Level of experience: Senior
Education level: Degree
Reports to: CEO
Start date: Immediate
Type of role: Permanent
Candidate requirements:
- We are looking for experienced B2B Tech PR client managers to serve our clients with exceptional care and professionalism in Africa
- Technology must be in your blood.
- You must be able to self-manage; we don’t micromanage here but you need to deliver tangible results
- Quality of output must be at your core. Seriously… quality rules at DUO and so all A-types welcome
- If you join our team, you will be given total control over your career and your success; don’t expect anyone else to manage this for you.
- You will need to have lots of energy, be personally-driven, results-focused, resourceful, able to deal with issues directly and willing to accept full responsibility
- Team is at the core of everything we do, so you must be someone who will never abandon a teammate and who is comfortable letting others win/ shine
- You have to be in it for the long-haul. There will be bumps in the road and success depends on your ability to adapt, be flexible, change gear when needed and be reliable
Principal Job Responsibilities (Duties include, but are not limited to):
- Manage the development and implementation of PR and digital marketing plans for up to five Enterprise Tech clients simultaneously (with your team of course)
- Drive key media coverage for your clients with the support of a journalist writer and media relations specialist
- Coordinate and manage Digital marketing campaigns for optimum results with our digital team
- Know and understand how to quantify value using digital reporting tools
- Quality assure delivery of the team and its outputs including proposals and pitches
- Monitor expenditures against budgets to ensure targets are met
- Monthly reporting
- Administration of accounts (records, billing, etc.)
Qualifications and Experience:
- Matric – essential
- Relevant tertiary qualification. Degree essential
- Ten+ years’ relevant Tech PR/ Digital Marketing working experience – essential
- Solid understanding of local tech landscape – essential
- Existing tech and business media relations – critical
- Press and digital writing experience – advantageous
- Experience using Google Workspace – advantageous
Benefits (all only after probation):
- Prioritising work-life balance. No weekend work or after hours work encouraged
- Payment of market-related salaries and annual increases
- Annual performance bonuses driven by the achievement of Key Performance Indicators – given that the company makes its targets too.
- We have a 19-year track record of paying annual bonuses for staff that meet KPIs
- Annual performance and career discussions
- Personal career development plans. Focus on individual career development
- Training – monthly at various levels including leadership training for those selected
- Knowledge sharing sessions monthly presented by internal or external resources
- Access to industry and PR related events (budget allocated per individual)
- Bonus leave over the Christmas and New Year period bringing total leave to 20 days per annum
- Bonus leave on birthdays
- Ad hoc and ex gratia reward and recognition thank you like flowers and/or vouchers and duvet days
- Flexible work hours policy. T&Cs apply. This is a remote working position
- Tribe incentive policy which is customised to each individual’s motivators and reward requirements
- An incredible client base who truly value our service offering. We don’t tolerate abusive client (or staff) relationships and you are protected from this at DUO at all times
- Respect and integrity are critical to our ecosystem..
Personal development responsibilities (continual):
- Proactively remain abreast of ICT trends and industry knowledge
- Self-study search in order to develop both technical and soft skills
- Actively knowledge-share with colleagues
To apply, send through your CV, qualifications, references and a recent payslip to admin@duomarketing.co.za
