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  • Communication Internships

    Communication Internships

    Job Description
    The Communications Intern will report directly to the Country Director.
    Responsibilities

    Write regular position papers and other communication for a public audience, that helps promote NRC’s advocacy and other strategic objectives.
    Coordinate systematic recording and editing of human-interest stories and photographs for use in communication and internal/external donor reporting.
    Coordinate NRC Kenya’s input into NRC public reports, such as the annual report.
    Responsible for improving internal communications, by managing NRC Kenya’s presence on the organization’s internal information-sharing platform, Workplace.
    Establish social media platforms for the Kenya Country Programme.
    Regularly update the fundraising strategy under the direction of the Country Director.
    Regularly update the work plan related to the advocacy objectives of the Kenya Country Strategy.
    Develop terms of reference for consultants undertaking research.
    Coordinate the agenda for strategic planning meetings.
    ny ad hoc tasks relating to communication and research as required by the Country Director.

    Qualifications

    Graduate in Communications, Journalism or Public relations.
    Some experience in media, communication, advocacy or related field in the humanitarian context, including photography and video skills is an advantage.
    Ability to produce excellent written English across a range of communication products.
    Relevant skills managing social media platforms.
    High attention to detail and accuracy
    Ability to multi-task and work with short deadlines
    Internship experience with other humanitarian agencies a plus

    Personal qualities

    Dedicated to work
    Creative and innovative
    Inclusive in working with others
    Accountable
    Handling insecure environments
    Working with people
    Planning and delivering results
    Communicate with impact and respect
    Self-motivated and able to work with minimum supervision
    Good interpersonal and Communication skills
    Excellent skills in written and spoken English
    Accurate and keen to details
    A good team player with high degree of initiative, flexibility and tolerance

  • Visual Communication and Design Internship Lecturers(Cytonn Technical College) Senior IT Engineer Risk and Compliance Internship

    Visual Communication and Design Internship Lecturers(Cytonn Technical College) Senior IT Engineer Risk and Compliance Internship

    Closing Date: February 3rd, 2018
    Cytonn Technologies (CT) is the Technology affiliate of Cytonn Investments, an alternative investments management firm with offices in Nairobi – Kenya and the D.C. Metro Area in the US. Cytonn Technologies is a respected technology solutions provider that offers innovative, differentiated and efficient technology products and support, web-based solutions and integrated business solutions.
    Cytonn Technologies is looking for talented visual communication designers to join our 12-week internship program. The interns will be trained on conceptualizing, developing, and executing graphic design for digital, print, and other applications, working in tandem with our creative and communications teams. The interns will have the unique opportunity to learn in a real business environment in the context of investment management and real estate in a company led by dynamic executives with worldwide exposure. In addition to technical skills interns learn essential communication and entrepreneurial skills needed to succeed in industry and learn to work in a high efficiency productive environment that guarantees ability to fit in multiple work cultures.
    At the end of the internship, successful interns, who exhibit a great attitude, high aptitude, creativity and teamwork will be eligible for full time employment. The successful candidates will have a unique opportunity to participate in both a strong incentive structure and equity ownership plan. Those who do not get hired stand a very high chance of getting absorbed into the job market. Past graduates of this training have moved on to gainful employment. This training gives you an early opportunity to leave a mark in your career that will define your future.
    We provide workspace, fast internet, MacBook pro with Retina Display, books, online resources, mentorship and challenge to develop your talent to a sought after skill. Your productivity is driven by your passion and excellent knowledge of your subject. You bring your passion, creativity and aptitude, we sharpen your skills and show you how to learn and lead.
    Responsibilities

    Working with a wide range of media and using graphic design software
    Thinking creatively and developing new design concepts, graphics and layouts
    Take the design “brief” to record requirements and clients needs
    Prepare rough visual drafts and present your ideas
    Amend final designs to clients comments and gain full approval
    Work as part of a team with creative producers, designers, and marketers
    Any other duties as may be assigned from time to time

