Call for applications: Spotify West Africa consumer marketing manager

Launched in 2008, the company is the world’s most popular audio streaming subscription service today.

The job is a full-time contractor position in Johannesburg.

Interested applicants must possess:

• A minimum of four to five years of marketing and brand management experience in West Africa with a key focus on Nigeria.
• Extensive experience in brand, consumer insights, digital marketing and/or project management in leading cross-functional teams in the delivery of major new products or services in digital businesses, FMCG or retail.
• Extensive understanding of consumer insights and experience in driving these insights into campaigns.
• Strong analytical and quantitative skills with the ability to use data and metrics to rationalise requirements, and features and drive marketing efficiency.
• High attention to detail and a proven track record of driving multiple, challenging priorities simultaneously and independently.
• Collaborative working style.
• Bias for action and strong work ethic.

Responsibilities

The successful applicant will:

• Implement large campaign rollouts for the West African market, working collaboratively with cross-functional teams, locally and globally.
• Cull out consumer insights based on data available both on and off-platform and enable development of campaign strategies.
• Understand regional market opportunities using both internal and external data to arrive at consumer insights and thereby, marketing approach and business objectives.
• Collaborate and work on the marketing brief encompassing creative and media mandates and work closely with internal and external partners to align on the same.
• Work closely to drive initiatives in high-opportunity markets with the objective of acquisition and build awareness for the brand through non-traditional media.
• Partner with on-ground agencies and vendors to identify locally relevant touchpoints that can drive brand awareness, consideration and conversion.
• Deep dive into campaign performance to gain findings that can help build strategies for the way forward.
• Work closely and collaboratively to bring in outstanding global work by adapting it to what is locally relevant.
• Work closely to implement local marketing and music activities in conjunction with the cross-functional team.

Global benefits

• Extensive learning opportunities, through dedicated team, GreenHouse.
• Flexible share incentives that allow employees to choose how they share in company success.
• Global parental leave: six months off  ( fully paid ) for all new parents.
• All The Feels, an employee assistance programme and self-care hub.
• Flexible public holidays allowing employees to swap their days off based on their personal values and beliefs.

Application is ongoing here.

View the original call here.