Graphic Design and Media Officer at Care Best Initiative (CBI) - Kebbi and Sokoto

Care Best Initiative (CBI) is a fast-growing, woman-led, and youth-driven Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) founded in 2019 and presently operational in states within North-East, Nigeria. Our objectives are to save lives, alleviate the suffering of children, women, and other vulnerable people; and maintain human dignity during and in the aftermath of man-made crises and natural disasters; as well as to prevent and strengthen preparedness for the occurrence of such situations; and to promote the right of children, women and vulnerable people in the society. Our actions are multi-sectorial inclined, gender-sensitive, and socially inclusive.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Graphic Design and Media Officer

Locations: Kebbi and Sokoto
Employment Type: Volunteer
Duration: 6 months (extendable)

Responsibilities

• Planning concepts by studying relevant information and materials.
• Illustrating concepts by designing examples of art arrangement, size, type size and style and submitting them for approval.
• Preparing finished art by operating necessary equipment and software.
• Coordinating with outside agencies, art services, web designer, marketing, printers, and colleagues as necessary.
• Contributing to team efforts by accomplishing tasks as needed.
• Communicating with clients about layout and design.
• Creating a wide range of graphics and layouts for product illustrations, company logos, and websites with software such as Photoshop.
• Reviewing final layouts and suggesting improvements when necessary.
• Developing and executing the social media strategy for the purpose of reporting it to marketing head of the organization.
• Complying with the customer and marketing support efforts of the company
• Ensuring that the strategies help in increasing the brand awareness and equity.
• Evaluating, planning, organizing and contributing to the social media channels in order to reach out to the objectives and targets.
• Ensuring that a proper marketing message has been delivered by which the position of the company is strengthened.
• Analyzing the existing potential activities in the media and planning, organizing them.
• Identifying and interpreting the popular trends in social media.
• Working in collaboration with the other marketing organizations thereby developing some unique marketing partnerships and strategies.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Graphic Design or related field.
• Experience as a graphic designer or in related field.
• Demonstrable graphic design skills with a strong portfolio.
• Proficiency with required desktop publishing tools, including Photoshop, InDesign Quark, and Illustrator.
• A strong eye for visual composition.
• Effective time management skills and the ability to meet deadlines.
• Able to give and receive constructive criticism.
• Understanding of marketing, production, website design, corporate identity, product packaging, advertisements, and multimedia design.
• Experience with computer-aided design.

Application Closing Date
31st August, 2022.