Girl Effect Graphic Designer (Individual Consultant) Jobs in South Africa
Scope Summary
Girl Effect is looking for a senior graphic designer passionate about creating social change through design to work with our Create team to produce content for our Jik’izinto youth brand and its sub-brand Big Sis. They will be responsible for designing visuals across channels in static, GIF, motion and illustrative formats.
Responsibilities include:
Develop an intimate understanding of our brand message and tone across the Jik’izinto brand.
Ideate, transform and piece together photos, texts and illustrations. Copies, vectors and images will be provided.
Design dynamic posts in different formats: static, GIF, illustrations, motion graphics and videos where appropriate.
Work closely with the Create team to effectively contribute to and communicate each post. This will include revising copies to fit imagery and selecting the best format in relation to the messaging.
Learn and consistently apply Girl Effect’s editorial policies and values, production standards, and safeguarding policies.
Immediately report any editorial or safeguarding concerns to the Girl Effect South Africa Creative Lead.
Creating work that is innovative, fresh, fun, engaging, youthful and bold. The work should show an understanding of global youth trends and the resonant youth cultures within our market.
Creating striking visuals that are mobile and user-friendly for the technical context of our users. All our content should be viewable on low-end devices. An understanding of the challenges of designing for low-bandwidth environments and low-end phones would be favourable.
Upon acceptance of each design or concept, the graphic designer will provide GE with a packaged Adobe Illustrator/InDesign/Project file, and GE will retain all intellectual property rights.
Expected Deliverables
The consultant will provide deliverables per the scope of work. This will include but not be limited to :
Billboards:
Support the brand in creating a clear, fresh, and cohesive creative voice across billboards.
Ideating and delivering unique ideas and design concepts that enhance brand content.
Website:
Work within brand guidelines to create layouts reinforcing Jik’izinto’s style and voice through our visual touch points.
Use industry-standard software to create high-quality designs for the brand.
Be adaptable and able to design within and expand the brand guidelines and interpret conceptual briefs in a consistently fresh manner.
Must be familiar with and be able to create interactive design elements such as .gifs, landing pages, and motion graphics.
Designs will be grouped by topic areas and cater to various regions and cultural contexts in South Africa.
Illustrate concepts by designing rough layouts of art and copy regarding arrangement, size, type, style, and related aesthetic concepts.
Use rough sketches/layouts for discussion and coordination with the Content Team.
Be adaptable and able to design within and expand the brand guidelines and interpret conceptual briefs in a consistently fresh manner.
On Ground Events/Roadshows:
Support the brand in creating a clear, fresh, and cohesive creative voice across on-ground events and roadshows.
Ideating and delivering unique ideas and design concepts that enhance brand content.
Social Media:
Support the brand in creating a clear, fresh, and cohesive creative voice across social media platforms.
Must be familiar with and be able to create interactive design elements such as .gifs, landing pages, and motion graphics.
Ideating and delivering unique ideas and design concepts that enhance brand content.
Work within brand guidelines to create layouts reinforcing Jik’izinto’s style and voice through our visual touch points.
Use industry-standard software to create high-quality designs for the brand.
Be adaptable and able to design within as well as expand the brand guidelines and interpret conceptual briefs in a consistently fresh manner.
Designs will be grouped by topic areas and cater to various regions and cultural contexts in South Africa.
Illustrate concepts by designing rough layouts of art and copy regarding arrangement, size, type, style, and related aesthetic concepts.
Use rough sketches/layouts for discussion and coordination with the Content Team.
Be adaptable and able to design within as well as expand the brand guidelines and interpret conceptual briefs in a consistently fresh manner.
Skills and expertise:
Fluency in written and spoken English, understands Afrikaans, and has an affinity for local South African slang across the official languages of South Africa, as well as strong communication skills to work collaboratively with a global team
A deep understanding of Graphic Design principles, Visual Communications skills and video editing.
5+ years of professional visual design experience
Strong sense of photographic and illustrated design ( mixed mediums), creative storytelling, art direction, user experience, motion, and marketing and possess ideation skills that stretch across various communication media.
You have experience in creating assets for youth brands, especially girls. Strong proven experience conducting similar work for the Development Sector.
Ability to thrive as a collaborator/co-creator/contributor – strong ability to shape ideas as well as build on the ideas of others
Good sense of typography and layout aesthetics within the brand guidelines and parameters of resolutions on digital platforms
Excellent working knowledge of design and editing tools such as but not limited to Photoshop, Lightroom, InDesign, Illustrator, Premiere Pro/Final Cut, Figma, etc
Advanced Graphic design, illustrations, basic knowledge of UI/UX
Good understanding of Adobe Creative Suite.
Experience working on behavior change communication projects is desirable
Motion graphic knowledge is an added advantage.
Experience creating digital content across various formats such as static, GIF, motion and illustrative formats.
Attitudes we are looking for:
Comfortable with complex organisational structures and multiple stakeholders
Comfortable with shared decision-making
Ability to be flexible within a fast-paced, changing environment.
Passionate about making a positive difference in the life of young women and girls.
A ‘do-er thinker’, action-oriented and proactive
Highly empathetic and context-sensitive – able to balance conflicting needs and priorities decisively
Mission-driven and cares about making a difference in the lives of young people and vulnerable sections of society
Proposal Submission
Your proposal, should you be interested, should cover
Your understanding of the brief and why you feel you are well-placed to advise us on this
Portfolio
As part of your application, please include a link or PDF of your portfolio of recent work, highlighting your abilities and experience relevant to the role, with specific examples of how you work, think, collaborate, and contribute to great design outcomes.
Please note that we are unable to accept any applications without a portfolio.
Credentials/CV
Highlight work (if) done in other geographies.
Reference- Provide at least three references for similar contracts with a description of the service provided and the contract periods of performance.
Breakdown of Costs with applicable taxes and other charges clearly identified in RAND. Consultants should provide their daily or hourly billing rate or their proposed fixed fee for the requested deliverables.
All applicable taxes should be quoted separately;
How to Apply
Please submit proposals, as described above, to [email protected]. Please clearly mark your email with the subject “Jik’izinto Graphic Designer
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