Digital Solutions Architect

Below is a guideline. Other duties and responsibilities may be added or required.

Job title: Digital Solutions Architect

Reports to: Head Digital

Grade level: LSG-02B

Direct reports: N/A

JOB SUMMARY:

Through an understanding of Livespot’s business needs and the range of technical solutions available, the Digital Solutions Architect will be responsible for delivering a suite of services, products, solutions and technologies that will provide Livespot with best-practice application architectures.
With an enterprise-wide focus, the Digital Solutions Architect will design and implement IT systems architecture to support Livespot’s business strategy. Collaborative leadership skills and a strong technical background are critical, as is the ability to provide thought leadership to business stakeholders, the broader technology team and a community of citizen architects.

PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Manage and lead the design and development of complex strategic Enterprise Solutions.
Partner with product, design and business teams to provide technical direction and solutions for a range of digital products.
Bring a product mindset and technical leadership in the production of technical solution designs, high quality functional specifications and other technical/documentation to ensure high quality customer experiences.
Be a key contributor to the Technology team, and ensure strong partnership across the functions (Creative, Communications, Strategy, Content, Experiential, etc.).
Be accountable for enterprise architecture and broader solution architecture and integration of Livespot’s internal and vendor based IT solutions, working with colleagues from across the business who have a strong focus and interest in technology.
Work very closely with the Creative, Digital, IT, and Design teams to ensure delivered systems align with the Technology architectural strategy and the principles relating to software integrity and reusability.
Being the subject matter expert on assigned functionality and customer journeys, you must understand and advocate for market, customer and business stakeholder needs to ensure we are building the right product functionality at the right time to deliver maximum value to our customers and business.
Fulfilling the duties of a solution architect on an agile development team, including requirements definition, story writing, backlog prioritization, and feature roadmap creation.
Partnering with business stakeholder teams to identify objectives, determine initiative scope, and document requirements.
Embracing the concept of continuous iteration and negotiating with various business and IT solutions partners on delivering a Minimal Viable Product (MVP) to gain customer insights and other performance KPIs to influence future development cycles.
Collaborating with stakeholders and development teams throughout the product development lifecycle and maintaining a product scorecard to measure and report on the success of the experience.
Finding the best tech solution among all possible to solve the existing business problems and describing the structure, characteristics, behavior, and other aspects of software to project stakeholders.
Defining features, phases, and solution requirements. Providing specifications according to which the solution is defined, managed, and delivered.
Undertaking any necessary duties to ensure a first-class service is provided always.
Being an ambassador for the business always.

QUALIFICATIONS, COMPETENCIES AND SKILLS REQUIRED:

Qualification in Information Technology, Computer Science, Minimum of five years’ experience brand/marketing/communications strategy experience in integrated, brand and digital communications.
Interest in and aptitude for creative business and marketing solutions
Highly motivated, with a proven track record of building clients and expansion of client accounts.
Proficiency with SEO, Google Analytics, Google AdWords, and all social media platforms.
Basic knowledge of website design, html, search and social advertising, URL architecting, programmatic advertising, email marketing, and e-commerce.
Ability to identify strategic needs, lead all aspects of planning with sound business recommendations, and generate alignment with key business partners.
Demonstrate strong interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills.
Excellent presentation skills that encompass clear, compelling communications.
Ability to manage multiple business initiatives in an entrepreneurial environment.
Expert knowledge of all functional digital agency departments, capabilities and service areas.
Great project management abilities.
Self-motivated and willing to expand knowledge.

CANDIDATE ABILITIES & PERSONALITY PROFILE:

An outstanding team player and self-starter, able to work on own initiative with minimum supervision.
Great at staying calm and diplomatic under intense pressure.
Able to manage own time and prioritize work to ensure deadlines are met and targets achieved, and take personal responsibility for own work and actions.
Excellent organizational, management and communications skills.
Able to maintain confidentiality and demonstrate tact and diplomacy at all times.
Able to work accurately with excellent attention to detail at all times.
Able to develop excellent working relationships both internally and externally.
Demonstrates strong interpersonal skills and a professional manner and approach.
Able to cope well when under pressure from competing priorities, unpredictable requests and interruptions.
Strong writing skills with a great command of the English language.
Keenly interested in the creative, digital, marketing, experiential and entertainment industries in Nigeria.

KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS:

Product development.
Process management.
Brand planning.
Client satisfaction

LOCATION:

Lagos, Nigeria, plus other locations as required.

WORKING HOURS:

08.30 to 17.00 Mondays to Fridays.

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