Creative Designer at Start Innovation Hub

Creative Designer

Location: Akwa Ibom

Job Descriptions

• The role is for an excellent storyteller that not only creates visually and high impact designs but intuitive and functional ones.
• You’ll be an integral part of designing the future of Start Innovation Hub’s online and offline marketing platforms; strategically participating in the ideation and creation of compelling visual content geared towards maintaining a cohesive brand voice and increasing SIH’s online visibility by actively engaging customers/stakeholders.
• Design for consistent and seamless experiences across mediums that build our business and connection to our target audience.
• Own the visual communication of the SIH brand across all digital channels.
• Translate the SIH’s vision and values into brand elements that are cohesive, modern, and inviting.
• Create brand assets such as logos, iconography, illustrations, colour palettes, patterns and other design elements when needed. Work on a range of ambitious projects including, but not limited to, UI designs, content graphics, social media graphics, event collateral, print materials, internal collateral, infographics, storyboards, and illustrations.
• Help the team produce its best work by clearly communicating brand guidelines regarding typography, colour, layout, and art direction.
• Ensure SIH’s visual design and brand consistency in all assets by producing high-quality visual designs and illustrations or assisting the team with rules and templates to follow.
• Stay informed about competitors, best practices, existing initiatives, past projects, and target audience research.
• Collaborate with senior leaders, marketing peers, and talent managers to translate vision, feedback, and ideas into workable sketches, wireframes, and full visual designs.
• Participate in conferences and educational programs

Qualifications

• Experience in industry-standard design tools (e.g., Photoshop, Illustrator, Sketch).
• A portfolio that showcases your design work, as well as your design process, strategic thinking, and planning behind it.
• Experience working on creative for social media channels (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, etc.)
• Have outstanding organizational skills and experience building marketing systems as well as the ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously
• Minimum of 2 years of working design experience (in-house experience preferred)
• A thorough understanding of designing for digital platforms and advanced proficiency with Adobe Creative Cloud and Sketch/XD
• Exceptional skills and standards for typography, colour, layout, storytelling, and detail in the design.
• Motivated to create excellent design work, share and learn with your design team.
• Track record of creating exceptional materials for 360 Media (TV, Print, Digital Ads, Social media, etc)
• User interface design skills, producing designs in High fidelity mockups.

Application Deadline
15th October, 2019.


Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online