Smithson is looking for an experienced Communications and Social Media Officer to create and implement communications strategies that further our goals. As our firm expands, we’re in need of someone who can promote our brand, interact with the public and establish productive relationships with key stakeholders.

Candidates should be excited about developing and implementing plans to engage target audiences and spread key messages about Smithson. The ideal candidate should have experience in social media marketing as well as excellent written and verbal communication skills.

This is a full-time position where the incumbent will work five days a week in our offices in Erbil.

Responsibilities:

• Develop, support and promote organizational goals, including message development, social media content creation and media outreach
• Develop and disseminate public relations materials that increase our visibility among stakeholders and lawmakers
• Build and maintain relationships with journalists, bloggers and customer audiences that will help advance our work
• Identify target audiences and create strategies to engage them effectively
• Ensure digital marketing content aligns with our brand’s identity and message, and assist with marketing campaigns as needed
• Work closely with leaders and executives to develop and strengthen employee engagement activities
• Build and execute social media strategy through competitive research, platform determination, benchmarking, messaging and audience identification
• Generate, edit, publish and share daily content (original text, images, video or HTML) that builds meaningful connections and encourages community members to take action
• Continuously improve by capturing and analyzing the appropriate social data/metrics, insights, best practices and then acting on the information

• BS in Communications, Marketing, Business, Media or Public Relations or equivalent
• Proven working experience in social media marketing or as a digital media specialist
• Excellent consulting, writing, editing (photo/video/text), presentation and communication skills
• Demonstrable social networking experience and social analytics tools knowledge
• Adequate knowledge of web design, web development, CRO and SEO
• Knowledge of online marketing and a good understanding of major marketing channels
• Positive attitude, detail and customer oriented with good multitasking and organizational ability
• Languages: Fluency in English, Kurdish, and Arabic are required

To apply, send your CV to careers@smithson.co (please mention the job title in the email subject line).

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.