The Media Council of Kenya is seeking a highly motivated and self-organized individual to serve in the newly-created position of Multimedia Officer. He/she will be the focal point for developing and implementing visual outputs, ensuring clarity, coherence and consistency in visual communication across all dissemination channels.
Reporting to the Corporate Affairs Manager, s/he will also be responsible for maintaining an up-to-date visual database as a reference and for use by the Council.
Responsibilities
Branding and Graphic Design
- Handling all the graphic design needs of the Council’s communications, ensuring timely delivery of attractive designs for external and internal use and for print and digital products:
- Design covers, programmes, flyers, publications and magazines, advertisements, invitations, posters, totems, stationary, give-away designs and other printed products;
- Design digital elements such as presentations, website banners, vignettes, animations and other digital elements, including full web pages.
- Plan, co-ordinate and implement visual communication concepts for Council functions, including key visuals and display color, programmes and other materials.
- Co-ordinate with, and provide guidance to, service providers in preparing branded material.
- Undertake photo research and review related rights;
- Act as a point of contact for the Council in design and visual identity issues. Technical and Graphical Support
- Act as a point of contact and assistance for all issues relating to visual communication, from technical assistance to graphic design support:
- Create appealing graphs and illustrations from Excel data, PowerPoint files etc.; redraw existing graphs and illustrations to increase attentiveness for use in presentations, publications, website, etc.
- Build and maintain a Council image bank specifically oriented to its mandate, for easy retrieval depending on requirements (books, presentations, web articles etc.)
- Create or adapt documents/visuals at short notice.
- Apply the Council identity and branding guidelines for different uses.
- Provide high quality print files.
- Photography services, photo enhancements, corrections, modifications.
- Provide design support for all digital channels including but not limited to websites, social media sites and mobile applications
- Provide design support in the publication of the Council’s internal and external publications such as The Observer.
- Help identify and implement technical interfaces between web and print publishing.
- Provide in-house training on all graphic software (InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, and Acrobat) to build internal competencies.
Qualifications
- Minimum Diploma in Multimedia Studies, Graphic Design/Visual arts, or equivalent. Relevant Degree will also be considered.
- A minimum three (3) years’ practical experience in designing a wide range of print and digital products, including books.
Key Competencies
- Demonstrated skills in developing effective solutions for visual communication objectives with creativity.
- Excellent knowledge and proven experience with a range of professional design software including Indesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Acrobat Professionaland MS Office
- Willingness to continually update oneself with technological developments and best practices in visual communication.
- Proven team-working ability, including the capacity to work effectively with people from many different backgrounds.
- Creativity, result-orientation, flexibility and the ability to meet tight deadlines.
- Ability to multi-task and co-ordinate parallel projects.
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