Communications Assistant, Open Arts Development Foundation • Open Arts World

Communications Assistant, Open Arts Development Foundation

Reports to: Communications Lead

Type: Full Time (The schedule will include some evening and weekend programmes.)

Location: Open Arts Office, Unguwan Rimi, Kaduna, Nigeria

Deadline: March 17, 2024

BACKGROUND

Open Arts is an arts collective committed to promoting the arts and creative endeavours. Open Arts as a creative organisation touches on the expression of passion in the creative arts as part of its mission of making a positive difference in the lives of people in the community through the work of arts.

JOB SUMMARY

Open Arts is seeking to hire a communications assistant to join its team. The communications assistant supports the organisation’s communications activities in collaboration with programme staff.

ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The Key Responsibilities will include

Managing and executing content on social media accounts, including administering social media posts, writing copy, and selecting content for review;
Data review, editing and proofing assets for web and publishing material;
Responding to queries made to the organisation through various platforms
Collaborating on the communications activities that support the promotion and production of events and activities
Translating and populating visual identity across multiple platforms, such as social media, email newsletters, websites, brochures, and presentations;
Identifying and facilitating digital assets and content, including maintaining databases;
Creating, amending, and updating design collateral as needed
Helping set and then adhering to workflow processes to meet deadlines through Asana and other workflow tools;
Travelling to necessary and relevant festivals, conferences, symposiums, and convenings, including in-person organisation events, as needed;
Taking on additional duties as required

CHARACTERISTICS

Strong communication, research, and administrative skills.
Ability to troubleshoot and think creatively.
Ability to receive constructive feedback;
Outstanding verbal and written communication skills;
Meticulous organisational skills with the ability to meet deadlines, manage budgets, and keep timely correspondence;
• A “team player” who understands the dynamics of working within a small, productive staff that is constantly dependent on and accountable to one another

SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS

At least one year of work experience in communications, arts administration or a related field;
Excellent skills in navigating and creating creative art content on social media
Ability to develop communications and project work plans
Familiarity with Google Suite, Asana, Slack and making graphic designs on Canva
Ability to interact with high-level donors, individuals, and organisations.
Time management skills with the ability to meet deadlines.
Ability to translate between Hausa and English will be a plus

APPLY FOR THIS JOB

All fields are required!

First Name Last Name Email Phone CV Describe your experience managing and executing content on social media accounts, including administering social media posts, creating graphics, writing copy, and developing content. Draft a sample press release for the 2023 Hausa International Book and Arts Festival scheduled in Kano from December 14–16, 2023, at Ado Bayero Mall with the theme, ‘Hausa Diaspora’. Open Arts will be developing a video campaign for the 2023 Hausa International Book and Arts Festival. This will involve shooting and disseminating the video in-house on our social media platforms. Develop a sample communication plan for this. Where are you based? What is your available start date? Do you have experience using any of the following platforms? (Tick the appropriate ones.) Google WorkspaceAsanaSlackCanva What other project management, social media management and graphics design tools do you have experience using? What is your salary expectation?