Master's degree - Sponsorships, Strategic collaborations, Events & Partnership at First Bank of Nigeria Limited (FirstBank) in Lagos

Obligations and Duties

• Help with the development and execution of the Bank’s and Group’s strategic collaborations and corporate events  plans;
• Track progress updates in the sponsorship of corporate events by carrying out ecological scans to guarantee that the Bank is abreast with all highly sensitive news/progress updates;
• Offer evaluation for all information assembled on sponsorship and events and make comments that will assist management in strategic judgment;
• Formulate relation plan, innovative method, execution strategize and implementation of the Bank’s and Group’s Corporate events, which includes day-of-event management;
• Conceptualise, design, and produce high-profile events that portray the Group and Bank in a positive light to media, public authorities and other primary stakeholders;
• Organize manpower planning qualifications, briefings, In-store Promotion Teams and Media teammates to advance the Group’s and Bank’s event;
• Offer strategic direction, approach, meeting, financial plan, and innovative direction for new corporate events, and other experiences;
• Generate thorough proposals for events - timelines, venues, vendors/agencies, manpower planning, and financial plan;
• Bargain the best price on the Bank’s sponsorship/events using the Bank’s regulatory framework on comparative quotes from different vendors;
• Track the Bank’s corporate identity/visibility at events to guarantee uniformity and manage contest as this will assist to evaluate how the Bank is executing compared to other banks;
• Collaborate with other units/departments inside the Bank to guarantee standard dispatch of the Bank’s events;
• Recognize sponsorship channels that would produce income directs for the Bank using the sponsorship filter as measurement indicators;
• Formulate approach and methods for analyzing and measuring event success;
• Organize venue management and oversee elements of events contracted out to event managers, advisors and agencies;
• Execute post-event assessment; which includes records entry and evaluation, and generating documentation for event participants;
• Oversee communications and marketing assets for Bank-owned and special events;
• Preserve the guard of all Information entrusted to employees and adhere with the principles and rules in the Cyber security Handbook.

Role expectations Education:

At least Education: First Academic qualification in any discipline with requisite expertise.

Expertise:

• At least 7 years cognate expertise in Promotion/Brand communications and/or Sponsorship and Events 
• position in blue chip companies or Marketing/Public relations/Journalism.
• Specialist membership of APCON, NIM, NIPR
• Competence with Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint is crucial 
• Capability to operate with minimal oversight.