeform.com/to/FNvFRs”] Submit the application by Friday, September 22nd 2017. Please note only those successful will be contacted for interviews.
Degree in view: Five things you must start now
[bctt tweet=”Don’t pause your life in university, you can’t expect to play it back after your degree” username=”SheLeadsAfrica”] Shout out to those of us that are yet to officially stop getting monthly allowances and still basking in the euphoria of the school life freedom. Undergraduate life can be amazing, and besides attending lectures (and partying non-stop), there’s a lot more you can do while still in the ivory tower which would be healthy for you and your future, sista. So before, you join the 9-5ers or labour market or whatever it’s called, here are five things to start now to save you some stress in the future Be independent and explore your options. (Yass girl, start learning to do things on your own). Take responsibility for yourself and your actions now and start gathering up skills and those sorta things you would require to be your own #MotherlandMogul. Start making great and valuable decisions that would do you good years from now. Regardless of the course you might be studying (whatsoever course) try your hands on a couple of other extracurricular activities and studies. You could learn a second language or some photography, or even try participating in an art exhibition. A professional job and a side hustle never hurt anybody, plus you never know where your big break would spring from in the long run. [bctt tweet=”Talk to your career counsellor, get a career mentor…and other things to start while in uni” username=”SheLeadsAfrica”] Get all the advice you can and enjoy the process Talk to your course adviser or career counsellor (inasmuch as it might be boring). Get yourself a mentor, gain as much mentorship knowledge as you can about your career path. The internet is also a great stop for amazing career advice. Read with a lil’ dash of fun Immerse yourself in schoolwork, attend classes, never miss an assignment, read, read, and read, anything to come out with a turn-up degree, and do this while having a good time (cause we girls, are smart like that). You could try organizing a creative and fun study group with a few smart friends, that way, studying wouldn’t be so boring. Have safe fun as much as you can, but whatever you do, don’t stay partying on the eve of your exams, you are on your own. Spice up your profile Create a professional online presence for yourself towards whatever path you are looking to take in the future. Know what you really want to do; the kind of job that excites you and start building yourself and your resume in that direction (you do not want to come out of school with only your name and personal profile barely half page on what should be called your resume, nah). [bctt tweet=”You can start building yourself and your career strategy while in university” username=”SheLeadsAfrica”] Research on specific companies you’d love to work with in the future and apply to intern with them, chances are that they might want to retain you after you get a degree, or not (anyways, you still lose nothing). Jumpstart your career School is the best place to start your career and your friends and classmates are the best customers you could have. However you start up, chances are that you will likely get loyal classmates and friends that’ll want to help your hustle. Don’t dull, take advantage of the university environment before you are shown the door out. Start gathering your Oprah money: I know everybody talks about money, and honestly, we all need money to survive. So whether you’ll be gathering up from the tons of free money that comes your way while in school or from all the monies you’ll come to earn from doing jobs or having a business, start investing your money and saving enough cash for you and your great future of responsibilities. Start making every second count now. Don’t pause your life, expecting to play it back after you’ve gotten a degree- nah, because when the degree comes, you’ll be in for some shocker reality check. Don’t take it personal though, everybody faces the check.
9 reasons you should (seriously) consider an internship
I started giving proper thought to my career during my second year at university. The buzz towards the end of that period was crazy, and getting an internship was all everyone seemed to talk about. The energy was amazing; everybody wanted to get into big firms, especially the investment banks. I would be having lunch, walking along the corridors, working in the computer labs and it was the same – Goldman Sachs this, JP Morgan that, Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse, Merrill Lynch, Barclays Capital, Deutsche Bank, BNP Paribas…my head almost exploded at a point because that’s all I would hear about. I wasn’t particularly bothered about getting an internship because I had gained a considerable amount of part-time work experience up until that time, and I had a very well paying summer job coming up at Edexcel (now Pearson UK). I had really enjoyed doing the job the previous summer because of the large number of Nigerian students working there. It was serious fun and there must have been at least 100 of us young Nigerians working there at some point. Anyway, a great friend and classmate of mine, Chitra, asked me if I had applied to any of the investment banks. I said, “Nope, Edexcel pays very well and I enjoy the work.” She must have thought I was crazy, because she gave me an, ‘Are you ok? Can’t you see what your mates are doing?’ look. She managed to convince me to put in at least ONE application. I procrastinated for a few days before deciding to check the websites. Lo and behold, I was too late – I had missed all the application deadlines (or so I thought). I didn’t even feel bad, thinking ‘it wasn’t meant to be’. It must have been a few days later when she asked, “Did you check the Credit Suisse website?” I was like “Errr”…Anyway she told me it was still open and that the deadline was that day. I was like “Today? How am I supposed to get it done in a few hours?” Long story short, I dropped everything else, put in my application and forgot about it. I was convinced they wouldn’t call me because of how I rushed to get it done. Imagine my surprise when I got called for a telephone interview – I couldn’t believe it. I passed the phone interview, and was invited to attend a 9-hour assessment centre (story for another day). I somehow managed to make it through that successfully, and the rest, as they say, is history. It was an A M A Z I N G experience. I got to meet and learn from so many brilliant people and was especially fortunate to have a great boss who helped me gain clarity with regards to a decision I had been struggling with for a while, like whether or not to do a master’s degree – I ended up not doing it). Best of all, though, was the lunch. They had ALL sorts in there, Italian, Indian, Chinese – you name it. Even the dessert was nice. I always looked forward to lunch because of the many different options. Anyway, let me get down to the real reason I wrote this post. What competitive advantage did my 3 months at Credit Suisse give me? Why should YOU intern? Internships are one of the best ways to get your foot in the door in terms of getting a full time role. Work hard while you’re there, and there’s a good chance you’ll be asked back. I was made a full time offer for a graduate position immediately after my internship and this meant I didn’t have to worry about applying for jobs in my final year. Upgrade your CV Even if you’re not made an offer where you interned, the experience will seriously boost your CV and increase your chances of getting a job elsewhere. Test drive a career path you’re interested in I was bent on getting into the telecoms industry after graduation because I enjoyed all the telecoms modules I took as an undergrad. I’m glad I got a chance to intern because my experience at Credit Suisse was a key turning point in terms of helping me discover what I really enjoy doing. (I eventually did my NYSC at a telecoms company and I absolutely hated it). Develop key transferable skills An internship is a great opportunity to hone your existing skills and develop new ones, which employers are always looking out for when recruiting. Learn the importance of work ethic The workplace is very different from the school environment and the best way to learn work etiquette is in a real life work environment. Build your network You get to meet new people and build relationships you can leverage. ALL the jobs I’ve had since NYSC (and I mean ALL 5 jobs since 2009) have been through the network I’ve built over time. Get professional training I was ‘trained professionally’ for the first time during my internship. It was the Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) training and must have been worth around $150 at the time. Not only did I get it free, I learnt some concepts that I still use today. Earn a salary While some internships are unpaid, mine was very well paid and I remember thinking ‘WOW’. It gave me an idea of what I could possibly earn as a full time graduate trainee. Besides, who (especially as a student) doesn’t like some extra cash? 😀 Boost your confidence The experience seriously boosted my confidence because I had to hit the ground running in terms of the tasks I was assigned. I also had to learn and apply new concepts very quickly in a ‘real-life’ setting. This made me feel like I could achieve anything I set my mind to. So, what’s holding you back from an internship? I hear many young job seekers complaining about the lack of opportunities in terms of jobs