Brand Strategist/Copy Writer

Karis & Sazii Limited is a Vibrant, Experienced and Creative integrated marketing communications outfit. We have a novelty of contagious ideas to capture our target audience and we ensure that the quality of our productions meet world standards. We have a knack for details, and our mission is to use world class strategies and adopt standard principles to achieve a measurable result by building a passionate and highly motivated human resource to power the vision.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Position: Brand Strategist/Copy Writer
Job Location: Lagos

Job Description

• Liaising with clients and interpreting their briefs to the creative team;
• Find strategic ways to further enhance the branding of a product or service, as well as develop a marketing plan through analysis of current market data and trends.
• Developing creative ideas and concepts, often in partnership with the creative team;
• Writing and develop catchy, clear, persuasive, original copy that sells every client's products or services.
• Presenting ideas to colleagues and clients;
• Use big picture thinking, storytelling, insights, criteria development tools and synthesis in the development of agreed-upon end-goals.
• Familiarising yourselves with our clients' products and services, the target audience and their competitors' activities;
• Proofreading copy to check spelling and grammar;
• Amending, revising or redeveloping adverts or campaigns in response to feedback from the creative team, account team or clients;
• Monitoring and overseeing the effectiveness of advertising campaigns through the production stage to completion, updating and amending campaigns according to feedback
• Working on several campaigns at once, sometimes under pressure and often to tight deadlines;
• Casting actors for TV and radio work and listening to voice tapes;
• Keeping up to date with popular culture and trends;
• Writing reports.
• Contribute ideas for new business and current clients' ad strategies.

Qualification and Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in any discipline from a reputable University
• Minimum of 2 years working experience within media industry
• Gender- Male
• Age range: Age range: 30 years - 40 years
• The ability to write good, clear copy in a variety of styles with accurate spelling and grammar;
• Excellent teamwork, communication and interpersonal skills;
• Logic, creativity and imagination;
• Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines;
• Strong organisational skills;
• Self-motivation, flexibility, stamina and the ability to adapt;
• Confidence, enthusiasm and determination;
• Accuracy and attention to detail;
• The resilience to accept criticism of your work;
• Commercial awareness with the ability to understand the target audience;
• An interest in popular culture, new trends and styles;
• Good research skills;
• Administrative, IT and proofreading skills.
• Need to be forward-thinking to anticipate future trends and success of a product or service and be detail oriented, as well as be familiar with statistics and research analysis.
• Excellent self-motivation and adaptability
• Commercial awareness and good team working skills
• Ability to work well under pressure and meet deadlines
• IT proficiency and strong command of the English language with an eye for spelling and grammar errors.
• Creativity and ability to produce innovatively original ideas
• Professional Certification in concept, copy writing, art direction and strategy is an added advantage

Salary Range

• Competitive.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: hr@karisandsazii.com