Jobs Weekly: 7 tech job openings that might interest you

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February 7, 2017
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Some companies are currently recruiting techies and some tech companies are recruiting too.  We have rounded up some of these interesting job openings for you this week.

Creative Designer at RusselSmith

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Location: Nigeria

Job Type: Contract

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Experience: Entry level (0-2 years)

Responsibilities

  • Monitor and ensure compliance with RusselSmith’s brand standards on all RusselSmith branded material and internal and external communication. This includes manuals, procedures, stationery, email signatures, project reports, presentations, proposals, clothing items, gift items, event stands and banners.
  • Plan, promote and execute activities and strategies to establish and maintain a positive presence for the RusselSmith brand.
  • Maintain and improve the RusselSmith Brand Manual
  •  Create awareness about RusselSmith’s brand value and guidelines within the Organization
  • Design templates for proposals, brochures, identity cards, business cards using creative, innovative, and unique concepts and approaches.
  •  Prepare audio-visual content for internal and external use.
  •  Scriptwriting and storyboarding of materials for digital marketing and other uses.
  • Organize and manage multimedia content and display equipment.
  • Plan, execute and monitor brand marketing campaigns aimed at promoting and strengthening the positive perception of the RusselSmith brand
  • Monitor and provide reports on the performance of campaigns and other brand management activities
  • Meet and exceed customer service expectations as outlined in the Department’s policies and procedures.
  • Ensure the availability of professionally-done and attractive literature, promotional materials and publications for products and services which meet RusselSmith’s brand standards.
  •  Liaise with external agencies for brand management activities and also liaise with other units within RusselSmith to prepare external communication such as press releases and organize promotional activities.
  • Interact with functional units within the Company and suppliers of design, pre-press, print and materials services to ensure that assigned projects are executed on time in accordance with company quality standards.
  • Ensure high quality of design, photography, pre-press and printing output at all times, and process approval of all pre-press proofs.
  • Update Company project activity reports and liaise with other units to update RusselSmith’s website(s), intranet and social media accounts, etc., as requested by Management based on customer requirements or Department schedules.
  •  Generate brand marketing ideas/concepts for new and existing services, packaging designs, including shapes, sizes, colours, fonts and imagery.
  • Coordinate the production of digital adverts, newspaper and magazine advertisements, direct mail packs, email campaigns, websites, gift and promotional items, onboarding packs, exhibition stands, road shows, and other items as required.
  •  Launch and oversee advertising and media planning of company services
  • Coordinate the activities of designers and brand experts involved in the positioning of the company’s services/products
  • Departmental Reports - Generate the required weekly, monthly, quarterly, bi-annual, annual and ad-hoc reports, and presentations.
  • Provide comprehensive, effective and efficient administrative and brand management support to all departments.
  • Perform other duties as required or as assigned.

Educational Qualifications

A good first degree in Graphic Design, Marketing or Advertising is preferred

Requirements

  • Proficiency in the use of Microsoft Office Tools (MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint etc.), Adobe Photoshop, Corel Draw, Adobe Illustrator and Adobe InDesign.
  • Good communication and presentation skills
  • Good team spirit and project management skills
  • Good problem-solving skills and initiative
  • Good relational skills
  • Advanced and strategic thinking skills
  • Self-starter, proactive and innovative

Interested in this role? Find out more information and apply here 

Job openings at Dressme outlet

Dressme Outlet is currently accepting applications for the following positions:

1. Software Developers

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To apply for a position, please send your Curriculum Vitae and Cover letter/Letter of Introduction/Personal Summary to [email protected]. You must note the position you are applying for in the subject field of your e-mail. Your curriculum vitae must have your age/date of birth.