    Requirements

    Strong Adobe Creative Suite skills, with an eagerness to learn new tools
    A strong understanding of grid systems, composition and color, with a keen eye for typography, and great attention to detail
    Education background in graphic design, visual communication design, or other related field
    Familiarity with marketing
    Ability to work with the design and communications teams to understand marketing requirements and capabilities as they relate to Design
    Passion for current design trends and technologies and a desire to communicate this knowledge across the team
    Passionate about personal growth and learning
    Portfolio of related works (e.g. logos, marketing collaterals and graphics)

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  • Graphic Design Interns

    Graphic Design Interns

    Job description
    Job Overview
    We are looking for an enthusiastic Graphic Design Intern to join the team at KOKO Networks to assist in the execution of the company’s creative communications work. You should be a creative individual with qualifications in graphic design from a college or university. Candidates must be proficient in the Adobe Creative Suite, with particularly in-depth knowledge of Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign. Knowledge of other image optimizing applications and emerging design software for interface prototyping are an added advantage. Demonstrate good verbal and written communication skills as well as creative problem solving with the ability to complete a variety of design tasks accurately with high attention to detail and creativity. Tasks within the role shall be in the realm of corporate branding, marketing design and digital design. The ability to work independently while meeting aggressive deadlines will be crucial in this role. Kindly provide a portfolio or samples of work demonstrating graphic design, digital design, retail merchandising, visual branding, and great user-centred design solutions.
    Responsibilities
    Your responsibilities will include but are not limited to:

    Working collaboratively with Managers to deliver creative designs and output of the highest quality and to brief and brand standards
    Managing multiple projects and meeting tight deadlines.
    In addition to strong design skills, the candidate must have strong organizational skills, typography and branding skills and web knowledge
    Ability to work in an iterative environment across teams and implement feedback from multiple stakeholders
    Deep understanding of corporate design and communication for print and online media
    Creating branded Illustrations or infographics

  • Social media & Digital Marketing Internships

    Social media & Digital Marketing Internships

    Job description
     Responsibilities

    Development of brand awareness and online reputation
    Be familiar with Google Ad words
    Cultivation of leads & sales
    Develop & manage digital marketing campaigns
    Monitoring social media for company mentions & engaging with customers where relevant
    Create Online content for various clients
    Manage clients Social media calendar

    Requirements

    Bachelor’s Degree in Sales & Marketing / IT related / Economics e.t.c.
    Basic knowledge of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript development and constraints
    Solid Knowledge of website analytics tools (Google analytics, NetInsight, Omniture, WebTrends etc)
    Creative and Graphic Design knowledge

  • Communications Internships Resource Mobilization Internships

    Communications Internships Resource Mobilization Internships

    Rural Agency for Community Development and Assistance (RACIDA), is seeking a Communications intern to help develop and execute a social media strategy and produce creative assets to tell the inspiring stories of pastoralist communities in Kenya, Ethiopia, and Somalia.
    Duration: 3 Months
    We are seeking a qualified individual with an interest in community development and communications who can support the mission of RACIDA.
    The internship will provide the opportunity to develop and execute media strategies, social media projects, and produce creative assets (such as an animated video) that will raise awareness for and engage people in RACIDA’s efforts in building resilient pastoralist communities.
    Responsibilities

    Assist in the development and manage the execution of a social media strategy for RACIDA;
    Generate content for RACIDA’s various social media pages and website;
    Track social media performance across multiple platforms and provide recommendations on how to increase social media engagement;
    Build relationships and foster communication online by engaging with supporters and partners via social media;
    Conceptualize, edit, animate and/or design creative projects for RACIDA, including but not limited to: an “About RACIDA” video.

    Qualifications

    Applicants must be currently enrolled in Bachelors or Masters program, or are a recent graduate;
    Background in marketing, communication, graphic design, animation, film and video editing or other related discipline;
    Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of all social media platforms
    Excellent video animation and video editing skills, and access to video creation software;
    Extensive knowledge and experience working with other common editing tools such as Adobe Photoshop;
    Excellent communication skills;
    Proven ability to be creative and detail-oriented;
    Excellent writing and editing skills;
    Self-motivated and energetic;
    Extremely organized.

