Raxio Data Centre is a subsidiary of First Brick Holdings, a company focused on investing in and developing a network of datacentres across Africa. First Brick Holdings is building the first facility in Uganda and in parallel exploring other potential sites toset-up the next data centres.
Raxio Data Centre is a centerpiece of infrastructure supporting the growth and digitalization of the Ugandan economy. We believe that the digital transformation of businesses and the public sector in Uganda will drive a surge in data consumption.
We are positioned to adequately address this growth in demand with state-of-the-art facilities that will also attract international peers and we the first of a kind in Uganda.
A carrier neutral facility built to Uptime Institute’s Tier III standard with capacity to host up to 400 racks and deliver 4MW of IT power at final phase. The data centre is designed to enable business continuity and is monitored closely to ensure the smoothrunning of all the critical IT equipment, enabling a secure and redundant environment.

Job Identification
Job Title: Marketing Executive
Work Location: Namanve, Uganda
Department: Sales & Marketing
Job Role/ Purpose; To develop strategy, run creative direction, company social media platforms and manage and oversee the marketing agency.

Working Relationships
Reports to: VP Sales & Marketing
Works Closely with: Sales Manager, Sales Executive, Marketing Agency

Job Responsibility
• Managing internal and external event planning by working with vendors, event coordinators, and design teams for on-site collateral when required.
• Researching, developing, and implementing strategic marketing plans to always meet the company’s goals.
• Investigating market intelligence and carrying out competitor analysis to gain insight that will drive strategic marketing decisions for Raxio.
• Developing and implementing marketing content that will ensure and support the company’s long-term business growth.
• Creating documentation and project briefs about marketing initiatives.
• Collaborating with other staff members, to craft content that might be required for both internal and external use when required.
• Participating and supporting in the product development process.
• Managing the marketing agency always and coordinating all works done by it such as PR, communications, photography, videography, and graphic design.
• Managing reporting from the Agency and when required.
• Budgeting for all marketing and media works annually.
• Coordinating all press activities with the Agency when required.
• Approving all work deliverables that are not limited to artworks, videos, creative works, etc. from the marketing agency before they are always pushed out internally and externally.
• Building and managing the brand image of Raxio Data Centre
• Managing various email campaigns, such as newsletters.
• Preparing monthly and quarterly reports and presentations when required for upper management and board reviews.
• Coordinating all company marketing material needs and ensuring that they are always procured on time and stored safely.
• Performing any other appropriate duties in line with the marketing department as assigned by VP Sales & Marketing.

Person Specification
Education:
• Bachelor’s degree in any business-related field.

Experience
• Minimum 2 years of professional experience in marketing, preferably in telecom/data center/IT area.
• Experience in public relations, corporate communications, content marketing, social media marketing and relationship management.

Other personal and behavioral dispositions
• They should have excellent numerical and analytical skills.
• They should have an active and well-rounded personal presence in social media, with a command of each network and their best practices.
• They should have proficient use of social media software (e.g., HubSpot’s Social Inbox) to monitor social media conversations
• They should have the ability to work and thrive in a fast-paced, rapidly changing work environment.
• They should have the ability to work under minimum supervision.
• They should be a creative thinker, with an ability to use both data and intuition to inform decisions.
• They should have integrity and be always dependable.

To Apply: Applications are to be sent by to 

jobs@raxio.co.ug