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Communications and Community Manager (Madica)
Flourish Ventures
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About Madica:
Madica is a 12-18 month structured investment program for pre-seed stage African startups - especially those that receive a disproportionately small share of venture funding, such as those led by women or by local founders or those that operate outside well-established tech hubs. Madica was born out of the need to empower mission-driven founders by democratizing access to world-class company building support, which is available today only to a few well-networked entrepreneurs.
We invest up to $200,000 in participating companies at the beginning of their journey so they can hire the right team and focus on building the business. We complement this with programmatic support including access to hands-on mentorship by exceptional founders and operators, training and coaching on company building by industry specialists, and targeted interactions with prospective investors to ensure that later-stage capital is available as companies grow.
Madica was launched by Flourish Ventures, a global venture firm that backs disruptive technology companies whose entrepreneurs seek to redefine the financial services sector and whose innovations help people achieve financial health and prosperit. We are uniquely positioned to support these early-stage entrepreneurs: we have access to capital, networks, and an extensive knowledge base from our experience serving entrepreneurs across the globe – and the credibility in Africa to pull this off.
Position Summary:
We are seeking a Communications and Community Manager based in Africa.
As Communications and Community Manager, you will be a hands-on strategic communicator and storyteller who will help spread the word about Madica’s work and mission. You will be responsible for telling the Madica story, including the founders we support, and ensuring Madica’s venture building resources are extended to as many African founders as possible. You will create and share high quality content, and connect with our key audiences through media outreach, announcements, editorial placements, events and speaking opportunities.
Our ideal candidate has exceptional oral and written communication skills and is able to develop engaging content both for internal and external audiences. You already have significant experience creating and curating content for web and social media e.g. as a podcast host or writer. You are also a ‘people person’ with great customer service skills and the ability to moderate online and offline conversations with our community.
To be truly successful in this role, you would need to care deeply about helping underrepresented founders succeed, already have a track-record of working within the industry and have a strong ability to identify content opportunities, be passionate about telling founder stories, and hold the deep belief that anything is possible with our powers combined.
Responsibilities:
- Develop and execute an on-going strategic communications plan, partnering with internal stakeholders and external agencies as required, to drive brand and business metrics;
- Use communications strategies to connect with key audiences, build Madica’s image, drive interest in our investment program and our portfolio companies;
- Partner with colleagues, freelancers and agencies to create content and thought leadership pieces in a variety of formats (articles, videos, podcasts, infographics);
- Partner with colleagues to research and understand the needs of Madica founders and the broader African early stage startup ecosystem, and design new content to meet them through various channels;
- Develop publications such as newsletters, releases, email announcements, planned publications, video and special projects;
- Manage Social Media campaigns for various social media platforms to align with marketing strategies;
- Monitor media coverage and ensure appropriate responses;
- Ensure websites, social media, and other digital channels are aligned to PR efforts and are up to date with news releases, articles, etc.;
- Develop and maintain contacts with media members, influencers and community leaders;
- Evaluate and identify events that we should be attending/sponsoring to reach our target audiences. Determine our presence and manage logistics;
- Ensure all leads are captured, uploaded to our CRM system and followed-up on in a timely manner; evaluate the quality of the event and determine if we should invest again.
Education, Experience and Requirements:
- Passion for African startups and extensive experience working in the African startup ecosystem as a product marketer, content or digital marketer, producer, media executive or PR/communcations manager;
- Evidence of consistent track record of content creation;
- Strong execution and program management skills;
- Evidence of strong community-building skills;
- Hands on experience with social media platforms and social media marketing for brands;
- Passion for creating and executing on strategy with ability to think analytically, understand metrics and adjust strategy accordingly;
- Highly structured yet flexible in a dynamic environment;
- Exceptional research, writing, editing, verbal and interpersonal communication skills.
- Strong communicator, able to talk/share internally and externally about what Madica is building, especially in writing and presenting before groups of all sizes;
- Preference for candidates with established networks and credibility with African founders and investors;
- High-energy and independent self-starter, entrepreneurial spirit, and great teammate;
- Fluency in French preferred but not required;
- Comfort with working in a highly collaborative, global team.
Madica firmly believes that diversity and inclusion make us more successful in our work, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, age, sex, religion, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, gender identity or expression, or any other basis protected by local, state, or federal law.
Location: Africa (Remote with occasional travel required). Preference for candidates in major African tech hubs
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