6 Mar 2026

Marketing Specialist at Solar Panda

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Job Description

Solar Panda is a social enterprise providing smart, low-cost solar power to communities across Africa, enabling families and small businesses to flourish and grow. Our high-quality solutions provide customers living without electricity access to clean, safe and sustainable solar energy through a unique rent-to-own business model. Customer…

Marketing Specialist

What You Will Do

  • Field marketing & activations (core of the role) – Learn from what Field Agents and shops have already tested (including vernacular radio and local promotions) and scale what works
  • Treat radio and road shows as core growth channels, not secondary tactics
  • Plan and deliver roadshows, market activations, pop ups, and community events across Kenya
  • Decide what gets done nationally vs locally, and why – Ensure shops, vehicles, and activation sites are properly branded and consistent
  • Brief, manage, and hold third party suppliers accountable (roadshows, printing, photography) .
  • Strategy, insight & campaigns – Map the Kenyan customer journey from awareness to purchase
  • Identify key barriers to purchase across different regions and customer segments – Propose practical ways to address and mitigate those barriers
  • Be opinionated about the right mix of channels – Shape campaign ideas, taglines, messaging, and timing
  • Design campaigns that are practical, measurable, and sales focused
  • Social media & content direction – Set direction for Solar Panda social media presence in Kenya – Advice on content themes, frequency, and tone
  • Work with photographers or content creators when needed
  • Maintain an up-to-date photo and content library – Ensure customer consent is collected for any photos or testimonials used
  • Budgeting, reporting & accountability
  • Propose marketing budgets and campaign spend – Track costs vs outcomes
  • Report clearly on leads, conversions, and sales impact
  • Be comfortable answering the question: What did we get for this spend?
  • Internal communications – Share wins internally, strong agents, great activations, customer stories
  • Capture testimonials and success stories from the field
  • Help the wider team see whats working, where, and why
  • Support internal alignment between Sales, Operations, and HQ

Qualifications

  • Comfortable being both strategic and scrappy
  • Happy in the field, not just in slides
  • Organized, decisive, and execution focused
  • Confident managing suppliers and budgets
  • Data aware: you care about results, not just activity
  • Curious about customers and grounded in real market insight
  • Comfortable working across multiple Kenyan languages and vernacular radio markets, even if content is executed via agents or partners
  • Comfortable spending significant time in the field, including upcountry travel
  • Bachelors Degree in any business related training


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