Creative Specialist at Sahara Group

Sahara Group is a leading international energy and infrastructure conglomerate with operations in over 38 countries across Africa, Middle East, Europe and Asia. Spanning three decades, we have broken ground and challenged stereotypes across the global business landscape. The women and men who make up our organization are our strongest levers for growth.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Creative Specialist 

Location: Lagos
Job Schedule: Full-time

About the job

• The Creative Specialist will lead the conceptualization and implementation of the audio/visual application of the brand’s persona across all touch points and locations.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate all aspects of production, including preparing final designs for presentation, checking and approving colour, copy, text format separations, and scaling images for production across different media
• Establish and set corporate visual branding standards for all internal and external marketing communications as well as update brand manual and all BTL and ATL audio-visual brand assets for online and traditional applications
• Manage corporate branding and re-branding, redesign logo, and document branding standards and guidelines; and produce custom HTML for PR and e-commerce marketing campaigns
• Manage budget, including invoicing, tracking project expenditures and assisting in budget development by summarizing, researching and analyzing past project expenditures
• Envisaging and interpreting the audio/visual direction for various subsidiaries/departments and developing appropriate strategies accordingly
• Lead audio-visual transition into the metaverse with a wide range of media optimization and computer-aided design (CAD)
• Lead production of commercials, films, exhibitions (virtual and physical), and animations to reinforce brand positioning

Qualifications

• Minimum of a relevant University Degree
• Minimum of five (6) years experience in a similar role within a Fast-Moving Consumer Goods company, Financial services company, Oil & Gas, Telecoms or topflight creative agency, with well-compiled portfolio
• Expert knowledge utilizing Adobe AfterEffects, Photoshop, Illustrator, and various 3-D software platforms is a plus.
• Adept with all forms of social media and platforms, including Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
• MS Office Suite.
• Mac and Windows environments.

Application Closing Date
28th July, 2024.