Entry Software Developer at  Appzone Limited

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Location: Lagos

Work Experience: 1-2years

Job type: Full time

Responsibilities

  • Develop, Implement, and Support software products and solutions that integrate with in-house and third party systems
  • Provide support to business analysts in the conversion of individual client business requirements into software functionality
  • Provide assistance to relevant functional teams by identifying requirements and improvements to architectural design of new/existing applications
  • Provide training to client end users with relevant tools and technical documentation.
  • Lead a technical work stream as a component of a larger project
  • Provide subject-matter expertise, customer advocacy, and analysis through all phases of the development lifecycle
  • Communicate effectively well with internal/external parties

Requirements

The skills and competencies required to accomplish your career move are:

  • Bachelor’s degree or corresponding combination of education and work experience in software development.
  • 1+ years of programming experience with Web, Windows .NET framework and C#
  • 1+ years experience WPF applications, ASP.NET, MVC, C#, .Net, Web API, JSON, REST, and SQL Server.
  • Good communication skills.
  • Excellent interpersonal & analytic skills.
  • An aptitude for analytical problem-solving
  • Ease and ability to learn fast and solve complex problems
  • Proficiency in object-oriented design and development using software development best practices.
  • Experience with Microsoft SQL database design, T-SQL and stored procedure programming.
  • Experience working on Agile teams using Agile methodologies such as SCRUM
  • Ability to provide technical input for designs, functional specifications, and other project requirements
  • Ability to design, and build, high quality unit tests.

Apply here if you are interested in this role

Full Stack Web Developer at  Dipolediamond Limited

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Location: Lagos

Experience: 1-3 years

Job Type: contract

Job Description

We are looking for a Web Developer with an eye for good UI/UX design to join our team. You will be responsible for translating user requirements into scalable web applications, as well as sometimes designing the UI/UX wireframes and translating them to actual code that will produce the visual elements of the application. You will also design the overall architecture of the web application and evolve it to ensure maximum performance and stability. The role is mostly remote (with occasional team/client meetings) and you are free to choose your work hours as long as you meet your deliverables.

Responsibilities

  • Design of solution architecture from understanding of user requirements
  • Design of database schema for web applications
  • Development of REST API as backend for web and mobile applications
  • Implementation of security and data protection
  • Translation of UI/UX wireframes to visual elements
  • Integration of the front-end and back-end aspects of the web application

Skills and Qualifications

  • Proficient knowledge of programming languages especially C#, PHP and JavaScript. Knowledge of additional languages will be an added advantage.
  • Experience developing clean and efficient APIs.
  • Experience with web front-end technologies such as HTML5, CSS3 and specially Angular 2 and jQuery.
  • Understanding differences between multiple delivery platforms (such as mobile vs, desktop), and optimizing output to match the specific platform.
  • Management of hosting environment and cloud services, including database administration and scaling an application to support load changes. Familiarity with AWS, Azure, Digital Ocean etc.
  • Understanding of fundamental design principles behind a scalable application
  • Proficient understanding of code versioning tools e.g Git preferably with experience using Github, BitBucket or Visual Studio Online.
  • Proficiency building hybrid mobile apps. Knowledge of Ionic 2 will be an added advantage.
  • Familiarity with team collaboration tools e.g. Slack, Asana, Teamwork etc.
  • Experience with Kentico CMS will be an added advantage.
  • Strong desire to learn push the envelope and share knowledge with others

If you are interested in this role, apply here

Team Lead, Digital Security at CcHUB

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Location: Lagos

Experience: Experienced

Co-Creation Hub seeks an experienced information security professional to lead our Digital Security Team geared to supporting civil society, startups, the media and active citizens to stay safe online.

The Digital Security Team Lead will drive CcHUB’s effort to ensure the safe use of the technologies used to improve the quality of life for Nigerians. The Team Lead will manage a network of digital security trainers, auditor, penetration testers and rapid responders spread across the country.

Responsibilities

Your responsibilities shall include the following:

  • Lead the CcHUB Digital Security team including planning of activities, resources, task allocation, budgets and operations
  • Liaise with clients particularly civil society organisations, journalists and startups to identify and meet their digital security needs
  • Build and manage a team of digital security trainers, auditors and rapid responders to support our target users
  • Develop and implement a quality assurance framework for CcHUB’s digital security consultants
  • Lead research to build awareness around digital security threats that Nigerian users and organisations may be susceptible to and mitigation strategies
  • Liaise with the global internet freedom movement to understand trends that might have local implication for Nigerian organisations
  • Provide technical insights & digital security support to all startups incubated at the CcHUB
  • Lead in developing proposals for new digital security projects to local and international funding organisations
  • Prospect for new opportunities to provide digital security support to clients
  • Prepare all required reports and maintain a comprehensive set of records on all activities
  • Carry out other duties as assigned by Senior Management

Requirements

Our ideal candidate will have:

  • Extensive information security experience and relevant industry-recognised security certification(s)
  • A Bachelor’s or Masters’ Degree from an accredited university
  • Experience providing digital security support to clients in a structured business environment
  • Ability to methodically analyze problems and identify solutions and communicate to non-technical audience
  • Good written and oral communications skills
  • Strong understanding of various web technologies and experience with application code review
  • An entrepreneurial and innovative mindset

To apply, email a cover letter and your CV to [email protected] if you have the right experience and skills for this position. Use DigiSec Team Lead as the subject of the mail.

Check out more job openings at CcHUB here.

Senior Software Developer at Appzone Limited

Location: Lagos

Work Experience: 3 years and above

Job time:  Full time

Expectations

  • Develop, Implement, and Support software products and solutions that integrate with in-house and third party systems
  • Provide support to business analysts in the  conversion of individual client business requirements into software functionality
  • Provide assistance to relevant functional teams by identifying requirements and improvements to architectural design of new/existing applications
  • Provide training to client end users with relevant tools and technical documentation.
  • Lead a technical work stream as a component of a larger project
  • Provide subject-matter expertise, customer advocacy, and analysis through all phases of the development lifecycle
  • Communicate effectively well with internal/external parties

Requirements

The skills and competencies required to accomplish your career move are:

  • Bachelor’s degree or a corresponding combination of education and work experience in software development.
  • 3+ years of programming experience with Web, Windows .NET framework and C#
  • 3+ years experience WPF applications, ASP.NET, MVC, C#, .Net, Web API, JSON, REST, and SQL Server.
  • Good communication skills.
  • Excellent interpersonal & analytic skills.
  • An aptitude for analytical problem-solving
  • Ease and ability to learn fast and solve complex problems
  • Proficiency in object-oriented design and development using software development best practices.
  • Experience with Microsoft SQL database design, T-SQL and stored procedure programming.
  • Experience working on Agile teams using Agile methodologies such as SCRUM
  • Ability to provide technical input for designs, functional specifications, and other project requirements
  • Ability to design, and build, high quality unit tests

Click here to apply for this role if you are interested

Graphic Officer at Russelsmith

Job Type: Full-Time

Location: Nigeria

Experience: 0-2 years

Essential duties and responsibilities

  • Design Development/ Management
  • Branding Management
  • Website Management
  • Social Media Management
  • Customer Management
  •  Digital Marketing
  •  Provides guidance to staff and conveys the vision and values of maintaining the corporate identity of Russelsmith.
  • Monitoring compliance with the company defined brand formatting in regards to procedure, letterheads, email signature, project reports, presentations and proposals.
  • Interacts with all functional departments, outside design, pre-press, print and materials suppliers to ensure that the assigned customer specific projects are executed to high company quality standards and completed on time.
  • Generating and coming up with ideas/concepts for new and existing services, packaging designs, including shape, size, colours, fonts and imagery
  • Develop and execute marketing programs that increase brand identity and brand awareness of company’s services and or product.
  • Plan, strategies and execute marketing designs and activities to establish and maintain brand presence in the market

Requirements

Educational Qualifications:

  • A good first degree in Graphic Design, Marketing or Advertising is preferred
  • At least 1 - 2 years of related job experience
  • Knowledge of layouts, graphic fundamentals, typography & limitations of the web; must understand Flash and have the ability to storyboard or translate ideas to designers and develop innovative motion graphics solutions.

Skills/Qualifications Required:

  • A strong working knowledge of experience design, brand development, interactive Good communication and presentation skills
  • Good team spirit and project management skills
  • Good problem solving skills and initiative
  • Good relational skills
  • Advanced and strategic thinking skills
  • Commerce and creative process
  • Print and web design capabilities: must know how to work in both media for integrated campaigns
  • Ability to lead projects from concept to completion. Apply best practices in user interface and interactive design, including image optimization and site mapping
  • Experience with software such as Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign & Flash
  • Experience with Adobe After Effects& video editing (a plus) needed for this position

Find out more information about this job and apply here if you are interested.

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