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Job Title:     Media Executive

Organization:
Movit Products Limited

Duty Station:
Kampala, Uganda

About US:

Movit Products Ltd is a Ugandan personal care company based
in Kampala, manufacturing personal care products. Its brands include Movit,
Radiant, Baby Junior, Skin Guard, Pine and NAN. The company was founded in
1997, by Simpson Birungi as a makeshift workshop in Namasuba, Wakiso District.
In 1999 the first Movit product, Herbal Baby Jelly, was put on the market. Over
the years, Movit, the company’s flagship name, has grown into one of Uganda’s
top cosmetics brands with distribution links in both East Africa and the COMESA
regions. Other known products from Movit include the Body Milk Lotion, Junior
Petroleum Jelly, Movit No base Relaxer and many more

Job Summary: The
Media Executive is responsible for all executional aspects related to media and
advertising. Working closely with the PR, Media and Advertising manager, the
Media and advertising executive is responsible for planning, strategizing and
execution of all media related work.

Key Duties and Responsibilities: 

·      
Book and coordinate Radio Talk shows and TV
guest appearances to boost and promote the brand activities and products by
utilising the airtime as per the properties;

·      
Organise and coordinate Media Give away, by
visiting media houses to increase visibility, awareness and maintain good
relations with the media houses;

·      
Draft and circulate media mentions to stations
Movit advertises with  for the presenters
to read them out to the listeners/audience;

·      
Ensure consistency in Television, Radio and
print advertisement through maintaining a good communication ground with the
media houses to create awareness for the brands to the ideal customers;

·      
Selection of media properties that resonate with
the MPL brands for partnership through proposal assessment

·      
Process the media monitoring report for TV, Radio,
Print and online to identify the media properties fulfilling the contractual
agreements through compiling media reports;

·      
Coordinate the contractual process for media
houses to maintain good relations with the contracted stations by ensuring that
contracts are made in time before expiry;

·      
Offer media support to the selected MPL
activities by coordinating journalist for coverage to increase mileage through
brand visibility and exposure;

·      
Lobby for free media opportunities to cut down
expenditure on the media through negotiations for free space with partnering
media houses.

·      
Book and coordinate a number of radio and
Tv  guest shows by Movit staff as agreed

·      
Organise and coordinate giveaways

·      
Draft and circulate media mentions to Tv and
radio stations Movit advertises with

·      
Continuous communication with the media houses
to keep abreast with the advertisements

·      
Follow up on the Movit’s advertisements on the
different media houses to ensure conformity to the agreed terms

·      
Timely process the different media houses
contracts

·      
Acquirement of a certain number of free media
coverage within a specific period, as agreed

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

·      
The ideal candidate must hold a Bachelor’s
Degree in Mass Communication

·      
CIM level 3

·      
Computer Literacy

·      
Knowledge of professional standards

·      
Writing skills

·      
Communication skills

·      
Team building

·      
Ability to work under pressure

·      
Negotiation skills

·      
Three (3) years’ experience in the previous
grade.

How to Apply:

To apply, please send your CV and cover letter with 3 work
related referees to the address or e-mail below.

Emails that exceed 2MB will not be considered.

Email: application@ppg.co.ug

While we thank all applicants for your interest, only those
that qualify will be contacted. Any form of lobbying will lead to automatic
disqualification.

Deadline: 27th March
2020

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