About US:
Monitor Publications Limited, a Nation Media Group Company is Uganda’s most influential media house, operating The Daily Monitor, Saturday Monitor and Sunday Monitor newspapers, 93.3 KFM, 90.4 Dembe FM, Nation Couriers, Monitor Digital and the online Monitor Business Directory.
Job Summary: The Commercial Manager – Digital will mainly be responsible for managing the development and monetization of digital content channels through the internet and other electronic/ digital platforms in order to achieve set targets profitably while understanding the changing trends in the local and international digital market.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
· Develop Digital business strategy and sales plans to ensure profitability of all digital platforms
· Identify and develop digital information distribution channels and develop action plans to penetrate new markets.
· Actively monitor, understand and exploit the global and local digitized content market on products, trends and opportunities.
· Carry out one on one reviews with all digital content stakeholders to build more effective communications, understanding the training needs, and providing an insight for the improvement of sales and activity performance.
· Build and strengthen working relationships with potential content owners, software vendors aimed at improving
· Formulate and maintain accurate records of all budgets, pricing, sales and activity reports for different digital channels.
· Perform any other duties as assigned by the General Manager –Commercial.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
· The applicant should hold a University Degree in IT -related course or equivalent business degree
· Possession of professional Qualification and or Post Graduate Degree in relevant field e.g. CIM, with updated knowledge and experience in enterprise software solutions, internet and mobile technologies.
· A minimum of five years working experience in e-commerce business, with two years at managerial level managing technology sales, marketing and client relationships
· Broad knowledge and understanding of the digital product development cycle, evaluation and monitoring, content management systems (CMS) for both web and mobile platforms
· Computer literacy skills
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified candidates should send their applications, detailed CVs and academic documents with a daytime telephone number via E-mail only to: The Head of Human Resource, Monitor Publications Ltd. P.O. Box 12141, Kampala, Uganda, resourcing@ug.nationmedia.com
NB: Please note that only short listed candidates will be contacted.
Deadline: 10th December 2015