Online Marketing Intern at Ringier Kenya
About Ringier: Ringier Kenya is poised to be the hub serving our East African expansion, bringing quality digital products to the sub-region.
It was founded in December 2010 with rupu as its flagship brand and has grown to become Kenya’s largest and most successful eCommerce platform.
It also runs Pigiame a horizontal classifieds platform currently functional across East Africa.
Description: Our Ideal hire is one who would manage advanced, dynamic and high-performing SEM activities, he/she should be a relentless A/B tester and a quick thinker overall.
Description: Our Ideal hire is one who would manage advanced, dynamic and high-performing SEM activities, he/she should be a relentless A/B tester and a quick thinker overall.
This person will be responsible for planning, optimizing, implementing and analyzing paid online marketing activities.
The intern will report to the Online Marketing-(Paid Channels Officer).
Responsibilities:
- Manage a sizeable pay-per-click search marketing budget while creating programs serving all divisions/brands through all relevant paid channels (Google & Facebook)
- SEM performance tracking, analysis and reporting
- SEM budget planning and recommendations.
- Create ad copy and perform keyword research, analysis and optimizations
- Partner with all disciplines to ensure consistent messaging and promotion through all search channels, including product development, content generation, social media managers, direct marketing, and customer service
- Work closely with product marketing and corporate marketing teams to develop a deep understanding of our products and business to drive winning keyword strategies.
- Develop insightful, thorough recommendations to improve technical, design, content, on-page and off-page optimization elements of the relevant websites
- Provide weekly & monthly reporting and answer results questions on-demand.
- Achieve targeted ROI and Ad Spend for SEM campaigns on a monthly basis
- Stay current with changing technologies and guidelines to continually improve our internet marketing initiatives and achieve greater results.
- Support other marketing activities and promotions as needed or assigned
Desired Skills & Experience
Background required:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing/ IT or a related field. Previous experience in working in an online marketing department is a plus.
- Google Adwords& Analytics experience is a must. Google Certified Professional preferred.
- Familiarity with social media marketing channels like Facebook, twitter is a plus.
- Experience optimizing SEM campaigns through ad copy, keywords, geo-targeting and landing page optimizations.
- Excellent verbal and written communication, presentation and interpersonal skills
- Ability to interact and manage expectations of clients, internal departments and management.
- Excellent data analysis skills and strong computer proficiency required.
- Strong computer skills, including knowledge of Google Drive Suite, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
- Strong analytical and organizational skills and highly detail oriented habits
- Ability to work on multiple tasks and ability to meet deadlines
- Professional attitude and appearance
- Fast learner with strong problem solving skills
- Must be a team player
Personal Attributes:
- Smart, creative and innovative
- Negotiating and networking skills
- Problem solving and conflict management
- Honest and strong work ethics and integrity
- Self-disciplined, able to work to deadlines
- Excellent time-management skills
- Team work
- Sense of humor
Send cvs to recruit@ringier.co.ke