Reporting Line: Creative Manager

Our purpose:

At Watu Africa, we empower entrepreneurs.

WATU is a mission-driven, customer-centric company that believes everyone who wishes to become an entrepreneur deserves an opportunity to start, grow and achieve their goals in life. As Africa’s fastest-growing Asset Finance company, we see the continent’s bright and prosperous future and want to be part of the team transforming it into reality. Our vision is to provide asset financing services for mobility assets (motorcycles, three-wheelers, and vehicles) and phones to ambitious individuals who believe that, when provided with the right tools, they can fulfill their dreams as entrepreneurs and prosper in life while supporting the needs of their families and community. We, therefore, have a commitment to Empower Entrepreneurs by providing the means needed to move and improve in their lives.

Role Purpose:

Responsible for working with the brand team in the entire process of defining requirements, visualizing and creating graphics including illustrations, layouts, posters, logos and videos. In addition, this role specializes in website design, requiring a deep knowledge of determining the structure and design of web pages, departmental portals, and smart applications.

What you will do:

• Illustrating concepts by designing examples of art arrangement, size, type size and style and submitting them for approval
• Coordinate outside agencies, art services, web designers, marketing, printers, and colleagues to ensure quality and timely service
• Prepare rough drafts of material based on agreed brief 
• Create a wide range of graphics and layouts for product/service illustrations with software such as photoshop
• Participate in reviewing final layouts and suggesting improvements when necessary
• Undertake research to assist plan concepts in response to client briefs
•  Determine the structure and design of web pages/portals/smart apps in response to client briefs
• Build reusable code for future use
• Optimize web pages for maximum speed and scalability
• Write quality web pages through the utilization of a variety of markup languages

What we are looking for:

• Bachelor’s Degree in graphic design or relevant field from a recognized university 
• At least 4 years of experience as a senior graphic designer in a busy design environment from a credible institution
• Training and experience in 2D and 3D design; Color and design fundamentals; Digital imaging and illustration o Graphic design history or theory: Logo and visual identity; Motion graphics: Package design: Print layouts and publication: Spatial dynamics: Typography: Webpage design: Photoshop 

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted