Creative Design Lead at SafeBoda
Position Summary
An Art Director is in charge of developing and maintaining a creative vision that speaks to customers, potential customers, or any person that interacts with the brand. To accomplish this, they do campaign strategies and manage teams of designers who work on creative projects such as film and television advertising, graphic design, and marketing campaigns. Creative Design Lead at SafeBoda
Essential Duties
- Generating clear ideas and concepts in tandem with the copywriter
- Producing sketches, storyboards, and art layouts based on creative visions and ideas
- Understanding the brand objectives and strategic positioning to determine marketing initiatives
- Conducting research to better understand, target markets, and industry trends
- Speaking with the company or internal clients to set goals, provide updates, receive feedback, incorporate suggestions then present the final campaign
- Coordinating resources and within the marketing departments so as to create a cohesive, effective campaign
- Hiring, training, and supervising design staff
- Establishing budgets and timelines and delivering the finished campaign within those parameters.
- Working with other members of the art department to evaluate client or company needs, develop project strategies, and create visual elements for ad campaigns
Qualifications and Requirments
- Proficient use of InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, or other visual design and wire-framing tools, a supporting portfolio, more education, or industry-specific knowledge may be required
- Hands-on experience with logo design, typography, color, web layout design, print production, image selection and package design
- Relevant education or training with a Bachelor’s degree in graphic design, marketing, or a related field as an added advantage
Key competencies
- High level of accountability and motivation.
- Strong Interpersonal;
- Time management
- Project management,
- communication skills. presentation,
- Leadership skill
- Creativity
- Ability to delegate
- Receptiveness to feedback
- Ability to deliver under tight deadlines
- Flexibility and adaptability.
Benefits
- Competitive salary, & Employee Stock Options (ESOP) (ESOP for specific roles)
- Health insurance
- Free tasty lunch every day for all staff at the SafeBoda academy (Exclude for Kenya)
- Free SafeBoda wallet balance to take daily rides to and from work
- Paid annual leave
- A supportive team environment with mentorship from SafeBoda leadership
- Be a critical part of a team at the pinnacle of tech entrepreneurship in Africa
Company Values
- Community – we started as a small community of Boda drivers and we will never forget this. We share lunch and we care about our community of staff, drivers, entrepreneurs, and customers.
- Innovation – we challenge the status quo and believe positive change is possible. We bring solutions that constantly require us to think out of the box.
- Transparency – We are open-minded in what we do. We have candour and share our experiences openly without fear of judgment. We love feedback on our product and our performance so that we can improve every day.
- Safety – if we don’t care about safety ourselves, then how can we change our industry for the better?
- Trust – we expect customers to trust our drivers and entrepreneurs, so we need to trust one another in everything we do.
- Integrity – We hold ourselves to the highest standard and we are accountable for our actions. We deliver what we say we will deliver.
- Collective Commitment – teams and entrepreneurs are allowed to disagree while a decision is being made; however, everybody must commit to it once a decision has been made. “I agree and I commit, I disagree and I commit”.
How to Apply
Ready for the Challenge?
Send an email to recruitment@safeboda.com, attaching your Academic Documents, CV and a Cover Letter indicating why you are the right fit for the role.
Please use ‘Creative Design Lead‘ as the email subject.
Visit Here > SafeBoda Careers
Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.
