Creative Marketer
Background
The County Creative Arts Residence & Empowerment (CO-CARE) program is a partnership between USIU-Africa, the Challenge Fund for Youth Employment (CFYE) and Across Solutions that combines technical and entrepreneurship concepts to empower youth to build a career in the creative sector. The program has a research and learning agenda, where key lessons are integrated in project delivery and policy strengthening.
The Position
We are looking for visionary and proactive Creative Marketer who will be an artist manager and meets the following requirements:
- Have in the past created jobs for artists in music, film, theatre and dance.
- Have proven capacity to provide space (for events, rehearsals, etc) and/or institutionalize the creative curriculum.
- Ability to identify and get commitments for job opportunities in the creative sector.
- Proven experience working with the youth in the creative sector.
- Be a current resident of Mombasa, Kisumu, Nairobi or Kiambu counties.
- Have excellent communication and networking skills.
- Holders of a Bachelor’s degree will be an added advantage.
Responsibilities
- Work closely with the mentors to finalize a professional bio/marketing profile template for the mentees.
- Identify and compile a database of potential employers for youth to gain experience and find job opportunities across the creative sector.
- Ensure at least 25 mentees have access to at least one monetization opportunity each per month.
- Collaborate with county-based mentors for the placement of mentees to the appropriate job opportunities.
- Organize one county-based mentorship and opportunity event in collaboration with the mentors and mentees.
- Prepare and submit progress reports.
Interested applicants should demonstrate the ability to work independently, be very proactive and resourceful and should be available between June 2025 and November 2025.
If you meet the above requirements and you feel like you are up for this challenge, please send your CV and Cover letter to indicating your county of preference, and in the subject line: ‘Creative Marketer’ to [email protected] on or before 5.00pm, Wednesday, April 30, 2025.
