Vacancy title:
Marketing and Communications Manager

Jobs at:
Living Goods (LG)

Deadline of this Job:
Open

Duty Station:
Kampala, Uganda

Job details:
Marketing and Communications Manager
Reports to: Deputy Country Director – Uganda

Living Goods (LG) seeks an experienced Marketing and Communications professional to join our growing team. As the Manager, Marketing and Communication - Uganda, you will lead the development and delivery of the marketing and communications strategy in line with LG goals.
The ideal candidate will be innovative, capable of managing multiple priorities and have a track record of delivering results in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities:
Marketing:

• Develop and drive the LG Uganda Marketing strategy
• Own the design and implementation of marketing plans. Create innovative programs, events and campaigns including promotions to agents, new product launches and consumer marketing campaigns to drive sales and improve the lives of customers and their families.
• Lead the development and implementation of new initiatives to increase cost efficiency and health impact, such as agent incentives, recognition programs, product delivery innovations, mobile payments, credit offerings.
• Monitor performance and return on investment of each activity.

Product

• Develop and maintain a competitive product portfolio through regular market reviews and product mix assessment.
• Organize test of new products and make recommendations based on learnings.
• Develop and design private label products.

Communication

• Develop in-country communication tools to support the efforts of stakeholders across LG, e.g. Advocacy, meetings, conference, etc.
• Support Head Office Communication team with local stories.
• Work with the Deputy Country Director to budget, monitor and control costs. Ensure adherence to internal control procedures.
• Provide line management, mentorship and support to Marketing and Communications team
  - Marketing and Communication Coordinator
  - Communication Intern

Qualifications:

• Degree in marketing, communications or related field. Master’s degree preferred
• Minimum of 7 years work experience in marketing and communication
• Fluent in English
• Exceptional written and verbal communications
• Strong analytical skills
• Good interpersonal skills
• Computer literate
• Entrepreneurial spirit and drive for results

Job application procedure
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For more information about Living Goods, please visit: (http://www.livinggoods.org)
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Compensation
A competitive salary and benefits package commensurate with experience including health insurance and bonus opportunity. The opportunity to be your best while making lives better for those in need.

What is Living Goods?
Living Goods supports networks of ‘Avon-like’ micro-entrepreneurs who go door-to-door teaching families how to improve their health and wealth while selling affordable, high-impact products like basic medicines, fortified foods, water filters, clean cook stoves, and solar lights. Living Goods seeks nothing less than a disruptive reinvention of distribution in the developing world, through networks of franchised micro-entrepreneurs who leverage Living Goods’ brand, buying power and mobile marketing tools to deliver vital products at accessible prices to the people who need them most. By combining the best practices from the worlds of micro-enterprise, franchising and public health, Living Goods is creating a fully sustainable system to improve the health, and wealth, of the poor.

Living Goods has been featured in The New York Times, NBC News, The Economist, and The Huffington Post. Check out these articles and more on our press page.

Life at Living Goods
Living Goods is aiming to make disruptive changes, dramatically improving the lives of the poor. We think big, but we operate small and nimble. At Living Goods, you will have the chance to use your creativity and work with your teammates to conceive and test new ideas every day. If you work well in a dynamic, highly collaborative culture, if you set high standards for yourself and your colleagues, if you know how to fail fast and learn fast, if you meet challenges with calm determination and a sense of humor, you will thrive at Living Goods.