British Council Marketing & Communications Internship 2024 in Nigeria
Location: Lagos, Nigeria
Deadline: 7 August 2024
About the Internship
The British Council would like to offer students or graduates an experiential learning opportunity to gain real world experience through an internship programme. The practical experience an intern gains is expected to complement the theoretical knowledge he/she has gained during their studies. The intern is expected to both learn from and contribute to the workplace during the internship period, in turn providing an opportunity to increase employability skills. An outcome being that students and graduates are more employable and successful because of the skills they acquire.
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British Council is recruiting highly motivated interns, respectively for the Lagos office, for an opportunity to contribute to the mission and work of the British Council in Cultural Engagement in Nigeria. As an intern, you are encouraged to bring new perspectives and innovative ideas to their work, while improving your skills in a diverse and highly stimulating environment.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Under the overall guidance of the respective Regional Senior Marketing Managers, you will support social media management and content generation for Arts, Education and English Programmes in Nigeria.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Monitoring, uploading content and managing basic enquiries across social media platforms.
- Develop creative & engaging social media and content strategies.
- Work with the Marketing manager for the planning and promotion of content
- Supporting campaign management and optimisation across multiple channels
- Assist email management and optimisation.
- Recommend improvements to increase performance on the British Council Nigeria website.
- Developing tools and methods for collecting data, such as surveys, opinion polls or questionnaires
- Provide support with the planning and hosting of marketing events.
- Collecting and analysing data to identify consumer trends.
- Researching emerging marketing strategies, evaluating consumer opinions, and proposing actionable adjustments to current strategies accordingly
- Any other task as reasonably requested by the Marketing Manager, a senior member of the marketing team.
Benefits of the Internship
- General understanding of the work and mission of the British Council and how it contributes to the development of the Nigerian.
- Insight and hands-on experience in planning and implementing digital campaigns for Arts, Education and English Programmes
- Gaining useful office experience and the opportunity to contribute to marketing campaigns.
- Mentorship and Coaching
Eligibility
- Be a recent graduate (graduated within the last 4 years) with excellent organisational skills and the ability to multitask.
- Familiarity with social media strategies and platforms
- Have strong written and oral communication skills in English.
- Be computer literate with a high degree of proficiency in the use of Microsoft Office Suite.
- Self-motivated
- Strong desire to learn along with a professional drive.
- Have an interest in different marketing techniques in digital media and social media marketing.
- Experience with content creation is a plus, even if not professionally.
- Role holder must have existing rights to live and work in Nigeria.
Desirable:
- Knowledge of social media trends and social networking tools
- Experience creating web content, such as blogging or video blogging, would be an added advantage.
