Graphic Designer

Our client is looking to recruit for a Graphic Designer to conceptualize communications, advertising, and marketing visuals. This includes creating materials for our public engagement output. The Graphic Designer will report to the Communications Manager and help to develop social media, website and marketing outputs (including but not limited to the Annual report and the newsletter) under the Communications department.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Conceptualise, draft, and design i lustrations from existing publications/reports and content for website and social media campaigns, events and special projects as per brand guidelines.
• Create concepts and ideas to visually communicate brand and goals as per the Strategic plan.
• Work with the communications team to develop sketches, storyboards, animatics, and style frames to visualize concepts for website and social media.
• Artistically showcase technical and statistical material through fun, creative, and interactive content for users.
• Incorporate animation, video animation, still photography and other innovative design concepts in visual outputs
• Design timely and quality visuals for the annual report and the monthly newsletter · Submit first draft design concepts, incorporate feedback and produce timely and high-quality final communication products
• Testing graphics across various media
• Label and archive all design materials to ensure easy access
• Attend Comms meetings to ideate design concept
• Perform any other task assigned

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Graphic Design or a related Fine Arts Field
• At least 3 number of years’ experience in graphic design work for comparable organizations such as nonprofits or social good campaigns
• Strong verbal and written communication ski ls in English and proven ability in science communication, across a variety of audiences
• Prior experience managing creative projects
• High degree of proficiency of Canva, Adobe, Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and Google Drive and other online design tools
• Excellent analytical ski ls to translate complex ideas into aesthetically pleasing, understandable, attention-grabbing information.
• Attention to detail, high level creativity and thinking outside of the box
• Curious individual with ability to work both independently and collaboratively, and to seek assistance with projects as require

Qualified and interested applicants who meet the specifications are requested to send their CVS to [email protected] by 14th October 2024. Please indicate the position applied for on the subject line. Applications will only be considered if they are submitted with the duly completed form highlighted below; https://forms.gle/MdCMTJ7smGpADY4v6

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.