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  • Brand Management Internship

    Brand Management Internship

    A P&G internship offers the opportunity to experience all that we have to offer – our work, our people, our values, and our culture. We believe there is no better way to learn about these things than to participate in them first hand. And that’s just what you’ll do as a P&G Intern!
     
    Interns will have the opportunity to work on a P&G project assignment with real world responsibilities, tasks and working relationships gaining an understanding of how P&G works.

    Main Mission:
    Lead superior in-store planning & execution across all brands / categories at best-in-class Return on Investment within P&G and externally.
    Scope of impact:
    All categories & brands in East Africa Selling and Marketing Organization (Excluding Ethiopia)
    Responsibilities
    Landscape Analysis

    Complete external landscape analysis (Kenya only) to establish current best in class execution on Point Of Sale Material, Merchandising, In store trial and promotions across all channels.
    Execute internal landscape analysis of the India, Middle East and Africa regions to collect relevant Best In Class Instore Executions for possible reapplication (both Point Of Sale Material and instore consultants)
    Recommend relevant interventions to P&G instore execution based on internal and external landscape analysis above

    Point of Sale Material management

    Update current “First Moment of Truth” matrix in line with Financial Year 17/18 shopper based design guidance
    Analyze current Financial Year 17/18 FMOT plan vs updated guidance and recommend any changes required.
    Complete Point of Sale Material per unit cost analysis (Total EA) over the past 5 years and project FY 17/18 spends vs budget and vs Year Ago, outlining areas of possible optimization.
    Appraise current in house design process and recommend any opportunities to drive efficiencies.
    Implement a Point of Sale Material order tracker for the purposes of reporting on time delivery while outlining key areas of delays.
    Institute a Point of Sale Material destruction / wastage tracker to report on the same while recommending areas to drive efficiencies.
    Improve Point of Sale Material warehouse tracking system to give visibility of POSM inventory levels and implement reorder levels at branch level.

    In-store Trial

    Look to regional Best In Class markets to reapply and fully document the current best approach for agency selection, staff training and material creation for instore consultants.
    Complete Pre and Post analysis by store for the top instore executions by brand (Kenya only) to establish the Return on Investment of those activities and document learnings.

    Capability

    Contribute to growing and nurturing Best In Class brand-building instore agency and perform quarterly agency evaluation and lead capability action plan.
    Track progress and issue learning summary

    Duration: 6 Months

    Qualifications 

    Recently completed a degree.
    Strong Marketing skills
    Strong Leadership skills and excellent in communication.
    Good command of the English & local language
    No working experience needed
    Be willing to face a new challenge every day.

  • Media Relations Internships Social Media Internships Communication Internships

    Media Relations Internships Social Media Internships Communication Internships

    Duties 

    Establishing and building press relationships (broadcast, radio, print, social);
    Pitching press on a daily basis, creating releases, advisories and quick story ideas in collaboration with program and staff leads, project communications officers in the region and partners;
    Identifying story angles based on media coverage, trends and CIP’s priorities – working closely with the Regional Communications Specialist;
    Preparing spokespeople; creating talking points, backgrounders and issue briefs;
    Organizing media tours, deskside briefings, editorial meetings for key spokespeople/scientists;
    Maintaining media database (Meltwater) globally, ensuring lists are up-to-date, in collaboration with regional managers and field staff;
    Creating and optimizing cross-promotion opportunities with partners and donors
    Collaborating with field staff and promotion officers (Aime, David) to maximize efforts and expand reach;
    Providing general communications support up to 20% per day with 80% dedicated to media activities.

    Requirements

    Bachelor’s degree in Journalism, Media studies or related field;
    1 year Experience in a newsroom or media environment highly desirable;
    Proficient in English and Kiswahili;
    Skills in database management
    Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
    Ability to work in multidisciplinary and multicultural teams;
    A Kenyan citizen.
    Conditions: This is an internship position open to Kenyan citizens only. The internship contract will be for a period of three months with the possibility of renewal, subject to performance.

