KIC/DCC Communications and Marketing Content Strategist Consultant
JOB DETAIL
Post of duty: Washington D.C.-USA
The IDB Group is a community of diverse, versatile, and passionate people who come together on a journey to improve lives in Latin America and the Caribbean. Our people find purpose and do what they love in an inclusive, collaborative, agile, and rewarding environment.
About this position:
Communications Division (DCC) uses digital intelligence, data, and creativity to help position the IDB Group as the preferred partner for development in the region. DCC works with traditional and digital channels to help give visibility to stories of impact in the region. DCC is currently seeking a dedicated and enthusiastic native English speaker with expertise in editing to fulfill the role of Communications and Marketing Content Strategist.
What you’ll do:
The consultant will be responsible for:
Corporate marketing communications
- Prepare innovative marketing campaigns to advertise specialized initiatives and create interest with stakeholders.
- Design and create marketing materials.
- Ensure that key brand attributes and corporate narrative are incorporated into communications plans.
- Research the work of key organizations, partners, and influencers to find positioning opportunities.
- Support the production of key events, trade shows and seminars.
Content development management
- Produce a broad range of corporate communications products. This entails writing, editing, and proofreading press releases, op-eds, blogs, speeches, talking points, event, and video scripts, etc.
- In coordination with the digital team, create social media content for the Bank’s corporate channels. This includes developing content for digital marketing campaigns and promotions.
- Write effective content based on target audiences and adapt it to different formats. This includes researching and analyzing a wide range of information, data, and materials.
What you’ll need:
- Education: Master’s degree or equivalent in journalism, marketing, communications, or other related fields preferred.
- Experience: At least 5 years of relevant experience, Proven experience as a superior copywriter and editor, this entails writing clear and compelling copy for different audiences and in various formats, experience with marketing campaigns on social media, experience working with international and regional media outlets, experience working in cross-functional teams, across countries, engaging with corporate, regional, and local offices.
- Languages: Native English speaker with proficiency in Spanish (Portuguese and/or French proficiency is also desirable.)
Key skills:
- Learn continuously.
- Collaborate and share knowledge.
- Focus on clients.
- Communicate and influence.
- Innovate and try new things.
- Ability to think strategically and move fast and effectively to the execution phase.
- Ample understanding of the political, cultural, and social issues in the region.
- Innovative, creative, and continuous improvement mindset.
- Outstanding interpersonal, and time management skills, including the ability to prioritize and juggle a heavy volume of diverse projects.
- Excellent problem-solving and project management skills; ability to navigate complex environments and adapt to change.
- Ability to build trust-based relationships with colleagues, internal and external stakeholders.
Requirements:
- Citizenship: You are a citizen of one of our 48-member countries.
- Consanguinity: You have no family members (up to the fourth degree of consanguinity and second degree of affinity, including spouse) working at the IDB, IDB Invest, or IDB Lab.
Type of contract and duration:
- Type of contract: International Consultant Full-Time.
- Length of contract: 12 months.
- Work Location: On site.
What we offer:
The IDB group provides benefits that respond to the different needs and moments of an employee’s life. These benefits include:
- A competitive compensation packages.
- Leaves and vacations: 2 days per month of contract + gender- neutral parental leave.
- Health Insurance: the IDB Group provides a monthly allowance for the purchase of health insurance.
- Savings plan: The IDB Group cares about your future, depending on the length of the contract, you will receive a monthly savings plan allowance.
- We offer assistance with relocation and visa applications for you and your family when it applies.
- Hybrid and flexible work schedules.
- Development support: We offer learning opportunities to boost your professional profile such as seminars, 1:1 professional counseling, and much more.
- Health and wellbeing: Access to our Health Services Center which provides preventive care and health education for all employees.
- Other perks: Lactation Room, Daycare Center, Gym, Bike Racks, Parking, and others.
Our culture:
At the IDB Group we work so everyone brings their best and authentic selves to work, willing to try new approaches without fear, and where they are accountable and rewarded for their actions.
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging (DEIB) are at the center of our organization. We celebrate all dimensions of diversity and encourage women, LGBTQ+ people, persons with disabilities, Afro-descendants, and Indigenous people to apply.
We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job interview process. If you are a qualified candidate with a disability, please e-mail us at [email protected] to request reasonable accommodation to complete this application.
Our Human Resources Team reviews carefully every application.
About the IDB Group:
The IDB Group, composed of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), IDB Invest, and the IDB Lab offers flexible financing solutions to its member countries to finance economic and social development through lending and grants to public and private entities in Latin America and the Caribbean.
About IDB:
We work to improve lives in Latin America and the Caribbean. Through financial and technical support for countries working to reduce poverty and inequality, we help improve health and education and advance infrastructure. Our aim is to achieve development in a sustainable, climate-friendly way. With a history dating back to 1959, today we are the leading source of development financing for Latin America and the Caribbean. We provide loans, grants, and technical assistance; and we conduct extensive research. We maintain a strong commitment to achieving measurable results and the highest standards of integrity, transparency, and accountability.
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