Designer

Role Summary:

The Designer will create engaging and visually appealing multimedia content across various platforms, including digital and print. This role requires a highly creative individual with strong technical skills in graphic design, video editing, and animation. The Designer will collaborate closely with content managers and other team members to develop high-quality multimedia assets that effectively communicate brand messages and enhance the user experience.

Key Responsibilities:

• Visual Design: Create visually appealing graphics, illustrations, infographics, logos, and other visual elements for digital and print materials, ensuring brand consistency across all design assets.
• Animation & Video Production: Conceptualize, script, shoot, and edit videos for various purposes. Create and design digital images, video animations, and textual animations.
• Collaboration: Work closely with content managers and cross-functional teams (program management, community managers, developers) to generate creative ideas and concepts.
• Quality Assurance: Ensure all creative assets meet a high-quality score (e.g., 95%) and are platform appropriate.
• Project Management: Manage multiple projects simultaneously, meet tight deadlines, prioritize tasks effectively, and adapt to changing project requirements.
• Technical Proficiency: Demonstrate proficiency in graphic design software, video editing tools, and animation software.

Role Requirements:

• Education: Bachelor’s degree or Diploma in Multimedia Design, Graphic Design, or a related field.
• Experience: Proven experience as a Designer or a similar role.
• Portfolio: A strong portfolio showcasing a diverse range of multimedia projects.
• Skills:
  • Proficiency in industry-standard design and multimedia software (e.g., Adobe Creative Suite).
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
  • Strong attention to detail and a high level of creativity.
  • Effective time management and project management skills.

Company Overview:

The Ogilvy Africa Network is the largest agency network on the continent, serving over 40 countries with a team of 900 people across Central, East, and West Africa. Headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya, Ogilvy Africa works with a prestigious portfolio of clients, including AB InBev, Airtel, Bajaj, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Coca-Cola, Diageo, Equity Bank, European Union, KFC, Mastercard, NCBA, Nestle, Philips, PwC, Total Energies, UNICEF, Unilever, and WWF, among others.

Ogilvy Africa’s unique operating model, One Ogilvy, allows for seamless omnichannel experiences for clients’ consumers. The agency leverages data, content, and technology to create impactful campaigns and strives to be the best-practice agency model for developing and emerging markets. With a history of winning top regional and global awards, including Cannes Lions, Clio Awards, Dubai Lynx Festival, SABRE Awards, Loeries, and WARC, Ogilvy Africa is a leading force in the industry. Ogilvy is a global network of WPP and was recently named the #1 creative network in the world by WARC (2023). Ogilvy believes in diversity as a competitive advantage and is committed to a fair and inclusive hiring process.

Ogilvy Beliefs:

• People need regular OS upgrades: Even the best OS will be obsolete tomorrow unless it’s constantly upgraded. The same is true for people.
• We need more cows than milkmen: We are a culture of practitioners, not managers. We contribute before we comment.
• Creative about creativity: Creativity is, and will always be, our differentiator. Creativity now includes the holy trinity of Data-Content-Tech.
• Diversity is a competitive advantage: New profiles, new skills, and new styles of leadership make us a stronger company.
• Collaborative advantage > Competitive advantage: Find partners who are on top of their game at the skill set we need. It’s the only way to scale at speed without pretending to have all the answers.
• Team > Individual: You get a lot more done when everyone stops worrying about who gets credit at the end. Teams succeed, individuals fail.
• Fail often, fail fast: We see the intrapreneur in all our people and encourage a culture of pilots. Test, succeed, and scale; or fail fast, learn from the failure, and start something new.