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  • Digital Marketing Internships

    Digital Marketing Internships

    Job Details
    Are you a creative thinker with an interest in digital marketing? Fanaka Real Estate ltd, an award winning real estate firm is looking for you.
    The firm is looking for dynamic & hard working individuals with strong leadership & entrepreneurial skills to join as Digital Marketing Interns. The interns will participate in development & implementation of digital marketing strategies in the firm, using modern tools and techniques. The overall objective is to build a strong online presence for the brand, acquire customers and generate revenue. Successful and highly productive interns will get the opportunity to participate in both a strong incentive structure and a clear path to a fulfilling career in Digital Marketing.
    Duties

    Developing and documenting the content marketing strategy. This includes defining the audience personas and content mission, setting clear marketing objectives for content, and understanding how the organization’s content integrates with the rest of its business objectives.
    Stay up to date on cutting edge best practices within digital marketing, specifically the social media and search engine marketing industries, including creative execution, messaging strategies, and media buying including competitor landscape.
    Knowledge in Google Adwords, SEO, Facebook and Email Marketing.
    Outlining a channel plan. Identifying the primary channels for how the organization will communicate with customers (across digital, social, print, and in-person initiatives). Developing and executing a plan for how the business will tell its story on each appropriate channel (including setting the tone and voice, as well as establishing acceptable operational policies and practices.
    Establishing standards, systems, best practices, and work flow processes for managing the content marketing life cycle, including requesting, producing, distributing, promoting, measuring, and retiring content. This includes ensuring all content is on-brand; is consistent in terms of style, quality, and tone of voice; and is optimized for search and user experience across all appropriate channels.
    Collaborating with the company’s senior creative team leaders and channel owners on all initiatives to identify content needs and opportunities and ensure efficiency and consistency across channels, verticals, and functional departments.
    Working with the company’s technical/IT team to implement an efficient content management system (CMS), and any other essential tech systems (e.g., marketing automation, email management, social media management).
    Managing and maintaining all content inventories and matrices, and driving the overall content calendar for the organization.
    Ensuring a consistent global experience and implementing localization/translation strategies where appropriate.
    Develop detailed campaign briefs to communicate objectives & goals and align on campaign deliverable.

    Qualifications
    We are looking to meet with motivated and enthusiastic youthful professionals from a variety of academic backgrounds, across all faculties, including (but not limited to) IT, Commerce, Finance, Business Administration, Marketing, Digital Marketing, accounting, sales, and Business Development. The application criteria are as follows:

    You should be a youth between the ages of 18 – 34
    You must be willing to learn
    You must be a Nairobi resident or are willing to move to Nairobi.
    You must commit to meeting achieving set targets and goals
    Bachelors Degree in IT or Marketing

  • Content Editorial Interns

    Content Editorial Interns

    Job Description

    Department: Publishing
    Reports To: Lead Editor
    Employment Status: Internship
    Employment Duration: 4 months
    Job Location: Mlolongo
    Position Summary

    Writer will revise existing, new books and products to improve on language and facts.
    Must follow company editorial style guide.
    Excellent writing, spelling, and understanding of grammar are essential to the role.

    Key Responsibilities

    Researching and organizing facts and sources
    Consistently brainstorming and collaborating with team for new ideas and strategies
    Writing a wide variety of topics for multiple platforms (facebook, website, blogs, articles, social updates, banners, guides, etc.)
    Any other tasks assigned by your supervisor from time to time shall become an integral part of your deliverables.

    Qualifications:

    Bachelor’s degree in publishing, creative writing, journalism, English, or related field preferred
    Excellent verbal and written communication skills
    Excellent grasp of English language
    Creative and innovative thinker and planner
    Confident in producing work across multiple platforms
    Self-motivated and self-directed
    Proficient computer skills, including Microsoft Office Suite (Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Excel) and Google Docs
    Good interpersonal skills and communication with all levels of management
    Able to work in a fast-paced environment
    High level of commitment to duty, and discipline.
    Demonstrable ability to put customer interests first.
    Unquestionable level of integrity.

    If you are a young university graduate looking to spruce up your skills in a publishing firm as an intern, this is your chance to get the right exposure.
    We do not pay for internship, but we expose you and look out for employment opportunities as and when they arise in the industry.