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Fellowship
A business growth management capacity development program by Equilibrium Zone

A business growth management capacity development program by Equilibrium Zone
The heart of what we do at Equilibrium Zone (EZ) is solving complex problems and creating a transformation roadmap for innovative companies. Through this Fellowship, we want to equip the next set of transformers who will help businesses unlock their true potential and put them on their upward growth trajectory.
This remote fellowship is a rigorous 4-month program that is a combination of intense learning and hands-on experience created for all aspiring Young Product Marketing Manager, Social Media & Community Manager, Paid ads and performance marketing Manager, Content Marketing Manager, Business development Manager
Take on assigned learning drills (which is a mix of courses & practical tasks).
Take on assigned real-life project experience and briefs.
Get mentorship from top tier analysts and consultants.
Are you passionate about creation and distribution of promotional campaigns for key products? Or passionate about taking ownership of the positioning, messaging, and branding of a product.
Key learning: Basics of product target audience, in-depth knowledge of relevant product features, marketing & sales, customer relations.
Are you passionate about content creation? Or passionate about how the intersection of marketing campaigns, sales, brand promotions are delivered to drive growth for businesses and ventures?
Are you looking to acquire all essential knowledge to become a future social media manager for a business, venture or startup? Then this track is for you.
Key learning: how to create and manage brand promotions, marketing campaigns, how to monitor and measure the social media presence of a product, brand or individual. Content creation and constantly innovating to push new ideas and formats and measuring how well those ideas perform
Are you interested in Paid Ads and Performance Marketing Management? Do you have an analytical mindset. Are you passionate about being an expert in building revenue, traffic and an audience using paid advertising methods?
Key learning: How to use Google Ads, Email marketing, Social media marketing. Management of digital accounts and diversifying the channel mix using paid social channels. How to create marketing strategies.
Are you interested in Content Marketing Management? Do you want to be strategically creative? Are you passionate about being an expert in creating brand awareness content?
A content marketing manager oversees the development, distribution, and strategic efforts of creating messaging to inform and delight audiences.
Key learning: gaining knowledge on digital marketing software, tools, and methods with a focus on content and SEO, project management. How to increase web traffic and brand awareness content. How to measure the results of marketing activity.
A business development manager ensures a deal is being executed till the final stage between the company and the client. An effective Business Development Manager will have the skills needed to build long-standing and successful relationships with key clients.
Are you passionate about how businesses are managed? Or passionate about how the intersection of marketing, sales, project management and company policies are delivered to drive growth for businesses and ventures?
Are you looking to acquire all essential knowledge to become a future manager for a business, venture or startup? Then this track is for you.
Key learning: Business to clients communication skills, Marketing and sales, Understanding company policies, Business operation, how to build long-standing relationships with clients, Customer service skills.
Application Opens: 29th June 2023 – 5rd July,2023
Interviews & Admissions: 6th – 8th July,2023
2 Months Intense Experience Commences: 10th July, 2023
Program Ends: September 2023
Internship / Job Placement: During the fellowship program
It is totally free.
There is a section in the application form to apply for a scholarship.
We will let you know when the admission decision is made.
It’s a 4 months course program
Unfortunately you can’t. You really can’t engage in the program while you have other ‘full-time’ engagements as this program with the apprentice style of knowledge sharing.
We are looking for vibrant and self-driven youths who are willing to challenge the status quo. We are looking for fast thinkers and people who have a flair for research. We have a preference for young applicants who are in the early or mid-stage of career.
No, this program is FULLY VIRTUAL!
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Deliverables
We work with you to understand your current business model and give you advice on the best approach to reinvent the wheel and innovate your business model.
This involves your value proposition, customer segments channels, customer relationship channels, revenue streams, value stream, key resources, activities, partnerships and cost structure.
It often involves implementation of a new or improved production and delivery method.
We help you identify the bottlenecks in your process and think through the necessary changes that are required to resolve them, support you to implement these changes and improve your process. This is done by deconstructing the system and looking at patterns that can be changed to improve the system, testing to see what works and what doesn’t. The ultimate goal of process innovation is to improve efficiency and productivity.
This involves your value proposition, customer segments channels, customer relationship channels, revenue streams, value stream, key resources, activities, partnerships and cost structure.
Customer experience innovation involves making the customer a focal point or a reference against which everything else is designed and measured.
Our role is to help companies understand where are the “pain points” that users encounter while interacting with the brand. We help you develop an understanding of each customer touchpoint, what they think and feel about your product, and how they interact with it, so that you can design better user and customer experiences. Moreover, we push our clients to challenge their industry assumptions and strive to create additional value for buyers
Product innovation is a great way to improve quality and product reliability to either gain a competitive edge or sustain your position in the market. In addition, it can help reduce processing and manufacturing costs.
The big brands like Apple, Samsung, Tesla, Amazon continuously innovate their products and services to improve it to meet customers expectations and satisfaction. This gives them a competitive edge and dominance in the marketplace.
We currently live in an evolving market where customer behaviours change rapidly thereby changing their needs and wants. We use deep industry knowledge through cutting edge market research to keep track to trends and these changes and then help you with the necessary data, insights and tools required to innovate your products and services to meet the market demands.
We use a design thinking approach to help you achieve this, we provide you with all the tools and support you need to ideate, build, prototype and test these innovations in your products and services to deliver value to your customers.
The ultimate goal of brand strategy is to define your brand purpose that will make your customers trust you and be loyal to you. Business planning helps you to deliver your brand promise to your customers while marketing helps you to acquire customers by effectively communicating your brand message.
Our service deliverable includes;
We help you to design a proper company structure that will define who does what, when it should be done, how it should be done and delivered.
This covers the goal-setting, moving onto analysis, business strategy formulation and implementation, ending with ongoing strategy monitoring.
We currently live in an evolving market where customer behaviours change rapidly thereby changing their needs and wants. We use deep industry knowledge through cutting edge market research to keep track to trends and these changes and then help you with the necessary data, insights and tools required to innovate your products and services to meet the market demands.
A proper structure positions your company to go through the next stage of growth and scaling
Strategy at its core refers to the tactful plans, ploys, steps and patterns that a firm intends to follow to achieve their mission and goals to become successful.