Brief Description:

Location Pakse, Laos

Start Date Apr - Jun 2019 (flexible)

Length of Placement 13 Months

The Volunteer’s Role

As the Marketing Advisor, your role will be to increase tourism for Southern Laos by developing marketing campaigns to boost the number of visitors to the region. You will work with Mekong Inclusive Growth and Innovation Program (MIGIP-T), a program launched through the collaboration of Cuso International and Swiss Contact in 2017. You will work collaboratively with the marketing task force, local partners, Swiss Contact staff and other Cuso International volunteers assigned to MIGIP.

As a volunteer, you will:

- Update social media postings on Facebook and Instagram

- Create website content and update newsfeed

- Build capacity of the Website management team

- Report to Southern Laos Tourism Marketing Task Force

- Develop content for industry publications (in-flight magazines etc.)

Essential Academic Qualifications:

- Degree in Communications, Digital Marketing and qualifications in Social Media development

Essential Professional Background:

- Experience with social media and digital marketing tools

- Desired experience working with private sector partners

- Good understanding of standard project cycle management tool and approaches

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