Country Marketing Manager, Nigeria (Contractor)

Our mission
Our mission at Duolingo is to develop the best education in the world and make it universally available. But we’ve got more left to do and that's where you come in!

Duolingo is the most popular language-learning application in the world, with over 500 million users and over half a billion exercises completed daily. Beyond our core learning product, we have also entered into English proficiency testing with the Duolingo English Test, Math, Music and now Chess.

We are passionate about educating our users, making fact-based decisions, and finding innovative solutions to complex problems. We offer meaningful work, limitless learning opportunities, and collaboration with world-class minds. Come brighten your life and over half a billion more!

What this role is really about
Make Duolingo a culturally relevant and loved brand among Nigerian audiences, driving awareness and growth in a mobile-first, fast-evolving digital landscape.

We are seeking a creative marketer to help us build awareness and accelerate our growth across Nigeria. As our resident expert on the market, you will use your skills including social media, influencer marketing, and high-impact local partnerships to drive awareness, build a loved brand and bring new users to Duolingo .

Reporting to the Country Marketing Manager France, you will partner closely with Global Marketing and Product teams in Pittsburgh, New York, and Country Marketing Managers around the world to find opportunities and come up with new, creative tactics and campaigns relevant to the Nigerian consumer.

Year one has one clear priority: build Duolingo 's presence in Nigeria from scratch and make it matter. That means launching and owning @ Duolingo Nigeria, finding the tone of voice that resonates with Nigerian audiences, building relationships with creators and communities, and creating moments that earn attention rather than buy it. Partnerships, PR, and broader strategy will grow from that foundation. But social comes first.

Your first job: hire the right agency:

Before anything goes live, you'll source, pitch, and select a Nigerian social media agency to handle content execution. This is your first and most important hire.

- Define the agency brief: tone of voice, platform strategy, content pillars, creator approach

- Run the selection process: identify candidates, evaluate cultural fit and social media craft, negotiate terms

- Onboard the agency: share Duolingo 's brand world, set up workflows, align on KPIs and reporting cadence

Once the agency is in place:

- Own the strategic direction: you set the brief, the agency executes

- Review and approve content before it goes live, ensuring it's on-brand and culturally sharp

- Oversee the launch of @ Duolingo Nigeria across TikTok, Instagram, and relevant platforms

- Identify and activate creator/influencer relationships

- Hold the agency accountable: performance reviews, course corrections, ongoing feedback

Once the social foundation is solid, you'll expand your scope:

- Develop and execute a wider brand awareness strategy for Nigeria

- Identify and pitch strategic partnerships with brands, institutions, platforms and communities built on earned value rather than paid media

- Lead PR efforts

- Work with HQ Marketing and Product teams on localised messaging for feature launches

You
You're the person in the room who already knows what's going viral in Nigeria before anyone else. You make things happen without waiting for a big budget or a green light on everything.

You have…

- 5+ years of consumer marketing experience, with social media at the core

- Proven experience briefing, selecting, and managing creative or social media agencies: you know what good looks like and how to get it out of a partner

- A track record of getting results through ideas, not spend earned media, organic growth, word of mouth

- Deep knowledge of Nigerian digital culture: the platforms, the creators, the humour, the r